2016 Seminar Agenda

Friday’s Agenda  I  Saturday’s Agenda  l  Sunday’s Agenda

Friday, October 28, 2016

Arrival in New Haven and checking in at various hotels. 

Yale Campus Tour led by Yale student Abigail Elder
Meeting in the lobby of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel
(30 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511)

 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Registration and Coffee
Location: Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Dr. David Malinowski, Opening Session
Linguistic Landscape and Its Teaching Implications
Location: Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Shabbat Dinner
Location: Josef Slifka Center for Jewish Life, 80 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511		 7:15 - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

All meal and sessions will take place at Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Prof. Vardit Ringvald, Introductory Presentation
Assessment as a Mean to Enhance Hebrew Acquisition: Review of Trends and Assessment Methods, Examples and Measures

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Session I

Dr. Mary Jo Lubrano
Developing Elicitation Techniques to Assess Speaking Skills

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Session II

Coffee Break

10:15 - 10:25 a.m.

Prof. Vardit Ringvald
Developing Writing Assessment Measures: What is Being Measured and How

10:25-11:30 a.m.
Session III

Hands-on Workshop
Based on preceding sessions, participants will determine which skill/proficiency they wish to address: speaking or writing, and they will work with peers, in small groups, on creating tests that assess either skill.

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Workshop A

Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Dr. Mary Jo Lubrano
Authenticity in Assessing Reading: Developing Reading Assessment Practices (including small groups hands-on exercise)

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Session IV

Coffee Break 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

Prof. Vardit Ringvald
Assessing Listening Comprehension

3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Session V

Ms. Yael Gal
Technological Tools that Facilitate Various Assignments in the Hebrew Classroom and that Serve as Assessment Tools

 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Session VI
 

Dinner Reception in honor of Ayala Dvoretzky
Celebrating 31 years of leadership and teaching excellence with the Hebrew program at Yale University

 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 30, 2016

All meal and sessions will take place at Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Prof. Vardit Ringvald
Introductory Presentation: Designing a Lesson so as to Maximize Language Acquisition

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Session VII

Hands-on Workshop
Based on preceding presentation participants will design a lesson (in diverse modalities and contents) intended to maximize language acquisition

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Workshop B

Prof. Vardit Ringvald
Feedback on hands-on Workshop B
Q&A

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Session VIII

Seminar’s closing
Summative remarks and written feedback

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.