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The following list contains all papers presented at the Annual Conferences of the North American Christian Foreign Language Association from the first in 1991 to the present.

From 1991 - 1997, many of the papers were published in the NACFLA Proceedings of each conference.

 

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

1992

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1996

1998

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2002

2004

   

2005

2006

         2007    

Papers Presented at Wheaton College, April 12-13, 1991

Apol, Dallas and Case J. Boot

Dordt College

Language: From the Garden to the City

Beaney, John and Linda Parkyn

Messiah College

Collaborative Teaching and Learning: Making the Most of Knowledgeable Peers

Boehne, Pat

Eastern College

Foreign Language and Cultural Awareness Across the Curriculum

Carvill, Barbara

Calvin College

Teaching Culture from a Christian Perspective: Is It Any Different?

Chastain, Kenneth

University of Virginia

Light, Salt, Culture Shock, and When in Rome

Chastain, Kenneth

University of Virginia

The Teaching of Writing

Crater, Catherine

Spring Arbor College

Integration of Faith and Learning: Survey of South American Literature

Dixon, Richard

Taylor University

Literature Based Instruction: Thematic, Cultural and Integration Considerations

Fetzer, Glenn

Calvin College

A Space of Our Own: Contemporary French Poetry in Context

Goring Kepner, Christine

Wheaton College

Writing in Foreign Language Courses: Perilous/Possible/Profitable

Jessen, Patricia

Bethel College

Faces, Mirrors and Masks: A Christian View of Latin American as Revealed in Its Literature

Koene, Jacoba

Calvin College

Where do We Go from Here? Sharing Our Vision

Koustas, Jane and Mary Collier

Redeemer College and Westmont College

Christian Readings for the Classroom

Leddusire, Frank

Seattle Pacific University

The Pedagogy of Metaphor in First and Second Year Language: A Christian Approach

Macdonald, Michael

Seattle Pacific University

On a Christian Philosophy of Culture for Foreign Language Education

Marshall Pedersen

Wheaton College

Biblical Discipling Principles: Can They Inform Error-Correction Strategies in the Christian Foreign Language Classroom?

Mocuta, María

Wheaton College

Paul Claudel as Poet and Art Critic: A Reading of the Nightwatch

Morgan, Newell

Northwest Nazarene College

The Church Denomination as a Resource

Myhren, Patricia

Northwestern College

The Role of Personalized Questions in the Foreign Language Classroom

Piazza, Linda

Roberts Wesleyan College

Methods and Techniques for Integrating Christianity in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Sharing and Brainstorming Session

Severson, Marilyn

Seattle Pacific University

Faith and Values in France: Collected Readings for the Intermediate Level

Takalo, Ronald

Northwestern University

Methodology/Language/Culture: A Christian Perspective

Tsohantacidis, Timotheos

George Fox College

Teaching Hellenistic Greek with modern Greek Pronunciation

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Papers Presented at Seattle Pacific University, April 2-4, 1992

Presenter

Institution

Title

Baldwin, Claude-Marie

Calvin College

Opening New Worlds Through Authentic Materials

Bartholomew, Kathryn

Seattle Pacific University

Focus on the Learner: Teaching to Diverse Learning Styles

Bratt, Wallace

Calvin College

The Foreign Language Teacher as Servant to the Host Culture: The Case of Communist East Germany

Bunker, Duane

Palm Beach Atlantic College

Analyzing Culture in Spanish Literature

Carvill, Barbara

Calvin College

Against Guessing: Some Observations on Recent Reading Strategies in Foreign Language Education

Collier, Mary

Westmont College

Carmen: Mérimée’s and Bizet’s Image of Rebellion

De Lessert, Susan

George Fox College

The Search for Contemporary Christian Writers in France and Switzerland

Dixon, Richard

Taylor University

Integration of Faith and Learning: Bridging the Gap Through Christian Songs in Spanish

Eledge, Jean

Lee College

Motivating the Language Learner: Message, Mission, Means

Greenway, Edna and Jacoba Koene

Calvin College

Workshop on Learning in and Through Community

Jessen, Trish

Bethel College

The Teacher as Servant-Facilitator in the Culture-Centered Classroom

Lamse, James

Calvin College

Treating Student Errors with Respect as a Source for Joy

Lindquist, Katherine

Northwest College

 

Madigan, Kathleen

King College

Students State a Symposium: The French Revolution Reconsidered

Marshall Pederson, Kathleen

Wheaton College

Christian Perspectives in the Foreign Language Classroom: Effective Feedback—Technique or Dynamic?

Marshall Pederson, Kathleen

 

Christian Perspectives in the Foreign Language Classroom: Creating Community and Optimizing Learning Through Developmental Feedback

Messer, Betty

Taylor University

The Professor as Mentor: Lowering Student Anxiety and Improving Writing Skills

Miles, John

Wheaton College

The Church in the Wilderness and the Camisard Revolt, 1689-1710

Miles, John et al

 

"I saw in Heaven a great and marvelous sign": The Wheaton Satellite Experience

Mitchell, Phyllis

Seattle Pacific University

Enriching the Language Experience: Overseas Programs

Piazza, Linda

Roberts Wesleyan College

Methods and Resources for Integrating Christianity in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Sharing and Barnstorming Session

Rusthoven, Thea van Til

Redeemer College

A Christian Approach to the Teaching of Description in the Novel

Siemans, William

Houghton College

The Word as Image of God: A Modest Proposal

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Papers Presented at Taylor University, April 1-3, 1993

Barrick, Eleanor A.

Taylor University

Poetry-Writing as a Means of Spiritual Self-Expression in the Intermediate French Classroom

Brown, Ed

Asbury College

Faith as a Cultural Element

Bunker, Duane

Palm Beach Atlantic College

Workshop on Identifying Cultural Elements in Literary Works

Carvill, Barbara

Calvin College

Religion and Art

Carville, Barbara and Edna Greenway

Calvin College

Preparing Christian Foreign Language Teachers for the Future

Collier, Mary

Westmont College

Carmen Jones, Rebel Without a Cause?

Docter, Mary

Westmont College

Death and Resurrection in César Vallejo’s España, aparta de mí este cáliz

Eledge, Jean and Carolyn Dirksen

Lee College

Teaching and Learning Culture: Christian Methodologies Abroad

Haskett, Kelsey

Trinity Western University

A Christian Perspective on French Canadian Literature

Henning, William

William Jewell College

Theological Perspectives in Literature

Henning, William

William Jewell College

On Making Value Judgements about Cultures

Lamse, James

Calvin College

Building Truth and Seeking Truth with Students

Longman, Karen and Carolyn Dirksen

Lee College

Using our Professions to Respond to the Challenge of World Missions

Osborne, Kelly

Hope College

Criteria for Evaluating References to the Miraculous/Divine in Classical (Greek) Literature

Severson, Marilyn

Seattle Pacific University

Louise de Savoie and the French Reformation

Siemens, Williams

Houghton College

Teaching Spanish American Literature as Revolt Against Wrong-Headed Theology

Spykman, Gordon

Calvin College

Which Culture Should We Teach?

Takalo, Ronald

Northwestern College

Culture from a Christian Perspective

Ziefle, Helmut W.

Wheaton College

Theological German at Wheaton College—A Model Course for Integration of Faith and Learning

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Papers Presented at Palm Beach Atlantic College, April 7-9, 1994

Presenter

Institution

Title

Anderson, Aleta

Westmont College

Religious Differences in Mark Twain’s and E.T.A. Hoffman’s Mysterious Strangers

Anonby, John A.

Trinity Western University

Pedagogical Approaches to the Novels of Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Baldwin, Claude-Marie

Calvin College

The Power of the WORD and the Power of Words in Anne Hébert

Beckford, Trish

Bethel College

Looking Over the Wall: What do you see?

Blackwood, Mary

Westmont College

Carlos Saura’s Carmen: Repatriated or Still French?

Bratt, Wallace

Calvin College

Four-week Programs Abroad — Are they really worth it?

Campbell, Heidi

 

Aspects of International Communication Studies Through a Cross-Cultural Writing Workshop

Carvill, Barbara

Calvin College

"Wounded by the Father": Father-daughter relationships in recent East and West German Women Novelists

Cuppett, Cathleen

Wheaton College

Violencia y deseo mimético en Abel Sánchez

Dixon, Richard

Taylor University

Developing Higher Cognitive Skills Through Interpretive Writing

Docter, Mary

Westmont College

Dreaming Man: Myth and Archetypes in Jorge Luis Borges’ "Las Ruinas Circulares"

Dunbar, David

Biola University

Effective Teaching Techniques

Eledge, Jean

Lee College

Language, Literature…and Leadership?!!

Greenway, Edna

Calvin College

A Design for an Off-Campus Cross-Cultural Experience

Kalidova, Theodore and Mary Virginia Reese

Grove City College

Developing Oral Facility Through Sustained L2 Use in the Classroom

Kepner, Christine

Wheaton College

Strategies of Teaching Writing in Foreign Language Courses

Lamse, James

Calvin College

How About a Work Exchange?

Longman, Karen

Christian College Coalition

Foreign Study Opportunities

Marshall, Kathy

Wheaton College

Foreign Language Teacher Training at the Christian College: A Reassessment

Mosher, Arthur

University of South Carolina

The Meaning of "Meaning": A Critique of "Meaning" as Used in the Theory of Reading Underlying "Reading of Meaning"

Rusthoven, Thea van Til

Redeemer College

Comment parler des termes de couleur dans un roman? - vers une méthodologie "Café au lait"

Severson, Marilyn and Phyllis Mitchell

Seattle Pacific University and Wheaton College

A Roundtable on Placement

Smith, David

The William Allitt School

Rediscovering a Heritage: Lull, Bacon and the Aims of Language Teaching

Smith, David

The William Allitt School

Christian Faith and Language Teaching in Great Britain: Renewal and Opportunity

Takalo, Ronald

Northwestern College

Cultural Relativism, Cultural Tolerance and Experiential knowledge – a Christian View

Ziefle, Helmut

Wheaton College

German Across the Curriculum (GAC)

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Papers Presented at Lee College, April 6-8, 1995

Presenter

Institution

Title

Anderson, Aleta and Mary Docter

Westmont College

Bridging the Gap: Creative Communication in a Multicultural Society

Anonby, John A.

Trinity Western University

Petini’s Depiction of the Futility of Violence in Hill of Fools

Antoine, Gerry

Delaware Christian School

Skits, Props, and Videos

Baldwin, Claude-Marie

Calvin College

Fostering Compassionate Cultural Understanding

Barrick, Eleanor and Janet Loy

Taylor University

The Great Omission: Robert and Mireille God to Church

Biehn-Araya, Janette L.

 

Why Teach Coritos in Spanish Class?

Blackwood Collier, Mary

Westmont College

Peter Brook’s La Tragédie de Carmen: How Does One Rebel in the Tragic Universe?

Boehne, Patricia

Eastern College

Christian Approaches for a Changing Paradigm

Bratt, Wallace

Calvin College

Christians, Marxists, and the Classroom: Was There Really a Wall between Us?

Carvill, Barbara

Calvin College

The Abolition of the Father: Some Observations on the Recent Discourse on Daughters and Fathers in Germany and the USA

Dickson, David

Biola University

In the Beginnings: Implications for Modern Language Teaching from Genesis 1-11

Dixon, Richard

Taylor University

Promoting Conversation through Cultural Materials

Dunbar, David L.

Biola University

Forum: Develop a Local Modern Language Teachers Collaborative

Eledge, Jean

Lee College

Good Ideas that Work in Our Classes

Evans, Jan

Calvin College

The Spiraling Numbers of Students Studying Spanish: Should We Rejoice or Weep?

Henning, William A.

William Jewell College

Fides et Lingua: Toward a Theology of Language and Language Teaching

Koch, Rita D.

Taylor University

Buenas y santas: la santidad femenina en la Edad Media

Koene, Jacoba

University of Toronto

Religious Perspective in the Writings of Rubén Darío

Koustas, Jane

Brock University

Translation and Cultural Appreciation: Reading the "Other"

Lamse, James

Calvin College

Grounding the Discussion: Sharing How We Really Came to Talk the Way We Do.

Larsen, Lawrence S.

The University of Oklahoma

Animal Emblems of Parable and Prophesy: Sources for Sermons

Leddusire, Frank E.

Seattle Pacific University

Teaching of Christian Values through Anecdotic Processing

Marshall Pederson, Kathy

Wheaton College

The Role of Observation by and of the Student-Teacher: Nurturing Professional Development

Messer, Betty

Taylor University

The Wesleyan Urban Coalition January Miniterm in Chicago: Its Impact and Significance

Mitchell, Phyllis

Wheaton College

Spiritual Solutions to Problems of State in Mira deAmescua’s autos sacramentales

Mocuta, Maria

Wheaton College

The Dilemma of Literary and Cultural Interpretation

Morgan, Newell T.

Northwest Nazarene College

Benito Pérez Galdós’ Call for Clerical Reform in 19th-century Spain

Ramos, Lilian E.

Winona State University

Heimatdichtung: Its Value as a Literary Genre

Reese, Mary Virginia

Grove City College

The Hidden Meaning: Christine de Pizan’s Rightful Place in a Christian Curriculum

Sánchez Mora, Elena

Saint John’s College

The Portrayal of Christ in Spanish Poetry: Two Case Studies

Savage, Alan

Wheaton College

Personal Engagement vs. Critical Distance: Where Do We Draw the Line?

Siemens, William L.

Houghton College

An Antidote to Post-Christian Despair in the Works of Alvaro Mutis

Thomas, Michael D.

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Logos Language Institute: Christian Foreign Language Training Programs

Vander Klay, Rhonda J.

Ball State University

German Poetry: Functional and Creative Approaches

Velázquez, José A.

Anderson University

If You Prepare Them, They Will Go!

Warner, Ronald C. and Rhonda J. Vander Klay

Ball State University

Erlebnisdichtung

Winter, Lisa

Wadena Senior High School

Albert Schweizer as a Model for Christian Participation in a Public Sphere

Ziefle, Helmut

Wheaton College

Hermann Hesse and Christianity

Ziemann, Micheal J.

Seattle Pacific University

Reconciliation Begins with Truthfulness

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Papers Presented at Westmont College, April 11-13, 1996

Presenter

Institution

Title

Beaney, John

Messiah College

The Effectiveness of Additional Grammar Instruction on the Acquisition of Input in the Communicative Second Semester French Class

Boehne, Patricia J.

Eastern College

Fifteenth Century Poetry: Dizains Across the Pyrenees

Brouwer Konyndyk, Irene

Calvin College

Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Christian Imperative

Bunker, Duane F.

Palm Beach College

Love in La Celestina: Can it compare to I Corinthians 13?

Buteyn, Mary E.

Queens University and Dalhousie University

Stimulating the Appetite and Satiating the Hunger: The Community of Support in Raabe’s Der Hungerpastor

Carvill, Barbara

Calvin College

Towards a Christian Foreign Language Curriculum: Some Preliminary Considerations

Dixon, Richard

Taylor University

The Short-Term Language-Abroad Program: A Balanced and Faith-integrated Approach

Docter, Mary

Westmont College

A Community of Voices: The Poetry of José Emilio Pacheco

Goring Kepner, Christine

Wheaton College

Calderón y la constancia

Greenway, Edna C.

Calvin College

Language Camp for Kids

Gundry, Robert H.

Westmont College

God Loved the World in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek: John 3:16 According to John 19:20

Haskett, Kelsey

Trinity Western University

The Quest for the Spiritual in the Novels of Marguerite Duras

Horst, Ray Elvin

Eastern Mennonite University

Create Reality/Create Success

José A. Velázquez

Anderson University

The National Standards for Foreign Language Learning and their impact on the Christian Foreign Language Classroom

Koene, Jacoba

University of Toronto

Christian Perspectives on Postmodernism

Lamse, James

Calvin College

Communicative Competence, the Proficiency Movement, and All the Rest: Some Questions from a Teacher of German

Larsen, Lawrence S.

University of Oklahoma

Catherine Winkworth: Hymnodist of Genius

Mitchell, Phyllis

Wheaton College

Go Ye Into All The World: The Christian Student’s Dialog With Foreign Language Literature

Reese, Mary Virginia

Grove City College

Renée de France and the Reformation

Savage, Alan D.

Wheaton College

Go Ye Into All The World: The Christian Student’s Dialog With Other Cultures

Scott, Lindy

Wheaton College

Christian Values in Courses on Latin American Thought and Culture: Can We Overcome Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Relativism?

Takalo, Ronald

Northwestern College

Establishing a ‘refresher’ course for Spanish Professors

Wisely, Andrew

Anderson University

Und dann erschöpft zurückgeschlagen’: Caretaking the Stormy Soul in Büchner’s Lenz

Wood, Hadley

Point Loma Nazarene College

Focused Listening: A Guide to Managing Student Errors in the Foreign Language Classroom

Ziefle, Helmut

Wheaton College

Challenges and Benefits of Teaching a ‘German Across the Curriculum’ Course

Ziemann, Michael

Seattle Pacific University

Surreptitious Subversion, The STASI and the Church in East Germany

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Papers Presented at Calvin College, April 3-5, 1997

Presenter

Institution

Title

Anderson, Aleta

Westmont College

The Feminine Voice in The House of the Spirits of Isabel Allende and One Hundred Years of Solitude of Gabriel García Márquez

Anonby, John A.

Trinity Western University