Presentations

The pages listed below provide slides, useful links, and other information about presentations by MAFLT faculty. Our students and alumni have presented with faculty and on their own at ACTFL, NCOLCTL, MIWLA, Central States, SCOLT, NABE, and other state, regional and national conferences.

  • Moving beyond banning AI in language classes

    Moving beyond banning AI in language classes

    How are you using ChatGPT in language teaching? Do you ban it or take advantage of it? This presentation covers recent trends, ethical questions, and a range of recommended activities.

  • Assessing Intercultural Competence – Extempore Extravaganza 2023

    Assessing Intercultural Competence – Extempore Extravaganza 2023

    As part of Extempore’s summer virtual conference, Dr. Lanier presented on using group reflections to assess intercultural competence.

  • LCTL Special Interest Group – ACTFL Webinar

    LCTL Special Interest Group – ACTFL Webinar

    The National LCTL Resource Center and the ViVID Project Professional Development for Instructors of Less-Commonly-Taught Languages ACTFL Special Interest Group Webinar | June 29, 2023 Presenters: Dr. Emily Heidrich Uebel Dr. Amanda Lanier Dr. Bruna Sommer Farias LCTL Instructors ViVID Project LCTL SIG Slides Participate LCTL Instructor Needs and Challenges? Click to Respond Anytime Click…

  • Teacher Isolation is Real, but are Virtual Networks the Answer?

    Teacher Isolation is Real, but are Virtual Networks the Answer?

    IALLT 2023 | Amanda Lanier Are language teachers tapping into the potential of technology to reduce isolation and contribute to their growth as educators?

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Student-Faculty Presentations

SCOLT 2023

Betty Brown & Bruna Sommer-Farias

MIWLA 2022

Make virtual community a reality: Strategies for teacher networking

Lanier, A., Brown, B., Henderson, T., & Schmidt, T.

Central States 2022

Department of one: How isolated language teachers cope and collaborate

Jaime Danks & Amanda Lanier

ACTFL 2021

Ecology and Vitality of Language Programs:
Advocating for Japanese language teaching

Brown, B., Himata Paris, Y., Whiting-Kipper, T., and Lanier, A.

sites.google.com/msu.edu/ecology-vitality-actfl2021/home

ACTFL 2019

Making Authentic Texts Comprehensible with Corpus Analysis Tools

Presenters: Amanda Lanier, Agnieszka Makles, Courtney Mayes, & Maggie Rutkowski

Access slides and resources here: Google Site

ACTFL 2019

Reaching Intercultural Competence with Story-Based Methods

Presenters: Rachel Emery, Bill Langley, & Amanda Lanier

Access slides and resources here: Google Site

NCOLCTL 2018

Cultivating Intercultural Competence Before, During, and After Immersion

Presenters: Young Oak Morgan and Amanda Lanier

Access slides and videos here: Google Site

Presentations with Dr. Lanier – Reference List

Lanier, A., Brown, B., Henderson, T., & Schmidt, T. (October, 2022). Make virtual community a reality: Strategies for teacher networking. Michigan World Language Association (MIWLA).

Danks, J. & Lanier, A. (March, 2022). Department of one: How isolated language teachers cope and collaborate. Central States Conference on Teaching Foreign Languages (CSCTFL).

Brown, B., Himata Paris, Y., Whiting-Kipper, T., and Lanier, A. (November, 2021). Ecology and vitality of language programs: Advocating for Japanese language teaching. Paper at American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Virtual Convention & Expo. Access materials at: sites.google.com/msu.edu/ecology-vitality-actfl2021/home

Lanier, A., Makles, A., Mayes, C., & Rutkowski, M. (November, 2019). Learner autonomy and authentic texts. Paper at American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in Washington, D.C.

Emery, R., Langley, B., & Lanier, A. (November, 2019). Reaching intercultural competence with story-based methods. Paper at American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in Washington, D.C.

Lanier, A. & Andrews, A. (March, 2019). Comprehensible input vs standardized testing: what can learners achieve? Paper at the Southeast Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Morgan, Y., & Lanier, A. (April, 2018). Promoting intercultural competence before, during, and after language immersion. Paper accepted for presentation at the National Council for Less-Commonly-Taught Languages in Herndon, VA.

Other Student Presentations (to be updated)

Kari Seymour and Andrew Burke – Extempore Extravaganza 2023

Joe Leibson (Class of 2016) presented his work on the use of NearPod in the classroom at the 2015 ACTFL convention in San Diego. For more details, watch his video presentation here.

Tammy Schmidt

Francesca Regalado