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15th!Annual!Second!Language!
Acquisition!and!Teaching!
Interdisciplinary!Roundtable!
Conference!
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Photo!by!SLAT!student,!Mustafa!Polat!
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February!26!&!27,!2016!
I.Q.!Fresh!Foods!
Einstein!Bros.!
Starbucks!!
Sabor!Mexican!Food!!
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Parking!
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Panda!Express!!
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Burger!King!
Core!Salads!
ChickUFilUA!
Papa!John’s!
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!All!SLAT!Roundtable!sessions!will!be!in!the!
Modern!Languages!Bldg.!(ML)!at!1423!East!
University!Blvd.,!Tucson!85721.!
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SLAT!Student!Association!President’s!Message!
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Welcome!to!the!15th!Annual!Second!Language!Acquisition!and!Teaching!(SLAT)!
Roundtable!at!the!University!of!Arizona,!a!conference!organized!and!run!by!
members!of!SLATSA,!the!SLAT!Student!Association,!and!supported!by!our!Faculty!
Supervisor,!Dr.!Christine!Tardy,!as!well!as!SLAT!faculty!and!staff,!including!Robin!
Staples!and!Kelley!Merriam!Castro.!
This!year’s!Roundtable!is!dedicated!to!the!service!of!the!outUgoing!SLAT!Director,!
Dr.!Robert!Ariew,!who!has!served!as!Director!for!the!past!five!and!a!half!years!and!
is!now!retiring.!SLAT!would!like!to!thank!him!for!his!many!contributions!and!wish!
him!a!very!happy!retirement.!
We!are!excited!to!host!two!wonderful!speakers!this!year.!!Dr.!Claire!Kramsch!will!
give!the!Keynote!presentation!on!The$Uses$of$Symbolic$Competence!on!Saturday,!
and!SLAT!alumna,!Dr.!Senta!Goertler!will!give!the!Plenary!address,!From$the$
Virtual$World$to$the$Real$World$and$Back:$Technology$and$Study$Abroad,!on!
Friday.!!
In!addition,!the!15th!Annual!Roundtable!features!nine!poster!presentations,!23!
paper!presentations,!five!workshops,!and!a!panel!presentation.!Awards,!including!
two!$50!gift!cards!and!certificates,!will!be!presented!for!the!Best!Poster!Design,!as!
well!as!the!Best!Poster!Presentation,!at!the!awards!ceremony!on!Saturday.!We!
hope!you!are!inspired!by!what!our!presenters!have!to!share!with!us!this!year.!!
SLATSA! invites! you! to! participate! in! several! networking! opportunities,! including!
the! Friday! evening! reception! after! the! Plenary! presentation,! lunch! with! interest!
groups! on! Saturday,! and! the! Saturday! night! Roundtable! potluck! dinner! at! the!
home!of!Dr.!Beatrice!Dupuy!whom!we!would!like!to!warmly!welcome!as!the!new!
director!of!SLAT.!!
Thank!you!all!for!your!participation!and!support,!!!!
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Tanya Tercero
Tanya!Tercero
Second!Language!Acquisition!and!Teaching!(SLAT)!PhD!Student!
SLATSA!President,!University!of!Arizona!
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Schedule!at!a!Glance!for!Feb.!26!&!27!
Friday,!February!26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!All!sessions!in!Modern!Languages!(ML),!South!Side!
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1:30U2:00!ML!505,!4th!floor!
SLAT!Roundtable!Welcome!and!
Appreciation!Celebration!for!Dr.!Ariew!
2:00U2:20!ML!4th!floor!
SLAT!Roundtable!Registration!and!CheckUin!
2:20U3:20!ML!413!
Poster!Session!
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3:30U4:00!ML!4 !floor!
Presentations!
3:30U4:45!ML!401!
Workshop!
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4:10U4:40!ML!4 !floor!
Presentations!
5:00U6:00!ML!413!
Plenary!Speaker,!Dr.!Senta!Goertler,!SLAT!
Alumna!
6:00U6:30!Outside!ML!413!
Reception!and!Refreshments!
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Saturday,!February!27!
All!sessions!in!Modern!Languages!(ML),!!
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South!Side!
8:30U9:00!ML!3rd!floor!
Registration!and!CheckUin!
9:00U10:15!ML!204!
Workshop!
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9:00U9:30!ML!3 !floor!
Presentations!
9:35U10:05!!ML!3rd!floor!
Presentations!
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10:10U10:40!ML!3 !floor!
Presentations!
10:40U11:00!
Break!
11:00U12:30!ML!311!
Keynote!Speaker,!Dr.!Claire!Kramsch!
12:30U1:30!
Lunch!(not!provided)!with!Interest!Groups!or!
on!your!own!
1:35U2:55!ML!303!
Panel!Presentation!
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1:35U2:05!ML!3 !floor!
Presentations!
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2:10U2:40!ML!3 !floor!
Presentations!
2:45U4:00!ML!3rd!floor!
Workshops!
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4:05U4:35!ML!3 !floor!
Presentations!
4:40U5:00!ML!310!
Poster!Awards,!Appreciation!Awards,!Claudia!
R.!Kost!Award!&!Closing!Remarks!
6:00!
Roundtable!potluck!dinner!at!SLAT!Director’s!
house;!address!and!directions!are!near!the!
end!of!program!
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Friday,!February!26!
Poster'Session'''
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Modern'Languages'413'
ESL$First$Year$Composition:$Needs$Analysis$of$Second$Semester$Courses!!
Lauren!Harvey!
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This!poster!presents!the!findings!of!a!recent!needs!analysis!of!second!semester!courses!for!ELL!
international!students!in!the!First!Year!Writing!Program!sequence!at!the!University!of!Arizona.!
Recommendations!for!course!improvements!and!possible!future!steps!to!improve!or!adapt!the!course!to!
better!fit!the!needs!of!the!ELL!students!are!also!presented.!
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Apprenticing$Critical$Genre$Awareness$in$Identity?oriented,$Postmodern$Second?language$Writing$
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Lori!Bable!
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This!poster!highlights!major!features!of!a!second!language!writing!course!focused!on!developing!
students’!rhetorical!and!genre!awareness!by!scaffolding!awarenessUraising!activities!and!major!
assignments.!The!course!includes!language!exchange!and!collaborative!pedagogical!processes!
developed!for!a!secondUlanguage!writing!course!at!a!research!one!institution.! !
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Enhancing$EAP$Students'$Autonomy$as$Writers:$Accommodating$Various$Learning$Styles$
Cindy!Carr!
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Appealing!to!a!variety!of!learning!styles!in!second!language!writing!instruction!in!an!EAP!setting!may!
help!students!effectively!channel!their!efforts!and!develop!learner!autonomy,!enhancing!their!ability!to!
continue!learning!independently,!beyond!the!walls!of!the!classroom!and!after!the!conclusion!of!the!
course.!!
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Dynamics$of$Morphemes$Acquisition:$Natural$or$Sensitive$to$Initial$Condition?! !
Valentina!Concu!
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This!poster!addresses!some!relevant!questions!about!the!dynamics!involved!in!the!acquisition!of!
grammatical!morphemes,!challenging!the!“natural!order”!of!acquisition!proposed!by!Krashen!and!also!
taking!into!account!specific!initial!conditions!such!as!L1,!frequency,!form!and!contingency!of!formU
function!mapping!often!neglected!in!modern!SLA!studies.!
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The$Affective$Filter$in$Oral$Activities$in$Learners$of$French!
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Sara!Alcázar!Silva!
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This!study!has!two!objectives:!a)!to!discern!whether!instructors!can!reduce!the!affective!filter!for!foreign!
language!learners!by!exposing!them!more!often!in!authentic!oral!activities!that!increase!the!affective!
filter;!b)!determine!whether!their!performance!in!the!field!of!temporality,!aspect!and!modality!improves!
when!the!filter!decreases.!
Pedagogical$Perspectives$on$Russian$Aspect:$Corpus$Study$
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Aleksey!Novikov!
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This!work!attempts!to!analyze!verbal!aspect!in!spoken!contexts!for!pedagogical!purposes!by!analyzing!
and!comparing!aspect!behavior!in!a!corpus!of!spoken!texts!and!textbook!dialogs.!The!immediate!goal!of!
this!study!is!to!incorporate!corpus!findings!into!material!design!for!the!first!two!years!of!Russian!
language!instruction.!
Factors$affecting$the$success$of$dominant$and$indigenous$language$teaching:$Are$they$really$different?$
Kristian!Adi!Putra!
In!this!presentation,!I!(1)!review!the!similarities!and!the!differences!between!the!teaching!of!dominant!
languages!and!indigenous!languages!in!theory!and!praxis,!(2)!describe!variety!of!factors!affecting!the!
success!and!the!failure!of!the!teaching!of!dominant!languages!and!indigenous!languages,!and!(3)!
address!the!need!of!collaboration!with!linguists!and!applied!linguists!and!commitment!from!parents!and!
community!in!every!indigenous!language!revitalization!effort.!
Should$international$and$domestic$students$be$combined$in$their$first?year$writing$classes?$What$do$
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Jennifer!Slinkard!
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This!mixedUmethod!study!reports!on!a!survey!collected!from!more!than!200!students!enrolled!in!various!
sections!of!firstUyear!composition,!including!international!students!for!whom!English!is!a!second!or!other!
language!who!are!enrolled!in!internationalUonly!sections!of!firstUyear!writing!and!both!international!and!
domestic!students!enrolled!in!combination!sections.!The!poster!displays!a!quantitative!analysis!of!
students'!views!about!the!separate!and!combination!classes!as!well!as!examples!of!the!reasons!behind!
their!opinions!and!explains!some!implications!behind!the!findings.!
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Implications$of$Implementing$Genre?Based$Approaches$in$FL$Classes:$Students’$Perspectives$
Bruna!Sommer!Farias!
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This!research!proposal!aims!to!explore!university!students'!perspectives!on!learning!Portuguese!as!a!
foreign!language!through!genreUbased!classes.!The!study!aims!to!better!understand!how!the!course!
design,!as!well!as!the!students’!L1!literacy!practices,!affect!their!process!of!learning!how!to!write.!
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Modern'Languages'401!
Assessment$Literacy:$Theory$and$Practice$in$the$Language$Classroom! !
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Dr.!Eddy!White!!!
Session!Chair:!Trudie!McEvoy! !
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A!teacher’s!assessment!knowledge!and!competence!is!very!influential!in!encouraging!or!undermining!
student!learning!in!the!classroom.!This!workshop!will!review!key!principles!associated!with!assessment!
literacy,!and!then!ask!participants!to!apply!them!to!assess!a!number!of!practices!taken!from!the!
language!classroom.!
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Modern'Languages'402'
A$Case$Study$of$Culture$and$Ideology$in$EFL$Textbooks$
Muzna!AwayedSBishara!
Session!Chair:!Jenny!Slinkard$
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The!paper!presents!a!critical!discourse!analysis!of!English!textbooks!used!in!Israel!to!examine!the!
recurrence!of!seven!discursive!devices!functioning!as!a!means!for!shaping!or!(re)producing!ideological!
values.!English!textbooks!are!used!to!perpetuate!hegemonic!ideology!and!to!disregard!the!Palestinian!
Arab!minority!and!its!culture.!
Modern'Languages'403'
The$L2$Acquisition$of$the$English$Progressive$by$French$Native$Speakers!
William!Lebbs!
Session!Chair:!Sara!Alcázar!Silva!
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This!crossUsectional!study!reports!on!a!production!task!and!a!grammatical!acceptability!test!targeting!
the!use!of!the!English!present!progressive!by!instructed!French!speakers!of!L2!English!at!three!levels!of!
proficiency.!Preliminary!results!indicate!a!significant!effect!of!inherent!lexical!aspect!of!verbs.! !
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4:1004:40!pm'
Modern'Languages'402'
"I$like$raisins":$Facebook$Conversations$as$Bridging$Activities$
Adriana!Picoral!and!Bruna!Sommer!
Session!Chair:!Elif!Burhan!
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This!work!aims!at!discussing!possibilities!of!incorporating!Facebook!conversations!as!bridging!activities!
in!foreign!language!classes.!We!acknowledge!the!benefits!and!challenges!that!using!authentic!materials!
posit!for!language!learning,!mostly!regarding!identity!in!new!literacy!practices,!as!well!as!for!language!
teaching!and!teacher!education.!
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Modern'Languages'403'
Turn?taking$in$Conversation$by$L2$Learners$of$Japanese$
Rie!Maruyama!
Session!Chair:!Kayo!Shintaku!
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This!case!study!reports!changes!in!L2!learners’!turnUtaking!in!conversation!during!study!abroad.!
Recordings!of!conversation!between!L2!and!native!Japanese!speakers!were!collected!and!analyzed!to!
see!the!development!of!turnUtaking!pattern!over!the!course!of!their!stay!in!Japan!for!one!academic!year.!
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Re?exposure$and$Long?term$Effects$of$Processing$Instruction$on$Negative$Inversions!
Burcin!Yapici!!
Session!Chair:!Adnan!Yilmaz!
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This!study!examines!the!effects!of!processing!instruction!(PI)!on!L2!learners’!acquisition!of!negative!
inversions.!There!were!two!experimental!groups!(EG1,!EG2)!and!a!control!group.!Comprehension!and!
production!tests!were!used!as!preU,!immediate!and!delayed!postUtest.!PI!was!effective.!EG1!receiving!PI!
again!improved!in!both!tests.! !
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Dr.!Senta!Goertler,!!
Plenary!Speaker!
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Senta!Goertler!is!an!Associate!Professor!of!
Second!Language!Studies!and!German!at!
Michigan!State!University.!Her!research!focuses!
on!technology!and!language!learning!with!
particular!attention!to!individualized!instruction.!
Her!research!has!been!published!in!various!journals!(CALICO,!CALL,!Die!Unterrichtspraxis),!
edited!volumes,!and!she!has!also!edited!a!volume!with!her!colleague!Paula!Winke.!Her!teaching!
experience!has!varied!from!language!courses,!to!cultural!studies!courses,!to!pedagogy!courses,!
to!SLA!theory!courses.!Some!of!the!courses!she!teaches!often!are!secondUyear!German,!
Advanced!German,!Technology!and!Language!Teaching!and!Learning,!Theory!and!Practice!of!
Teaching!Culture,!and!Program!Administration.!In!addition!to!teaching!and!research,!she!also!
stays!active!on!her!local!campus!and!in!national!and!international!professional!organizations!
such!as!the!Computer!Assisted!Language!Instruction!Consortium!(CALICO),!where!she!served!in!
leadership!roles.!Currently,!she!is!the!SecondUYear!German!Coordinator!and!also!the!Faculty!
Coordinator!for!the!Academic!Year!in!Freiburg!Program.!
Originally!from!Freiburg,!Germany,!she!started!her!career!in!the!US!after!her!BAUequivalent!
(Zwischenpruefung)!from!AlbertULudwigs!Universität!Freiburg!in!German!and!English!(1997).!At!
Portland!State!University!she!worked!as!secondUyear!German!coordinator!and!Administrative!
Manager!for!the!Deutsche!Sommerschule!am!Pazifik!and!completed!an!MA!in!TESOL!(2001).!
Thereafter!she!worked!at!the!University!of!Arizona!as!Assistant!to!the!Director!of!Basic!
Languages!and!Graduate!Teaching!Associate!as!well!as!Adjunct!ESL!Instructor!at!Pima!
Community!College,!while!she!was!completing!her!Ph.D.!in!Second!Language!Acquisition!and!
Teaching!with!a!major!in!pedagogy!and!program!administration!and!a!minor!in!German!Studies!
(2006).!
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Plenary'Address' '
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Modern'Languages'413'
From$the$Virtual$World$to$the$Real$World$and$Back:$Technology$and$Study$Abroad$
The!development!of!technology!has!changed!not!just!language!education!but!also!study!
abroad.!US!students!studying!abroad!are!often!able!to!minimally!engage!with!both!the!
language!and!the!culture.!These!choices!and!behaviors!can!negatively!impact!language!learning!
in!study!abroad!(cf.!Trentman,!2013).!But!technology!cannot!only!hinder!study!abroad,!but!can!
also!be!used!to!improve!success!during!and!after!study!abroad!(Goertler,!2015).!Technology!
also!offers!many!affordances!to!prepare!students!for!study!abroad,!to!maximize!language!and!
culture!learning!while!abroad,!and!to!reintegrate!students!returning!from!study!abroad.!Based!
on!Shively’s!(2010)!model!for!pragmatic!learning,!we!have!made!changes!to!our!curriculum!
both!at!home!and!abroad!to!maximize!the!benefits!of!study!abroad!preU!(1),!during!(2),!and!
post!(3)!study!abroad.!!
(1)!By!integrating!technologyUenhanced!modules!about!our!study!abroad!destinations!into!our!
secondUyear!curriculum!prior!to!students!going!abroad,!we!have!increased!participation!in!
study!abroad!and!stakeholders!report!that!students!are!better!prepared!for!study!abroad.!(2)!
During!our!yearlong!study!abroad!program,!students!completed!analysis!tasks!and!reflective!
blogs!to!increase!noticing!of!language!and!culture!gaps.!While!students!did!notice!stereotypical!
morphosyntactical!and!intercultural!communicative!errors,!many!of!the!errors!leading!to!
greater!communicative!challenges!were!not!noticed.!!(3)!To!better!integrate!our!study!abroad!
returnees!into!the!curriculum,!we!revised!our!fourthUyear!language!course!to!include!a!virtual!
exchange!with!students!at!an!institution!located!in!one!of!our!study!abroad!destinations.!This!
post!study!abroad!virtual!exchange!allowed!students!to!continue!to!use!German!at!a!high!level!
and!stay!connected!to!GermanUspeaking!communities.!For!one!of!the!two!yearUlong!study!
abroad!program!returnees!this!exchange!had!a!significant!positive!impact!on!her!challenges!
with!reverse!culture!shock.!!
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Outside'of'Modern'Languages'413'
We!invite!you!to!enjoy!some!light!refreshments!and!conversation!following!the!plenary!address!
to!celebrate!the!first!day!of!this!year’s!Roundtable.!
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Saturday,!February!27!
Workshop''''''''''''''''''''''''' 9:00010:15!am!
Modern'Languages'204!
Multimodality$in$the$Classroom:$A$Critical$Language$Awareness$Approach$
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Tara!Hashemi!and!Adriana!Picoral!
Session!Chair:!Bruna!Sommer!
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In!this!workshop,!participants!will!learn!how!to!incorporate!multimodal!texts!in!their!language!
classrooms!using!a!critical!language!awareness!approach.!Following!Fairclough’s!(2001)!guiding!
principles!for!language!education,!participants!will!explore!ways!to!develop!learner!capabilities!to!
interpret!and!produce!multimodal!discourse.!
Presentations'''''''''''''''''''''9:0009:30!am!
Modern'Languages'301!
The$Little$Things$Matter:$Teaching$Culture$as$Basic$Language$Skills$
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Stefan!Vogel!
Session!Chair:!Laurel!Schenkoske!
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The!role!of!culture!in!L2!instruction!is!still!widely!undetermined,!and!culture!as!a!topic!is!often!deemed!
too!challenging!to!be!addressed!adequately!in!the!classroom.!Drawing!on!major!concepts!from!
contrastive!linguistics!and!semiotics!this!talk!will!explore!how!culture!can!be!taught!as!basic!language!
skills.!
Modern'Languages'302!
Vague$Expressions$in$Spoken$Academic$Registers:$A$Corpus?Based$Study$
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Elnaz!Kia!
Session!Chair:!Aleksey!Novikov!
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This!study!examines!the!use!of!a!type!of!vague!expressions!commonly!referred!to!as!General!Extenders!
(GEs,!e.g.!or!something!like!that)!in!American!spoken!academic!English,!drawing!on!three!subcorpora!
from!the!TOEFL!2000!Spoken!and!Written!Academic!Language!(T2KUSWAL)!corpus.!
Modern'Languages'306!
English$Literature$and$Pedagogy$in$the$French$Lycée$
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Ashira!Greene!
Session!Chair:!Borbi!Gaspar!
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This!is!a!mixedUmethods!study!of!the!use!of!English!literature!in!French!secondary!schools.!Drawing!on!
data!from!interviews!and!questionnaires,!a!depiction!of!the!literature!class!is!provided.!Examples!of!
texts!taught!and!activities!teachers!have!led!will!be!given!to!strengthen!an!argument!about!the!benefits!
of!this!resource.
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Presentations'''''''''''''''''''''9:35010:05!am!
Modern'Languages'301!
Savvy$Bilinguals$or$Pedagogical$Puzzles:$Defining$German$Heritage$Language$Learner$ $
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Christina!Butler!
Session!Chair:!Kristin!Lange!
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This!presentation!focuses!on!a!case!study!of!three!universityUlevel!German!HLLs!and!is!guided!by!the!
following!question:!Are!there!typical!characteristics!for!German!HLLs?!
Modern'Languages'302!
A$Study$of$NNS’$Comprehension$of$Intonational$Meaning$
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Alyssa!Kermad! !
Session!Chair:!Aleksey!Novikov!
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This!presentation!discusses!how!listening!extensively!to!TV/movies!in!English!does!not!produce!a!higher!
perception!of!intonational!meaning!for!17!IEP!students.!These!students!also!rely!on!paralinguistic!
features!of!speech!when!making!decisions!about!intonational!meaning.!The!presenter!discusses!the!
need!for!an!explicit!teaching!of!intonational!meaning.!
Modern'Languages'306!
Multimodal$Assessment$of$Resettled$Refugees$in$a$“Preliterate”$ESL$Class$
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Jenna!Altherr!Flores!
Session!Chair:!Amanda!Snell!
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This!research!is!critical!analysis!of!the!multimodal!written!assessment!used!by!the!Refugee!Education!
Program!for!refugees!enrolled!in!the!“preliterate”!ESL!class,!and!is!action!research!that!aims!to!provide!a!
feasible!multimodal!assessment!for!nonUWestern!resettled!refugees!who!are!nonUliterate!and!lowU
educated,!or!literate!in!nonURoman!scripts.!
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Modern'Languages'301!
Addressing$English$Discourse$Markers$in$the$Spanish$Heritage$Language$Classroom$ $$$$$$$$$
Joseph!Kern!and!Claire!Lozano!
Session!Chair:!Hope!Anderson!
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By!applying!quantitative,!sociolinguistic!research!of!the!use!of!bilingual!discourse!markers!among!
SpanishUEnglish!bilinguals!to!a!pedagogical!context,!this!study!proposes!a!classroom!project!that!both!
addresses!and!values!the!use!of!English!discourse!markers!in!the!Spanish!heritage!language!classroom.!
Modern'Languages'302!
MBA$Literacy$Practices:$Crossing$Linguistic$and$Cultural$Boundaries$
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WanSNing!Yeh!
Session!Chair:!Borbi!Gaspar!
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This!presentation!investigates!by!drawing!comparisons!between!four!groups!of!Taiwanese!MBA!
students!situated!in!both!Taiwan!and!the!United!States.!The!focus!is!on!the!application!of!their!
understanding!of!business!literacy!and!their!completion!of!required!assignments!while!using!both!their!
L1!and!L2.!
Modern'Languages'306!
FL$Learning$and$Teaching$with$ARIS?Based$Mobile$Game$
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Kayo!Shintaku!
Session!Chair:!Kristian!Adi!Putra!
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This!presentation!explores!how!to!integrate!a!mobile!game!into!FL!learning!and!teaching!environments.!
Using!Japanese!as!a!foreign!language!(JFL)!as!an!example,!the!presenter!introduces!an!openUsource!
platform,!ARIS,!to!create!an!augmented!reality!mobile!game!and!demonstrates!the!actual!ARIS!game!
created!for!the!JFL!learners.
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Dr.!Claire!Kramsch,!'
Keynote!Speaker!!
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After!studying!German!Language!and!Literature!in!the!
1950’s!at!the!University!of!ParisUSorbonne,!Professor!
Kramsch!emigrated!to!the!United!States,!where!she!
taught!German!language!and!literature!at!M.I.T.!and!
Applied!Linguistics!at!Cornell!University.!A!professor!at!
UC!Berkeley!since!1990,!she!is!now!retired!from!the!
German!Department!and!holds!an!appointment!as!Professor!of!the!Graduate!School.$Her!area!
of!research!is!applied!linguistics,!with!emphasis!on!social,!cultural!and!stylistic!approaches!to!
language!study.!Her!major!publications!include$Discourse$Analysis$and$Second$Language$
Teaching$(CAL!1981);$Interaction$et$discours$dans$la$classe$de$langue$(Didier!1984);!Reden,$
Mitreden,$Dazwischenreden:$Managing$Conversations$in$German$(Heinle!1985);!Foreign$
Language$Research$in$CrossKCultural$Perspective$(Benjamins!1991);$Text$and$Context:$CrossK
Disciplinary$Perspectives$on$Language$Study$(D.C.Heath!1992);$Context$and$Culture$in$Language$
Teaching$(OUP!1993);$Language$and$Culture$(OUP!1998);!Language$acquisition$and$language$
socialization$–$Ecological$perspectives$(Continuum!2002);!The$Multilingual$Subject$(OUP!2002);!
the$Multilingual$Challenge$(de!Gruyter!2015).$Some!of!her!many!articles!have!appeared!in$
Applied$Linguistics,$Studies$in$Second$Language$Acquisition,$The$Modern$Language$Journal,$Die$
Unterrichtspraxis,$The$Canadian$Modern$Language$Review,$The$Journal$of$Sociolinguistics,$&$
Language$Culture$and$Curriculum.$$
Some!of!her!major!awards!include!the!1988!ACTFL!Nelson!Brooks!Award!for!the!teaching!of!
culture;!1994!and!2009!MLA!Kenneth!Mildenberger!Prizes!for!Outstanding!Research!in!the!
study!of!foreign!languages!and!literatures;!1998!Goethe!Medal;!MLA!Distinguished!Service!
Award!2000,!as!well!as!the!Distinguished!Scholarship!and!Service!Award!from!the!American!
Association!for!Applied!Linguistics.!She!holds!honorary!doctorates!from!the!Middlebury!School!
of!Languages!1998,!St.!Michael’s!College!2001,!the!University!of!Waterloo!2010,!as!well!as!the!
Berkeley!Citation,!honorary!doctorate!from!UC!Berkeley!2015.!$
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Modern'Languages'311'
The$Uses$of$Symbolic$Competence$
This!presentation!will!recapitulate!the!theoretical!and!methodological!tenets!of!the!notion!of!
symbolic!competence,!coined!by!Kramsch!&!Whiteside!in!2008.!It!will!use!an!annotated!
bibliography!to!pass!in!review!how!the!notion!has!been!used!by!various!researchers!and!
practitioners!in!Applied!Linguistics!in!the!last!seven!years.!It!will!then!show!how!the!notion!can!
serve!to!enrich!the!teaching!of!foreign!languages!at!the!college!level.!
Lunch'Hour'
12:3001:30!pm!
Lunch'is'not'provided.!
Lunch!Interest!Groups:!
Pedagogy!and!Program!Administration,!Chair:!Elyse!Petit!
Language!Use,!Chair:!Trudie!McEvoy!
Language!Analysis,!Chair:!Michael!Sayle!
Language!Processes,!Chair:!Laurel!Schenkoske!
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Panel'Presentation'
1:3502:55!pm!
Modern'Languages'303!
Literacy?Based$Language$Teaching$and$Textbooks$?$Theory,$Analysis,$and$Practice$
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Kyung!Lee!Gagum,!Kristin!Lange,!Chelsea!Steinert!
Session!Chair:!Rachel!LaMance!
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This!panel!will!explore!the!theoretical!foundations!behind!literacyUbased!language!teaching!
(LBLT),!analyze!the!extent!of!its!presence!and!interpretation!in!commercial!foreign!language!
textbooks!for!beginning!German!learners,!and!provide!several!concrete!examples!of!how!
textbook!material!can!be!used,!expanded!and/or!reframed!to!adhere!to!LBLT.!
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Modern'Languages'304!
Teaching$Implicature$through$Explicit$Instruction$
Aysenur!Sagdic!and!Kevin!Hirschi!
Session!Chair:!Borbi!Gaspar!
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This!presentation!discusses!the!benefits!of!using!explicit!instruction!with!deductive!or!inductive!
modifications!to!promote!pragmatic!competence.!After!discussing!the!methods!and!results!of!the!quasiU
experimental!study,!the!presenters!show!how!to!introduce!conversational!implicature,!specifically!
indirect!criticism,!through!using!the!two!teaching!methods!to!second!language!learners.!
Modern'Languages'312!
EFL$Teachers’$Retrospective$Reflection$in$Online$Discussions$
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Elif!BurhanSHorasanli!
Session!Chair:!Riyad!Alhomsi!
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This!paper!presents!a!qualitative!study!on!EFL!teachers’!reflective!practice!oriented!(RPUoriented)!online!
discussions,!more!specifically;!the!study!explores!a!particular!reflection!type!called!retrospective!
reflection!(reflectionUonUaction)!participants!engage!in.!The!study!investigates!the!content!analysis!of!
online!discussions!while!also!exploring!teachers’!reflective!processes!with!interviews.!
Modern'Languages'314!
Effects$of$Native$Culture?oriented$Texts$on$Reading$Skills$in$L2$
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Mehtap!Acar!
Session!Chair:!Amanda!Snell!
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In!this!experimental!study,!the!focus!is!on!the!use!of!English!reading!texts!prepared!in!a!way!that!they!
could!reflect!students’!native!culture,!and!their!effects!on!the!learners’!level!of!reading!strategies!use!in!
L2!and!how!these!students!interpret!having!such!texts!in!their!reading!program.!
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Modern'Languages'304!
L2$Digital$Games$as$Ecologies$for$Situated$L2$Learning$
Karim!Ibrahim!
Session!Chair:!Adriana!Picoral!
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This!is!a!case!study!investigating!L2!use!and!learning!in!playerUgame!interaction.!The!study!examined!the!
interactions!of!3!Arabic!L2!learners!in!Baalty,!an!educational!game.!The!findings!revealed!that!the!
interplay!between!languaging!and!play!activities!situated!inUgame!discourse!in!play!offering!affordances!
for!situated!L2!learning.!
Modern'Languages'312!
Working$with$Autobiographies$in$the$Multilingual/Multicultural$Classroom.$
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Natalia!Rud!
Session!Chair:!Bruna!Sommer!
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This!presentation!is!centered!on!the!concept!of!third!space!construction!in!autobiographies!produced!by!
international!individuals.!Anchee!Min’s!The$Cooked$Seed!serves!as!an!example!of!how!L2!students!can!
benefit!from!working!with!autobiographies:!from!developing!basic!language!skills!to!recognizing!their!
own!positions!in!the!foreign!context.!
Modern'Languages'314!
An$Intersection$of$Culture,$Figurative$Language,$and$Grammar$in$Mandarin$
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Michael!Sayle!
Session!Chair:!Aleksey!Novikov!
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This!presentation!describes!how!figurative!language!processing!allows!the!processing!of!some!nonU
standard!grammatical!relationships!in!Mandarin!Chinese!but!restricts!the!processing!of!others.!Though!
L1!aspects!will!be!mentioned,!the!presentation!will!focus!on!the!implications!for!L2!Mandarin!learners!
specifically!and!second!language!learners!by!extension.
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Modern'Languages'304!
6$NewS$Things:$Sharing$the$Target$Language$&$Target$Culture$
Laurel!A.!Schenkoske!
Session!Chair:!Stefan!Vogel!
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Come!learn!an!exciting!approach!to!helping!your!students!become!familiar!with!current!events!in!the!
target!culture!by!accessing!it!and!communicating!in!the!target!language.!The!multimodal!nature!of!the!
activity!incorporates!reading,!summarization,!speaking,!listening,!and!communicating!ideas!with!
classmates!via!a!website.!Bring!a!laptop.!
Modern'Languages'312!
Encouraging$Learner$Autonomy$in$Your$Language$Classroom$
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Camille!Richter,!Karyn!Light,!Mike!Lindsey,!Veronika!Williams! Session!Chair:!Elaine!Yee!
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This!workshop!will!present!ways!for!teachers!to!facilitate!learner!autonomy!in!language!classrooms.!
Through!a!discussion!of!the!theoretical!background,!as!well!as!inUclass!and!outUofUclass!strategies!for!
promoting!this!characteristic,!we!will!share!experiences!of!how!to!easily!and!effectively!encourage!
learner!autonomy.!
Modern'Languages'314!
How$Practicing$Teachers$Can$Use$Excel$for$Test$Data$Analysis$
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Valeriia!Bogorovich!
Session!Chair:!Adriana!Picoral!
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The!participants!of!the!workshop!will!use!their!laptops!to!receive!a!handsUon!experience!on!using!Excel!
to!calculate!descriptive!statistics!of!students’!performance!on!a!test.!Also,!the!participants!will!learn!
about!item!difficulty!and!difference!index,!and!how!to!utilize!them!to!decide!which!items!should!be!
revised.
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Modern'Languages'304!
Language$and$Culture$in$Communication:$Research$on$Turkish$International$Students$
Adnan!Yilmaz!
Session!Chair:!Elif!Burhan!
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This!study!investigated!the!intercultural!communicative!competence!(ICC)!of!Turkish!graduate!students!
in!the!USA.!Eliciting!data!through!an!intercultural!sensitivity!scale,!a!discourse!completion!test,!and!
semiUstructured!interviews,!this!research!examined!the!participants’!overall!ICC!and!the!challenges!or!
difficulties!they!confront!when!engaging!in!intercultural!communication.!
Modern'Languages'312!
Using$Peer$Feedback$to$Improve$Writing$Proficiency$
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Rahmah!Fithriani!
Session!Chair:!Kristian!Adi!Putra!
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Peer!feedback!is!widely!used!in!various!foreign/second!language!teaching!contexts!to!help!students!
improve!their!writing!proficiency.!This!presentation!describes!an!ongoing!action!research!on!the!use!of!
peer!feedback!in!a!Russian!as!a!foreign!language!class!with!a!special!focus!on!students’!perception!of!the!
process.!
Modern'Languages'314!
Are$You$an$Effective$Language$Teacher?$How$Do$You$Know?$
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Riyad!Alhomsi!
Session!Chair:!Jenna!Altherr!Flores!
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This!research!attempts!to!identify!the!qualities!of!effective!teachers!in!the!hope!of!promoting!teachers’!
qualities!deemed!necessary!to!contribute!to!a!successful!learning!experience.!Two!groups!of!teachers!of!
Arabic!and!English!were!surveyed!and!the!findings!were!categorized!into!personal!traits,!and!theoretical!
and!pedagogical!traits.
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Closing'Ceremony'
4:40!pm!
Modern'Languages'310!
Appreciation!Awards!for!Dr.!Robert!Ariew!and!Dr.!Ken!Forster,!University$of$Arizona!
Presentation!of!the$Claudia$R.$Kost$Award$$
Poster!Awards$
Closing!Remarks!
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Roundtable'Potluck'Dinner''
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To!a!Roundtable!potluck!dinner!at!the!home!of!Dr.!Beatrice!Dupuy,!Director!of!
SLAT,!on!Saturday!evening!after!the!Roundtable!at!6:00!p.m.!!
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Guests,!with!the!exception!of!outUofUtown!visitors,!are!asked!to!bring!a!beverage!
and!dish!to!share.!Spouses,!significant!others,!special!friends,!children,!and!other!
family!members!are!also!invited.!
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Dr.!Dupuy’s!address!is!5132!E.!Camino!Bosque,!which!is!about!ten!miles!northeast!
of! campus.! !From! the! university,! go! east! on! Speedway.! Turn! north! (left)! onto!
Swan.! Drive! about! 5! miles! to! Sunrise.! !Turn! east! (right)! on! Sunrise.! In! about! ¼!
mile,!turn!north!(left)!onto!Camino!Arenosa.!Turn!right!onto!Camino!Bosque.!The!
house!is!on!the!right!side!of!the!street.!You!can!park!by!the!side!of!the!road.!!
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SLATSA! would! like! to! thank! Dr.! Claire! Kramsch! and! Dr.! Senta! Goertler,! SLAT! alumna,! for!
travelling!to!Arizona!to!speak!at!our!Roundtable.!We!would!also!like!to!thank!all!the!presenters!
and!attendees!who!travelled!from!near!and!far!to!be!with!us!this!year.!!!!
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Thank$ you! to! everyone! who! submitted! proposals.! We! would! like! to! acknowledge! our!
anonymous! reviewers,! both! faculty! and! students,! for! carefully! evaluating! each! abstract.! We!
appreciate!your!time!and!are!thankful!for!your!contribution!in!making!the!Roundtable!sessions!
a!success.!!
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Thank$you!to!all!SLATSA!officers!and!members!who!contributed!their!valuable!time,!energy!and!
resources!in!making!the!15th!Annual!SLAT!Roundtable!possible.!!
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A!big!THANK$YOU!goes!to!our!generous!UA!sponsors!for!their!financial!support.!With!their!help,!
we!are!able!to!offer!free!registration,!support!for!our!speakers,!catering,!and!pay!for!printing!
costs!and!supplies.!!
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This!year’s!UA!sponsors!include!the!following:!
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The! Center! for! Educational! Resources! in! Culture,! Language,! and! Literacy! (CERCLL),! The!
Graduate! and! Professional! Student! Council! (GPSC),! Associated! Students! of! The! University! of!
Arizona! (ASUA),! The! Center! for! English! as! Second! Language! (CESL),! College! of! Humanities,!
Department!of!German!Studies,!Department!of!Spanish!and!Portuguese,!Department!of!Russian!
and! Slavic! Studies,! Department! of! English;! Teaching,! Learning! &! Sociocultural! Studies!
Department;!Second!Language!Acquisition!&!Teaching!Graduate!Interdisciplinary!Program.!
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