Conference Presentations by Hiram H. Maxim:
"Affective border crossings in the linguistic landscape." 15th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, June 20-22, 2024. Handout.
“A nexus analysis-based comparative case study of instructed adult Ln development.” World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA), Lyon, France, July 17-21, 2023.
"German-American Studies today." Participant in roundtable at the annual conference of German Studies Association, Houston, Texas, September 18, 2022.
"From the classroom to the strip mall: Student multiliteracies development in the linguistic landscape." 13th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Hamburg, Germany, September 6-9, 2022.
“The intersection of graffiti and commerce along Vienna’s Danube Canal.” American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, March 20-23, 2021. Presented virtually.
“Texte als Modelle im Anfängerunterricht: Eine Fallstudie des Schreibprozesses in einem textgestützten Curriculum.” Schreiben in Kontexten – Soziokulturelle Dimensionen der Textproduktion in Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Vienna, Austria, May 2, 2019. Handout.
"A comparative multiple-case study of domestic and international student L2/L3 writing development." Co-presentation with Glenn Levine. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 25, 2018.
"International students’ L3 development in the L2 classroom." Co-presentation with Glenn Levine. AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 17-19, 2017.
"L2 learning in linguistic landscapes: Global engagement at home and abroad." Joint presentation with Yu Li, Lilia Coropceanu, and Levin Arsnperger. AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 17-19, 2017.
“Guiding L2 learners toward uncovering linguistic diversity amidst apparent societal stability: An iterative approach to classroom-based linguistic landscape research.” 9th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Luxembourg, March 30-April 1, 2017.
“A multiple-case study of international students’ L3 development in the U.S. university language classroom.” Co-presentation with Glenn Levine. AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, OR, March 19, 2017.
“Linguistic variation amidst curricular coherence: A longitudinal case study of curriculum-based L2 writing development.” Diversity and Variation in Language Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, February 10-11, 2017.
“Developing L2 learners’ new media literacies through genre.” Plenary address at the American Association of Teachers of Korean Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 17, 2016.
"Addressing key challenges for language teaching through the linguistic landscape." Joint presentation with Sebastien DuBreil and Dave Malinowski. Presented by Dave Malinowski. 8th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, University of Liverpool, UK, April 27-29, 2016.
“Using the linguistic landscape to foster methodological awareness and language development in the L2 classroom.” AAAL Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, April 9-12, 2016.
“Collegiate foreign language curriculum construction: Principles, pedagogies, and practices.” In the AATG-sponsored session “Making Language Studies Meaningful: Panel in Honor of Heidi Byrnes." Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Austin, TX, January 7-10, 2016.
“The ‘Domain of One’s Own’ Project: Composing German for the Web.” Joint presentation with Nicholas Block in the AATG-sponsored session "Digital Humanities and German Studies." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2015.
"Raising methodological awareness among study abroad participants: Reflections from a student-driven linguistic landscape research project." 7th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Berkeley, CA, May 7-9, 2015.
"Fostering advanced L2 writing: A longitudinal case study of curriculum-based L2 writing development." AAAL Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 23, 2015. (pdf)
"A study into curriculum-based language development." Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Annual Conference, Montgomery, AL, January 30, 2015.
"A study into curriculum-based development of collegiate foreign language writing." AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, OR, March 22, 2014.
"United we stand, bifurcated we fall: Curricular reform and the future of collegiate foreign language education." Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, January 11, 2014.
"A genre-based approach to integrating language and content." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 22, 2013.
"A functional linguistic comparative analysis of L2 genre-based writing." American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, March 16, 2013.
"Rethinking communicative competence as textual competence." MLA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, January 4, 2013.
"The textuality of language." Keynote presentation, Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Assocation Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, November 3, 2012.
"A 'center-ed' approach to useful outcomes assessment." Plenary Session IV, ADFL Summer Seminar West, Eugene, OR, June 9, 2012.
"Integrating faculty while integrating curricula: Teaching language-based content across the curriculum." Reset / Reboot / Recoup: The New College Language and Cultural Studies. The 4th Biennial German Studies Workshop. University of Texas at Austin, March 3, 2012.
"This is not a test! Making the case for utilization-based assessment in higher education." Presenter on the roundtable "Responses to a changing world: German language, literature, and culture in the Twenty-first century." MLA Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, January 6, 2012.
"A genre-based approach to sequencing content." In the session "Transcending the divide: Integrating content and language in FL curriculum and pedagogy." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 19, 2011. (pdf)
"Textual tension: Intermediate collegiate second language writers' intertextual negotiation." In the three-hour colloquium "Students' textual practice as a multifaceted weaving of semiotic systems." 38th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC). Lisbon, Portugal, July 27, 2011.
"Establishing a Curricular Trajectory: A Socio-Semiotic Perspective on Text Selection and Sequencing." In the three-hour colloquium on "Perspectives on FL Curriculum Construction: Linking Languaging, Knowing, and L2 Development." AAAL Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 29, 2011 (pdf)
"Curricular reform in action: A report from the departmental trenches." Co-presentation with Peter Hoeyng and Marianne Lancaster. AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20, 2010. (pdf)
"A longitudinal study of theme selection and progression in advanced L2 writing." 37th ISFC, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 21, 2010. (pdf)
“’Transforming the two-tiered system’: A report from a curricular reform in progress.” MLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, December 27, 2009.
"Toward an understanding of advanced collegiate L2 writing: Findings from a longitudinal study." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 21, 2009. (pdf)
Respondent to the panel discussion "Bridging the perceived gap between language and cultural studies at small institutions." German Studies Association (GSA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 11, 2009.
"The development of the passive voice in L2 German writing: A functionally oriented longitudinal study." Co-presentation with Lone Petersen. AAAL Annual Conference, Denver, CO, March 2, 2009. (pdf)
"Articulating German curricula: Focus on the second and third year." Full-day pre-conference workshop with Heidi Byrnes and Olga Liamkina, AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 20, 2008.
"The clausal manifestation of L2-German advancedness: A functionally oriented longitudinal study."” Co-presentation with Lone Petersen in the three-hour symposium "Researching advanced L2 writing: Theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues."” 15th World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA), Essen, Germany, August 25, 2008. (pdf)
“The role of language in collegiate FL programmatic reform.” In the AATG-sponsored session “How Revolutionary are We? Current Issues on Curricular Shifts at Private Institutions.” MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 30, 2007.
“Students' Textual Borrowing Practices and their Development as Advanced L2 Writers.” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 17, 2007. (pdf)
“Textübernahmen als Basis des Fremdsprachenlernens.” Deutsch als Fremdsprache Gastvortragsreihe, Freie Universität Berlin, July 2, 2007.
“Linking L2 Reading and Writing through Textual Borrowing: A Learner-based Perspective.” In the three-hour colloquium “Interacting Variables in Second Language Reading.” AAAL Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April 24, 2007. (pdf)
“Shifting the Grammatical Paradigm in Advanced-level Instruction: Developing Formal Language Abilities along a Genre-based Continuum." In the session "Socio-cultural Approaches to Grammar Teaching and Learning: From Theory to Classroom Practice." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 19, 2006. (handout)
“Expanding the Interrogation beyond Communicative Competence: Theoretical, Institutional, and Professional Considerations.” American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators (AAUSC) German Section Annual Meeting, Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 20, 2006. (pdf)
“Developing Advanced German Writing Ability: A Curriculum-based Perspective.” One-hour presentation with Heidi Byrnes as part of the larger symposium “Advanced Learner Varieties.” Annual Meeting of the German Society for Linguistics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft), Bielefeld, Germany, February 24, 2006.
“Best Practices in Undergraduate Curricula.” In the session “Best Practices in Teaching Languages” arranged by the Division on the Teaching of Language. MLA Annual Convention, Washington, DC, December 29, 2005. (handout)
“Linking Task and Language Acquisition: A Proposal for a Curricular Progression.” In the three-hour symposium “Taking Text to Task: Issues and Choices in Curriculum Construction.” International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT), Leuven, Belgium, September 23, 2005. (handout)
“Interpreting Syntactic Complexity in Curriculum-based Writing Development.” In the three-hour symposium co-organized by Heidi Byrnes and Hiram Maxim, “Revisiting L2 Writing Development: A Curriculum-based Study of Syntactic Complexity,” 14th World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA), Madison, WI, July 29, 2005. (handout)
“Teaching Others' Words: Literacy Acquisition through Explicit Textual Incorporation.” International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC), Sydney, Australia, July 19, 2005. Paper read by Heidi Byrnes.
“Implementing Genre-based Pedagogy for the Advanced Learner: Materials, Tasks, and Assessment.” Pre-conference Workshop conducted by Hiram Maxim, Cori Crane, Olga Liamkina, and Marianna Ryshina-Pankova for the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Washington, DC, March 10, 2005. (handout)
“Thinking Departmentally and Curricularly: An Integrated Approach to Graduate Student Teacher Education.” In the AAUSC-sponsored session “Best Practices in Training Students to be Professionals,” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 19, 2004.
“Teaching Others’ Words: Literacy Acquisition through Explicit Textual Incorporation.” In the three-hour colloquium co-organized by Heidi Byrnes and Hiram Maxim “Expanding the Notion of Explicit Instruction: The Potential for Genre-based Tasks,” AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, OR, May 3, 2004.
“Linking Curriculum-Based and Curriculum-Independent Assessment: Articulation and Accountability.” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 22, 2003. Presentation with Peter Pfeiffer and Cori Crane.
“Expanding learners' vocabulary through textual borrowing.” In the session “Contextualizing vocabulary acquisition in the intermediate and advanced FL classroom,” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 22, 2003.
“The Politics of Paradigms: Questioning Current Practices and Assumptions in Collegiate FL Learning.” AAUSC German Section Annual Meeting, Bloomington, IN, October 31, 2003.
“Effects of Narrow Reading and Textual Borrowing on Interlanguage Development.” Southeast Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) LXVI, Washington, DC, April 11-13, 2003.
“Using personal narratives to link language learning and culture learning at the Intermediate level.” In the session “Teaching toward the Standards as teaching with textual genre: From Intermediate to Advanced L2 learning,” Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Washington, DC, February 15-17, 2003.
“Preparing graduate students as teachers within a coherent departmental and curricular framework.” In the session “Language program direction: Preparing the future professoriate,” MLA Annual Convention, New York, NY, December 28, 2002.
“Student and instructor perceptions of the advanced language learner.” In the session “Toward an understanding of advanced-level language learning,” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 22, 2002. Session organizer.
“Developing a curriculum-based approach to oral assessment.” AAUSC German Section Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, November 9, 2002.
“The Effects of Guided Extensive Reading on Beginning L2 Learners' Reading Behavior and Affect.” AAAL Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, April 8, 2002.
“Using Extensive Reading to Link Meaning and Form in the Beginning College Foreign Language Classroom.” Form Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition Conference, University of Illinois-Chicago, February 22, 2002.
“A Study into the Effects of Linking Form and Meaning in the Beginning Foreign Language Classroom.” SECOL LXIV, Knoxville, TN, April 6, 2001.
“Giving Students a Voice: A Case for Poetry in the Beginning Foreign Language Classroom.” MLA Annual Convention, Washington, DC, December 28, 2000.
“Lessons from Abroad: A Study of German as a Second Language (DaF) Instruction in Germany.” AATG Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 18, 2000.
"Selecting Appropriate Authentic Materials for the Foreign Language Classroom." Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association (TFLTA) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 4, 2000.
“Using Cultural Theory to Navigate the Cultural C’s in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts, Boone, NC, April 14, and Linguistics Colloquium, Knoxville, TN, April 28, 2000.
“The German Outreach Program at the University of Texas.” MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. Co-presented with Kirsten Belgum, December 28, 1999.
“Integrating Language Instruction and Cultural Inquiry Through Reading.” MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 28, 1999.
“In-Class Reading: The Neglected Component of Foreign Language Reading.” TFLTA Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, November 6, 1999.
“Extensive Reading of Authentic Discourse in the Beginning Foreign Language Class.” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 21, 1998.
“Lesen längerer authentischer Texte in Anfängerkursen.” Annual Convention of the Fachverband für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Jena, Germany, June 6, 1998.
“Uncovering the Cultural Significance of Authentic Discourse: A Study of Cultural Theory’s Application in the Foreign Language Classroom.” MLA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, December 27, 1997.
“How Reading Knowledge Becomes Grammar Knowledge.” MLA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, December 27, 1997.
"Affective border crossings in the linguistic landscape." 15th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, June 20-22, 2024. Handout.
“A nexus analysis-based comparative case study of instructed adult Ln development.” World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA), Lyon, France, July 17-21, 2023.
"German-American Studies today." Participant in roundtable at the annual conference of German Studies Association, Houston, Texas, September 18, 2022.
"From the classroom to the strip mall: Student multiliteracies development in the linguistic landscape." 13th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Hamburg, Germany, September 6-9, 2022.
“The intersection of graffiti and commerce along Vienna’s Danube Canal.” American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, March 20-23, 2021. Presented virtually.
“Texte als Modelle im Anfängerunterricht: Eine Fallstudie des Schreibprozesses in einem textgestützten Curriculum.” Schreiben in Kontexten – Soziokulturelle Dimensionen der Textproduktion in Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Vienna, Austria, May 2, 2019. Handout.
"A comparative multiple-case study of domestic and international student L2/L3 writing development." Co-presentation with Glenn Levine. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 25, 2018.
"International students’ L3 development in the L2 classroom." Co-presentation with Glenn Levine. AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 17-19, 2017.
"L2 learning in linguistic landscapes: Global engagement at home and abroad." Joint presentation with Yu Li, Lilia Coropceanu, and Levin Arsnperger. AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 17-19, 2017.
“Guiding L2 learners toward uncovering linguistic diversity amidst apparent societal stability: An iterative approach to classroom-based linguistic landscape research.” 9th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Luxembourg, March 30-April 1, 2017.
“A multiple-case study of international students’ L3 development in the U.S. university language classroom.” Co-presentation with Glenn Levine. AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, OR, March 19, 2017.
“Linguistic variation amidst curricular coherence: A longitudinal case study of curriculum-based L2 writing development.” Diversity and Variation in Language Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, February 10-11, 2017.
“Developing L2 learners’ new media literacies through genre.” Plenary address at the American Association of Teachers of Korean Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 17, 2016.
"Addressing key challenges for language teaching through the linguistic landscape." Joint presentation with Sebastien DuBreil and Dave Malinowski. Presented by Dave Malinowski. 8th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, University of Liverpool, UK, April 27-29, 2016.
“Using the linguistic landscape to foster methodological awareness and language development in the L2 classroom.” AAAL Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, April 9-12, 2016.
“Collegiate foreign language curriculum construction: Principles, pedagogies, and practices.” In the AATG-sponsored session “Making Language Studies Meaningful: Panel in Honor of Heidi Byrnes." Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Austin, TX, January 7-10, 2016.
“The ‘Domain of One’s Own’ Project: Composing German for the Web.” Joint presentation with Nicholas Block in the AATG-sponsored session "Digital Humanities and German Studies." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2015.
"Raising methodological awareness among study abroad participants: Reflections from a student-driven linguistic landscape research project." 7th International Linguistic Landscape Workshop, Berkeley, CA, May 7-9, 2015.
"Fostering advanced L2 writing: A longitudinal case study of curriculum-based L2 writing development." AAAL Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 23, 2015. (pdf)
"A study into curriculum-based language development." Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Annual Conference, Montgomery, AL, January 30, 2015.
"A study into curriculum-based development of collegiate foreign language writing." AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, OR, March 22, 2014.
"United we stand, bifurcated we fall: Curricular reform and the future of collegiate foreign language education." Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, January 11, 2014.
"A genre-based approach to integrating language and content." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 22, 2013.
"A functional linguistic comparative analysis of L2 genre-based writing." American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, March 16, 2013.
"Rethinking communicative competence as textual competence." MLA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, January 4, 2013.
"The textuality of language." Keynote presentation, Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Assocation Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, November 3, 2012.
"A 'center-ed' approach to useful outcomes assessment." Plenary Session IV, ADFL Summer Seminar West, Eugene, OR, June 9, 2012.
"Integrating faculty while integrating curricula: Teaching language-based content across the curriculum." Reset / Reboot / Recoup: The New College Language and Cultural Studies. The 4th Biennial German Studies Workshop. University of Texas at Austin, March 3, 2012.
"This is not a test! Making the case for utilization-based assessment in higher education." Presenter on the roundtable "Responses to a changing world: German language, literature, and culture in the Twenty-first century." MLA Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, January 6, 2012.
"A genre-based approach to sequencing content." In the session "Transcending the divide: Integrating content and language in FL curriculum and pedagogy." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 19, 2011. (pdf)
"Textual tension: Intermediate collegiate second language writers' intertextual negotiation." In the three-hour colloquium "Students' textual practice as a multifaceted weaving of semiotic systems." 38th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC). Lisbon, Portugal, July 27, 2011.
"Establishing a Curricular Trajectory: A Socio-Semiotic Perspective on Text Selection and Sequencing." In the three-hour colloquium on "Perspectives on FL Curriculum Construction: Linking Languaging, Knowing, and L2 Development." AAAL Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 29, 2011 (pdf)
"Curricular reform in action: A report from the departmental trenches." Co-presentation with Peter Hoeyng and Marianne Lancaster. AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20, 2010. (pdf)
"A longitudinal study of theme selection and progression in advanced L2 writing." 37th ISFC, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 21, 2010. (pdf)
“’Transforming the two-tiered system’: A report from a curricular reform in progress.” MLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, December 27, 2009.
"Toward an understanding of advanced collegiate L2 writing: Findings from a longitudinal study." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 21, 2009. (pdf)
Respondent to the panel discussion "Bridging the perceived gap between language and cultural studies at small institutions." German Studies Association (GSA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 11, 2009.
"The development of the passive voice in L2 German writing: A functionally oriented longitudinal study." Co-presentation with Lone Petersen. AAAL Annual Conference, Denver, CO, March 2, 2009. (pdf)
"Articulating German curricula: Focus on the second and third year." Full-day pre-conference workshop with Heidi Byrnes and Olga Liamkina, AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 20, 2008.
"The clausal manifestation of L2-German advancedness: A functionally oriented longitudinal study."” Co-presentation with Lone Petersen in the three-hour symposium "Researching advanced L2 writing: Theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues."” 15th World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA), Essen, Germany, August 25, 2008. (pdf)
“The role of language in collegiate FL programmatic reform.” In the AATG-sponsored session “How Revolutionary are We? Current Issues on Curricular Shifts at Private Institutions.” MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 30, 2007.
“Students' Textual Borrowing Practices and their Development as Advanced L2 Writers.” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 17, 2007. (pdf)
“Textübernahmen als Basis des Fremdsprachenlernens.” Deutsch als Fremdsprache Gastvortragsreihe, Freie Universität Berlin, July 2, 2007.
“Linking L2 Reading and Writing through Textual Borrowing: A Learner-based Perspective.” In the three-hour colloquium “Interacting Variables in Second Language Reading.” AAAL Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April 24, 2007. (pdf)
“Shifting the Grammatical Paradigm in Advanced-level Instruction: Developing Formal Language Abilities along a Genre-based Continuum." In the session "Socio-cultural Approaches to Grammar Teaching and Learning: From Theory to Classroom Practice." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 19, 2006. (handout)
“Expanding the Interrogation beyond Communicative Competence: Theoretical, Institutional, and Professional Considerations.” American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators (AAUSC) German Section Annual Meeting, Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 20, 2006. (pdf)
“Developing Advanced German Writing Ability: A Curriculum-based Perspective.” One-hour presentation with Heidi Byrnes as part of the larger symposium “Advanced Learner Varieties.” Annual Meeting of the German Society for Linguistics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft), Bielefeld, Germany, February 24, 2006.
“Best Practices in Undergraduate Curricula.” In the session “Best Practices in Teaching Languages” arranged by the Division on the Teaching of Language. MLA Annual Convention, Washington, DC, December 29, 2005. (handout)
“Linking Task and Language Acquisition: A Proposal for a Curricular Progression.” In the three-hour symposium “Taking Text to Task: Issues and Choices in Curriculum Construction.” International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT), Leuven, Belgium, September 23, 2005. (handout)
“Interpreting Syntactic Complexity in Curriculum-based Writing Development.” In the three-hour symposium co-organized by Heidi Byrnes and Hiram Maxim, “Revisiting L2 Writing Development: A Curriculum-based Study of Syntactic Complexity,” 14th World Congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA), Madison, WI, July 29, 2005. (handout)
“Teaching Others' Words: Literacy Acquisition through Explicit Textual Incorporation.” International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC), Sydney, Australia, July 19, 2005. Paper read by Heidi Byrnes.
“Implementing Genre-based Pedagogy for the Advanced Learner: Materials, Tasks, and Assessment.” Pre-conference Workshop conducted by Hiram Maxim, Cori Crane, Olga Liamkina, and Marianna Ryshina-Pankova for the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Washington, DC, March 10, 2005. (handout)
“Thinking Departmentally and Curricularly: An Integrated Approach to Graduate Student Teacher Education.” In the AAUSC-sponsored session “Best Practices in Training Students to be Professionals,” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 19, 2004.
“Teaching Others’ Words: Literacy Acquisition through Explicit Textual Incorporation.” In the three-hour colloquium co-organized by Heidi Byrnes and Hiram Maxim “Expanding the Notion of Explicit Instruction: The Potential for Genre-based Tasks,” AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, OR, May 3, 2004.
“Linking Curriculum-Based and Curriculum-Independent Assessment: Articulation and Accountability.” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 22, 2003. Presentation with Peter Pfeiffer and Cori Crane.
“Expanding learners' vocabulary through textual borrowing.” In the session “Contextualizing vocabulary acquisition in the intermediate and advanced FL classroom,” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 22, 2003.
“The Politics of Paradigms: Questioning Current Practices and Assumptions in Collegiate FL Learning.” AAUSC German Section Annual Meeting, Bloomington, IN, October 31, 2003.
“Effects of Narrow Reading and Textual Borrowing on Interlanguage Development.” Southeast Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) LXVI, Washington, DC, April 11-13, 2003.
“Using personal narratives to link language learning and culture learning at the Intermediate level.” In the session “Teaching toward the Standards as teaching with textual genre: From Intermediate to Advanced L2 learning,” Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Washington, DC, February 15-17, 2003.
“Preparing graduate students as teachers within a coherent departmental and curricular framework.” In the session “Language program direction: Preparing the future professoriate,” MLA Annual Convention, New York, NY, December 28, 2002.
“Student and instructor perceptions of the advanced language learner.” In the session “Toward an understanding of advanced-level language learning,” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 22, 2002. Session organizer.
“Developing a curriculum-based approach to oral assessment.” AAUSC German Section Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, November 9, 2002.
“The Effects of Guided Extensive Reading on Beginning L2 Learners' Reading Behavior and Affect.” AAAL Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, April 8, 2002.
“Using Extensive Reading to Link Meaning and Form in the Beginning College Foreign Language Classroom.” Form Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition Conference, University of Illinois-Chicago, February 22, 2002.
“A Study into the Effects of Linking Form and Meaning in the Beginning Foreign Language Classroom.” SECOL LXIV, Knoxville, TN, April 6, 2001.
“Giving Students a Voice: A Case for Poetry in the Beginning Foreign Language Classroom.” MLA Annual Convention, Washington, DC, December 28, 2000.
“Lessons from Abroad: A Study of German as a Second Language (DaF) Instruction in Germany.” AATG Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 18, 2000.
"Selecting Appropriate Authentic Materials for the Foreign Language Classroom." Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association (TFLTA) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 4, 2000.
“Using Cultural Theory to Navigate the Cultural C’s in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts, Boone, NC, April 14, and Linguistics Colloquium, Knoxville, TN, April 28, 2000.
“The German Outreach Program at the University of Texas.” MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. Co-presented with Kirsten Belgum, December 28, 1999.
“Integrating Language Instruction and Cultural Inquiry Through Reading.” MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 28, 1999.
“In-Class Reading: The Neglected Component of Foreign Language Reading.” TFLTA Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, November 6, 1999.
“Extensive Reading of Authentic Discourse in the Beginning Foreign Language Class.” AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 21, 1998.
“Lesen längerer authentischer Texte in Anfängerkursen.” Annual Convention of the Fachverband für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Jena, Germany, June 6, 1998.
“Uncovering the Cultural Significance of Authentic Discourse: A Study of Cultural Theory’s Application in the Foreign Language Classroom.” MLA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, December 27, 1997.
“How Reading Knowledge Becomes Grammar Knowledge.” MLA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, December 27, 1997.
