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Registration: 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration will take place in the McCone Building Lounge.
If you have registered online: please sign in with your name only.
If you have NOT registered online: please sign in and pay the registration fee of $10.
*Please note that registration on the day of the Symposium does not include lunch.


Keynote Address: 9:00 am - 9:50 am
Dr. Leo Van Lier, Green Grammar
Please note: The Keynote Address has been moved to Irvine Auditorium in the McCone Building (499 Pierce St).


Session 1: 10:00 am - 10:50 am

Presenter	Topic	Location
Katie Stubbendick Hayden	Dual Immersion Education on the Monterey Peninsula	CF452
Sisi Wu*	An Investigation on Chinese Tone Learning Strategies	CF434
Kathleen Bailey, Ryan Damerow, and Dave Chiesa	Using Dialogue Journals to Promote Interaction in EFL Contexts	MG102
John Jordan	The EFL Teacher as the Main Source of Target Input	MG307

Session 2: 11:00 am - 11:50 am

Presenter	Topic	Location
Daniel Tamayo (panel moderator)	Language Learning for Translation and Interpretation	CF452
Sigrid Daffner	Teaching Language through Theater and Acting	CF434
Patrick Gaebler	L1 Use in the Foreign Language Classroom	MG102
Lisa Donohoe Luscombe	Language and Identity in a Post-Soviet World: Language of Education and Linguistic Identity among Azerbaijani Students	MG307

Lunch: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch will be provided for those who register before March 6th.


Session 3: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Presenter	Topic	Location
Eliz Tchakarian (panel moderator)	The Unique Experience of One-on-One Teaching	CF452
Chuanyun Bao*	The Difference Between Teaching Foreign Language and Teaching Translation and Interpretation	CF434
Vita Kogan*	Positive Emotions and Learning	MG102
Anne O'Dowd	Technology and Textbooks in the Classroom	MG307

Session 4: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Presenter	Topic	Location
Sarah Springer (panel moderator)	Life After Your Master's: Voices of MIIS Alumni	CF452
Rod Hinn	The Nature of Errors: Crosslinguistic Analyses of Learners' Errors	CF434
Trina Philpot Montano	Web-Based Foreign Language Assessment: Introducing Spanish ODA	MG102
Kasey Carmichael	Incorporating L2 Learning into the Pre-K and Elementary Environment	MG307

Session 5: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Presenter	Topic	Location
Patrick Gaebler (panel moderator)	Second Language vs. Foreign Language: Teaching English in Different Contexts	CF452
Sara Graham	Chinese Learner Language: A Linguistic Phenomenon?	CF434
Becky Bierman	Discovery Learning: Examples from French and ASL Classrooms	MG102
Juan Sanchez	Systemic Inequities in Bilingual Education	MG307

Poster Sessions: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
Poster sessions will take place in the McGowan Building Lounge.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Presenter	Topic
Eliz Tchakarian and Qian Wang	Writing Games: An Approach to Action-based Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
Robin Chen	Fostering Learner Autonomy for Chinese Students
Alicia Brill and Kassie Clark	English Comes in Many Shapes and Sizes: Which Fits You?
Lauren Brereton, Paul DiResta, and Sendy Ramos	Charlie and the Culture Factory: Raising Cultural Consciousness
Karen Wong and Arash Asady	Beyond yoUrself In Language Development (BUILD)
Sarah Springer	BUILDing on Success: Grassroots Immersive Initiatives
Adnan Al-Hammody, Kaitlin Decker, and Kimby Murakami	A Recipe for Language Learning Success
Shigeko Sekine	Foreign Language Association of Monterey County (FLAMCO)
Ramon Mislang	A Fulbright ETA's Footprints Through China
Tammy Wik	Teach English Abroad with the ELF Program
Elana Solon and Eliz Tchakarian	The Modern Language Journal
Caroline Kelley	Peace Resource Center
Rawiwan Buppanhasamai and Potcharawan Sukmuen	Tag Team Teaching: A Case Study of "Learn Thai with BUILD"
Yaniv Oded	Theory, Technology and Practice in Foreign Language Education

Asterisk (*) indicates presentation will be given in a language other than English. Simultaneous interpretation will be available, provided by students from the
Monterey Institute Master's in Translation and Interpretation program.