RECORDINGS OF SESSIONS
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Presented and recorded March 19, 2021 at the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures Fourteenth Annual Student Conference on Literature, Culture, and Languages, California State University, Fullerton.
WELCOME
President Framroze M. Virjee
Introduced by Dr. James Hussar, MLL Department Chair
KEYNOTE EVENT
Q & A with Spike Eskin and Michael Levin
Moderators: Dr. James Hussar, Nina Crecia
Spike Eskin is the Brand Manager for SportsRadio 94WIP, and co-host of the Rights To Ricky Sanchez. Spike has been at 94WIP in his current position since 2014. He leads talent hiring and management, sponsor integration, digital content, and brand management for the legendary sports talk brand. The Rights To Ricky Sanchez, now in its eighth year, is one of the most successful and influential sports podcasts in the United States, having developed a large following of passionate listeners. Spike lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife Valerie, dog Rebel, and cat Alabama.
Michael Levin is a Los Angeles-based comedy writer who has written for television shows PERFECT HARMONY, TRIAL & ERROR, and THE GRINDER, as well as the new Dwayne Johnson show YOUNG ROCK on NBC with his writing partner Patrick Kang. He chooses to ruin this pretty nice life by co-hosting the Philadelphia 76ers podcast The Rights To Ricky Sanchez, where he melts down about the Sixers futility twice a week for all to hear. Mike is originally from Philadelphia (naturally, otherwise why would he choose this life) and went to Ithaca College.
SESSION I (A)
Semiotic Studies in French Culture
Moderator: Dr. Hélène Domon
Aurore Stalder: “L’Or dans la culture française”
Vladimir Almy: “Le Livre dans la culture française”
Aaron Truong: “Le Coq dans la culture française”
SESSION I (B)
TESOL Assessment (Panel 1)
Moderator: Dr. Nathan Carr
Yun Jeong Yim and Rebecca Villegas: “The Test-Writing Process: Design, Pilot, and Revision”
Melody Sasis, Bee Lan Tan, and Samuel Yang: “Intermediate English Pilot Test”
SESSION I (C)
Queer Voices of Hispanic Literature and Cinema
Moderator: Dr. Celia Martínez-Sáez
Edgar Hernández: “¡No estés joteando! The Iconization of Gay Language in Luis Zapata’s El vampiro de la colonia Roma”
Erick Saúl Murillo: “‘Además de agradable, soy muy auténtica’: Narración y memoria transgénero en Todo sobre mi madre (1999) y La mala educación (2004)”
SESSION II (A)
Chinese Studies
Moderator: Dr. Jack Liu
Larissa Belea: “Chinese Idioms and Communication”
Kylie Betancourt: “The Evolution of Fashion in China”
Kinnari Parikh: “The Development of Buddhism”
SESSION II (B)
TESOL Assessment (Panel 2)
Moderator: Dr. Juan Carlos Gallego
Brett Heyboer, Minh Tran, and Trang Nguyen: “Criterion-Referenced Pilot Test”
Katie Min and JiWone Shin : “Reading Comprehension and Grammar Usage Pilot Test”
Ana Arias, Lusine Hutchings, and Mahdis Riahi: “Piloting Speaking and Listening Diagnostic Assessments in EFL Contexts via Zoom”
SESSION II (C)
Spanish American Literature
Moderator: Dr. Emily Kuffner
Karen González: “Los jóvenes y la tecnología en Los vivos y los muertos de Edmundo Paz Soldán”
Edgar Hernández: “Lo femenino, lo masculino y las negociaciones de género en El beso de la mujer araña de Manuel Puig”
Dinora Martínez: “La inexistencia de la salvación en Pedro Páramo de Juan Rulfo”
Gaby Alvarado: “Hasta no verte Jesús mío: La discriminación de la mujer en un mundo clasista y racista”
SESSION III (A)
Japanese Culture
Moderator: Dr. Kazuha Watanabe
Forrest Le and Marley Uyemura: “The Story of Yoshitsune and Benkei”
Monn Thwe Han and Fnu Yukiko: “A Comparison of Heijo Kyo and Chang’an”
SESSION III (B)
Spanish Literature
Moderator: Dr. Celia Martínez-Sáez
Elizabeth Vanegaspou: “‘Señorita y no por gusto’: Roles patriarcales y tabúes del sexo dentro de una España de transición en Te trataré como a una reina de Rosa Montero”
Erick Saúl Murillo: ‘“No me arrepiento de lo que hago’: Dolor diferido y memoria en Te trataré como a una reina (1983)”
Valeria Ruiz Martínez: “‘Dividida entre el pasado y el presente’: Frustración transicional y represión masculina en Te trataré como una reina (1983) y Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto (1984)”
SESSION III (C)
Language and Music
Moderator: Dr. Raelynne Hale
Sarah Cabrera: “Lost in Translation”
Nina Crecia: “Creating the Opera The Little Prince”
SESSION III (D)
TESOL Assessment and Language Instruction
Moderator: Dr. Daniel Rueckert
G. Soledad Florian Rivera, Shulin Shen, and Eunyoung Lee: “Do’s and Don’ts: Creating Language Assessments”
Alexander Smith: “Fossilization”
SESSION IV (A)
World Languages Student Teaching Roundtable
Moderator: Dr. Fernando Rodríguez-Valls
María González (Spanish)
Bonnie Nourse (ELD)
Leah Rhine (Spanish)
Erica Viveros (French)
SESSION IV (B)
Japanese Language
Moderator: Dr. Kazuha Watanabe
Leandra Royston: “Analysis of the English Use of a Native Japanese Speaker”
Luisa De Armas: “English Speaking Analysis of a Japanese Native Speaker”