Friday, October 24 Afternoon Sessions at a Glance

ROOM

1:30-2:15

2:30-3:15

3:30-4:15

Jefferson

Adult Ed SIG Forum

 Family success through language and parent involvement

  Claire Boyles, Jan Marie DeLay, Diane Catlin, Tawa Ellis, Shannel Sedgwick, Orly Penny,  Hannah Grant-Boyajian

Enabling skills for students with interrupted formal education (SIFE)

Erik Erikson   AE, SE

Boulder

Family literacy and English language learners   Katie Smith   AE, EE, GA

ESL Literacy Contextually

Kathleen Santopietro Weddel (Publisher Session—Oxford)  

Adult education program administration:  Resources and challenges   Virginia Nicolai   AE, PA

Cherry

A preparation course for online testing   Mary Yi   (Publisher Session—Compass Media, Inc.)

The Colorado language proficiency “no surprises” model   Paula Brown, Enrique Pilleux   (Publisher Session—CTB/McGraw-Hill)

Effectively leveraging technology for successful language learning  

John Bel   (Publisher Session—Auralog)

Conifer

English only in the classroom: Revisited   Connie Davis, Rebecca Booterbaugh   AE, GA

ESL activities to promote health literacy   Barbara Sample  Gaye Michelle Horne    AE, TE / AR, GA

Promoting persistence in adult ESL classrooms   Donna Price   AE

Evergreen

Advocating for ELLs without losing your mind   Jalen Waltman   EE, PA, SE

Energize!  Kinesthetic activities for ESL classrooms

Ruby Eichenour   AE, IEP / HE, SE

Golden

An approach to in-house teacher training  

Marie Bahalla   AE, AL, IEP / HE, PA, SE, GA

Incorporating the arts into daily instruction   Nancy E. Reif   BE, EE

Parker

Getting the most out of TESOL Denver 2009

Bruce Rogers, Neil Anderson, Nancy Storer, Dorothy Zemach   GA

Using wikis to promote vocabulary acquisition   Susan Neumeier               CALL, SE, IEP / HE

Plum

Engaging adolescent English learners and striving readers   Linda Linnen  (Publisher Session—National Geographic School Publishing / Hampton-Brown)

Building academic skills with Cambridge University Press

Mary Louise Baez   (Publisher Session—Cambridge University Press)

Digital Interactions—An interactive academic curriculum!    Pierre Montagano   (Publisher Session—McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT)

Spruce

Integrating reading, writing, and technology   Anna Fichman               CALL, IEP / HE

Engaging teachers in professional development

Ruth Brancard, Mark Clarke, Jennifer QuinnWilliams, Barbara Vaille

         TE / AR, PA, EE, SE

West A

Using clicker technology in the English language classroom

Lisa M. Wexler, Khutso Madubanya, Michelle Kryda Friedman

CALL, SE, IEP / HE

ELLs reading in English, the deepest orthography

Gavin Dunnet   BE, EE, GA

Research paper in the 21st century

Gunilla Johnson, Shirlaine Castellino             IEP / HE

West B

Some evidence for error correction

Nathan Brian Jones, Shun Hwa Wang             TE / AR, IEP / HE

Effective use of scavenger hunts as a teaching tool   Amanda McCracken

EE, SE, AE, IEP / HE, GA

Story squares: Creating stories from pictures

Andrea Feldman    IEP / HE, SE

West C

Literacy essentials for K-5 English language learners   Sally Nathenson-Mejia, Maria Uribe   BE, EE

If students are changing, should we?   Joan D. Heiman   AE, IEP / HE, TE / AR

Knowing the ESL volunteers in your classroom   Tom Oatts, Michele Short             AE, PA, GA

West D

Intercambio: A linguistic and cultural exchange model   Sharon S. Moya, Jonathan Satz, Ted Kauffman   AE, BE, SE

ESL students create mini YouTube video lessons   Tom Rohrbach               AE, CALL, IEP / HE

Rock the room!  Teach English with music

Lora Wright   AE, GA, IEP / HE

West E

Supporting English language learners with PBS Teacherline

Katie Eck, Ruth Baxter, Tomás Mejia   BE, EE, SE, GA, TE / AR

Closing the achievement gap for Latino students

Kristin Edwards, Karen Babcock   EE, SE, GA

Arapahoe / Douglas

Publishers’ Exhibits

Poster sessions meet from 1:30 – 2:15 in the area outside

Arapahoe / Douglas

Poster Sessions (1:30 – 2:15 outside Grand Ballrooms)

·          Tying together belief, theory, and practice   Deborah Agar, Morgan Spanel, Kari Workman   TE / AR, EE, SE, IEP / HE

·          Encourage extensive reading through graded reader libraries   Tamara Milbourn   IEP / HE, SE

·          Literacy initiative for families of international students   Amanda Pawelski, Christina McCormick   AE, SE, PA

·          The nature of language:  Unitary or multi-componential?   Adrienne Harris   TE / AR, IEP / HE

·          Baby steps to family literacy   Jen le Roux, Jan Attoma, Sharon Aguiar   AE, BE, EE

 

Adult Education (AE), Bilingual Education (BE), Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL),  Elementary Education (EE), Program Administration (PA) , Secondary Education (SE), General Audience (GA), Intensive English Programs / Higher Education (IEP / HE), Teacher Education / Action Research (TE / AR)