SWCOLT Winter Newsletter 2015

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I ka‘olelo ke ola In language, there is life SWCOLT Newsletter • Volume 31, No.1 • December 2015

Newsletter & Preliminary Program December 2015 2106SWCOLTpostcard4inx6inBLEED.pdf

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Executive Director: Jody Klopp, jody.klopp@okstate.edu http://www.swcolt.org

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The SWCOLT Board of Directors

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Inside this Issue ACTFL Teacher of the Year .................................18 Estimated Costs of Attending SWCOLT ...........14 Executive Director’s Message ................................3 Exhibitor and Advertising Information....... 16-17 Friday Sessions .................................................... 6-9 Hawai i Local Committee Members ....................2 Hotel Information ................................................14 Congratulations Gregg Roberts .........................19 Keynote Speaker Kaimana Barcarse.....................8 Local Arrangements Chair Message ....................3 Membership Form................................................21 Registration Form.................................................20 Saturday Sessions ............................................ 10-13 The Spirit of Aloha ................................................22 SWCOLT 2016 Schedule of Events ......................4 SWCOLT Board of Directors ................................2 Thursday Workshops .............................................5 Transportation and Lodging Information.........14

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Executive Director

Jody Klopp

President Past President President Elect / Program Chair

Natalie Figueroa New Mexico Judy Cale Colorado Jocelyn Raught Arizona

Vice-President / Assistant Program Chair Awards & Scholarships ACTFL Representative Evaluations

Paula Hirsch

California

Gregg Roberts Utah Pamela Young Texas Lynette Fujimori Hawai i Lindsay MacDonald Julie Lozada Ocampo Paula Hirsch

Teacher of the Year Committee Chair SWCOLT Webinar Project Local Arrangements Jim Yoshioka Chair Newsletter Editor Mike Wood Local Chair Registration Hospitality Entertainment Exhibits Meals AV Committee Publicity Student Marshals VIP Committee

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Oklahoma Nevada California Hawai i Utah

Jim Yoshioka Cindy Wong Rachel Mamiya Hernandez Lisa Kobuke Stephen Tschudi Catherine Pettit Satoru Shinagawa Imelda Gasmen Nancy Kishi-Char Paul M. Chandler

Jody Klopp

Jim Yoshioka

SWCOLT Executive Director

Local Arrangements Chair - Hawai i

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SWCOLT / HALT Schedule of Events

Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel on Kuhio Honolulu, Hawai i Wednesday, March 2, 2016 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Onsite Registration Third Floor

Thursday, March 3, 2016 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Onsite Registration - Third Floor 8:30 am - 3:00 pm SWCOLT Board Meeting Niihau Board Room 12:00 - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Setup Kaiulani 1 & 2 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Morning Half-Day Workshops 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Afternoon Half-Day Workshops Full-Day Workshops Interviews for SWCOLT Teacher of the Year 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Grand Opening of Exhibits and Membership Reception Traditional Hawaiian Blessing Friday, March 4, 2016 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Onsite Registration - Third Floor 7:00 am - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Open Coffee Available - Kaiulani 1 & 2 8:00 am - 9:00 am Concurrent Sessions Group 1 9:15 am - 10:45 am Plenary and Awards 10:45 am - 11:15 am Exhibit Break - Kaiulani 1 & 2 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions Group II 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Ticketed Luncheon / HALT Awards Prince David Concurrent Sessions Group III

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Concurrent Session Group IV

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Comedian Frank De Lima Prince Edward

Saturday, March 5, 2016 7:30 am – 12:00 pm

Onsite Registration Third Floor

8:00 am - 4:00 pm 8:00 am - 9:00 am 9:15 am - 10:15 am 10:15 am - 10:45 am

Exhibit Hall - Kaiulani 1 & 2 Concurrent Sessions Group V Concurrent Sessions Group VI Exhibit Break - Kaiulani 1 & 2

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions Group VII

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Ticketed Buffet Luncheon / 2017 OFLTA Kick-Off Prince David Concurrent Sessions VIII

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Focus Sessions

Sunday, March 6, 2016 8:30 am - 11:30 am

SWCOLT Board Meeting - Niihau Board Room

SWCOLT & HALT wish to thank our Sponsors: Confucius Institute, University of Hawai i at Mānoa (CI) National Foreign Language Resource Center, The University of Hawai i at Mānoa (NFLRC) American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Thursday, March 3 Optional Workshops All workshops are scheduled at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel on Kuhio, Honolulu, Hawai i Full-day workshops cost $110 plus the SWCOLT conference registration fee.

Half-day workshops cost $55 plus the SWCOLT conference registration fee.

Full-day Workshops 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Morning Half-Day Workshop 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

W1 - Guiding Learners’ Performance to the Next Level

W3 – Total Participation Techniques: Strategies to Involve All Learners All the Time

Presenter: Paul Sandrock, Director of Education, ACTFL

Presenters: Ann Tollefson, Independent Consultant Brandee Mau, Utah State Office of Education

Guiding Learners’ Performance to the Next Level: What really counts to move from Novice to Intermediate and from Intermediate to Advanced level of performance?

The workshop outlines the key communication strategies that educators need to develop, practice, and assess with their language learners.

W2 – Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling Presenter: Blaine Ray, Eagle Mountain, Utah

The workshop has an introduction to TPRS, a demonstration and extensive practice. Teachers will practice various essential TPRS skills, including asking repetitive questions, pacing, and how to make the stories interesting via personalization and asking for “surprise” details from students. Teachers will be taught how to plan stories for their own classrooms. Teachers will also learn how to teach a story with student actors. The presenter will start with one sentence and practice adding additional sentences, one at a time. The presenter will also demonstrate an extended reading, and reading and discussing the novels. Lastly, teachers will learn about grading and classroom management in a TPRS classroom.

Because their society was largely an oral rather than a written culture, ancient Hawaiians would learn values and history through trained storytellers. Because the stories were considered sacred, listeners were not allowed to move once a story began.

This workshop will actively involve participants in the exploration of a number of highly effective teaching strategies for engaging all students in language learning while constantly checking for their understanding. Participants will discuss and analyze excerpts from the award-winning ASCD publication Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner. They will also participate as learners in proven activities taken from immersion classrooms, have opportunities to share ideas with other teachers, and leave the workshop with strategies they can use immediately in their own classrooms.

Afternoon Half-Day Workshop 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm W4- Mobile Storytelling Presenter: Noah Geisel, Verses Education, LLC, Denver Colorado

Let’s push the boundaries of digital storytelling! Technological advances combined with increased access and connectivity have given rise to Mobile Storytelling. The next evolution of digital storytelling, Mobile Storytelling is distinctive in two ways. First, it enables stories to be told anywhere that a creator has an internet-connected device. Second, it facilitates an alternating and reciprocal current of information between content creators and content consumers. We will explore 5 free apps and take the time to dive deep with each so that you have expertise and exemplars to share with your learners on Monday. iOS mobile device recommended but not required.

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Friday Sessions Reddit as a Medium for Foreign Language Learning

Ivan Banov, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Using Technology in the World Language Classroom Marc Deising, Arturo Castillon, Santillana USA

Effective Classroom Management In The Foreign Language Classroom Weixin Le, Jayne Young, Tessa Burton Utah State Office of Education

Language Right, Heritage Education, and Capacity Building: The case of Ilokano in Hawai i Julius Soria, University of Hawai i at Mānoa Trixia Soria, Waipahu High School Rachelle Aurellano, Waipahu High School

Digital Dialogue: A Model for Telecollaborative Projects

Audra Travelbee, Northern Arizona University Emilia Gracia, Arizona State University

CI: The Sixth ACTFL ‘C’

Carol Gaab, TPRS Publishing, Inc.

Best of Texas: Student Proficiency 101

Carol Arnold-Passant, Robert E. Lee High School

What Happens in the Classroom…

Fernando Rubio, Lucia Rubio University of Utah

Enhancing Student Learning and Engagement Through Collaborative Learning Spaces Isabel Asensio, Weber State University

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Integrating Language, Culture and Content in the Mandarin Classroom Maggie Chen California World Language Project, Los Angeles Brandon Zaslow

iINSPIRE, iDISCOVER, iEXPLORE, iMATTER. I TEACH GERMAN.

Keith Cothrun American Association of Teachers of German

Yes, You Can (and Should) Use Music in Your Class!

Lonnie Dai Zovi, Vibrante Press

Breathing Life into the Foreign Language Classroom: Developing Students’ Reading Proficiency Nieves Knapp, Greg Thompson Brigham Young University

Words with Friends: Vocabulary Acquisition for Proficiency Greta Lundgaard, Plano Independent School District

Building Your Core – Effective Practices for Language Learners and Educators

Paul Sandrock, American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Pete Swanson, Georgia State University

Sustainability Matters! German + STEM = Make a Difference!

Anja Schmitt, Goethe-Institut

Best of Utah: Poor Sandhi, Bad Timing and a Lazy Habit: Improving Spanish Pronunciation in Native English Speakers Tom Mathews, Weber State University

Friday Sessions Teaching Physics Using Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Matt Marone, Dept. of Physics, Mercer University

Best of Oklahoma: Preparing Students for AP at the Novice Level Darcy Pippins, Norman High School

Modifying IPAs and OPIs for In-Class Assessments in Large Programs Atiyeh Showrai, Julia Chamberlin University of Southern California

Demystifying the Cuban Experience

Taking your World Language Program to the Next Level via Professional Development Ryan Smith, Washoe County School District Anthony "T.J." Troche, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts

Growing Professionally with the AATSP: Programs, Resources, and Opportunities

Emily Spinelli American Assoc of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese

“So What are you Gonna do when you Graduate?”: World Language Skills for the Multilingual Workplace

Ken Stewart, Chapel Hill High School

Dina R Yoshimi, Angela Haeusler University of Hawai i-Mānoa

Harnessing Social Power: The Impact of Personal Interviews

Small Group Instruction in the Immersion Classroom

Bryce Hedstrom, Roosevelt High School, Johnstown, Colorado Betsy Paskvan, Dimond High School, Anchorage, Alaska

In Language, There is Power: Incorporating Human Rights Education into the World Language Curriculum

Yu Jayne Young, Tessa Burton Utah State Office of Education

Best of Hawai i: New Way to Add Video Subtitles for Language Teaching on the Web Satoru Shinagawa, Univ. of Hawai i, Kapiolani CC

Some Hawaiian Phrases

Daniel Lopez, Colorado Academy

The Commission on Language of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: an Update from JNCL

Bill Rivers, Joint National Committee for Languages

It All Starts with Proficiency: Connecting Assessment and Learning

Paul Sandrock, American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Pete Swanson, Georgia State University

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SWCOLT Webinars Join members of SWCOLT for free Webinars!

SWCOLT 2016 Keynote Speaker: Kaimana Barcarse

Members who have paid their local state association dues (CLTA / OFLTA / HALT / NMOLE / TFLA / PLAN / UFLA / CCFLT / AZLA) and members of SWCOLT and PNCFL are eligible for this free professional development opportunity!

Presentation Title: Interactive Reading Strategies For Today’s Tech-Infused Classrooms Presenter: Bethany Thompson, Instructional Technology Coach Apple Valley High School, Apple Valley, California Date: Monday, January 11, 2016 Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (Pacific Time) Description: We know that effective reading strategies help students comprehend and acquire language, but how do these strategies translate to the world of Chromebooks, BYOD and technology infused classrooms?

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This webinar will focus a few reading strategies proven to help students move successfully through a text (short or long) and updating those strategies for a nonpen and paper classroom. Whether you’re flipping your classroom, blending your learning, or just trying to incorporate more technology, this webinar will help you update and engage students at any level.

This webinar will use free Google Apps tools available to anyone with a Google account (either school or personal).

Link to sign up: https://swcolt.wufoo.com/forms/swcolt-webinar-registration-form/ REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 6th.

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Friday 10-Minute Idea Tsunami Sessions Japanese Language Class Writing Project--Making a Useful Lifestyle Magazine For Exchange Students Misuzu Kazama, University of British Columbia Yuka Matsuhashi, Temple University

The Bento Experience

Neal Takamoto President George Washington Middle School

Developing Student Interactional Competence through Collaborative Dialogue Yumiko Tateyama, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Piloting Dual Language Education in First Grade Sharon Fukayama, Sacred Hearts Academy

PLC Outside the School

Edna-Mayra Hickling, Waipahu High School

Happiness in the Classroom and its Connection with Student Retention Floreen Henry, Alejandro Garza Tarrant County College

Building Biographies with Project-Based Learning Beth Leinwand, Sunrise Mountain High School

Community-Based Instruction in the Foreign Language Classroom

Vera Hanaoka, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Integrating Heritage and L2 Learners with Self-Selective Classroom Jobs

Entertainment Friday, March 4 4:15-5:00 Comedian, Frank De Lima

Reed Riggs, Ding Wang University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Let’s Go Through Customs!

Tanya de Hoyos, Defense Language Institute

Odd Man Out!

Heather Nylen, University of Hawai i at Mānoa Rae Heather Nylen Frank De Lima is one of Hawai i’s most popular and beloved comedians. For more than 30 years, this award-winning comic has been entertaining local residents and tourists alike with his zany parodies, outrageous sense of humor, and spontaneous creativity. Frank’s specialty is translating issues - such as current events, fads, attitudes, and people - into fresh musical parodies. For more information, visit: http://frankdelima.com

Watch Me Read!

Sheila Barton, Hereford High School, Hereford, Texas

Innovative Online Grammar Assessment: In the Context of Linguistic Pragmatics & Functional Grammar Tsengtseng Chang, Defense Language Institute

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Saturday Sessions Whole Brain Teaching in the Target Language Janine Erickson, Denver Language School

The Next Big Thing: Uptexting with Social Reading Noah Geisel, Verses Education, LLC

Integrating Leadership into Language Learning: Lead with Languages

Sheri Spaine Long, Editor of Hispania, AATSP

Building Literacy Skills in the Spanish Classroom: It Can be Done!

Rich Sayers, Pearson

The F-LAN (Flagship-Language Acquisition Network) Consortium Madeline Spring, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Gregg Roberts, Utah State Office of Education Emily McCarren, Punahou School

More Than Just Talk: Interpersonal Tasks in the Classroom Lyanne Iwamoto Terada Horizon High School, Thornton, CO

Gold Standard Project-Based Learning and Beginning Language Instruction: Bridging the Gap Stephen Tschudi, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Everyone is a minority in Hawaii—there are no racial majorities. Caucasians constitute about 33% of the population, Japanese about 33%, Filipino-Americans about 16%, and Chinese-Americans about 5%. Most of the population has mixed ethnicities.

Incorporating Serious Culture via Playful Stories Betsy Paskvan, Dimond High School

How to Use Google Spreadsheets to Captivate and Engage Students Junko Agena, Aina Haina Elementary School

Beginning Language: from Traditional to Communicative through Input, Scaffolding, and Interaction

Andrew DeMil, Vanessa Rukholm, University of Tampa

From Language Competence to Global Competence: Social Justice, Community Involvement and Standards Rafael Gomez California State University, Monterey Bay

Performing Literature: Activating Presentational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Skills Antonio Idini, University of Southern California

The Role of Common Core Literacy Standards in a Proficiency-Driven DLI Program Adapting Authentic Materials Ofelia Wade, Jamie Leite, Diana Moscoso-Caudell for Use at Multiple Levels Utah State Office of Education

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Cynthia Ning, University of Hawai i

Saturday Sessions DACH-L for Every German Learner!

Doug Philipp, Cheyenne Mountain High School

Learn with the National Language Teacher of the Year Paul Sandrock, Edward Zarrow American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages

Helping Students Develop a Linguistic Consciousness to Communicate with Meaning and Accuracy

Katherine Abuchaibe, Ofelia Wade, Natzeily Torres Utah State Office of Education

Increasing Student Engagement with User-Friendly Apps Laura Blancq, Daisy Pei Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, HI

In Literature There is Life: Making Connections in a Beginning Literature Class Billie Hulke, Baylor University

AIM for Proficiency, Engagement and 90%+!

Teachers and Students as Assessors in the AP Course Fernando Rubio, University of Utah

Best of Arizona: Día de los Muertos y Halloween Albert Martino, Cactus Shadows HS

In Speaking, There is Life: Taking Writing and Speaking from Classroom to Competitions Sumi Chang, University of Hawai i

Teaching for Proficiency 25 Years: Then and Now Cheryl Hansen, Weber State University

Engage and Motivate the Reluctant Language Learner Norah Jones, Fluency Consulting

Empowering Dual Language Immersion Partner Teachers Through Effective Collaboration

Wendy Maxwell, AIM Language Learning

Lois Lovell, Brandee Mau, Kaye Murdock Utah State Office of Education

Integrating Intercultural Pedagogy into the German Novice and Intermediate Language Classroom

Laughter, Curriculum and Theory in TPRS/CI Programs

Kacy Peckenpaugh, Weber State University

Reed Riggs, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Writing through Literature and Culture

Irena Stefanova, Marie Bertola, Santa Clara University Happy Birthday, HALT! Celebrating thirty years of supporting the language teachers of Hawai i!

Best of California: Around the Campfire: Tell Me a Story

Elizabeth Matchett, Henry M. Gunn High School

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Saturday Focus Sessions Measuring Magnetic Fields Using a Homemade Compass

Are You In the Right “Place”?

Matt Marone, Dept. of Physics, Mercer University

Danile Kop, Manuwai Peters Hawai i DOE, Office of Hawaiian Education

It’s All About Planning - Building a Bridge From Curriculum to Lesson Planning

Motivating Students in 21st Century World Language Classrooms

Next Time: Head for the LILL

Challenge Yourself: Discover Project-Based Language Learning

Thomas Sauer, LearningShifts

Lisa Berkson, Scottsdale Unified School District Greta Lundgaard, Plano Independent School District Ryan Smith, Washoe County School District

Yo Azama, North Salinas High School

Julio Rodriguez, Hui-Ya Chuang Ruslan Suvorov, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Saturday 10-Minute Idea Tsunami Sessions Let’s Text In Class!: One Activity for MiddleAdvanced Level of Spanish Using Cellphones

Engendering Learner Participation in Planning Language Lessons

Make Your Own Class Dance

Gesture Use in Second Language Classrooms

Felix Burgos, New York University

Tzeitel Borbon, Lyon County School District

My Response Poem Project

Lizbeth Sanchez, Mount San Antonio College

Aprende a Argumentar Través de un Blog de Cine Silvia Aguinaga Echeverria University of California, Davis

From Classics To Modern: Teaching Grammar, Vocabulary and Culture Through Popular Songs Svetlana Tyutina California State University, Northridge

Infographics, Sometimes a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Elizabeth Adler Sunrise Mountain HS, Clark County School District

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Kristin Rock, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Ding Wang, Reed Riggs University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Interweaving Opi and Oda with Classroom Practice Ying Shiroma, Defense Language Institute

Walk in Beauty: Sensitivity When We Meet Speakers of Other Languages Dina Ross, Ganado High School

Student-Teachers’ Perceptions of Second Language Teaching and Identity Development in Taiwan Shu-Fen Yeh, Shih Chien University

Hawaii is the only U.S. state with two official languages (Hawaiian and English) and is the 10th state to establish a Seal of Biliteracy.

Saturday 10-Minute Idea Tsunami Sessions Writing Stories into a Beginning Language Learner Curriculum

Who Did It? A Murder Mystery

Online Chinese Language Class? Why Not?

Learning The Retrospective Form -ten and Past Description Using the Korean Song kohyang uy pom

Ngan Ha Ta, Iolani School

Xuan Wang-Wolf, Arizona State University

Can Do Done Differently—Electronic Language Learning Portfolios in Beginner German Courses Berit Jany, University of Colorado Boulder

The Transatlantic Virtual Classroom Meeting Native Speaking Peers Abroad in Your Own Classroom Wolfgang J. Fischer Explority - Global Initative Sustainable Education

Improved Oral Proficiency Through Socratic Seminar Nathan McCleery, Canyons School District Jill Landes-Lee, University of Utah

Michelle Martinez, Thurston Middle School Kelly Skon, Saddleback Unified

Kyoungwon Oh, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Giving Cinderella Language Skill of Listening Life: Applying Reading Strategy to Listening Sumi Chang, University of Hawai i

Using Internet Memes for Contextualized Grammar Instruction

Hye Young Smith, University of Hawai i at Mānoa

Creating Performance Tasks Utilizing Sequence Organization and Prosody For The Use of the Sentence-e Kyoungmi Ha, UCLA

Learning to Speak Hawaiian Hawaiians had no written language prior to western contact, except for petroglyph symbols. The modern Hawaiian alphabet, ka pī āpā Hawai i, is based on the Latin script. Hawaiian words end only in vowels, and every consonant must be followed by a vowel. The Hawaiian language has a relatively small alphabet.

Text is available under the WP:CC BY-SA Licence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language#Phonology

Vowels A as in ah E as in bait I as in beet O as in boat U as in boot Each vowel can either be long or short. (A long vowel sound lasts longer than a short one!)

Consonants H as in house K as in skin L as in lead M as in mat P as in spin N as in no W as in wear/very as in oh-oh (between the oh’s – a glottal stop) It’s a backward apostrophe.

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Hilton Wakiki Beach on Kuhio 2500 Kuhio Avenue Honolulu, Hawai i 96815 Phone – (808) 922-0811

SWCOLT has a block of rooms reserved at the Hilton Waikiki Beach on Kuhio. Reserve a hotel room now to receive the conference rate. The hotel room rate of $209 per night (single/double, City View) is valid for 3 days before and 3 days after the official conference dates (upon availability). Call the hotel to make your room reservations at (808) 922-0811.

Special upgrades for SWCOLT include: Mountain View ($219 /night) Ocean View ($249 / night) Free In-Room Wireless Internet Local Daily Parking ($5 /day) Overnight Parking ($12 / night)

Transportation: 9.32 miles (18 minutes) from the airport Shuttle Service: $9.00 Limousine: $50.00 Rental Car: $40.00 Taxi: $30.00 Private Shuttle: $23 (http://hawaii23.com)

Estimated Costs of Attending SWCOLT Conference Registration Regular Attendee Session Presenter Full-time Student (All prices increase by $25 after Feb 19) Optional Costs Friday Luncheon & HALT Awards Saturday Luncheon Thur. Half-Day Preconference Workshop Thur. Full-Day Preconference Workshop

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$175 $150 $100

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Note: Hawai i teachers will have the choice to pay HALT dues via the SWCOLT registration page.

HALT membership dues: Life membership $125 Professional Annual membership for 2016 - $25 Student Annual membership for 2016 - $5

Arriving Early or Staying Late?

The concierge at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel can arrange any of these outings for you!

Arizona Memorial – Visit the Museum and take the guided tour. Pearl Harbor Atlantis Submarine – See green turtles, sharks, stingrays, yellow tangs, eels, and many other species of underwater marine life. – Hilton Hawaiian Village Pier Battleship USS Missouri – See where the treaty ending World War II was signed. – Pearl Harbor Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum – Exhibits showcasing Hawaiian history.

Diamond Head Crater Park – Hawai i’s most recognized landmark known for its historic hiking trail and stunning coastal views.

Dole Plantation – Hawai i’s Pineapple Experience! - Wahiawa Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve – Marine Life Conservation District and popular snorkeling destination.

Hawai i’s Plantation Village – Lifestyle of early plantation workers in Hawai i. - Waipahu Hawai i State Art Museum – Wide-ranging exhibits of sculpture, paintings and more – Downtown Honolulu The Honolulu Museum of Art – Presents international caliber special exhibitions and features a collection that includes Hokusai, van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Picasso, Warhol, as well as traditional Asian and Hawaiian art Honolulu Zoo – Home to nearly 1000 mammals, birds and reptiles. – Waikiki Iolani Palace – Official Residence of Hawai i’s monarchs. – Downtown Honolulu Kualoa Ranch – Outdoor activities where Jurassic Park was filmed. – Ka a awa Mission Houses Museum – Actual structures of Protestant missionaries, circa 1820s – Downtown Honolulu Paradise Cove Luau – Hawaiian seaside feast with dynamic Polynesian revue. – Kapolei Polynesian Cultural Center – Multiple villages showcase the people, cultures of Polynesia. – Laie Queen Emma Summer Palace – Summer retreat of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV – Nuuanu Valley Sea Life Park – Aquarium and dolphin shows – Waimanalo Waikiki Aquarium – Brings guests face-to-fin to 3,500 marine animals - Waikiki

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EXHIBIT & ADVERTISING INFORMATION SWCOLT is currently accepting exhibitors for our 2016

regional conference. The Hawai i Association of Language Teachers (HALT) is co-hosting the conference! Congratulations to HALT on celebrating their 30th Anniversary!

Place: Hilton Waikiki Beach on Kuhio 2500 Kuhio Avenue Honolulu, Hawai i 96815 http://www.hiltonwaikikibeach.com Date: March 3-5 (Thursday - Saturday), 2016 Exhibitor move-in: Thursday, noon - 5 pm - Prince Kaiulani 1 and 2 Grand Opening of Exhibits and Membership Reception: Thursday, 5 pm – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Hours: Friday, 7 am - 5 pm & Saturday, 7 am to 4 pm Exhibit Coffee Breaks: Friday & Saturday, 7 am to 8 am Exhibit Breaks: Friday: 10:45 am – 11:15 am & Saturday, 10:15 am – 10:45 am Exhibit break-down: Saturday at 4 pm Lodging: Hilton Waikiki Beach on Kuhio Call the hotel to make hotel room reservations.

Conference Code: TEACH (808) 922-0811 Single/Double rates: City View - $209 per night Mountain View - $219 per night Ocean View - $249 per night $40 each additional person Optional Costs: Friday Luncheon $45 Saturday Luncheon $45 Local Daily parking - $5 per day Overnight parking - $12 per night Shuttle Service from airport: $9.00 Limousine from airport: $50.00 Rental Car from airport: $40.00

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Booth Prices: $250 for 1 space which includes one conference registration, one 6’ display table, two chairs and a waste basket.

Sponsorships: Online Registration Support - $1000 Thursday Membership Reception - $1000 Friday Exhibit Break - $1000 Saturday Exhibit Break -$1000 Full or Partial Sponsorships welcomed. For partial sponsorship please contact Jody Klopp, 405-613-1481 Register as an exhibitor at this web site: http://www.cvent.com/d/wfq7rt The deadline for exhibit registration is February 1, 2016.

Advertising in the Onsite Program: The Southwest Conference on Language Teaching is a regional foreign language teachers’ organization that hosts an annual conference in partnership with state foreign language teacher associations. The participating states in SWCOLT are : Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai i, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. See next page for more information. Between 300 and 700 teachers attend depending on the host state. To learn more about SWCOLT visit www.swcolt.org

Prior and Future Year History: 2005 Omni Mandalay Bay, Irving, TX 2006 Embassy Suites North, Phoenix AZ 2007 Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas NV 2008 Sheraton, Salt Lake City, UT 2009 Embassy Suites, Norman, OK 2010 Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, NM 2011 Hilton, Fort Worth, TX 2012 Sheraton Crescent, Phoenix, AZ 2013 Ravella Resort, Henderson, NV 2014 Snowbird Resort, Snowbird, UT 2015 Denver Omni Interlocken Hotel, Broomfield, CO 2016 Hilton Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, HI 2017 Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK 2018 El Dorado Hotel, Santa Fe, NM

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ACTFL Teacher of the Year Edward Zarrow to attend SWCOLT

Abbott continued: “We congratulate Edward Zarrow and look forward to working with him over the next year in his new role as National Language Teacher of the Year.”

The other four finalists for the annual ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Award representing the other geographic regions of the U.S. were: Leni Bronstein, Williamsburg Middle School, Arlington, VA; Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)

San Diego, CA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is pleased to announce the 2016 National Language Teacher of the Year has been awarded to Edward Zarrow, a Latin teacher at Westwood High School in Westwood, MA, and a member of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL). The award presentation was held during the Opening General Session of the 2015 ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo in San Diego, CA. The award for the ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year is intended to elevate the status of the language teaching profession at the state, regional, and national levels by creating opportunities for recognizing the most accomplished members of the profession. The Teacher of the Year becomes a spokesperson for the language profession in order to increase the visibility of the importance of learning languages and cultures to the general public.

“ACTFL is very proud of the impact that the Teacher of the Year Program has had in bringing national attention to the importance of language education for all students. It is an excellent example of collaboration in our field from the state to the regional to the national level,” said Marty Abbott, ACTFL’s Executive Director.

“It’s exciting to be celebrating our eleventh anniversary of the program this year with the announcement of the 2016 Teacher of the Year in San Diego!”

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Brenda Gaver, East Valley High School, Spokane, WA; Pacific Northwest Council for Languages (PNCFL) Fernando Rubio, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT) Deana Zorko, Madison West High School, Madison, WI; Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL) About ACTFL The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is the national association for language education professionals from all levels of instruction and representing all languages. With more than 12,300 active members, ACTFL provides innovative professional development opportunities, acclaimed training and certification programs, and widely cited books, publications, scholarly journals, research studies and language education resources, including Foreign Language Annals and The Language Educator magazine. As part of its mission and vision, the organization provides guidance to the profession and to the general public regarding issues, policies, and best practices related to the teaching and learning of languages and cultures. ACTFL is a leading national voice among language educators and administrators and is guided by a responsibility to set standards and expectations that will result in high quality language programs.

SWCOLT Congratulates:

Gregg Roberts Recipient of the ACTFL/ LEO BENARDO AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN K-12 LANGUAGE EDUCATION Gregg Roberts serves as the Language Specialist for the Utah Department of Education. Prior to this position, he was a teacher of French and district supervisor for the Granite School district. In each capacity, he has seen the challenges facing our profession as opportunities for change agency – and successful language learning. His letters of support demonstrate that he is an innovator, a leader, and a coach to colleagues in many states. Roberts is unquestionably deserving of the first Leo Benardo Award for Innovation in K-12 language Education. In congratulating him, we acknowledge the contributions of many colleagues in their classrooms and communities whose own efforts may well not have had the great resonance that they do without his leadership.

Roberts is an influential force in the halls of the Utah legislature. In meetings there, he made language learning for all the basic goal of his efforts.

Two statements characterize Roberts’ merits as the first recipient of this award honoring Leo Benardo’s life work and his service as ACTFL’s second president:

Gregg’s legacy will be a generation of young Americans who see and experience the world differently.”

“Mr. Roberts will make it a point to characterize immersion as mainstream, as the way we should –even must- educate our students. He always reminds us that immersion education is not an option for the elite, but an opportunity we must make available to children from all cultural, ethnic, social, and national backgrounds.

- Paul Garcia University of Kansas Sometimes, in the midst of one of the inevitable crises that arise when growing a program to 28,000 students in less than a decade, I ask myself what we were thinking when we decided to make dual language immersion as common in Utah schools as reading, math, and recess. Then I remember. We were thinking about ensuring that our students graduate with high levels of linguistic and cultural proficiency in at least two languages, well-prepared for the global world in which they will live and work.

I use the word “we” because no one individual could have done this alone. The success of Utah’s dual language immersion program is the direct result of the work of an extraordinary team of coordinators, school administrators, and classroom teachers. Thus I gratefully accept this award for the entire Utah team, whose members have dedicated their work life to this unprecedented initiative.

- Gregg Roberts As printed in the 2015 Awards Ceremony Program, San Diego, California, November 20, 2015

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The Spirit of Aloha What Does Aloha Mean? [§5-7.5] “Aloha Spirit.” (a) “Aloha Spirit” is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self. Each person must think and emote good feelings to others. In the contemplation and presence of the life force, “Aloha,” the following unuhi laula loa may be used:

In the Hawaiian language, it can mean hello or goodbye.

It also means love and affection. The word aloha is used in a combination with other words, such as aloha kakahiaka, which means good morning; aloha auinala used as a greeting that means good afternoon; and aloha ahiahi is how you can wish good evening in Hawaiian. Because of aloha’s unique meaning and popularity, Hawai i is called the Aloha State.

The literal meaning of aloha is “the presence of breath” or “the breath of life.” It comes from “Alo,” meaning presence, front and face, and “ha,” meaning breath. Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Its deep meaning starts by teaching ourselves to love our own beings first and afterwards to spread the love to others.

According to the old kahunas (priests), being able to live the Spirit of Aloha was a way of reaching self-perfection and realization for our own body and soul. Aloha is sending and receiving a positive energy. Aloha is living in harmony. When you live the Spirit of Aloha, you create positive feelings and thoughts, which are never gone. They exist in space, multiply and spread over to others.

The Spirit of Aloha as Law Aloha Spirit is considered a state “law.” Although the word law sounds too strong and strict, Aloha Spirit is not such a type of law that will get you in trouble if you break it. Its main purpose is to serve as a reminder to government officials while they perform their duties to treat people with deep care and respect, just like their ancestors did. Aloha Spirit is more a lesson than a law. By learning and applying this lesson to real life, government officials can contribute to a better world, a world filled with aloha.

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“Akahai,” meaning kindness, to be expressed with tenderness; “Lokahi,” meaning unity,to be expressed with harmony; “Oluolu,” meaning agreeable,to be expressed with pleasantness; “Haahaa,” meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty; “Ahonui,” meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance.

These are traits of character that express the charm, warmth and sincerity of Hawai i’s people. It was the working philosophy of Native Hawaiians and was presented as a gift to the people of Hawai i.

“Aloha” is more than a word of greeting or farewell or a salutation.

“Aloha” means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return.

“Aloha” is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence.

“Aloha” means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable. (b) In exercising their power on behalf of the people and in fulfillment of their responsibilities, obligations and service to the people, the legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, executive officers of each department, the chief justice, associate justices, and judges of the appellate, circuit, and district courts may contemplate and reside with the life force and give consideration to the “Aloha Spirit.” [L 1986, c 202, §1] Sources: http://www.to-hawaii.com/aloha.php http://www.alohainternational.org/html/aspirit1.html http://totakeresponsibility.blogspot.com/2013/01/alohaspirit-its-law.html