COTSEAL-Related News and Events

Saturday, April 30, 2022

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.

Monday, April 11, 2022

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

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Holiday Message from COTSEAL

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Screenshots from the Dec. 3 COTSEAL Webinar

Screenshots from our Dec. 3 Webinar, "Developing Learners’ Proficiency with Every Lesson:"

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

COTSEAL Webinar on December 3, 2:00 – 3:30 PM Pacific Time

Webinar Title:

Developing Learners’ Proficiency with Every Lesson

Webinar Description:

How can we bring a focus on developing proficiency to each unit and lesson we teach? Unpack the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements to understand the language functions that we need to develop continuously throughout our language programs starting from the very beginning. Use the lens of the World-Readiness Standards to create a language- and culture-rich environment. Experience the process of using language functions to identify unit goals and daily lesson objectives. Prepare to energize your learners!

Paul Sandrock serves as ACTFL Senior Advisor for Language Learning Initiatives. While at ACTFL, Paul has facilitated the revision of the national World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, and before that was a member of the original Integrated Performance Assessment development team. Previously, Paul was Assistant Director of Content and Learning at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), coordinating the areas of English language arts, mathematics, international education, and world languages. He earlier served as the Wisconsin DPI statewide consultant for world languages. Paul taught Spanish for 16 years in middle school and high school and authored The Keys to Assessing Language Performance as well as Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages. Paul previously served ACTFL as a board member and president and received ACTFL’s Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education, K-12.

Registration Link: https://ucla.in/3cc7gEC

Please register by December 1, 2021.

The webinar is free for COTSEAL members. The Zoom link will be sent to COTSEAL active members who register.

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

Cosponsor: The UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies