Highlights and Events - Orientations and Workshops

This year's Fulbright FLTA Summer Orientations:

SUMMER ORIENTATION WEBSITES

Columbia University July 28- August 1^st: http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/iie/ 

Brown University August 6-10^th: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/flta_summer/arrival.shtml 

University of Notre Dame August 12-16^th: http://www.nd.edu/~flta/ 

Syracuse University August 13-17^th: https://gradschpdprograms.syr.edu/events/FLTAorientation.php

Stanford University 1 August 17-21^st & August 24-28^th : http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/Fulbrights/index.html

University of Wisconsin, Madison 1 August 20-24^th & August 27-31^st: http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/nalrc/flta/index.htm

This year's Fulbright FLTA Workshop is scheduled for:

• December 10 - 14, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

 Past FLTA Workshop Guest Speaker PowerPoint Presentations

Tom Welch, “Language Learning in a Flat World”

Adriana Medina, “Conflict Resolution: Discovering Your Style and Constructively Addressing Differences”

Minjuan Wang, “Blogging and Podcasting in Foreign Language Teaching”

Zsuzsanna Abrams and Mary Wildner-Bassett, “Action Research as a Model for Effective Language Teaching”

George Marquis, “Resources for Foreign Language Supplementary Materials”

Antonia Schleicher, “Solutions to FLTA-Supervisor Conflicts”

Martin Smith, ‘Hitting the Mark for All Students: Standards-Based Assessment”

Past FLTA Presentations:

Zablon Mgonja, “When the Country Ambassador Met With Cultural Ambassador”

Alicia Olea, “Using Songs in Foreign Language Teaching”

Sanobar and Stora Khotamova, “Teaching Uzbek Language and Culture Using Puppets”

Milood Al-Omrani, “From the Shores of Tripoli to the Hawaiian Islands”

Susanne Ulzhofer, “My Experiences at Wabash College, Indiana"

Melvin Haack, “The Use of Above-Level Language and Colloquialisms in the Beginner’s Classroom”

Erica Clark, "Argentina Welcomes You"