The Globalizing Business Schools (GBS) project is designed to infuse understanding and the importance of international and interdisciplinary business education by equipping faculty with the pedagogical tools, knowledge, and experiences to incorporate international content into existing business courses and/or develop new courses. A integral component of the program is the one-on-one assistance provided by the sponsoring CIBERs to their respective HBCU in facilitating the implementation of international business education programs and in acquiring federal grant funds to support these efforts.

Presented by Dr. Alex Housen, University of Brussels, Belgium

Instruction has always been a key component of the language learning experience of most L2 learners but its role in the acquisition of a second or foreign language (L2) has been controversial ever since antiquity. Language teachers are often puzzled about the apparent discrepancy between what their students are taught, what they learn and (seem to) know, and what they can actually do in their L2.  But whatever their allegiance to a particular language teaching method, all language teachers will probably agree that some kind of instruction is necessary for successful L2 learning.

The theme of the 2012 conference is "Building bridges from business languages to business communities." The conference will challenge participating scholars and instructors (from universities, colleges, K-12, businesses and governmental organizations) to inspire new lines of research, rethink teaching techniques, and create links between language classrooms and real businesses. Special plenary sessions will consider how applied professional language instruction and research is advancing, discuss perspectives from academia and industry, as well as showcase exciting examples and best practices of experiential learning. 

Proposals are due by November 1, 2011; please see the conference website for additional details.

Post-conference workshops will be available (additional $45). See the online Agenda for details.

Presented by Dr. Janette Klingner

In this talk, the presenter will discuss common challenges faced by educators as they implement RTI in culturally and linguistically diverse schools with English language learners, and offer suggestions for addressing these challenges. She will show actual examples of literacy instruction for English language learners from a school implementing an RTI model for the first time. Finally, she will offer a culturally and linguistically responsive RTI model and suggest how to implement RTI in feasible, effective ways.

The conference brings together trade practitioners, university faculty and staff, trade service providers, & government professionals for multiple days of training workshops, break-out sessions, networking opportunities, and special events.

In collaboration with GSU-CIBER, the National Chengchi University College of Commerce will host the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR) in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2012. CIMaR aims to provide a platform for scholars to share and discuss their research and offers a chance to junior researchers for future research developments by exchanging ideas with those experienced experts. This year's conference theme is "Marketing Innovation in and from Emerging Markets: Theoretical and Empirical Directions for Future Research."

This program is for international business and entrepreneurship faculty to develop a course in international entrepreneurship, globalize their entrepreneurship course, teach the international business course from an entrepreneurial perspective or conduct research in international entrepreneurship, and for directors of entrepreneurship centers who wish to internationalize their programs, hosted by UC Denver CIBER and co-sponsered by BYU and Indiana University CIBERs.

Spanish Language Faculty Development Program - Teaching Spanish for Business: A Global Approach is designed for Spanish college and university faculty, Spanish high school teachers and advanced graduate students.

Immerse yourself in a week long seminar in Avila and Madrid, Spain where you will be introduced to business terminology and methodology of teaching Spanish for Business. During the seminar, participants will meet with European experts and have the opportunity to attend company visits.

Participants will be staying in a single occupancy, 16th century boutique hotel with air-conditioning, private bath, breakfast, and ground transportation.

The Summer Institute for Teaching a Second Language for Business Communication is designed primarily for secondary and post-secondary language educators. This program includes an overview of basic business fundamentals, combined with discussion of current issues in language-teaching methodology and curriculum design. Participants work on group projects in which they design curriculum modules that apply the concepts addressed during the program.  Participants who are Pennsylvania or New Jersey public school teachers are eligible to receive continuing-education credit.