CATESOL 2016: Full Schedule

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11:00am PST

Pragmatic Practices in Assessments, Group Activities, and Homework that Inspire Student Accountability

English language learners study in challenging settings, susceptible to feeling overwhelmed by academic expectations. Building the foundation of accountability assists learners to take ownership of their language study, resulting in deeper language education. This poster exhibits assessments, group activities, and homework practices that elicit pragmatic practices to inspire student accountability.

Speakers

Tauheeda Babar

ESL instructor/Team Lead, Quarry Lane School

Kimberly Wanner, The Quarry Lane School

ESL Teacher, The Quarry Lane School

I teach ESL courses at Quarry Lane School. I graduated with my BA in Liberal Studies and pursued graduate school in Germany as an international student, earning my MA in Humanities. During my time abroad, I taught at Universitaet Heidelberg, and worked as an English teacher. Both... Read More →

CATESOL pdf

Friday November 18, 2016 11:00am - 12:00pm PST
Exhibit Hall (Grand Hall)

Poster session, S, C/U, IEP, ML, NT

11:00am PST

Understanding Immigration in Our Multicultural America

Understanding Immigration in Our Multicultural America. The poster session will introduce The Magic Paper, a brief historical novel about Mexican-Americans writing for middle school to adult ELLs and literacy students, and six other readers in the Hopes and Dreams series, intended to build understanding of and between immigrant groups.

Speakers

Andy Burrows

Pro Lingua is a small publishing company located in Brattleboro, Vermont. We dedicate ourselves to producing superior language teaching materials.We sell our books directly to teachers and schools and through all bookstores and major distributors in the United States and overseas... Read More →

Friday November 18, 2016 11:00am - 12:00pm PST
Exhibit Hall (Grand Hall)

Poster session, E, S, Admin, A, CC, IEP, ML, IC

8:30am PST

Thinking Routines and Conversation Strategies Using CBI with EFL Students

This poster session explores CBI courses where EFL students of varying language levels work together in groups to build short ranking, analyzing, debating, generalizing, and strategizing monologues using ideas generated from thinking routines. These monologues along with the instruction of conversation strategies serve as a basis for small group discussions.

Speakers

Craig Mertens, Kwansei Gakuin University

Think & Speak American Pop! pdf

Saturday November 19, 2016 8:30am - 9:30am PST
Exhibit Hall (Grand Hall)

Poster session, A, C/U, CC, IC, IEP, ML, S