Strategies for Building a Successful Polish Language Program: Professional Development Workshop for Instructors of Polish

Organized in collaboration with the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES) and the Chicago Language Center (CLC) at the University of Chicago, this workshop seeks to bring together instructors of Polish at the high school and secondary education levels to discuss the specific challenges facing Polish language classrooms in the context of technological development, student recruitment, and content-based instruction. The workshop will provide opportunities for collaboration and the exchange of ideas as well as strategies for strengthening Polish language programs. Registration is free and all meals provided with generous support of CEERES and the CLC. THIS WORKSHOP IS CPDU ELIGIBLE. SCHEDULE 8:30 – 9:00 Registration, Introduction 9:00 – 9:30 Breakfast 9:30 – 11:00 Panel One: Integration of Technology - The (Non-)Effectiveness of ICT in Second Language Education: Teaching and Learning Polish Vocabulary in a Wiki-Based Digital Environment Kris Van Heuckelom & Sanda Toffel - Internet-based Cultural Enrichment in the Polish Language Classroom Kinga Kosmala & Erik Houle 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 – 12:45 Panel Two: Content Based Instruction in the Polish Language Classroom - Using Content-Based Instruction in Advanced-Level Polish: Tygodnik powszechny/ Universal Weekly as the Text Anna Szawara - Fairy Tales in Polish Advanced Heritage Composition Classes Anna Gąsienica-Byrcyn 12:45 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 3:00 Panel Three: Integration of Culture - Reel Learners: Using Movies as a Facilitating and Integrating Tool in a Multilevel Language Classroom Ewa Pasek - Video clips and songs in teaching Polish grammar Izolda Wolski-Moskoff - The Use of Music in Polish Language Instruction Tony Lin 3:00 – 3:15 Coffee break 3:15 – 4:45 Panel Four: Strategies For Program Building - Polish at Yale: No More Smuggling, but?... Krystyna Iłłakowicz 5:00 – 6:00 Reception