2014 Unlock the Gateway to Unlock the Gateway to Communication Communication to the Gateway Unlock Communication Editor Stephanie Dhonau University of Arkansas at Little Rock Articles by: Aleidine Moeller Kristen Nugent Ekaterina Koubek Annis N. Shaver Louise Grandouiller Carolyn Gascoigne Juliette Parnell Leah McKeeman Blanca Oviedo Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco Brigid Burke Dhonau, Editor Dhonau, Teresa Bell 2014 Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Unlock the Gateway to Communication Selected Papers from the 2014 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Stephanie Dhonau, Editor University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2014 Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages iv Unlock the Gateway to Communication Publisher: Robert M. Terry 2211 Dickens Road, Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23230 Printer: Johnson Litho Graphics of Eau Claire, Ltd. 2219 Galloway Street Eau Claire, WI 54703 © 2014 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Patrick T. Raven, Executive Director P. O. Box 251 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0251 Phone: 414-405-4645 FAX: 414-276-4650 [email protected] www.csctfl.org C P 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v Review and Acceptance Procedures Central States Conference Report The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign LanguagesReport is a refereed volume of selected papers based on the theme and program of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Abstracts for sessions are first submitted to the Program Chair, who then selects sessions that will be presented at the annual conference. Once the sessions have been selected, presenters are contacted by the editor of the Report and invited to submit a manuscript for possible publication in that volume. Copies of the publication guidelines are sent to conference presenters. All submissions are read and evaluated by the editor and four other members of the Editorial Board. Reviewers are asked to recommend that the article (1) be published in its current form, (2) be published after specific revisions have been made, or (3) not be published. When all of the reviewers’ ratings are received, the editor makes all final publishing decisions. 2014 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Report Editorial Board Editor Stephanie Dhonau, University of Arkansas at Little Rock The editor would like to thank the following professionals for their contributions to the review of the articles in this volume: Editorial Board Rosalie Cheatham Anneris Coria-Navia Linda Egnatz Isabel Espinoza Suzanne Hendrickson Jason Jolley Cecilia Kennedy Alan D. Lytle Adrienne Royo Alice Strange Laura Terrill Helene Zimmer-Lowe vi Unlock the Gateway to Communication 2013 - 2014 CSCTFL Officers and Directors (followed by year term ends on June 30) Chair ......................................................................................................Lori Winne (FY14) Vice Chair ....................................................................................... Vickie Scow (FY14) Executive Director ........................................................................Patrick T. Raven (FY15) Recording Secretary ......................................................................Martha Pero (FY14) Immediate Past Chair ........................................................... Barbara Andrews (FY14) 2014 Program Chair ........................................................................Julie Jezuit (FY16) 2014 Assistant Program Chair and 2015 Program Chair & Director ..............................Kerisa Baedke (FY15) 2014 Assistant Program Chair and 2015 Program Chair & Director ................................ Sarah Shackelford (FY16) Director .......................................................................................Mary Goodwin (FY14) Director .........................................................................................Phyllis Farrar (FY 15) Director ...............................................................................................Lisa Lilley (FY 15) Director .......................................................................................... Brigid Burke (FY16) Director ..............................................................................................Alan Lytle (FY 17) vii Contents Review and Acceptance Procedures ....................................................................... v Central States Conference Board of Directors 2013-2014 .................................. vi Preface ....................................................................................................................... ix Introduction ............................................................................................................. xi 1. Building Intercultural Competence in the Language Classroom ........................................... 1 Aleidine J. Moeller & Kristen Nugent 2. Unlocking the Gateway to Cross-Cultural Communication .....................................19 Ekaterina Koubek 3. Teaching History and Culture Here and Abroad .................37 Annis N. Shaver & Louise Grandouiller 4. Hybrid Language Instruction: Finding the Right Fit ...........53 Carolyn Gascoigne & Juliette Parnell 5. 21st Century World Language Classrooms: Technology Tools Supporting Communicative Competence ...65 Leah McKeeman & Blanca Oviedo 6. The Role of Textbooks in Promoting Communication Goals ................................................83 Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco 7. Forty Years after Savignon: How Far Have We Come? Perspectives about Communicative Language Teaching in the 21st Century .................................................. 113 Brigid Burke 8. Meeting the Communities Standard on Study Abroad ........ 139 Teresa Bell ix Preface Unlock the Gateway to Communication The 2014 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages took place in St. Louis, Missouri with the cooperation of the Foreign Language Association of Missouri. The 2014 conference focused on ways in which foreign language teachers, “unlock” or help to open up lines of communication between their students and people who speak a language other than the native language of their students. Foreign language teachers do so not only by helping students to learn how to express themselves through oral and written communication, but also through cultural knowledge of the target culture. For students to become globally competent citizens, they need to know not only how to communicate through oral and written communication; they must also understand the nuances of a culture. An understanding of the products, practices, and perspectives of a culture are equally important to function in a given culture. The 2014 Keynote speaker was Dr. Brandon Wiley, the Executive Director of the International Studies Schools Network for the Asia Society. Dr. Wiley energized the attendees by speaking about teaching for global competency and the critical role that foreign language instruction plays in creating globally competent citizens. Dr. Wiley followed up his keynote address with a session entitled “Six School-Wide Strategies to Globalize Your School.” The CSCTFL 2014 conference featured 28 workshops and more than 170 sessions. Nine of the 17 central states were represented by “Best of…” sessions. Several presenters from the 2013 conference returned to re-present their session as an “All-Star.” The sessions and workshop topics represented at the 2014 conference included the connection to Common Core in the foreign language classroom, the use of technology, teaching for communicative competency, lesson planning, assessment, the integration of culture in the curriculum, and the use of literature, art, music, and film in language classes. The authors who submitted articles for the 2014 CSCTFL Report addressed the 2014 conference theme, “Unlock the Gateway to Communication.” The articles in the 2014 Report pertain to developing communicative competency and cultural competency. By focusing on developing communicative competency and cultural competency, foreign language teachers are able to shape their students into citizens who will be globally competent and be able to communicate and interact effectively in a global society. The authors explain how to achieve these goals through the use of technology in teaching, studying abroad, the use of target language in the classroom, and the role of a textbook in the classroom while promoting communication. Julie Jezuit 2014 CSCTFL Program Chair xi Unlock the Gateway to Communication Stephanie Dhonau University of Arkansas at Little Rock This year’s volume of the Central StatesReport offers a variety of articles focusing on topics of current interest to colleagues in K-16 that focus on various ways and means that researchers and practitioners attempt to “Unlock the Gateway to Communication”. The articles in this year’sReport offer a variety of reviews of contemporary literature and research-based suggestions for improving not only communication, but also intercultural competence and technological use in instruction. Intercultural Experiences to Unlock the Gateway to Communication In the first section of the volume, three articles share the common theme of interculturality in which intercultural competence and the corresponding challenges of cross cultural encounters are a major focus. In the first article, Moeller and Nugent explore the literature on both intercultural competence and intercultural communication competence,