East Asian Language Pedagogy Symposium

LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD: EMBRACING EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND HERITAGE IN THE POST-METHODS ERA

Program

8:30 – 9:00am Morning Coffee

9:00 – 9:15am Opening Remarks

Vijay Ramani, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and International Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis
Bill Shih-chang Huang, Director General of TECO in Denver
Andrea Shu-ya Yang, Director of Education Division, TECO in Houston

9:15 – 9:45am  Keynote Speech

Jing Wang, Princeton University
Shifts in Perspective Towards Diversification: Cultural Teaching in Chinese Language Courses

9:45 – 11:00am  Learner Autonomy & Social Justice

Chair: Kaho Sakaue, WashU
Discussant: Mano Yasuda, WashU

Noriko Hanabusa, University of Notre Dame
Extensive Reading: What It Is and How It Cultivates Learner Autonomy

Haewon Cho, University of Pennsylvania
Empowering Students’ Learning Through Self-Directed Projects and E-Portfolios in the Advanced Korean Classroom

Shinji Sato, Princeton University
Belief on Language (Learning) and Social Justice

11:00 – 11:15am  Break

11:15am – 12:30pm  Empowering Heritage Learners

Chair: Wenhui Chen, WashU
Discussant: Liping Chang, National Taiwan University

Angela Lee-Smith, Yale University
Empowering Heritage: Culturally Responsive and Modular Curriculum Design

Hsiang-ning Sunnie Wang, University of British Columbia
Transforming Disadvantages into Strengths to Empower Heritage Students: DEI Approaches in Chinese Heritage Language Classrooms

Jingjing Ji, Northwestern University
Engage and Empower Heritage Language Learners Through What They Can Do

12:30 – 2:00pm  Lunch DUC Goldberg Lounge

2:00 – 3:15pm  Innovation in Language Teaching Pedagogy

Chair: Heayoung Chun, WashU
Discussant: Taewoong Kim, WashU

Ho Jung Choi, Princeton University
Integrating AI in Advanced Korean Language Education: Utilizing ChatGPT and Art Generators to Enhance Cultural and Intercultural Competence

Laurel Taylor, University of Denver
Reframing the Intermediate Language Classroom Toward a Task-Based Approach

Jiyoon Lee, Washington University in St. Louis
Integrating Digital Media: Promoting Multimodal Literacy and Language Learning Through Cartoons and Memes in Korean

3:15 – 3:30pm  Break

3:30 – 4:45pm  Engaging Learners Beyond Classroom

Chair: Xia Liang, WashU
Discussant: Wei Wang, WashU

Jingyi Wang, Washington University in St. Louis
Project-Based Language Learning for Advanced-Level Language Courses

Der-lin Chao, Hunter College
Revitalizing Study-Abroad Language Programs Post-Pandemic: A Chinese Flagship Approach

Alessandro Poletto, Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching Premodern Japanese in the “Post-Methods Era”: Resources and Opportunities Outside the Classroom

4:45 – 5:00pm  Closing Remarks

Li-ping Chang, National Taiwan University

Organized by East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University is St. Louis

With the Generous Support of Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Funding for Enhancing Chinese Language Education through the Program of Bilingual Exchanges of Selected Talent (BEST)