2010 IUP Spring Methodology Conference

The 2010 IUP Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching will be held on Friday, April 23rd, at the Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort and Conference Center in Blairsville, PA

The keynote speaker is Emily Spinelli, Executive Director of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) and Professor Emerita of Spanish at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The conference offers a total of twelve sessions dealing with very diverse topics; for instance, Web 2.0 into the Foreign Language Classroom, Jigsaws: Making Literary Works Come to Life, Building Speaking Proficiency through Games, The Role of Grammar in the Communicative Classroom, or Introducing Culture into the Curriculum Using Differentiated Instruction Models, etc.

A buffet lunch will be served and time is allotted for participants to explore the book exhibits.

The registration fee is $60 (no change since last year). Deadline for registration is April 9 and payment is due by April 14. A special conference rate of $109/night (regularly $129/night) is being offered at the Hampton Inn & Suites at Chestnut Ridge until March 22; call 724/459-5920.

Frank B. Brooks, Conference Co-Chair
fbrooks@iup.edu
J-Louis Dassier, Conference Co-Chair
dassier@iup.edu