2nd Annual

K-12 LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS CONFERENCE

Technologies and Tools for a New Language for Business Course

January 23, 2010

Travel Grants are available.

 

Tentative Program Itinerary:

Saturday, January 23, 2010
8:00 AM

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 - 13:00 AM

Plenary Session

May Hongmei Gao, Kennesaw State University
Cross Cultural aspects of Business Communications.

Cristian Aquino-Sterling, University of Pennsylvania
Teaching and Learning in a New Key: Introducing Business Language Instruction in K-12 Settings.

13:00 - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions

Orlando R. Kelm, The University of Texas at Austin
Using Technology in Teaching Business Language in the K-12 Cirriculum
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions

Spanish: Christine Groose,
Introducing Materials on Business in the K-12 Classroom

Portuguese - Orlando Klem, The Universty of Texas at Austin

Chinese - Fei Fei, Michigan State University

Japanese - Tomoko Takami, University of Pennsylvania

3:30 - 3:45 PM Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions

Spanish: Cristian Aquino-Sterling, University of Pennsylvania
From Theory into Practice: Modeling the Design

Portuguese: Augusta Vono, Florida International University

Chinese: Tao Liu, University of Oklahoma

Japanese - TBA

 

Venue:

Hotel Sofitel
5800 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126
Rate per night: $129
Free shuttle to/from Miami Airport

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Program Arrangements:

Sonia Verdu, Assistant Director, CIBER, FIU
Email: Sonia.Verdu@fiu.edu
Tel: 305-348-6834

Maida Watson, CIBER Foreign Language Coordinator & Modern Languages Professor - FIU
Email: watsonm@fiu.edu

 

Registration:

Registration Form (Please use Internet Explorer 6.0 and above)

Registration is FREE (including conference materials, meals and breaks)

*Lodging is NOT included in the registration fee.

 
 

Co-Sponsored by:

Community Level Co-Sponsor:

  • Temple University - CIBER


"Sponsor a Teacher" Level Co-Sponsor:

  • University of Michigan - CIBER


With support from:

  • Modern Languages Department - FIU

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