WATESOL FALL 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Striving for Justice and Innovation
Session |
Room A |
Room B |
Room C |
Room D |
Room E |
9:00 – 9:50am Coffee Hour |
Coffee Chats |
Registration, Membership & Technical Support |
Exhibitor Drop-in U.S. Department of State English Language Programs |
Exhibitor Drop-in ESL Library |
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10:00 – 10:50am Live Sessions 1 |
Invited Speaker "Teflpreneurship": Building a Successful Online ESL Business or Side Hustle |
Three Steps toward an Asset-based Approach to Language Teaching HE, TT, Ad |
Using Gifted and Talented Methodologies to Enhance ESOL Instruction K-12, TT, C/M |
Exhibitor U.S. Department of State English Language Programs I |
Exhibitor ESL Library |
11:00 – 11:50am Live Sessions 2 |
Invited Speaker Navigating Sexual Diversity in ELT Contexts: Recommendations and Negotiations |
Integrating Translanguaging Pedagogy Into Our Teaching Practice! K-12, BE, TT |
Preparing International Students for Expectations of Academic Integrity at US Universities HE, TT, PA, C/M |
SIG Session - Adult Ed |
Achievement Gap or Cultural Dissonance? Reframing the Conversation about SLIFE: The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm K-12 |
12:15 – 1:15 Keynote |
“Is antiracist English language teaching possible? Striving for racial justice in TESOL” |
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1:30 – 2:20pm Live Sessions 3 |
Equity Strategies for Collaboratively Teaching Multilingual Learners K |
I cannot even spell paleontology, let alone understand": broadening adult multilingual visitors’ access to museums AE, BE, C/M |
Exhibitor U.S. Department of State English Language Programs II |
Examining ESL/EFL Teachers’ Attitudes and Perspectives towards World Englishes AE, TT, N, Ad |
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2:30 – 3:20pm Live Sessions 4 |
Invited Speaker The Invisible Student: Identifying and Accommodating the Low-Literacy Learner |
Foster Autonomy, Analytical Skills, and Agency Through Reading and Writing Circles AE, HE |
SIG Session - K-12 Leveraging Minecraft Education Edition for Language Development |
Impact of English Only Instruction on English Proficiency of ELs K-12, HE, BE, TT |
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3:30 – 4:00pm Closing |
Context/Focus Key:
K-12: Kindergarten-12th grade education
HE: Higher Education
AE: Adult Education
BE: Bilingual Education
TT: Teacher Training
N: NNESTs (Non-native English Speaking Teachers)
Ad: Advocacy
C/M: Curriculum & Materials Development
Dr. Suhanthie Motha, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Keynote
Dr. J.M. Paiz, Teaching Assistant Professor of EAP, The George Washington University, Navigating Sexual Diversity in ELT Contexts: Recommendations and Negotiations
Shannon Felt, TEFL Horizons, "Teflpreneurship": Building a Successful Online ESL Business or Side Hustle
Dr. Robin Barr, Linguist-in-Residence, American University, The Invisible Student: Identifying and Accommodating the Low-Literacy Learner
PRE-RECORDED SESSIONS
Part of our modified content this year also includes pre-recorded sessions. These sessions will be made available on our learning management system to registered individuals.