ACTFL Practice-oriented Papers: Career Preparation

Sat, 11/21: 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM CST
Practice-Oriented Paper Presentations 
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 
Room: Room 213A 

Applicable Language

Non-language specific
German
Korean

Language of Presentation

English

Partner/ACTFL SIG

Not Applicable

Audience Level

Post-Secondary

Keywords

Career, Community, or Global Connections
Curriculum and Instruction
Interdisciplinary

Presentations

Using STEM to Develop Language Proficiency and Academic Discourse

This practice-oriented presentation shows how STEM-related themes (environmental sciences, natural hazards, technology), can serve as a sustained organizing framework for intermediate-level language instruction across world languages. 

Audience Level

Post-Secondary 

Language of Presentation

English 

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Researcher

Antonella Cassia, University Miami

One Classroom, Many Careers: Teaching Language in an Accelerated Job Market

Preparing students for international careers in a fast-changing job market is increasingly complex. This paper presents an Intermediate-High lesson sequence using authentic and AI-supported research, culminating in realistic assessment-center tasks that build up-to-date professional German, transferable job market skills, and learner confidence. 

Audience Level

Post-Secondary 

Language of Presentation

English 

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Researcher

Friederike Knuepling, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin

Enacting Critical Global Literacy Through ESG in a Business Language Course

This presentation illustrates how critical global literacies are enacted in a Korean for Business course through an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) project. It offers practical insights for world language educators to support students' global awareness, global connections, critical text analysis, and social action. 

Audience Level

Post-Secondary 

Language of Presentation

English 

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Researcher

Haewon Cho, University of Pennsylvania

Co-Presenter

Eunae Kim, University of Miami