The University of Wisconsin, Madison
Friday, June 21 (All Times CDT)
Location: Ingraham 336
8:30-8:45 AM
Opening remarks: Kusum Knapczyk (SALTA Vice-President, Duke University)
Panel #1
8:45-10:15 AM (Wisconsin time)
7:15-8:45 PM (India time)
Panel Chair: Kusum Knapczyk, Duke University
(1) डॉ सीमा सिंह, इन्द्रप्रस्थ महिला महाविद्यालय, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय: अवधी लोकगीतों में समाज सुधार की गूंज (online & in Hindi)
Seema Singh, Indraprastha Women’s College, University of Delhi: Echo of social reform in Awadhi folk songs (online & in Hindi)
(2) Shruti Jha, Asst. Professor, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, Hindi language and environment discussion (online & in Hindi)
श्रुति झा, असिस्टेंट प्रोफ़ेसर, राजधानी कॉलेज, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय, हिंदी भाषा एवं पर्यावरण विमर्श (online & in Hindi)
(3) दीप्ति अग्रवाल, शोधार्थी, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय: कैरेबीयन देशों के अतीत, वर्तमान में हिंदी की स्थिति और भविष्य में संभावनाएँ (online & in Hindi)
Deepti Agarwal: Researcher, Delhi University, Past, present status of Hindi in Caribbean countries and prospects (online & in Hindi)
10:15-10:30 AM Tea Break
Panel #2
10:30-11:30 PM
Panel Chair: Ritu Jayaker, Penn State University
(1) Asa Willoughby, PhD Student, University of Michigan: Literature as a window to the past and the future: A case study of Punjabi (online)
(2) Sayema Khatun, Principal, Akkhor Bangla School, WI, Potential of Literature in Teaching Bengali as Heritage Language (in-person)
11:30-2PM Lunch Break
Location: Ingraham 206
Panel #3
2:00-3:30 PM
Panel chair: Swapna Sharma, Yale University
1) Peter Knapczyk, Assistant Professor of Hindi-Urdu, Wake Forest University: The Role of Literature in a Dual-Script Hindi-Urdu Curriculum (in-person)
2) Ritu Jayakar, Lecturer of Hindi and Asian Studies, Penn State University: The Celluloid Literature (in-person)
3) Mansi Bajaj, Lector of Hindi, Yale University: Using Newspaper Articles, Songs, and Advertisements to Discuss Communal Issues in a Hindi Language Class (online)
3:30-4:00 PM Tea Break
Keynote speaker
Elliott McCarter (Introductory Remarks)
4:00-5:00
Mithilesh Mishra: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Befriending and Fending off AI Tools in SA LCTL Pedagogy.
All presenters and audience members are welcome to join us for dinner.
Saturday, June 22
Location: Ingraham 206
9:00-10:00 AM
Panel # 4
Panel Chair: Elliott McCarter, Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University
H. M Fazalehaq, Assistant Prof. of the Practice, Wesleyan University, Efficacy of Reading and Writing Letters in Second Language Learning (in-person)
Iftikhar Haider, Lecturer, Oakton College, Nomenclature of Muslim Names in Urdu Language (in-person)
10:00-10:30 AM
Elliott McCarter (Introductory Remarks)
Book Talk: Sundar ke Swapn (online English)
Dalpat Rajpurohit, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Panel # 5
10:30-12:00 PM
Panel Chair: Peter Knapczyk, Wake Forest University
(1) Swapna Sharma, Senior Lector of Hindi, Yale University: Literary Exploration in Language Education: A Multidimensional Journey (online)
(2) Shiv Kumar Singh: University of Lisbon, Portugal. The role of translation of a literary work in teaching of Hindi – a case study of Premchand’s Eidgah (in-person)
(3) Elliott McCarter: Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University: A Journey Through Immersive Language and Cultural Programs in India. (in-person)
12:00-1:30 PM Lunch Break
Panel # 6
Panel chair: Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
1:30-2:00 PM
Culture App for Development of Intercultural Competence in Hindi and Urdu: Origin, Development, and Application
Felecia A. Lucht, Academic Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison (in-person)
Divya Chaudhry, Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University (in-person)
Kusum Knapczyk, Senior Lecturer, Duke University (in-person)
2:00-2:30 Tea Break
Panel # 7
2:30-3:30PM
Panel chair: Divya Chaudhry: Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University
Topic: Digitalizing LCTLs through Open Educational Resources (OER)
Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University (online)
Nahid Shiran, Persian Instructor, Michigan State University (online)
Vidya Mohan, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University (online)
3:30-4:30PM
Closing remarks: Elliott McCarter (SALTA President, Vanderbilt University)
4:30-5:30PM
Business Meeting and Annual Report
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