LTI's
2023 ACTFL Conference
Schedule of Events
Sessions Hosted by LTI
Bridging Cultures: Fostering Intercultural Understanding through Peer Connections
Friday, November 17th, 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CST
McCormick Place Convention Center, Exhibit Hall F, Workshop Room #2
Do you struggle to motivate your students to use the target language for meaningful purposes? Connect them with their peers abroad for guided video exchanges that are tiered by proficiency and topic. See how your students can have real-world conversations and cultural discussions with global peers in a target language and how you can channel their curiosity about the world, create awareness of cultural similarities and differences, and help them develop as global citizens.
Presenters: Jennifer Carson, Language Testing International, Alejandro Cisneros, Language Testing International, Scott Gravina, Language Testing International
Language at Work: Making AAPPL Matter
Friday, November 17th, 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CST
McCormick Place Convention Center, Exhibit Hall F, Workshop Room #6
Does the increasing attention to the value of multilingualism lead to increasing attention to world language programs? Assessment is a critical piece that can be strategically leveraged beyond just testing language skills. Learn about ACTFL’s proficiency assessments, new developments with the AAPPL, and how you can use the AAPPL and its data to help make your program matter to learners, parents, teachers, the workforce, and the global community.
Presenters: Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan, Language Testing International, Jody Lindsay, Alpine School District
Workshop attendees will receive a ticket for our special in-booth event, “Get the Scoop on ACTFL Assessment” ice cream social on Saturday, 11/18.
Other Sessions Involving Proficiency and Assessments
Thursday, November 16th
Planting Seeds to Bear Fruit: Leveraging the AAPPL in your Classroom
Thursday, November 16th: 4:30PM - 6:30PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Room W187b
Whether you already administer the AAPPL assessment or are considering its implementation, this workshop will provide strategies for leveraging assessment data to energize instruction and motivate students. After briefly reviewing the major proficiency levels that are assessed on the AAPPL and providing an overview of the assessment format for each mode, the presenter will focus on the seeds that can be planted in daily classroom activities that will lead to greater proficiency. How can teachers best prepare their learners to show what they CAN DO with the language? How can the AAPPL inform curriculum planning, formative assessment, and summative assessment in a language class? How can AAPPL data be used to create long-term programmatic goals and to motivate students to create and achieve their own personalized language goals? Many classroom examples will be shared that can be modified for all levels in all languages.
Presenter: Ryan Rockaitis, Deerfield High School
Friday, November 17th
ImpACTFL Zone: Requesting a Workshop, From A to Z!
Friday, November 17th, 10:30AM - 11:15AM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ImpACTFL Zone, Exhibit Hall F
Learn how to schedule and host your own on-site or virtual Professional Learning, OPI, Modified OPI (MOPI), AAPPL training or other proficiency-based workshops. Understand the different options, processes, along with pricing and scheduling information. Speak directly with a member of our training team to help you identify the right workshop to meet your institutional needs.
Presenters: Ainsley Delissaint, ACTFL, Christine Schreiber, ACTFL, Katherine McCrea, ACTFL
ACTFL Research-Oriented Papers on Assessment 1
Friday, November 17th, 11:30AM - 12:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building. Room W193b
Exploring Cultural Diversity Via Cross-Institutional Collaboration Project
Presented During: Enhancing CFL Learning: Collaboration, Critical Thinking & VR
Friday, November 17th, 11:30AM - 11:45AM CST
Practice-Oriented Paper Presentations
McCormick Place - West Building. Room W186ab
This session presents a cross-institutional collaboration project incorporating resources from both universities’ local and international partners and discusses how such collaboration mode maximizes the global engagement experience in exploring cultural diversity through language learning in advanced-level CFL classrooms.
Researcher: Luoyi Cai, UNC-Chapel Hill
Co-Presenter: Ziyi Geng, Wake Forest University
ImpACTFL Zone: Supporting Our Language Learners Through Universal Design for Learning
Friday, November 17th, 11:30AM - 12:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building. Room W193b
Join the Professional Learning and Certification Team in sharing how ACTFL is developing resources and opportunities to empower and support underrepresented communities through workshops, assessments, and mentoring opportunities utilizing Universal Design for Learning.
Presenters: Ainsley Delissaint, ACTFL, Abbie Finnegan, ACTFL, Angela Harris, ACTFL
Teaching Culture as a Bridge
Friday, November 17th, 11:30AM - 12:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building. Room W183a
This session presents strategies for using cultural artifacts such as film to build bridges between students, between students and the larger Francophone world, and between members of the French language teacher community. The session will inspire teachers to think of creative approaches to the incorporation of such artifacts into their curricula.
Presenters: John Moran, New York University, Catherine Behm, New York University, Joshua Kruchten, New York University, Anna-Caroline Prost, New York University
ImpACTFL Zone: An Overview of ACTFL Assessments: The AAPPL
Friday, November 17th, 1:30PM - 2:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ImpACTFL Zone, Exhibit Hall F
ACTFL’s Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) evaluates how well learners can apply communication strategies learned in classroom settings in different, yet still familiar, contexts. This session will provide an overview of the AAPPL, including functions and task design for each mode of communication (Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational). Attendees will see some sample tasks and responses and discuss how to apply these principles in the classroom.
Presenters: Camelot Marshall, ACTFL, Reuben Vyn, ACTFL, Margaret Malone, ACTFL
ACTFL Sidebar: What is Proficiency and How do I Grade That?
Friday, November 17th, 2:30PM - 3:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ACTFL Sidebar, Exhibit Hall F
Do we even know what proficiency is? And if we do know, how do we attach a grade to a student’s performance in class? Is grading different from feedback or assessments? Come join in the discussion and ask all your burning questions!
Moderators: Katrina Griffin, North County High School, Thomas Sauer, National Foreign Language Center
edTPA Preparation and Support for Teacher Candidates
Friday, November 17th, 3:30PM - 4:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Room W181c
World Language and Classical Languages teacher candidates struggle to complete edTPA, a portfolio assessment for initial certification. The presenter will share strategies on how to support candidates during coursework and the internship, including specific support for candidates with first language other than English.
Presenter: Cornelia Okraski, University of NC-Charlotte
How Being a Certified Language Tester/Rater Can Transform your Teaching
Friday, November 17th, 4:30PM - 5:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Room W179a
How can teachers bring their knowledge as testers/raters on ACTFL’s OPI, WPT, or AAPPL tests into the classroom? The presenters will share suggestions and ideas from current testers/raters, and participants will be guided in reflecting on their experiences. The session will be useful to all teachers, especially current and future testers/raters.
Presenter: Dan Song, University of Iowa
Saturday, November 18th
ACTFL Research-Oriented Papers on Assessment 2
Saturday, November 18th, 8:00AM - 8:45AM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Room W193b
ACTFL Sidebar: Novice Level Learners
Saturday, November 18th, 9:00AM - 9:45AM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ACTFL Sidebar, Exhibit Hall F
What do authentic resources look like at the novice level? Where do we find them? What do communicative assessments look like at this level? Let’s brainstorm ideas for our novice learners K-16.
Moderator: Cameron Chien, North Salines High School
ImpACTFL Zone: Technological Innovations for AAPPL Rating
Saturday, November 18th, 9:00AM - 9:45AM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ImpACTFL Zone, Exhibit Hall F
ACTFL’s Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) is a ground-breaking test that allows learners to show how they apply communication strategies. How can advances in technology support ACTFL’s official, certified rating procedures? This session will outline technological innovations for AAPPL rating.
Presenters: Margaret Malone, ACTFL, Camelot Marshall, ACTFL
ImpACTFL Zone: An Overview of ACTFL Assessments
Saturday, November 18th, 10:00AM - 10:45AM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ImpACTFL Zone, Exhibit Hall F
ACTFL assessments are used worldwide by academic institutions, government agencies, and private corporations to measure language ability in speaking, writing, listening, and reading for over 100 languages. Come learn more about ACTFL tests –OPI, OPIc, WPT, AAPPL, ALIRA, APPT, LPT and RPT – to find out which one is right for you.
Presenters: Camelot Marshall, ACTFL, Reuben Vyn, ACTFL
Assessing Novice Learners' Intercultural Communicative Competence
Saturday, November 18th, 11:15AM - 12:00PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Roundtable Presentations, Exhibit Hall F
The ability to communicate with respect and cultural understanding in more than one language is essential to the ACTFL Global Competence Position Statement. This session builds on the statement’s means to achieve global competence by modeling assessment strategies, rubrics, and reflection tools from the Can-Do Statements for common thematic units.
Presenter: Paula Garrett-Rucks, Georgia State University
Curriculum Development: Integrating Proficiency, Culture, Diversity, & SDGs
Saturday, November 18th, 11:15AM - 12:00PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Room W178b
The presentation introduces a curricular design process that incorporates the notions of proficiency, cultural differences, diversity, and SDGs targeted at the third-year Japanese level. Participants will learn how to view the proficiency guidelines and concrete examples of course materials and assessment.
Presenter: Suwako Watanbe, Portland State University
ImpACTFL Zone: Supporting Our Language Learners Through Universal Design for Learning
Saturday, November 18th, 2:30PM - 3:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, ImpACTFL Zone, Exhibit Hall F
Join the Professional Learning and Certification Team in sharing how ACTFL is developing resources and opportunities to empower and support underrepresented communities through workshops, assessments, and mentoring opportunities utilizing Universal Design for Learning.
Presenter: Christine Schreiber, ACTFL, DeAnna Hughes, ACTFL
Using Assessment as a Tool for Learning and Self-Reflection
Saturday, November 18th, 5:30PM - 6:15PM CST
McCormick Place - West Building, Room W175a
How can you use assessment to promote learning, improve students’ proficiency, and foster self-reflection? This interactive session will help you link your classroom assessments to the path to proficiency and involve students in the assessment process in a way that helps them learn and encourages them to be reflective, self-aware learners.
