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Transforming Language: Nonviolent Communication In Educational Settings, Aurora Lucas, Shanna Syme
Transforming Language: Nonviolent Communication In Educational Settings, Aurora Lucas, Shanna Syme
Sandanona
Non-violent communication is a four-step process that consistently yields incredible results. This useful tool can benefit every individual, especially educators. This presentation and workshop will help you transform the way you communicate with your students, as well as how you teach your students to communicate with the English language.
Using Feedback To Critically Evaluate And Develop As Teachers, Eliza J. Mandel
Using Feedback To Critically Evaluate And Develop As Teachers, Eliza J. Mandel
Sandanona
This lecture discusses the importance of being critical of one’s own teaching and using feedback in the classroom, and teaching context as a whole, to assess one's teaching. Participants will explore some techniques of asking for feedback in ways to ensure the most relevant and useful feedback.
Marginality: Non Native English Speakers In Academia, Jean-Pierre Hugo Vargas
Marginality: Non Native English Speakers In Academia, Jean-Pierre Hugo Vargas
Sandanona
Jean-Pierre Vargas will present a paper exploring the challenges and issues of marginality that non-native English speakers experience while studying abroad or in Academia. He will present the material by comparing the current extant research while comparing it to his own personal narrative.
Expression Through Drama: Linking Prosody, Embodiment And Emotional Awareness, Riah Werner
Expression Through Drama: Linking Prosody, Embodiment And Emotional Awareness, Riah Werner
Sandanona
Drama activities give students opportunities to practice expressing embodied emotions in a safe space. Focusing on emotional expression helps students make connections between the suprasegmental components of pronunciation and the meanings they carry. Participants will experience these exercises and learn strategies for implementing them in their own classrooms.
Identity And Language Learning In Multilingualism, Seullee Talia Lee
Identity And Language Learning In Multilingualism, Seullee Talia Lee
Sandanona
Why does a language learner learn a new language? How is one’s identity negotiated in certain language learning contexts? One’s identity has a tremendous impact on his/her language learning trajectory. This presentation describes key concepts of identity research in the Second Language Acquisition field. Also, the presenter suggests an imagined identity option for an English language learner as a legitimate multilingual citizen, not as a deficient non-native speaking second-class citizen.
Gamifying Social Justice In The English Classroom, Yoshimi Ochiai
Gamifying Social Justice In The English Classroom, Yoshimi Ochiai
Sandanona
English has a power to build a peaceful world. In this workshop, participant will experience the dynamics of trade between developed and developing countries through a game. The presenter will provide examples of pre- and post-stage activities to introduce the game in English classroom, too.
How To Incorporate Short Films To Activate 4 Skills, Junko Kinomura
How To Incorporate Short Films To Activate 4 Skills, Junko Kinomura
Sandanona
Just a few minutes might change someone’s life. There are a great number of heartwarming short films on the Internet. These films are waiting for your students to watch them. The presenter will guide participants on how to incorporate films into English lessons to enhance the learner’s intercultural communicative competence.
Hidden And Expressed Instructor Power In The Adult Classroom, Meg Loomis
Hidden And Expressed Instructor Power In The Adult Classroom, Meg Loomis
Sandanona
How does an adult student know when their instructor is acting as an authority figure, a colleague or a friend? The presenter will examine this question and explore the differences between hidden and expressed power.
L1-Influenced Pronunciation: Identity And Discrimination, Ruth Williams
L1-Influenced Pronunciation: Identity And Discrimination, Ruth Williams
Sandanona
How should we treat students' accents in the classroom? The presenter interviewed non-native English speakers in regards to their feelings toward their accent and whether it is a part of their identity. The participants will discuss accent discrimination and its relationship with racism.
I’M No Therapist: Tesol And Mental Health, Stacy Walsh
I’M No Therapist: Tesol And Mental Health, Stacy Walsh
Sandanona
TESOL and mental health are inextricably linked. The presenter will use her experience in both fields to explore the who, what, why and how of creating a safe and healthy classroom community. She’s no therapist, but she will also consider approaches that have the potential to empower students and teachers.
‘Maximizing Learning Opportunities’ In Practice: A Retrospective, Xavier Muñoz
‘Maximizing Learning Opportunities’ In Practice: A Retrospective, Xavier Muñoz
Sandanona
What can ‘maximizing learning opportunities’ look like in the classroom? The presenter will share their journey of coming to recognize and intentionally plan for this strategy in practice. Along the way, attendees will stop for photo ops (i.e., specific instances of the strategy in action) using multiple lenses (i.e., frameworks).
Language As A Marker Of Cultural Identity For Tcks, Nick Cooper
Language As A Marker Of Cultural Identity For Tcks, Nick Cooper
Sandanona
The presenter will make conference participants aware of the linguistic and cultural conflicts that Adult Third Culture Kids experience in educational systems. Together we will come to understand the self-identity conflicts experienced by ATCKs, the hybrid identification process of blended accent, and mode of pronunciation as an adaptive strategy.
Beyond The 4 Skills: Looking At 21st Century Skills, Sarah Morse
Beyond The 4 Skills: Looking At 21st Century Skills, Sarah Morse
Sandanona
The advent of internet and digital media has significantly added to the types of skills that students need to acquire in the ESL classroom to be successful in communication. The digital skills of viewing and representing should be added to the traditional four skills to prepare students for experiencing and creating multimodal texts.
Issues In Mainstream Assessment Guidelines In A Tefl Context, Amy Puett
Issues In Mainstream Assessment Guidelines In A Tefl Context, Amy Puett
Sandanona
While mainstream assessment guidelines, such as the ACTFL, are the main source of assessing students in a TEFL context, issues arise when using these guidelines in some non-Western cultures. My presentation will focus on spoken assessment guidelines and ways in which we can expand their scope.
Reconciling The Conflicting Agendas In The Second Language Classroom, Vinicius Souza
Reconciling The Conflicting Agendas In The Second Language Classroom, Vinicius Souza
Sandanona
How many times has your lesson plan failed? Why can't students pay more attention? The presenter will lead participants on an investigation of the main causes for the usual disconnect arising from the clash of interests and expectations between institution, teacher, and students, and its impact on course design.
We Hold These Truths: Teaching American History In China, Matthew Ingalls
We Hold These Truths: Teaching American History In China, Matthew Ingalls
Sandanona
Once insular, China is now allowing an increasing number of international schools, many of which require the potentially provocative study of American history. This demonstration will present strategies for teaching this subject to English learners. The presenter will also discuss moral and political issues with American history instruction in China.
Extensive Reading: Methods And Motives Behind Reading For Pleasure, Matt Peel
Extensive Reading: Methods And Motives Behind Reading For Pleasure, Matt Peel
Sandanona
Extensive reading is often not utilized in the ESL classroom in favor of intensive reading. In this workshop participants will explore the reading skills and learner benefits gained through extensive reading, and participate in fun, practical classroom activities that can be incorporated into an existing intensive reading program.
Family English Learning: A Workshop On Using English At Home, James Johnston
Family English Learning: A Workshop On Using English At Home, James Johnston
Sandanona
Mothers play an integral role in language acquisition—we do refer to our native languages as “mother tongues,” after all. In South Korea, mothers play an especially important role, pushing Korea to be the largest education market in the world.
This paper examines how EFL teachers can integrate mothers in their students’ learning process using a family-oriented approach.
Advanced Eal Class, Relative Clauses, Jihyun Sung
Advanced Eal Class, Relative Clauses, Jihyun Sung
Sandanona
Participants will have a chance to think about what are the core(s) of relative clauses for learners along the form, meaning, and use dimensions by exploring some relative clause activities and analyzing students’ grammatical errors.
Chatterbox Teachers: Learning How To Zip It, Giovanna Alessio
Chatterbox Teachers: Learning How To Zip It, Giovanna Alessio
Sandanona
This workshop examines techniques for reducing teacher talk time in the classroom to increase student participation
Creating Imagined And Real Communities Through Classroom Activities, Bruna Tadross Ferrari
Creating Imagined And Real Communities Through Classroom Activities, Bruna Tadross Ferrari
Sandanona
Young learners have strong negative associations with formal learning and uninteresting content. Furthermore, it is challenging for students to speak English outside the classroom in a TL removed context. To rectify this situation, the presenter will demonstrate some engaging and interesting activities to encourage student participation and make learning fun!
Transform Your Teaching Through Student Feedback, Patrick Rousseau
Transform Your Teaching Through Student Feedback, Patrick Rousseau
Sandanona
No abstract provided.
Conversation Strategies: Preparing Learners For Real-World Interaction, Angela Richardson
Conversation Strategies: Preparing Learners For Real-World Interaction, Angela Richardson
Sandanona
Workshop/Demonstration
Conversation strategies play an important role in successful communication and socialization, yet they are not often explicitly taught in language classrooms. In this workshop/demonstration we will explore how to use conversation strategies as a means for building both confidence and fluency, while also preparing students for real-world interactions.
Teaching English To Children With Adhd, Natalia Turketi
Teaching English To Children With Adhd, Natalia Turketi
Sandanona
How to teach English to highly distractable and hyperactive children? How does the process of the Second (Foreign) Language acquisition for such students look like? I will highlight these issues in my presentation and demonstrate a few activities that can be helpful in teaching ADHD kids.
Acting Out In The Classroom, Kim Noel Daelhousen
Acting Out In The Classroom, Kim Noel Daelhousen
Sandanona
The use of theater strategies and activities in the language classroom provides a space for students, like actors, to play and thus more deeply incorporate elements of the target language. Participants will be “playing” along with the presenter to explore various theater-based activities.
Language Learning Through The Lenses Of An African Adult, Muchumayeli (Ishmael) Bhebhe
Language Learning Through The Lenses Of An African Adult, Muchumayeli (Ishmael) Bhebhe
Sandanona
Do you know that indigenous Africans are essentially pragmatic and/ or anthropocentric beings? Do you desire to meaningfully impact their lives through language learning? This session seeks to address such questions thereby showing why English language learning is most effective for African adults when directed towards meeting real needs.
Extending Community: Stories, Culture & Technology In The Classroom, Ginna Allison
Extending Community: Stories, Culture & Technology In The Classroom, Ginna Allison
Sandanona
How can cultural experience help to develop language skills? How can we reach beyond the classroom to create a sense of community? This session explores the spheres of personal narrative and technology and how they intersect with ESL to open rich opportunities for teaching and learning.
The Writer’S Voice: Developing Self-Expression In Esl Writers, Genevieve Halkett
The Writer’S Voice: Developing Self-Expression In Esl Writers, Genevieve Halkett
Sandanona
What is good writing? For many ESL students, this means grammatical accuracy; as a result, their own writing voices are often lost. The presenter will illustrate successful strategies and activities which can be used with a variety of levels and ESL writers to encourage fluency and self-expression.
Parental Support And South Africa’S Rural High School Performance, Moloko Raxina Kgare
Parental Support And South Africa’S Rural High School Performance, Moloko Raxina Kgare
Sandanona
The presenter will begin by explaining what parental support means, its importance and impact on the high school performance. She will explain causes of parents’ decision to distance themselves from their children, the school management and teachers.
Differentiation: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Dena Konneker
Differentiation: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Dena Konneker
Sandanona
When is differentiation helpful and when it is harmful? What are common pitfalls? What is the balance between meeting learners’ needs and holding them to equally high expectations? What are a few positive strategies that teachers should focus on? Participants will examine case studies around these issues.