Schedule
The March 17 afternoon workshops will be held at the Arizona Center (455 N. 3rd St, Suite 380).
The above link directs to a video on how to access Suite 380 at the Arizona Center.
The Mercado complex at 502 E. Monroe, Phoenix (on the corner of 5th St. and Monroe) will host the March 17 reception 6-7:30 p.m. on the second floor balcony and all sessions on March 18-19.
Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Two tracks available
Track 1 | Program Descriptions |
Four 45-minute workshops | |
2 – 2:45pm AZCNTR 383 | Tech Skills as a Specific Purpose: Developing a Digital Presence for the 21st Century Workplace Chair: Eduardo Caro |
4 – 4:45pm AZCNTR 383 | Cultural Competency for Interpreting Medical Spanish Chair: Carmen King de Ramirez |
5 – 5:45pm AZCNTR 383 | Next Steps: Advancing LSP at Your Institution Chair: Mary Risner |
Track 2 |
One 3-hour workshop |
Designing a Spanish SL Course: A Community Model and Leadership Development Chair: Barbara Lafford |
Opening Reception
CIBER Business Language Research Teaching (BLRT) Award Ceremony
6 – 7:30pm
MERCC Second floor balcony
Friday, March 18, 2016
Registration and Breakfast
| 7:30–8:30am, MERCC 145 |
Session 1 Program Descriptions
| Business | LSP Program Development/ Technology |
| 8:30–8:55am | Italian for Business – More Innovative, Creative and Compelling Chair: Jonathan Wood | Emerging LSP Models in French: New Language Programs for Global Careers Chair: Mary Long |
| 9-9:25am | Language Class as Student-Run Company: “SpeakEasy” Clears a Profit Chair: Jonathan Wood |
Chair: Mary Long |
| 9:30–9:55am | Recent Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and Paralinguistic Changes in German-speaking Business Contexts Chair: Jonathan Wood | A Proposal for an Integrative Curriculum of Chinese for Specific Purposes Chair: Mary Long |
Session 2 Program Descriptions
Business | Culture | Medical Field | |
| 10:15-10:40am | The ePortfolio: A Learning Tool for Preparing Business Language Students with Employability Skills Chair: Michael Shealy | French for Global Studies Chair: Helene Ossipov | Panel Chair: Mary Long |
| 10:45-11:10 am | An Attempt to Boost Literacy: The Development of Business Chinese Reader Chair: Michael Shealy | Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: Promised Land or Pipedream? A Case Study in Political and Economic Culture Chair: Mary Risner | |
| 11:15-11:40am | Think Out of the Box: Exploring Communication Studies and Their Potential Applications to Business Language Instruction Chair: Michael Shealy | STEM.de – STEM.US: Resources for Developing Real-World Competencies in German+STEM Chair: Alexis Vollmer |
Lunch and Plenary Speaker
Noon-1:15pm MERCC 350 | Anne Abbott Less Specific Purposes for LSP: The Skills Students Need in College |
Session 3 Program Descriptions
Business | LSP Program Development | Roundtables | |
| 1:30-1:55pm | Panel Chair: Alan José | Roundtable Chair: Lourdes Sánchez-López | |
| 2-2:25pm | Adapting the Liberal Arts Curriculum and LSP for Optimal Student Preparation: An Example of Business Spanish Chair: Sergio Loza | ||
| 2:30-2:55pm | Infusing Leadership into the Spanish for Business Curriculum Chair: Angélica Amezcua | Roundtable Chair: Rebecca Berber-McNeill | |
| 3:30-4:45pm | Panel Chair: Rosti Vana | Roundtable Chair: Mary Long |
Community Expert Panel
5-6pm MERCC 350 | Community Expert Panel: Preparing students for bilingual/bi-cultural professions Chair: Carmen King de Ramírez |
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Registration and Breakfast
7:30-8:30am MERCC 145 |
Session 4 Program Descriptions
Culture | Business | Community | |
| 8:30-8:55am | Using Videos to Develop Intercultural Competence Chair: Eduardo Caro | Uzbek for Business Purposes: Addressing Students’ Learning Objectives Chair: Mary Risner | Roundtable Chair: Mary Long |
| 9-9:25am | ‘EPPIC’ Success: Supporting Internationals’ Professional Development through English for Specific Purposes Chair: Eduardo Caro | Designing and Teaching a Second-Semester Course in Business French: What to Do Next? Chair: Helene Ossipov | |
| 9:30-9:55am | Application of the LESCANT Model to Brazil Used in ‘The Seven Keys to Communicating in Brazil: An Intercultural Approach’ Chair: Eduardo Caro | They won’t talk to me! The Case for an Effective Wholly Online Advanced Business Spanish Course Chair: Carmen King de Ramírez | Voice vs. Text Chats: Their Effectiveness for Learning Probing Questions by Non-Native Speaking Nursing Students in Online English for Medical Purposes Courses Chair: Rebecca Berber-McNeill |
Session 5 Program Descriptions
Culture | LSP Program Development | Translation | |
| 10:15-10:40am | Using Videos to Develop Intercultural Competence Chair: Alan José | Corpus-informed Teaching of ESP Vocabulary in an Introductory Engineering Course Chair: Olivia Elias | Roundtable Chair: Barbara Lafford |
| 10:45-11:10am | Business Case as a Lens to Examine Culture and Society Chair: Alan José | Tailoring a Spanish Major for LSP Chair: Olivia Elias | |
| 11:15-11:40am | Principles and Theory behind ‘The Seven Keys to Communicating in Brazil: An Intercultural Approach’ Chair: Alan José | Can you translate this? It will take you five minutes: The (mis)perception of Spanish as a Language for Specific Purposes Chair: Olivia Elias |
Lunch and Plenary Speaker
Noon-1:15 pm MERCC 350 | Clayton Dube Doors Opening or Closing? What China’s New Normal Means for the Chinese and Americans |
Session 6 Program Descriptions
Business | LSP Program Development | Interpretation | |
| 1:30-1:55pm | Building a Different Kind of Bridge: Teaching Business Writing in the Spanish Curriculum Chair: Michael Shealy | An Implementation Report on the New Spanish for Lawyers Program at the University of Miami Chair: Barbara Lafford | |
| 2-2:25pm | The Case-based Method as a Strategy for Teaching Spanish for Business Chair: Michael Shealy | Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Application: Spanish for the Professions at ASU, a Case Study Chair: Barbara Lafford | Keys to Understand The Diplomatic Function of Interpreters at the United Nations Chair: Carmen King de Ramírez |
Business Meeting and Closing Remarks
2:45-3:45pm MERCC 350 |