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2022 Heritage Language Symposium

Where

Online

Free

  • No cost to attend
  • + 3 Free Clock Hours for WAFLT members

Language teaching colleagues from the University of Washington and around the state join together for our eighth symposium on working with heritage language learners.

In addition to the live keynote and panel presentations on February 12th, we are offering a curated list of links to prerecorded, highly engaging and relevant presentations on Heritage Language Learning and Teaching, that will be available the week before the Symposium for participants to view in advance and discuss at the Symposium, as well as view after the Symposium.

We are very excited to bring back one of our favorite keynote speakers this year:

Maria Carreira, PhD

Emerita Professor of Spanish, California State University, Long Beach, and Co-Founder and Emerita Co-Director, National Heritage Language Resource Center, UCLA.


Maria Carreira’s research focuses on heritage languages, with a concentration in Spanish in the US as well as the less commonly taught languages. Her recent work focuses on identity, resilience, and heritage language development and maintenance. As a heritage speaker of Spanish herself, she knows firsthand the rewards and challenges that come from maintaining the home language. That knowledge, along with her research, inspired her to launch Heritage Language Exchange in 2020. HLX aims to be a hub of resources for HL teachers and programs from all languages and levels of education.

(Bio adapted from here.)

Heritage Language Symposium Flyer (PDF)
Live Q&A Shared Document View Prerecorded Sessions

Sponsoring organizations

University of Washington:
BECA (Bilingual Educator CApacity) program | Center for Global Studies | Center for Spanish Heritage Learning | Center for West European Studies | Committee for Multilingual Teaching, Research, and Learning (CMTRL) | Education Office of the Embassy of Spain in the United States and Canada | Herbert J. Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) | Language Learning Center | Master of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages | UW STARTALK Program | UW (Seattle) GenCyber Program | Slavic Languages and Literatures Department | Spanish & Portuguese Studies Department | Speech and Hearing Sciences

Additional Agencies and Organizations:
American Romanian Cultural Society | Avant Assessment | Association of Bulgarian Schools in America (ABSA) | Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools | Ethnic Heritage Council | Global Seal of Biliteracy | Heritage Language Exchange | One America | One City | One World Now | Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) Language Resource Center | Slavic East European Teachers Association of Washington (SEETAW) | Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT) | Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)


Symposium Agenda & Handouts/Slides

* Agenda subject to change

9:00-9:05

Welcome

Paul Aoki, PhD and Russell Hugo, PhD | UW Language Learning Center

9:05-9:10

Introduction of Dr. Angélica Amezcua

Introducing the new director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program at the University of Washington by Dr. Ana Fernandez Dobao

9:10-10:00

KEYNOTE and Q&A: State of the Nation in Heritage Language Programs: Past, Present, and Future

Maria Carreira, PhD | Emerita Professor of Spanish, California State University, Long Beach, and Co-Founder and Emerita Co-Director, National Heritage Language Resource Center, UCLA

Video Recording, Handouts and Presentation Slides:
Video Recording | Presentation
10:00-10:05

Break

10:05-10:55

Building a bridge between heritage and second language learners: pedagogical approaches to foster collaboration and reciprocal learning

Ana Fernández Dobao, PhD | Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Washington
Angélica Amezcua, PhD | Assistant Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Washington

Video Recording, Handouts and Presentation Slides:
Video Recording | Presentation
10:55-11:00

Break

11:00-11:30

UW STARTALK Team, STARTALK 2021: Going remote with a successful in-person STEM program for Heritage Russian speakers

Svetlana Abramova, PhD | UW STARTALK Lead Instructor
Veronica Muskheli, PhD and Alexey Kuznetsov | Elective Projects

Video Recording, Handouts and Presentation Slides:
Video Recording | Presentation (Abramova) | Presentation (Kuznetsov)
11:30-12:00

UW GenCyber Teams, GenCyber 2021: Scaffolding for Heritage Portuguese and Spanish Speakers to Learn New Content

Eduardo Viana Da Silva, PhD | UW GenCyber Lead Instructor
Rosa Machado Torrico, Anderson Sidles, Heloisa Machado, and Júnia Brenner | Classroom Support

Video Recording, Handouts and Presentation Slides:
Video Recording | Presentation
12:00-12:30

Informal Lunchtime Networking

Zoom Link for this session only
1:00-2:30

How the Seal of Biliteracy is Transforming the Learning and Teaching of Languages

Presentation and Conversation with Veronica Trapani, PhD | OSPI Associate Director – Content, World Languages and International Education And Linda Egnatz, Executive Director, Global Seal of Biliteracy

Moderated by Michele Anciaux Aoki, PhD

Sponsored by the Global Seal of Biliteracy

Video Recording, Handouts and Presentation Slides:
Video Recording | Presentation (Anciaux Aoki) | Presentation (Shirk)
sponsored by
Avant Logo Global Studies Logo OSPI Logo Global Seal of Biliteracy Logo WAFLT Logo One World Now Logo One City Logo LLC logo Speak Your Language Logo One America Logo Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) Language Resource Center Logo Education Office, Embassy of Spain University of Washington Logo

Information and Resources from Previous Years: