The Power of Language, The Power of People: Celebrating 50 Years - 2018 Central States Conference Report - Selected Papers

Oct 15, 2026

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The Power of Language, The Power of People: Celebrating 50 Years presents selected papers from the 2018 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, edited by Julie A. Foss. The report outlines refereed review and acceptance procedures, describing how session abstracts are selected, presenters invited to submit manuscripts, and articles evaluated by the editor and editorial board. It also provides conference context and program content, emphasizing language-teaching empowerment, student motivation, multilingual writing, proficiency assessment, online teaching transitions, and literacy strategies.

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Review and Acceptance Procedures

Central States Conference Board of Directors 2017-2018

Preface

Introduction

The Power of Language, The Power of People: Celebrating 50 Years

Empowerment and Intrinsic Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Language Teaching

Using What They Know: Motivating Students to Speak Spontaneously

Empowering Students as Multilingual Writers with Writer’s Workshop

Connecting the Dots to Proficiency with an Assessment Template

The Flipping Journal: How to Transition to Online Teaching and Why

iPads in the French Language Classroom: Teacher and Student Perceptions

Cold Character Reading: A Chinese Literacy Strategy

Exploring Controversy and Increasing Communication Skills: Film in the L2 Classroom

The Power of L anguage , The Power of Pe ople: C elebrating 50 Years Editor Julie A. Foss Saginaw Valley State University Articles by William S. Davis Freddie Bowles Jennifer M. Stolpa Flatt Brigid M. Burke Haylee R. Holbrook Jessica Sertling Miller Anne Violin-Wigent Nicola Work Diane Neubauer Colleen Balukas The Power of Language, The Power of People: Celebrating 50 Years Selected Papers from the 2018 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Julie A. Foss, Editor Saginaw Valley State University 2018 Report of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Publisher: Robert M. Terry 116 North Railroad Avenue, Suite 16 Ashland, VA 23005 © 2018 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Patrick T. Raven, Executive Director 7141A Ida Red Road Egg Harbor, WI 54209-9566 Phone: 414-405-4645 FAX: 920-868-1682 [CSCTFL@aol.com www.csctfl.org](CSCTFL@aol.com www.csctfl.org) C P 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 i Review and Acceptance Procedures Central States Conference Report The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Report is a refereed volume of selected papers based on the theme and program of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Abstracts for sessions are first submitted to the Program Chair, who then selects sessions that will be presented at the annual conference. Once the sessions have been selected, presenters are contacted by the editor and invited to submit a manuscript for possible publication in that volume. Copies of the publication guidelines are made available to conference presenters on the CSCTFL website. All submissions are read and evaluated by the editor and at least two other members of the Editorial Board. Reviewers are asked to recommend that the article (1) be published in its current form,(2) be published after specific revisions have been made, or (3) not be published. When all of the reviewers’ ratings are received, the editor makes all final publishing decisions. 2018 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Report Editorial Board Editor Julie A. Foss, Saginaw Valley State University The editor would like to thank the following professionals for their contributions to the review of the articles in this volume: Editorial Board Linda Quinn Allen Gérard Beck Laura Nork Bradshaw Martha Castañeda Maribel Colorado-Garcia Jill Gaeta Marci Harris Anastasia Izmaylova Angelika Kraemer Emily Spinelli Irma Torres Daniel Trego Anne Violin-Wigent ii The Power of Language, The Power of People: Celebrating 50 Years 2017 – 2018 CSCTFL Officers and Directors (followed by year term ends) Chair Vice Chair Executive Director Recording Secretary................................................ CSCTFL Delegate to ACTFL ................................. Director Director Director & 2018 Assistant Program ....................... Co-Chair & 2019 Program Co-Chair Director 2018 Program Co-Chairs ....................................... 2018 Assistant Program Co-Chair & ..................... 2019 Program Co-Chair Mary Goodwin (FY18) Martha Halemba (FY20) Patrick Raven (FY18) Richard Emch (FY18) Jill Woerner (CY19) Sarah Shackelford (FY18) Jason Jolley (FY 19) Linda Havas (FY20) Gary Spurgin (FY 21) Terri & David Marlow (FY18) Cathy Stresing (FY19) iii Contents Review and Acceptance Procedures ........................................................................ i Central States Conference Board of Directors 2017-2018 ................................... ii Preface ........................................................................................................................ v Introduction ............................................................................................................ vii The Power of Language,The Power of PeoPLe: CeLebraTing 50 Years 1. Empow

FAQs

How are conference sessions selected for the 2018 report?

Session abstracts are first submitted to the Program Chair, who selects which sessions will be presented at the annual conference.

What happens after presenters are invited to submit manuscripts?

Presenters are contacted by the editor and invited to submit a manuscript for possible publication. Submissions are reviewed and evaluated by the editor and at least two other Editorial Board members.

What decision outcomes can reviewers recommend for an article?

Reviewers recommend that the article be published as-is, published after specific revisions, or not published; the editor then makes final publishing decisions after all ratings are received.

Oct 15, 2026

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