ANNOUNCING
RHODE ISLAND FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
2021 VIRTUAL FALL CONFERENCE
Interculturality Is Our Reality
Saturday, October 2nd, 2021
8:00 AM-2:30 PM
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Manuela Wagner
Manuela Wagner holds a Ph.D. in English Studies with a specialization in linguistics from Graz University, Austria. Her research focuses on the integration of Intercultural Competence and Intercultural Citizenship (Byram, 1997, 2008) in (language) education and across the curriculum from elementary school through post-secondary education. She is particularly interested in the interplay of theory and practice and has been part of and helped create communities of practice to implement theories of Intercultural Competence and Citizenship as well as related theoretical frameworks (theories of criticality, intercultural communication, social justice, intellectual humility) in practice. The resulting book projects include the co-edited volumes Teaching Intercultural Competence Across the Age Range: From Theory to Practice (2018) and Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Principles in Practice (2017), and the co-authored book Teaching Intercultural Citizenship Across the Curriculum: The Role of Language Education (2019). She also investigates the role of educators as advocates for all (language) learners.
#RIFLA2021 features the following strands:
HL = Heritage Language
IC=Intercultural Competence
TP = Teaching for Proficiency
Tech = Technology-assisted Language Learning
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Conference Agenda
8:00-8:30 am Registration
8:30-9:30 am Opening Session: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote
9:30-10:30 am Session I with Manuela Wagner
10:30-11:00 am Exhibits/Sponsor Presentations/Roundtable Discussions
11:00- 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions I
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch and Exhibits
1:15-2:15 pm Concurrent Sessions II
*6.5 hours of PLUs will be awarded to all participants at the end of the conference. There will be no partial hours distributed.
Members of other state language organizations are welcome to attend at the member rate. Please contact RIFLA for a special registration code.
**Organizations/Departments that wish to register and pay for multiple individual registrations may now do so online! To register multiple attendees, return to the event registration page after confirming each registration but before paying.
***If you prefer to pay by mail, please mail a check along with your name, organization, address, phone number, and email to RIFLA 2020 Fall Conference, PO Box 200, Peace Dale, RI 02883.
Unfortunately, we cannot issue refunds.