"Teaching about Tasks:" COTSEAL Fall 2022 Webinar, Fri., 12/9

 

Talking about Tasks: Exploring the language learning
potential of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)

by Dr. Koen Van Gorp, Assistant Professor in the Applied Linguistics
Program and Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Coordinator Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Michigan State University.*

Everyone seems to talk about tasks. Task-based language teaching (TBLT) may well be the strongest empirically supported teaching approach around. However, for many instructors, TBLT is still an innovative approach that deviates from more familiar structure-based or form-focused teaching methods. They find it difficult to incorporate strong tasks in their teaching practices.
This talk will focus on tasks, on what makes a task different from an activity or exercise, on how classroom tasks can be used to support language learning at different proficiency levels. This talk aims to provide you with the foundational principles of TBLT
so you can make tasks work for you and your students.

.*Dr. Koen Van Gorp is also Head of Research for the National LCTL Resource Center (NLRC) and serves as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Language and Education (KU Leuven, Belgium). His research interests are task-based language teaching and assessment, language-in-education policy, multilingual awareness and multilingualism. He is founding Co-Editor (together with Kris Van den Branden) of TASK. Journal on task-based language teaching and learning and Treasurer of the International Association for Task-Based Language Teaching and learning (IATBLT). 

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Register: https://ucla.in/3WQhpwU by Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Zoom link will be emailed on Dec. 8.

REGISTRATION is FREE for COTSEAL members.
To become a COTSEAL member, please click this link: https://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf

(Dues are $30/one-year and $55/two-year.)

Co-Sponsor: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Contact: Juliana Wijaya, Ph.D., jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu

Position Available: SEALC Project Manager

 

PROJECT MANAGER - SEALC at UW–Madison Job Summary: The Project Manager for the Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) is a 50% position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The project manager has primary responsibility for day-to-day administration of SEALC programs and management of the funded project, Professional and Materials Development to Strengthen Southeast Asian Language Instruction. jobs.hr.wisc.edu

 

 

Ellen Rafferty

SEALC Project Director
Professor Emerita, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
U. Wisconsin-Madison

Call for Applications: SEALC Reading Materials Development Workshop for SEA LCTL Instructors in Southeast Asia

 

 Call for Applications

SEALC Reading Materials Development Workshop for SEA LCTL Instructors in Southeast Asia
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Application Deadline: November 11, 2022
Workshop Dates: March 9-11, 2023

 

The Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) invites applications from Southeast Asian language instructors in Southeast Asia for a Reading Materials Development workshop, in collaboration with and hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Thailand from March 9-11, 2023. This professional development opportunity will provide a valuable opportunity for participants to collaborate with colleagues in Southeast Asia as well as colleagues in the United States to develop reading proficiency lessons  for the field of Southeast Asian languages. Lodging, meals, workshop fees, airfare and modest honorarium are provided for all participants.

 

Activities

March 9-11, 2023 Workshop (in person at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand): Participants will receive intensive training on developing reading proficiency materials from Stephen Tschudi, Specialist in Technology for Language Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa (retired) and will produce a prototype reading lessons in collaboration with colleagues from the same language with support from the trainer, Stephen Tschudi, and Erlin Barnard, SEALC pedagogy specialist.

 

March – June 2023 Language-specific working groups of two or more instructors will complete reading proficiency lessons at two levels with support from SEALC.

 

Follow-up workshop (hybrid at UCLA): There will be a two-day follow-up workshop on September 22-23, 2023 at which participants will report on their group’s achievements and receive feedback from the trainers. Once the materials are revised and finalized, the deliverables will be kept on file by SEALC and made accessible to all instructors of that language.

 

Eligibility and Application Process

Applicants must be Southeast Asian language instructors. Additionally, applicants must have attended an ACTFL OPI workshop. Those who successfully completed the SEALC Reading Assessment project in Spring 2022 will receive priority. Contact SEALC (SEALC@intl.wisc.edu) if you require assistance finding an ACTFL OPI workshop to attend.

 

To apply for this opportunity, please email the following materials to SEALC’s Project Manager, at sealc@intl.wisc.edu by end of day November 11, 2022:

·      A brief statement of interest addressing the following four points:

1.     Your career path up to this point and your position teaching a SEA language as a foreign language, including what levels of the language you teach.

2.     Your commitment to collaborate and develop pedagogical materials following the workshop.

3.     How this SEALC opportunity will benefit your professional development as a SEA language instructor.

4.     Written confirmation that you have attended an ACTFL OPI workshop, including the dates of the workshop attended (or a written agreement that you will attend an ACTFL OPI workshop before this workshop starts).

·      A current CV

 

The selection committee will notify applicants within one month of the application deadline. Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please email sealc@intl.wisc.edu.

Call for Applications: SEALC Reading Materials Development Workshop

 

 Call for Applications

SEALC Reading Materials Development Workshop for SEA Instructors
at U. Wisconsin-Madison

Application Deadline: November 11, 2022
Workshop Dates: April 13-15, 2023

 

The Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) invites applications from Southeast Asian language instructors for a Reading Materials Development workshop at U. Wisconsin-Madison on April 13-15, 2023. This professional development opportunity will provide a valuable opportunity for participants to collaborate with colleagues in the U.S. and in Southeast Asia to develop reading proficiency lessons for the field of Southeast Asian languages. Lodging, meals, workshop fees, and a modest honorarium are provided for participants. Participants are asked to request airfare from their home university.  Please note that due to U.S. regulations some visa holders will not be able to receive the honorarium.

 

Activities

April 13-15 2023 Workshop: Participants will receive intensive training on developing reading proficiency materials from Stephen Tschudi, Specialist in Technology for Language Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa (retired) and will produce a prototype reading lesson in collaboration with colleagues from the same language with support from the trainer, Stephen Tschudi, and Erlin Barnard, SEALC pedagogy specialist.

 

March – June 2023 Language-specific working groups of two or more instructors will complete reading proficiency lessons at two levels with support from SEALC.

 

Follow-up workshop (hybrid at UCLA): There will be a two-day follow-up workshop on September 22-23, 2023 at which participants will report on their group’s achievements and receive feedback from the trainers. Once the materials are revised and finalized, the deliverables will be kept on file by SEALC and made accessible to all instructors of that language.

 

Eligibility and Application Process

Applicants must be Southeast Asian language instructors who have attended an ACTFL OPI workshop. Those who successfully completed the SEALC Reading Assessment project in Spring 2022 will receive priority.  Contact SEALC (SEALC@intl.wisc.edu) if you require assistance finding an ACTFL OPI workshop to attend.

 

To apply for this opportunity, please email the following materials to SEALC’s Project Manager, at sealc@intl.wisc.edu by end of day November 11, 2022:

·      A brief statement of interest addressing the following four points:

1.     Your career path up to this point and your position teaching a SEA language as a foreign language, including what levels of the language you teach.

2.     Your commitment to collaborate and develop pedagogical materials following the workshop.

3.     How this SEALC opportunity will benefit your professional development as a SEA language instructor.

4.     Written confirmation that you have attended an ACTFL OPI workshop, including the dates of the workshop attended (or a written agreement that you will attend an ACTFL OPI workshop before this workshop starts).

·      A current CV

 

The selection committee will notify applicants within one month of the application deadline. Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please email sealc@intl.wisc.edu.

Invitation to Attend COTSEAL 38th Annual Conference: July 22-23, 2022

 Dear everyone,

You are cordially invited to our COTSEAL 38th Annual Conference which will be held from the 22nd to the 23rd of July at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and virtually. Please refer to the program for a complete schedule.


Please register by July 20 at https://ucla.in/3Hxcmde


A Zoom link will be emailed ONLY to those who have registered. Registration is free for COTSEAL members and $40 for non-members. To become a member or to renew your membership, see the Membership Form for more information.


To request more information about the conference, please email Dr. Juliana Wijaya, COTSEAL President jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu.  

 
Thank you very much for your kind consideration and support to COTSEAL.


Sincerely,


Agustini

COTSEAL Vice President

Call for Papers: AAS 2023 COTSEAL Panel: "Reframing Southeast Asian Language Teaching: Critical Perspectives"

 

COTSEAL is seeking three (3) more panelists working, teaching, doing research on different Southeast Asian Languages to form a panel on the theme of "Reframing Southeast Asian Language Teaching: Critical Perspectives” to be presented at COTSEAL-sponsored panel at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Boston, March 16-19, 2023. 

COTSEAL Sponsored Panel AAS 2023

Proposal: Reframing Southeast Asian Language Teaching: Critical Perspectives 

Anti-Asian discourses and violence are on the rise in the U.S. recently as can be seen on the recorded number of attacks and racist actions targeting members of the Asian communities during the covid-19 pandemic. As Southeast Asian (SEA) language teachers in American higher institutions, we cannot turn a blind eye on these realities that impinge on our students’ lives and our professional and personal lives as well. 

 

This panel brings together four SEA language teachers who seek to explore concrete ways of responding to the challenges of our time, specifically examining pedagogical and curricular decisions, innovations, and practices that promote equity, inclusion, diversity, and social justice in our teaching practices. More specifically, members of this panel who come from diverse teaching contexts will critically unpack how Southeast Asian languages in American universities have been conventionally framed from nationalistic and hegemonic ideals. 

 

The panel will also share ideas and reflect on how SEA language teachers endeavor to address the diverse needs and identities of all types of students. These language teachers will share stories of reframing language teaching by looking at how ethnicity, class, gender, and race intersect and affect students’ language learning and identity development. Lastly, this panel will highlight the invaluable contribution of SEA languages in fostering diversity and inclusion in the US by promoting contextual-multilingual strategies that honor students’ identities and harness the funds of knowledge that they bring into the classroom. 

 

Panel Organizer and Presenter:

Dr. Jayson Parba, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Paper Title: Raciolinguistic Encounters of Filipino Heritage Learners in Hawaiʻi  

Please email your abstract (250 words maximum) to Dr. Jayson Praba, jaysonpa@hawaii.edu by July 25, 2022 (No late abstracts will be accepted).

To prepare for your proposal please check the AAS website: https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/call-for-proposals/submission-types-requirements/

Funding:  Partial funding is available for presenters for COTSEAL-sponsored panel. Priorities will be given to language instructors/lecturers and graduate students. Please indicate in your email if you would like to be considered for the funding and submit your budget proposal including any support you’ll have from your institution/organization along with your abstract. 

Questions regarding this COTSEAL-sponsored panel can be addressed to the panel organizer and COTSEAL President, Dr. Juliana Wijaya (jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu).

CFA for COTSEAL-AAS 2023 Panel:

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jZU5XNWfd2-lXaGESDGS1SGiqYOscsgQtHUbRvbx0sw/edit?usp=sharing

CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS 38th COTSEAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE at SEASSI 2022 (Hybrid)

CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS 38th COTSEAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE at SEASSI 2022 (Hybrid) 

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Southeast Asian Language Teaching and Learning 

July 22-23, 2022 University of Wisconsin, Madison 

COTSEAL invites participants from academic institutions, teachers, researchers, and graduate students who are interested in, involved in, or have conducted research on Southeast Asian language education and linguistics to submit abstracts to the conference. Paper/presentation topics may include, but are not limited to: · Collaborations in SEA language teaching and material development · Different approaches in teaching SEA languages · Proficiency, project, community-based learning · Heritage language learners · Distance learning and flipped classrooms · University policies & related issues affecting SEA language instruction 

 

Abstract Submission Deadline: May 31, 2022 Notification of Acceptance: June 13, 2022 An abstract proposal should include the title, a brief description of 250 words maximum, and a presenter profile that should include your name, institution, email address, and phone number. Send them as two email attachments (MS words/pdf) to jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu, Subject line: COTSEAL 38/2022 Abstract Submission. Indicate if you would like to present in-person or virtually. 

 

The conference registration is $40, but it is free for COTSEAL active members. To become a COTSEAL member: http://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf. 

 

For more information about the conference, please contact the conference co-chairs: Dr. Juliana Wijaya jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu Agustini agustini@umich.edu 

COTSEAL Officers: Dr. Juliana Wijaya, Agustini, Imelda Gasmen 

 

Co-sponsored by SEALC, UCLA-CSEAS, and SEASSI.

COTSEAL Spring 2022 Webinar, April 22

COTSEAL Spring 2022 Webinar Friday, April 22, 2022

via Zoom 3:00 pm PST, 6:00 pm EST, 5:00 pm CST, 12:00 pm HST

Aligning Proficiency-Based Reading Activities to Ensure Success with Proficiency-Based Reading Assessment

by Catherine C. Baumann, Senior Instructional Professor and Director of the University of Chicago Language Center (CLC).
 

Dr. Baumann received her Ph.D. in Second Languages and Cultures Education at the University of Minnesota, specializing in reading comprehension and language testing. She directed the German language program at the University of Chicago from 1999-2019, and since 2016 has directed the CLC. In 2016 it received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, “Transforming Language Instruction at the University of Chicago and Beyond: Collaborative Curricula and Professional Development.” A year later, she co-founded, the Language Pedagogy Innovation Initiative. Both grants support innovation in language pedagogy through an assessment-driven reverse design approach and have directly impacted the testing and teaching practices of hundreds of instructors of languages across North America and the world. She is a contributor to a variety of academic publications, and is frequently asked to consult for language programs in higher education on a variety of curricular and assessment-related issues

When teaching toward proficiency-based outcomes, assessment and instruction need to be aligned. This workshop will present reading proficiency outcomes for the intermediate and advanced levels and briefly share examples of assessment tasks. We will then explore the types of classroom reading activities that ensure not only that learners are successful on assessments, but also truly gain meaningful reading comprehension skills.
 

Register: https://ucla.in/3rk55H4 by Wednesday, by April 20.

 Zoom link will be emailed on April 21. Free for COTSEAL members.

 To become a COTSEAL member, please click this link: https://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf

 Sponsor: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

 Contact: Juliana Wijaya, Ph.D., jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu