SLI 2025 Event Information

"Local Classrooms, Global Communities"

  • 8:00am-9:00am         Registration & Networking
  • 9:00am-10:30am        Welcome and Keynote with Q&A Session - Cassandra Glynn, Ph.D, "Building Students' Capacity for Criticality and Global Awareness"
  • 10:30am-10:45am     Coffee Break
  • 10:45am-11:15am     Activity Blast! - Kara Moranski, Ph.D, CEDAR LRC Co-Director, "Two-Minute Meetups: Fast Track Communication in Yout Classroom"
  • 11:15am-12:30pm     Keynote Speaker Workshop - Cassandra Glynn, PhD
  • 12:30pm-1:30pm       Lunch Provided (CCH 5th floor kitchen)
  • 1:30pm-2:00pm         Activity Blast! - Matias de Paula, Instructor Educator of Spanish, University of Cincinnati, "Fluency Shortcuts"
  • 2:00pm-2:15pm         Coffee Break
  • 2:15pm-4:00pm         Workshop - Beck Sexton, Kentucky World Language Association, "Think Globally, Ask Locally: Using the Question Focus Technique in the World Language Classroom" 
  • 4:00pm-4:45pm         Networking and Vendor Exposition
Cassandra Glynn is wearing glasses and a black jacket. She has long brown hair.

 Dr. Cassandra Glynn is an associate professor at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where she also serves as the director of the graduate programs in education. She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Glynn’s research focuses on the experiences of underrepresented students in the world language classroom, and on the experiences of world language educators. 

  • 8:00am-9:00am         Registration & Networking
  • 9:00am-10:30am       Welcome and Keynote with Q&A Session - Julio Torres, Ph.D, "Critical Tasks"
  • 10:30am-10:45am     Coffee Break 
  • 10:45am-11:15am     Activity Blast! - Robin Reeves, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Indiana University Bloomington, "Culture in a Flash"
  • 11:15am-12:30pm     Keynote Speaker Workshop - Julio Torres, Ph.D
  • 12:30pm-1:30pm       Lunch Provided (CCH 5th floor kitchen)
  • 1:30pm-2:00pm         Activity Blast! - Frau Miranda Couch, Cincinnati Public Schools, "Get Out of Your Seat! Quick Games for Novice Lows/Littles" 
  • 2:00pm-2:15pm         Coffee Break
  • 2:15pm-4:00pm         Workshop - Na Li, Columbus Academy, "Designing for Proficiency: The Power of Performance-Based Tasks and Backward Design"
  • 4:00pm-4:45pm         Networking, Vendors, and VR Demo (sign up beforehand)
Julio Torres is looking up at the camera with a smile.

A professor in Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California Irvine, Dr. Torres also directs the AREYTO Lab for Second Language Acquisition and Multilingualism research.

Dr. Torres' research interests include task-based language teaching, applied linguistics, and heritage and second language acquisition.

  • 8:00am-9:00am         Registration & Networking
  • 9:00am-10:00am       Workshop - Elizabeth Proctor, Ed.D., Finneytown High School, "Strategies to Build Community and Communicative Competence for All Learners in the World Language Classroom"
  • 10:00am-10:15am     Coffee Break
  • 10:15am-10:45am     Activity Blast! - Jessica Burchett, Marion City Schools, "ChatMats in Action: Interactive Speaking with Visual Scaffolds"
  • 10:45am-12:00pm     Roundtable Discussion - Linda Egnatz (Global Seal of Biliteracy), Andres Bernal (Avant), Kathleen Shelton (ODEW and ACTFL) "Biliteracy Pathways"
  • 12:00pm                      Lunch provided after workshop

Travel Information

The CEDAR LRC is pleased to offer a discounted group rate at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Cincinnati Uptown/University Area for attendees of the Summer Language Institute. The address is 2500 S Market St, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Attendees will have until May 20th to book at the Fairfield Inn with the discounted rate. To reserve your room, you may either: 

  1. Click the booking link: Book your group rate for the CEDAR Summer Language Institute or
  2. Call the hotel directly at 513.281.2200 and reference group name: CEDAR Summer Language Institute   

Please note that reservations are with the Fairfield Inn and not under the jurisdiction of the CEDAR LRC.