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SSU Faculty and Students to Present at the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association Annual Meeting

Foreign Languages faculty

Ten faculty members and six graduate students from the foreign languages department will present at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (MaFLA) in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on October 27-29. Presentation topics focus on innovative teaching methods and course content development in Spanish, French and Italian. Following are the presentations organized by members of the foreign languages :

Enlazándose con otros: perspectivas nuevas en la enseñanza del español

Kristine Doll, Salem State University
Jennifer Quigley, North Reading High School
Alba Santana, Wilmington High School

Oral Proficiency and Culture in the Spanish Classroom

Fátima Serra, Salem State University
Mary Giordano, Everett Public Schools
Katie Lyons, Danvers Public Schools
Alison Carignan, Salem State University Alumna
Benjamin Gerson, City High School, PA

Le Québec aujourd-hui: identité, diversité, fierté

Elizabeth Blood, Salem State University

Using Songs to Learn Spanish: Some Recommendations (in Spanish)

Jon Aske, Salem State University (http://www.lrc.salemstate.edu/canciones/)

Spanish “Friends,” “False Friends,” and “Acquaintances”: Using Cognates to Support Language Learning (in Spanish)

Jon Aske, Salem State University (http://www.lrc.salemstate.edu/cognados/)

Cartoons and Art: Linking Language Students to a Larger World

Kenneth Reeds, Salem State University

Language as Music/Music as Language

Anna Rocca, Salem State University
Lisa DiNanno, Salem State University
Richard Strager, Salem State University

Negotiating the Licensure Process

Nicole Sherf, Salem State University
Kathy Lopez Natale, Salem State University

Languages Connect the World and Chairs Connect Departments

Nicole Sherf, Salem State University, Moderator

Advocacy Tools for Developing and Maintaining Elementary Foreign Language Programming

Nicole Sherf, Salem State University
Daniel Bouvier, Monument Mountain Regional High School