K-12 Language for Business Conference

Florida International University's CIBER is proud to announce the 4th Annual K-12 Language for Business Conference: Technologies and Tools for a New Language for Business Course. This one day conference will be held in Miami on January 14, 2012 at Florida International University. With the support of consulates, language associations, and cultural organizations, we have selected six language tracks concentrating on the most relevant languages taught in the classroom today: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and French. This program will serve to instruct K-12 teachers and junior community college professors on the importance and necessity of incorporating aspects of Language for Business into the standard curricula. In addition, this conference will help provide teachers and professors with materials and practical lessons on how to incorporate and develop a course in the K-12 circular on Language for Business.

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Florida International University’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) announces a Call for Papers for the January 14, 2012 Language for Business Conference that will take place at Florida International University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus.

Since its inception, five years ago, the K-12 Language for Business Conference has become a reference in teaching Language for Business for K-12 students in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Japanese, and Italian. Three of these languages are considered languages of interest to the U.S. Department of Education.

Papers are invited on one or more of the following topics:

1. Papers with a focus on adapting techniques for K-12, College and University.

2. Workshops that deal with second language methodology, technology, and the particular nature of teaching one language to another (i.e. Portuguese to Spanish speakers) will be especially welcomed.

Please submit a one page proposal to Dr. Maida Watson by e-mail to watsonm@fiu.edu or to ciber@fiu.edu before October 20, 2011.

Our 4th Annual Conference will be held on January 14, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in the MARC (Management and Advanced Research Center) building at Florida International University's Modesto A. Maidique Campus (previously know as University Park).

Please enter FIU through 107th Ave and 16th ST (immediately entering you will enter a roundabout with a large red sculpture in the middle). Continue straight through the roundabout and locate the signs that will direct you to where to park. After parking, you will find signs to help you get to the MARC building. Please prefer to the map below:

 

The following program schedule may change. Speakers and other information will be made available and updated in the program schedule below.

	Saturday, January 14, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration in Lobby of MARC Building
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote Speaker: Deputy Consul General Yasushi Sato, Consualte of Japan, Miami, FL Title: How a Japanese Diplomat Learned Spanish
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Dr. Melissa Baralt, Florida International University Workshop on Teaching a Second Language for Business using a Task Based Approach
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Coffee/ Tea Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Dr. Mary Risner, University of Florida Using Realia to Teach a Second Language for Business
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch in FIU Graham Center
	Concurrent Sessions
1:30 PM -3:00 PM	Japanese:	Mieko Avello, Japanese Teacher, Miami Palmetto Senior High School: Demystifying Business Language K-12. Naoko Komura, Instructor of Japanese, Florida International University: Business Japanese Assessment.
	Portuguese:	Dr. Monica Rector, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill: Working Portuguese: Effective Use and Communication
	Spanish:	Dr. Esther Daganzo-Cantens, Assistant Professor of Spanish, East Stroudburg University: Spanish for Business: Curriculum and Course Development for K-12 Teachers and College Professors
	Chinese:	Dr. Xuejun (Jim) Yu, Ph.D., Director, Confucious Center, Miami Dade College: Teaching Chinese Language for Business for K-12 Students: Strategies and Resources.
	French:	Dr. Maria Antonieta Garcia, French Program Coordinator & Senior French Instructor, Florida International University: Introducing Business in the French Classroom
	Italian:	Magda Pearson, Italian Instrucor and Anna Piva, Program Coordinator, Florida International University: Italian for Business and For Fun Annalisa Katz, ISCH International Charter School: Questo matrimonio non s'ha da fare! Letteratura, arte, costume e societa
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Japanese:	Tokio Fukushima, Former Vice President of Ysen Global Logistics: Doing Business with Japan in South Florida.
	Portuguese:	Dr. Nicola Gavioli, Assistant Professor of Portuguese, Florida International University: Problematize the cinematic experience in the classroom: Some considerations on Brazilian cinema as a laboratory of national ideas (and obsessions). Simone de Lemos, M.A. Candidate in Linguistics, Florida International University: Immigration and Bilingualism: Can anything be done to prevent Halfinguism in our children? Anete Arslanian, Miami Beach Senior High School: The American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese
	Spanish:	Dr. Adelia Parrado-Ortiz, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Lenior-Rhyne University: Best classroom practices: Technological Resources to Design and Develop a Spanish for Business Class. Dr. Svetlana Tyutina, President, Modern Languages Graduate Association and Doctoral Candidate, Florida International University: Using Spanish Newspaper in the Spanish for Business Class
	Chinese:	Dr. Ma Li, Instructor of Chinese, Florida International University Learning Chinese Language and Culture through Proverbs Therse Solien, Graduate Student, International Relations and Instructor of Chinese in Norway: It all sounds Chinese to me: Teaching Chinese to the Western Ear
	French:	Dr. Peter Machonis, Professor at Florida International University: French: A Global Language
	Italian:	Antonietta Di Pietro and Angela Bronsburg, Instructor at Florida International University: Molto lieto, Congiuntivo: Formal Register and Use of the Subjunsctive Mode.
5:00 PM	Conclusion of Conference.

Florida International University
Management and Advanced Research Center
11200 S.W. 8th ST
Miami, FL 33199

Registration fee is $15, and includes conference materials, breakfast, lunch meals, and breaks. Payments must be received no later than January 12, 2012.

Refund Policy: All cancellations and requests for refunds must be submitted in writing to ciber@fiu.edu by December19, 2011 to be eligible for a full refund. Refund requests after December 19, 2011 will not be refunded due to commitments on our part.

The following organizations have been kind enough to co-sponsor this conference:

Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIU UM Center for International Business Education and Resesarch (CIBER) University of South Carolina CIBER	Modern Languages Graduate Student Organization (FIU) Contact: Svetlana Tyutina, PhD San Diego State University CIBER.
American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese

 

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Sonia Verdu Associate Director Florida International University E-mail: Sonia.Verdu@fiu.edu

Robert Rodriguez Program Manager Florida International University Tel: (305) 348-1740 E-mail: Robert.Rodriguez3@fiu.edu