The interdepartmental orientation workshop aims to give beginning language instructors a basic understanding of the principles and methods of effective language teaching and lesson design. The workshop consists of two parts: Day 1 – a demonstration lesson and a guided discussion led by faculty from sponsoring departments; and Day 2 – “microteaching” in mixed-language groups, an opportunity for new instructors to apply in practice the principles and methods covered in the large-group session.
Workshop Schedule
MONDAY, AUGUST 26
1:30-3:00 pm, Van Hise 114
Lesson Demonstration and Guided Discussion
- Welcome. Overview of workshop goals, format. (Katrina Thompson, Department of African Cultural Studies)
- Focal questions for demonstration lesson (Jeanne Schueller, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic)
- Lesson demonstration (Anna Tumarkin, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic)
- Discussion of focal points from demonstration lesson (Jeanne Schueller, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic)
- On lesson planning/Instructions for micro-teaching (Anna Tumarkin, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic)
- Announcement about McBurney Disability Resource Center Training – Accommodations, diversity, and inclusivity (Jeanne Schueller, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic)
- Short presentation by the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
9:00-11:00 am, Van Hise Hall 574, 575, 578, 579, 583, 587, 590
Peer Micro-Teaching in Cross-Language Groups
The goal of micro-teaching is to give new instructors the chance to teach in front of, and receive constructive feedback from, colleagues who are in the same situation as they are. Micro-teaching provides new instructors with ideas for lesson plans and in-class activities, and makes new instructors aware of the tensions and difficulties encountered by students when they are first learning a language.
Workshop participants are assigned to a small group of 5-6 new instructors. Each group is typically facilitated by faculty and an experienced TA. New instructors will teach a 10-minute micro-lesson in the language that they are teaching in the fall, while the remaining instructors in the group will act as students. Each micro-lesson will be evaluated by peer-students through their written comments noting strong points of the lesson and suggestions for improvement, followed by a brief group discussion. After all micro-lessons, new instructors will have the opportunity to discuss more general teaching-related issues with the faculty and experienced TA/instructor.
Micro-teaching group and room assignments are posted below and will be posted in room 114 on the day 1 of the orientation workshop. See or contact Jana Martin (jcmartin4@wisc.edu) if you have not yet been assigned to a group.
Micro-teaching Group Assignments
44 total participants (18 languages)
updated 8/26/2019
| Group 1, 574 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Weihua Zhu (Asian Languages and Cultures) | |
| Experienced TA facilitator | Mwita Muniko (African Cultural Studies) | |
| Participants | Yaya Diatta | Wolof |
| Ayami Morita | Japanese | |
| Jacqueline Ebelabena | French | |
| Mav Masterson | German | |
| Meghan Blakey | Spanish | |
| Adriana Velasco | Spanish | |
| Jihye Yun (observe only) | Korean | |
| Group 2, 575 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Naomi Geyer (Asian Languages and Cultures) | |
| Experienced TA facilitator | Hayden Godfrey (German, Nordic, and Slavic) | |
| Participants | Jibril Gabid | Arabic |
| Kaori Nishikino | Japanese | |
| Jordan Gygli | French | |
| Robin Cummins | German | |
| Emily Koshollek | Spanish | |
| Paola Valdés | Spanish | |
| Group 3, 578 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Takako Nakubo (Asian Languages and Cultures) | |
| Experienced TA facilitator | Nicole Fischer (German, Nordic, and Slavic) | |
| Participants | Najma Hussein | Swahili |
| Richard Nicolas | Filipino | |
| Roodmerlynn Pierre | French | |
| Gemini Fox | German | |
| Carson Fish | Russian | |
| Alex Punguil Bravo | Spanish | |
| Group 4, 579 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Junko Mori (Asian Languages and Cultures) | |
| Experienced TA facilitator | Michael Toole (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Daniele Santucci (French & Italian) |
|
| Participants | Hana Asmaeil | Arabic |
| Fatmawati | Indonesian | |
| Luke Ptak | French | |
| Lauren Cassidy | German | |
| Meri Lindeman | Finnish | |
| Gabriel Marín Cabello | Spanish | |
| Group 5, 583 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Scott Mellor (German, Nordic, and Slavic) | |
| Experienced TA facilitator | Angeline Peterson (African Cultural Studies) | |
| Participants | Brendan Dowling | Chinese |
| Saleha Bazai | Pashto | |
| Tan Le | Vietnamese | |
| Stephanie Ragan | French | |
| Carsten Haas | German | |
| Any Cuervo Ramírez | Spanish | |
| Group 6, 587 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Erlin Barnard (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Janpanit Surasin (Asian Languages and Cultures) |
|
| Experienced TA facilitator | Carlos Andrés Rojas (Spanish & Portuguese) | |
| Participants | Miyabi Ozawa | Japanese |
| Ulita Teekoh | Thai | |
| Anais Siewe | French | |
| Tatiana Feshchenko | Italian | |
| Elin Limburg | German | |
| Pedro Gonzales Durán | Spanish | |
| Group 7, 590 Van Hise Hall | ||
| Name | Language | |
| Faculty/instructor facilitator | Julie Larson-Guenette (German, Nordic, and Slavic) | |
| Experienced TA facilitator | Emi Frerichs (Spanish & Portuguese)
Leah Ewing (German, Nordic, and Slavic) |
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| Participants | Abhinav Ghosh | Hindi |
| Mary Ladoni | Persian | |
| Fabien Siles | French | |
| Giampaolo Molisina | Italian | |
| Lauri Luosta | Swedish | |
| Maria Kustova | Russian | |
| Bethany Pinqur (observe only) | Spanish | |
Sponsoring Departments
This interdepartmental orientation workshop is possible thanks to the participation of many faculty, staff, and experienced TAs from the departments of:
- African Cultural Studies
- Asian Languages and Cultures
- French and Italian
- German, Nordic, and Slavic
- Language Institute
- Spanish & Portuguese
Micro-teaching faculty/instructor facilitators:
Erlin Barnard (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Naomi Geyer (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Junko Mori (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Takako Nakakubo (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Julie Larson-Guenette (German, Nordic, and Slavic)
Scott Mellor (German, Nordic, and Slavic)
Janpanit Surasin (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Weihua Zhu (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Experienced TA micro-teaching facilitators:
Mwita Muniko (African Cultural Studies)
Angeline Peterson (African Cultural Studies)
Michael Toole (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Daniele Santucci (French & Italian)
Leah Ewing (German, Nordic, and Slavic)
Nicole Fischer (German, Nordic, and Slavic)
Hayden Godfrey (German, Nordic, and Slavic)
Carlos Andrés Rojas (Spanish & Portuguese)
Emi Frerichs (Spanish & Portuguese)