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Day 1 (Friday, September 26)

 Memorial Union (Gallery)
1:45-2:15 PMRegistration
2:15-2:30 PMWelcome by Carol A. Chapelle
2:30-3:00 PMBridging the “Lang-Lit Split”: Teaching textual analysis with input and output activities and an Input-to-Output Approach
Stacey Weber-Fève (Iowa State University)
3:00-3:30 PMUsing design-based research to guide the development and evaluation of instructional materials for hybrid Spanish courses
Julio C. Rodriguez and Cristina Pardo-Ballester (Iowa State University)
3:30-4:00 PMBreak
4:00-4:30 PMGroup blogging as a learning material in an ESL course: Learners’ perception and its efficacy
Kimi Nakatsukasa (Michigan State University)
4:30-5:00 PMProspects for developing L2 students’ effective use of vocabulary learning strategies via web-based multimedia training
Jim Ranalli (Iowa State University)
5:00-5:30 PMMyCase: Simulating workplace practices online to teach writing
David R. Russell (Iowa State University)
5:45-7:00 PMReception (Cardinal Room)
 

Day 2 (Saturday, September 27)

 Memorial Union (Gallery)
9:30-10:00 AMRegistration and Refreshments
10:00-10:30 AMA case study in incorporating authentic materials in language learning tools
Mike Conner (Grinnell College)
10:30-11:00 AMBreak
11:00 AM-12:00 PM[Invited Presentation 1]
Interactivity and authentic media in CALL
Sue Otto and James Pusack (University of Iowa)
12:00-12:30 PMThe role of visual support in ESL listening comprehension
Ruslan Suvorov (Iowa State University)
12:30-1:30 PMLunch (Campanile Room)
1:30-2:30 PM[Invited Presentation 2]
Integrating authentic videos into both pronunciation training and language and culture learning
Dorothy Chun (University of California at Santa Barbara)
2:30-3:00 PMDesigning an intelligent discourse evaluation tool: Theoretical, empirical, and technological considerations
Elena Cotos, Nick Pendar, and Andrew Vernon (Iowa State University)
3:00-3:15 PMBreak
3:15-3:45 PMDeveloping intercultural communicative competence: A web-based approach to the teaching of the speech act of requests
Adolfo A. Carrillo Cabello (Iowa State University)
3:45-4:15 PMDeveloping French materials with Quebecois cultural context
Carol Chapelle and Ghinwa Alameen (Iowa State University)
4:15-4:30 PMBreak
4:30-5:00 PMWhere the language worlds meet: Combining real life and Second Life in classroom materials design
Karina Silva and Jacob Larsen (Iowa State University)
5:00-5:45 PM[Invited Presentation 3]
From a publisher's perspective...
Sherry Preiss (Pearson Education)
6:00-9:00 PMReception (Professor Dan Douglas's Home)