American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2013 Annual Convention

November 22-24, 2013
Orlando, FL
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Modeling Personalized Learning Strategies with Instructors Through Professional Development
This roundtable will share the experiences of one professional development program in providing personalized learning for participants and encouraging participant adoption of these strategies. This process is made possible by responding to feedback from external evaluators, participant surveys, action research, and instructor reflections. Feedback and experience-sharing will be encouraged.

Presenters: Anne Donovan, Lynn Thompson, Victoria Nier

Promoting Oral Proficiency Gain in Study Abroad: A Three-year Study
This paper describes results from a study investigating training designed to promote oral proficiency gains in study abroad homestay placements. Host families in semester-long programs in Peru, Chile, China, and Russia were trained in strategies to increase meaningful conversational exchange with students (n=30/language). Analyses of ratings and transcriptions of pre and post oral proficiency tests and recordings of student-host conversations are used to examine student language gains compared to a control group with untrained families (n=20/language). Results of attitudinal surveys explore what students and hosts believe was effective about the training and homestay environment.

Presenters: Francesca Di Silvio, Meg Malone, Anne Donovan

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