OUR FIRST DMV SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM ​

In honor of ​Dr. Roberta Lavine. 
​For many years of teaching excellence and dedicated service to the Spanish-speaking community and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland. 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
​DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE PROGRAM HERE

Friday, April 20

12:00 - 1:30 PM 

2:00 - 4:00 PM

4:15 - 5:15 PM

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5:15 - 6:30 PM

​6:30 - 7:30 PM

​Luncheon in Honor of Dr. Roberta Lavine

Panel on Heritage Language Communities in the DMV​

Keynote lecture: A Critical Review of the Field of Heritage Languages on the Occasion of the 20th
                              Anniversary of the Heritage Language Initiative: Successes, Blind Spots, and
​                              Shortcomings (María Carreira, CSU, Long Beach, NHLRC)

Reception and Latino Jazz Music
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​A Comedic Lecture by Fale University

Saturday, April 21

8:30 - 9:00 AM 

9:00 - 10:00 AM

​10:00 - 10:15 AM

10:15 - 11:00 AM
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11:00 - 11:45 AM


​11:45 - 12:30 PM

​Breakfast and registration

Roundtable on Spanish Heritage Communities and Pedagogical Issues in the DMV Area​

​Coffee break

Workshop A: Differentiated Teaching in Courses with Heritage Learners (María Carreira, CSU- 
                        Long Beach, NHLRC)​

​Workshop B: Doing Critical Language Pedagogy in the Spanish Heritage Language Classroom:
​                        Objectives, Tasks, and Outcomes (Ellen Serafini, George Mason University)
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​Workshop C: Sociolinguistic Diversity in Spanish Heritage Language Classrooms (Amelia Tseng, 
                        Georgetown University)
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Invited Lectures and Workshops

María Carreira

Keynote lecture "A Critical Review of the Field of Heritage Languages on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Heritage Language Initiative: Successes, Blind Spots, and Shortcomings"
​​Friday at 4:15PM
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Workshop "Differentiated Teaching in Courses with Heritage Learners"
Saturday at 10:15 AM

Ellen Serafini

Workshop "Critical Pedagogy in Practice"
Saturday at 11 AM

Amelia Tseng

Workshop "Sociolinguistic Diversity in Spanish Heritage Language Classrooms"
​Saturday at 11:45 AM

Panels and Roundtables

Heritage Language Communities
​in the DMV

Ana Patricia Rodríguez (Spanish)
 Phoenix Liu (Japanese)
Ali Abasi (Persian)
Bob Ramsey (Korean)
Mel Scullen (French)
Valerie Anishchenovka (Arabic)
​Kira Gor (Russian)
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Spanish Heritage Communities and
Pedagogical Issues in the DMV​

María Flores (Prince George's County PS)
Francoise Vandenplan (Montgomery County PS)
Erminia Rosanova (Montgomery County PS)
Allison Williams (District of Columbia PS)
Gregory Jones (Fairfax County PS)

Social and Cultural Events

Grupo Quimbao - Friday at 5:15 PM
Latin jazz, salsa, merengue, cumbia, bachata, and more.
Grupo Quimbao are 4 musicians, but sound like 7.
https://www.facebook.com/grupoquimbao/

Fale University - Friday at 6:30 PM
Mock university lectures or a comedy show with academic pretensions, whatever makes sense to you.
https://faleuniversity.tumblr.com/