Friday, May 31, 2019
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center - Hacienda Room
The UCLA Center for World Languages, the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, and the Division of the Humanities invite you to a conference celebrating the legacy of Professor Olga E. Kagan. The all-day conference will bring together scholars from UCLA and around the country who worked closely with her, to present on topics that are representative of her extraordinary career on heritage language teaching and second language acquisition.
Conference Program
Aiming for Superior
A Memorial Conference Honoring the Legacy of Olga E. Kagan
UCLA Faculty Center, Hacienda Room, May 31, 2019
9:00 – 9:15 Welcomes and Introductions
David Schaberg, Dean, Division of the Humanities
Ronald Vroon, Chair, Dept. of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures
Peter Cowe, Director, Center for World Languages
Chris Erickson, Senior Associate Vice Provost, International Institute
9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Address
Samuel Eisen, Director, The Language Flagship and NSEP Director of Programs
Perspectives on Multilingualism for Overseas Language Immersion and Government Service
9:45 – 11:00 Panel One: Heritage Pedagogy
Moderator: Kathryn Paul
Andrew Lynch, University of Miami
Perspectives on the Past and Present of Heritage Language Studies
Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland
Olga Kagan: A Pioneering Legacy (Video)
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Panel Two: Russian L2 Pedagogy
Moderator: Anna Kudyma
Dan Davidson, Bryn Mawr College, American Councils
Exploring the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and Intercultural Development in the Overseas Immersion Learning Environment
William Comer, Portland State University
A Deeper Look at Shekhtman's "Islands": Fluency and Restructuring in Learning Russian
Jennifer Bown, Brigham Young University
Developing a Self-Directed Russian for Professional Purposes Course
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 Panel Three: Russian Pedagogy and the Flagship Program
Moderator: Ronald Vroon
Sandra Freels, Portland State University
Business as Unusual: Aiming for Superior in the Russian Language Flagship
Maria Lekić, University of Maryland, American Councils
Transformative Learning: The Way of Flagship
Karen Evans-Romaine, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Learning from the Russian Flagship (video)
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:15 Panel Four: Moving Forward: The Next Generation
Moderator: Susan Kresin
Netta Avineri, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey
Sociolinguistic and Intercultural Abundance: A Social Justice Approach
Anna Ice, University of California, Los Angeles
Raising Bilingual-Biliterate Children in a Monolingual Context: The Impact of Family and Supplementary Education
Ekaterina Moore, University of Southern California
Affect in a Russian Heritage Language Classroom
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 5:30 Panel Five: Reflections
Moderator: Susan Bauckus
Kathleen Dillon, University of California, Davis
The Empowerment of Language Inheritance: Fulfilling Olga Kagan's Dream and Vision
Benjamin Rifkin, Hofstra University (Video)
A Pedagogy of Compassion
Shushan Karapetian, University of California, Los Angeles (Video)
Tribute to a Mentor
Boris Dralyuk, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles Review of Books
Autumnal People: Learning from Olga
Max Boot, Washington Post
A Tribute
Arturo Diaz
310-825-2510
cwl@international.ucla.edu
Sponsor(s): Center for World Languages, National Heritage Language Resource Center, Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures