PANELISTS
Harumi Ogawa, Bern Mulvey, James Hobbs, Alan Farr, Barry Grossman
Moderator: Christine Winskowski
TOPICS
1. The decline in students' abilities: How can we address students’ changing abilities?
2. Incorporating critical thinking into our language teaching: What is the role of critical thinking in language learning, and how can it be integrated?
3. Giant language classes: How can we approach language classes with 30+, 50+ and 100+ students?
4. Coordinated curricula & common syllabi for part-time instructors: What are the pros/cons of this approach vs. permitting PT instructors’ free choice?
5. Students' course evaluations: What do institutions do with course evaluation results? What are the implications?
6. Placing students by level vs. mixed-ability classes: What are institutional practices? What are advantages and disadvantages of these approaches?
7. The roles and competencies of native vs. nonnative instructors: Are these roles and competencies complementary or divisive?
