William B. Fischer: Presentations (Lectures, Conference Appearances, etc.) last modified:
3/21/12

Items are listed in approximate newest-oldest order. Follow this link to for the list of my projects and publications. Follow this link for the list of weekly culture tutorials used in first-year German course.

I Really Give My Students the Business – A Language Course That Is Also a Student-Run Company

Annual Conference of the Centers for International Business Education & Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 21-23 March, 2012

Ein deutschsprachiger Dorfpfarrer in Nebraska um die Jahrhundertwende 1900

A German-Speaking Small-Town Pastor in Nebraska at the Turn of the Century (1900). Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik, 9 January, 2011

How Do Language Textbooks Happen?

PSU WLL Department "World of Languages" Course, 8 April 2011

Alexander von Humboldt: The Origins of Sustainable Environmentalism

PSU Geography Department Lecture Series, 26 January, 2011

Building Sustainability Themes into the Humanities: Case Studies & Pipe Dreams

Ninth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts 7 Humanities. University of Hawaii, Manoa. 12 January, 2011.

'You have huevos, don't you?'

Popular Movie/TV Clips about Learning Foreign Languages, and How to Use Them to Help Learners Learn and Teachers Teach. Ninth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts 7 Humanities. University of Hawaii, Manoa. 10 January, 2011.

Language Learning Styles & Strategies: An Introduction

presented annually at PSU WLL fall quarter TA orientations

A Quarter Century of Creating Language Textbooks & Software

Presented at Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik, 26 July, 2010.

All about German: A Speed-Dating Approach

Two-minute topics: If you don't like this one, just wait and maybe the next one will be it! (13 January, 2010, PSU "World of Languages" course; also 14 January 2011)

I'm Giving My Students the Business: Language Course Becomes Startup Company

Presentation about SpeakEasy, the German business simulation course that is trying to become a real company. ACTFL Conference, Orlando, 21 November 2008

Brief History of German Science Fiction

presented 21 July 2008 at Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik

Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching (COFLT) • Fall Conference
Corvallis, OR • 12 October 2007

Business Language, Language Business: 'SpeakEasy, Inc.' Reaches Its First Goal

Strategy and Styles-Based Instruction: Results of Implementation Study and Future Implications

"Hi-tech, Mid-tech, Lo-tech, No-tech: Technological and Pedagogical Considerations in Course Redesign." Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities." Honolulu. 11 January 2004. Summary, graphics, documents (PDF), and links.

First-year German Culture Tutorials

••in progress