Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning
Annual Symposium
“Community-based language education”
May 12-13, 2017 at Yale University

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Friday, May 12

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Conference Opening

Welcome by John Mangan, Sr. Associate Dean, FAS Dean’s Office

Keynote Presentation

Where the arts, sciences, and life meet for refugees
Professor Shirley Brice Heath (Stanford University)

Room 114 – Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect St., New Haven, CT

5:30 – 7:30 pm

Opening Reception
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
1st floor, Great Hall of Dinosaurs
170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT

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Saturday, May 13

8:30 – 9:00 am

Breakfast
Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

9:00 – 10:00 am 

Panel 1:  Engaging with community members

“Language enrichment programs for children in the New Haven community”
Theresa Schenker & Sarab al-Ani (Yale University)

“Heritage language teacher training and linguistic landscapes”
Hsiu-hsien Chan (Yale University)

“Engaging Chinese language learners with community members through interviews”
Jun Yang (University of Chicago)

“A DILS partnership for intercultural communication”
Hassan Awwad (Yale University & University of Bridgeport)

Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

10:00 – 10:30 am

Coffee Break
Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

10:30 – 11:30 am 

Break-out session
Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

11:30 – 1:30 pm 

Lunch & IIW Poster Showcase:  Community-based projects at Yale
Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

12:00 – 1:00 pm 

Tour of the Yale University Art Gallery
Led by John Walsh, Director Emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Museum
(Limited to 15 people; sign-up required)

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Panel 2:  Engaging with community resources

“Yale Bulldog Day Campus Tour in Korean!”
Angela Lee-Smith (Yale University)

“Murals in Spanish Harlem”
Lee Abraham (Columbia University)

“Writing with your eyes:  a community-based approach to promoting fluent writing in a second language”
Rosamaria Leon (Yale University)

“Engaging English Language Learners through Museum-based Learning:  A Yearlong Partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art”
Brian Tauzel (Cornell University)

Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

2:30 – 2:45 pm

Coffee Break
Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT

2:45 – 3:45 pm

Break-out session & final plenary discussion
Room 101 – TEAL Room, 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT