K-12 CONFERENCE

LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS:

New perspectives on developing a language for business course

Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2008

FIU CIBER in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, and other institutions is organizing a conference to make all text books for teaching Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese for business available to K-12 teachers. Through our partners the conference will bring editorial companies from different parts of the world to Miami to showcase the materials to K-12 teachers of all around the US. There will be travel grants available for K-12 teachers. FIU-CIBER language coordinator, Dr. Maida Watson, created a list of the latest editions of Spanish for Business text books available to the public. She distributed the list to all participants of our Faculty Development program "Teaching Spanish for Business in Spain" and was an immediate success. The idea is to share the materials with the K-12 academia.

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:

Maida Watson
CIBER Foreign Language Coordinator & Modern Languages Professor - FIU.
Sonia Verdu
Assistant Director, CIBER, FIU

 
Registration:

FREE (including conference materials, meals and breaks)

The FREE Registration closes on Thursday 10/30/08 at 10:00 AM. People who register after 10:00 AM on 10/30 or register at conference venue will need to pay $40 registration fees by Check/Money Order payable to FIU-CIBER.

*Lodging is NOT included in the registration fee.

     Registration Form

 

Travel Grants are available.
 

Co-Sponsored by:

Executive Level Co-Sponsor:

  • Temple University - CIBER

Community Level Co-Sponsor:

  • The Ohio State University - CIBER
  • Office of the Mayor - City of Miami

"Sponsor a Teacher" Level Co-Sponsor:

  • Global Via USA
  • Indiana University - CIBER
  • Institute of Asian Studies - FIU
  • Latin American and Caribbean Center - FIU
  • Panorama Travels
  • San Diego State University - CIBER
  • Texas A&M University - CIBER
  • University of Colorado at Denver - CIBER
  • University of Connecticut - CIBER
  • University of Florida - CIBER
  • University of Memphis - CIBER
  • University of Pennsylvania - CIBER
  • University of Washington - CIBER

With support from:

  • Embassy of Spain
  • Modern Languages Department - FIU

Thanks to the generosity of our co-sponsors many travel grants are available for outside the area teachers.

Are you interested in co-sponsoring the conference ? Sponsorship level


Tentative Program Schedule:

Friday October 31, 2008
4:00 - 6:00 PM Welcome Reception
 
Saturday November 1, 2008
8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration and Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Plenary Session

Key note speaker: The Honorable Consul of Spain, Santiago Cabanas

9:00 - 10:15 AM

General Session

THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS LANGUAGE IN TODAY’S GLOBAL ECONOMY

  • Chinese and the Global economy: Thomas Berslin, Professor, International Relations, FIU.
  • Brazil and Portugese: Fred Campos, Ernst & Young
10:15 - 10:30 AM Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00 PM

General Session
(for all Language Teachers)

The Relationship of Translation/Interpretation to Future Careers for students in K-12 classes

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

Editorials showcase (Grupo Editorial SM and Cheng & Tsui)

1:30 - 3:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Spanish:


Portuguese: (Part 1)


Chinese:


Japanese:

  • Milestone of Business Japanese Instruction: Dr. Suguru Akutus, Univ. of California San Diego
3:30 - 3:45 PM Coffee break

3:45 - 5:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Spanish:
Taller como incluir materiales para enseñar español para negocios en los Cursos de español en el programa K-12


Chinese:

  • Bei Zhang, CT
  • Jen Yu, CT


Portuguese: (Part 2)


Japanese:

  • Interactive Workshop
5:30 - 6:00 PM Closing remarks
 

 

 

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