Language Symposium 2012: Schedule of Talks

Tasks and Projects in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Join us on Friday evening for the keynote speaker:

Klaus Brandl, University of Washington
Maximizing task effects in a communicative language learning environment

Program Schedule
Date	Start Time	Event	Location

Friday	4:00	Technology demonstration and tours	Grant Hall LCLC
April 13	5:00	Registration/Reception	Grant Hall LCLC
	6:00	Keynote Presentation	Lecture Center F Room F1
		Dinner	Grant Hall LCLC

Saturday	8:30	Registration/Breakfast	Grant Hall LCLC
April 14	9:30	Session 1: Task-based learning and online environments	Lecture Center F Room F1
		Taking online research tasks to the conversational level
		Developing Task-Based Social Networking Projects: The Case of Russian L2 Instruction
		Online-Tasks: A Framework for Intermediate Materials Development
	11	Coffee Break	Grant Hall LCLC
	11:30	Session 2: Task-based learning, interaction, and collaboration	Lecture Center F Room F1
		Fostering Interaction and Collaboration in Translation Classes
		Social Media for Language Learning Outside the Classroom
		Promoting interaction and meaningful communication with information gap tasks
	1 pm	Lunch	Grant Hall LCLC
	2 pm	Session 3: Task-based learning, writing and culture	Lecture Center F Room F1
		Connecting to the World through Digital Story Telling
		What's cooking in the Hindi classroom?
		Creative Writing Based Tasks in a Content-Based Instruction Approach
	3:30	Wrap-up/coffee	TBA