Mark Rectanus (“Building Sustainable Programs in Languages and Cultures Across the Curriculum”) will provide an overview of successful strategies for building cross-disciplinary programs in collaboration with professional programs. Curriculum design provides a framework for the selective integration of multiple pedagogies from other disciplines.

Michael Long (“Methodological Principles for Language Teaching”) will discuss a “principles and parameters” approach to language teaching instructional design. The presentation will consider the evidence for a number of methodological principles (MPs) proposed in the literature, and discuss some potential evaluation criteria (EC) for those and other candidates.

David Hiple (“Effective Pedagogy and Computer-mediated and Hybrid Instruction”) will discuss technology as a tool to facilitate effective learning communities and communicative, task-based pedagogies which will integrate best practices from classroom-based pedagogy in computer-mediated instruction. The presentation will provide examples from online learning environments and best practices for creating and teaching in hybrid learning communities.

Ray Clifford (“Non-Mandatory Language Classes and Seat Time”) will examine the contexts and challenges of non-mandatory language classes and the function of seat time with respect to language teaching and curriculum. The presentation will explore options for improving learner outcomes in programs facing multiple administrative and linguistic challenges.