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2017 FLAM Conference

Welcome to the preliminary schedule for the 2017 FLAM Conference to be held October 27-28 at the St. Charles Convention Center. This schedule to subject to change.

7:00pm CDT

Early Check-in & Registration Lobby (Embassy Suites)

7:30am CDT

Check-in & Registration Junior Ballroom Corridor

8:30am CDT

Best of FLTA: RATS! My students aren't speaking in the target language! Meeting Room 101 STEMnergizing your World Language Classroom: Ideas to Promote Communication in the Target Language Junior Ballroom D Interculturality: Where Language and Culture Meet Meeting Room 103 Preparing for the IPA: Creating Standards-Based Lessons Using Authentic Resources Junior Ballroom A Keynote Presentation: Let Authentic Resources Take the Lead Junior Ballroom BC

9:50am CDT

Conference Kick-Off Junior Ballroom ABCD

11:00am CDT

The Missouri Seal of Biliteracy Junior Ballroom BC To Proficiency and Beyond! - Our Journey to a Proficiency Based Classroom Junior Ballroom A Exploring Your Horizons Through the Lens of Spanish Meeting Room 103 Introduction to World Language: Course Design for Introduction to a World Language Meeting Room 101 Explore, Visit, Narrate and Guide with Tour Builder Junior Ballroom D

12:10pm CDT

Optional Language Meet-Ups for Lunch See description Lunch Break Local Restaurants

1:50pm CDT

Lead with Languages Junior Ballroom B Best of MO 2016 Encore: Stay on Target! Ten Target Teaching Techniques & Tips Junior Ballroom C Integrating AP Spanish Literature Works into the Spanish Language Course Meeting Room 101 Interactive Input Junior Ballroom A From Passports to Parent Meetings: A Guide to Planning a Travel Program Meeting Room 103 Motivation through Digital Badges Junior Ballroom D

3:10pm CDT

Central Regional Meet & Greet Session Meeting Room 101 Northeast Regional Meet & Greet Session Junior Ballroom D Northwest Regional Meet & Greet Session Junior Ballroom A Southeast Regional Meet & Greet Session Junior Ballroom B Southwest Regional Meet & Greet Session Junior Ballroom C

3:50pm CDT

Annual Meeting of the Missouri Foreign Language Consortium Meeting Room 101 Dúo Dinámico Junior Ballroom C Promoting Resiliency in Reluctant Language Learners Junior Ballroom B Tips, Tricks and Techniques for New and Aspiring Teachers Junior Ballroom A Inspire and Engage Language Students Through Experiential Learning, Globally Meeting Room 103 Total Engagement and Technology Strategies for Comprehensible Input Junior Ballroom D

5:00pm CDT

Exhibits Opening and Hors d'oeuvre Reception Junior Ballroom Corridor

8:30pm CDT

Benefit Concert for Unidos, a support and recovery program for Puerto Rico (ticketed event) The Grand Opera House Banquet Center

7:00am CDT

Check-in & Registration Junior Ballroom Corridor

8:00am CDT

Connections Between Universities: Communication, Collaboration and Innovation Meeting Room 103 Creative Engagement in the Target Language Junior Ballroom B My Name is Bess...and I'm a TPRS teacher Junior Ballroom C National Spanish Examinations: Standards-Based Online Assessments Meeting Room 101 1:1 In The World Language Classroom Junior Ballroom A

9:10am CDT

Exhibit Break Junior Ballroom Corridor

9:25am CDT

(C)I eat textbooks for breakfast! Junior Ballroom D Grafted Writing: Getting Students Excited About Writing (and Sharing)! Meeting Room 101 Interpersonal Communication at All Levels Junior Ballroom A Real-life Experiences Using Authentic Spanish Resources Meeting Room 103 Keynote Presentation: Let Authentic Resources Take the Lead Junior Ballroom BC

10:35am CDT

Exhibit Break Junior Ballroom Corridor

10:50am CDT

Ensemble, c'est mieux! The AATF and You Meeting Room 101 35 Minutes of Fame Meeting Room 102 Mythbusters: TPRS edition Junior Ballroom BC National Dress and Dances from Panama Junior Ballroom A Enhancing the Foreign Language Curriculum Through Translation Meeting Room 103 Classcraft = Gamification & Motivation & Fun Junior Ballroom D

12:00pm CDT

Exhibit Break Junior Ballroom Corridor

12:30pm CDT

Buffet Luncheon, Awards Ceremony, Keynote Address: The Captivating Power of Culture Junior Ballroom ABCD