May 16, 2008

10 am - 2 pm

Graduate Center C-198

Program

9-10 am Registration and Coffee

10-10:30 Foreign Language Study as part a Liberal Arts Education

Alicia Ramos, Romance Languages, Hunter College

10:30-11:30 What Does Proficiency in a Language Really Mean?

Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, German Department, Hunter College

11:30-12:30 Keynote: Implications of the MLA Task Force Report on Foreign Languages (http://www.mla.org/flreport)

Rosemary Feal, Executive Director, Modern Language Association

12:30-2 Breakout Sessions: Strategies for Implementation (Working Lunch)

Please Register by sending an e-mail to yini.rodriguez@lehman.cuny.edu

Conference Sponsored by Lehman College CUNY and CUNY Council on Foreign Languages

May 16, 2008

10 am - 2 pm

Graduate Center C-198

Program

9-10 am Registration and Coffee

10-10:30 Foreign Language Study as part a Liberal Arts Education

Alicia Ramos, Romance Languages, Hunter College

10:30-11:30 What Does Proficiency in a Language Really Mean?

Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, German Department, Hunter College

11:30-12:30 Keynote: Implications of the MLA Task Force Report on Foreign Languages

Rosemary Feal, Executive Director, Modern Language Association

12:30-2 Breakout Sessions: Strategies for Implementation (Working Lunch)

Please Register by sending an e-mail to yini.rodriguez@lehman.cuny.edu

Conference Sponsored by Lehman College CUNY and CUNY Council on Foreign
Languages

Writing Intensive Subcommittee meeting.

Time: 12:15 - 1:30pm
Location: Razran 318

Becoming fluent in academic discourse: Stories from a multilingual campus
Co-sponsored by WAC and FYI

This workshop explores the development of fluency in academic discourse, by examining how students perceive this process and what teachers can do to facilitate it. Academic prose (and its discipline specific variations) is a code that none of us speak — or write — natively. We will attempt to identify the hurdles faced by all learners, and the variables that promote success.

The workshop will also include a brief presentation of this year's issue of Revisions, guest edited by John Troynaski and this year's team of CUNY Writing Fellows.

Participants receive a $200 stipend and a copy of this year's issue of Revisions. Lunch will be served.

Registration for this event is now closed. We have relocated to the Agora.

Time: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Location: Agora Cafe, Student Union

Workshop facilitators

Martin Braun, Mathematics, FYI
Ann Davison, English, FYI
Eva Fernández, Linguistics & Communication Disorders, Center for Teaching & Learning
Sue Lantz Goldhaber, English, CESL, WAC Faculty Partner
Tsai-Shiou Hsieh, WAC Assessment Coordinator
Margaret Mehran, English Language Institute
Ken Nielsen, CUNY WAC Writing Fellow
John Troynaski, Writing Center

Making it work and making it matter

Baruch College’s General Education Committee devised this year's theme (Gen Ed: Making it Work and Making it Matter ) to be broad enough to include all aspects of General Education. We are particularly interested in areas such as best practices and assessment (Does our teaching work? How do we know?) and student engagement (Do students care? What might encourage them to care?). We’re very interested in innovative approaches such as learning communities, e-portfolios, and service learning — how we use them and how we know whether they work. Proposals on these and other topics will be gratefully received.

Keynot speaker: Louis Menand

Location: Baruch College, 55 Lexingon Avenue at 24th Street, New York, NY
Time: 8 am to 5 pm
Website: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/conference/gened/index.htm