Exploring Brazil: A Window into the Language and Culture of a Country on the Rise June 9 - 13, 2013 University of Georgia, Athens
Sunday, June 9
2:00 – 4:00 pm Registration Morris Residence Hall 390 S. Lumpkin St.
5:00 pm Welcome Reception Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI) 290 S. Hull Street, Athens, GA 30602
8:00 pm Film Screening (optional) Moro no Brasil Morris Residence Hall
Monday, June 10
8:30 am Continental Breakfast/Café de manhã Special Collections Library, Room 258 300 S. Hull Street (all presentations will be located here)
9:00 --- 10:00 Welcome/Bem---Vindo Claire González, Vanderbilt University Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Denise Woltering Vargas, Tulane University Stone Center for Latin American Studies; Robert Moser, The University of Georgia, Portuguese Flagship Program
10:00 – 12:00 pm Introductory Portuguese for the K-12 Classroom Elise Dietrich, Tulane University and John Maddox, Vanderbilt University
12:00 --- 1:30 Lunch/Almoço
1:30 --- 2:00 Brazilian Folklore Across the Curriculum Elise Dietrich, Tulane University
2:00 --- 2:30 Brazil in a Comparative Context John Maddox, Vanderbilt University
2:30---4:00 Curriculum groups
7:00 Film Screening (Optional) Dois Filhos de Francisco --- Morris Residence Hall
Tuesday, June 11
8:15 Continental Breakfast/Café de manhã
8:45--- 9:15 Welcome/Bem---Vindo: Morning Discussion/Questions?
9:15 --- 11:00 Introduction to Brazilian Music Elise Dietrich, Tulane University
11:00 – 12:00 Intro to Portuguese II John Maddox
12:00 --- 1:30 Lunch/Almoço
1:30 --- 2:00 Voice from a Brazilian Slum Heather McRae,
2:00 --- 2:30 Carolina Maria de Jesus, Literatura Marginal Elise Dietrich
2:30 --- 3:00 Brazil in your Community Denise Woltering Vargas, Tulane University
3 – 4:30pm Curriculum Groups
7pm Film Screening (optional) Wasteland --- Morris Residence Hall Wednesday, June 12
8:15 Continental Breakfast/Café de manhã
9:00 --- 9:30 Tour of The Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden Paul Duncan, University of Georgia
10:00 --- 11:15 Telecollaborative Learning & other Multi-Media Strategies in the Foreign Language Classroom Fernanda Guida, University of Georgia
11:15 – 12:00 Intro to Portuguese III Elise Dietrich, John Maddox
12:00 --- 1:30 Lunch/Almoço
1:30---2:45 Bringing Portuguese to your school --- Challenges and Opportunities Lucia Ribeiro, International Welcome Center, Tatiana Watson, North Cobb High School
3:00 --- 4:30 Curriculum Groups
7:00 Celebration and live music at Cine Athens: 234 West Hancock Avenue
Thursday, June 13
8:15 Continental Breakfast
9:30 --- 11:30 Final Curriculum Presentations
11:30 --- 12:30 Farewell Lunch LACSI
12:30 – 2:30 Check out of Residence Hall