ACTFL Sessions on Languages for the Professions

I hope to see many friends and colleagues at ACTFL next week.
by Ann Abbott

 I'm excited to go to Philadelphia next week for the ACTFL conference. I'm going to bunk with my BCF (best colleague forever), Darcy Lear. I'm going to hang out with Holly Nibert and all my Pearson friends. I'm going to attend Dan Thornhill's session because I'm interested in the topic and because he specifically invited me. And I am looking forward to the session dedicated to new research directions.

There are many sessions with service learning in the title. Click here to search the on-line program.

Mary Risner put together the very useful list below about sessions specifically referring to languages and professions. (I highlighted my session.)

Tap me on the shoulder if you see me at ACTFL!

Ann

Friday November, 16
1:15pm to 2:15pm

Language Advocacy: It's Everybody's Business


Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 114 Lecture Hall


Teaching Business German: Strategies and Models 


Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 121 A

3:45pm to 4:45pm

Lead with NCSSFL: Creating 21st Century Job Skills: Combining World Languages and Career and Technical Educational (CTE) Pathways


Building: Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Room: Grand Ballroom Salon A



Saturday November, 17
8:00am to 9:00am

Leveraging Business and Government to Improve Language Education


Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 119 B

11:15am to 12:15pm

How to Succeed in Business Language Teaching: Story-based Cases


Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 113 A

2:00pm to 4:00pm

ACTFL Innovate Meeting


Building: Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Room: Room 404

5:45pm to 6:45pm

Business Chinese Textbooks and Students' Needs
Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 123



SUNDAY, November 18
8:00am to 9:00am

Portuguese for the Professions: Policy, Design, and Strategies



Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 102 B


10:00am to 11:00am

Preparing Language Students to Meet Employer Needs



Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 102 A



Fundamentals in Business Chinese Course Design: Relevancy and Integrated Approach


Building: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room: Room 125

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