SILVER SPONSOR
Boosting Engagement with Ventures Communicative Activities and Digital Materials (AH 127)
Annette Acosta (Cambridge University Press)
Learn about the best practices for engaging your students using communicative activities and new technology tools and resources to energize your classes and make your teaching even more impactful. Join us as we look at Ventures, our six-level integrated skills course.

Interest Sections: Adult Education, Curriculum/Materials Design, Technology

INVITED SPEAKER
Adult Education Updates in Michigan: Supporting Learners to Life Success (AH 104)
Patrick Brown (Michigan Adult, Community and Alternative Education Association/MACAE)
Are you up-to-date on the state of the adult education system in Michigan? Do you want to be? This session will explore the latest trends in adult education across the state. From funding to new policies and innovative programming, there’s a lot to unpack. Explore the latest updates (and opportunities!) for the 2023-2024 year. 

Interest Sections: Adult Education, Advocacy & Policy

Promoting Multilingualism in Our Schools and Communities (AH 131)
Amira Ashraf Eldemerdash (Western Michigan University), Virginia David (Western Michigan University), Selena Protacio (Western Michigan University)
Multilingualism is undoubtedly an asset in today’s classrooms. This presentation reports on the final projects of a graduate course in an M.A. TESOL program. In this course, teachers learned about the benefits of multilingualism and created a Multilingualism as an Asset (MASS) project to be disseminated in their communities.

Interest Sections: K-12, Post-Secondary

"You know nothing about teaching!" Identity Development in Teacher-Mentor Post-Observation Meetings (AH 133)
Carlo Cinaglia (Michigan State University)
Mentoring relationships support novice teacher identity development, but peer mentoring—common in many M.A. TESOL programs—can be an unfamiliar role for novice teachers. This session presents interactional data from teacher-mentor post-observation meetings with M.A. TESOL student teachers engaged in peer mentoring and offers implications for supporting novice teacher identity development.

Interest Sections: Post-Secondary

Cultivating Collaboration for Student Success (AH 330)
Puja Mullins (Washtenaw ISD), Amie Van Horn-Gabel (Livonia Public Schools)
To best support and advocate for our multilingual students, K-12 ELD educators must creatively leverage their professional network, seek opportunities for collaboration, and engage in a variety of professional learning communities. This presentation provides attendees varied examples of how to build authentic connections within and across their contexts.

Interest Sections: K-12, Advocacy & Policy, Curriculum/Materials Design

Reflections on “Justice”: Empowering English Language Learners Through Political Philosophy (AH 332)
J. Paul Marlowe (Kindai University)
The presenter will share experiences adapting the popular Harvard course “Justice” by Michael Sandel into a university course for Japanese EFL learners. The presenter will discuss the importance of bringing controversial issues to the ESL/EFL classroom, how the course was adapted to the context, and the challenges faced.

Interest Sections: Post-Secondary, Curriculum/Materials Design

Concurrent Sessions #1: New Professionals

9:30 - 10:20 am

Second Language Poetry: Innovating L2 Writing Pedagogy for Newcomers in the Secondary Classroom (AH 245)
Jared Kubokawa (Michigan State University)
This presentation reports on a multiple case-study that explores an L2 poetry task to support newcomer multilingual writers in mainstream U.S. K-12 classes. Researchers and teachers may find this presentation useful as an illustration of how and why to use L2 creative writing.

Interest Sections: K-12

Promoting Health Literacy: How Can We Close the Gap? (AH 331)
Chris Dugan (University of Michigan - Flint), Emily Feuerherm (University of Michigan - Flint)
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, how do we as ESL teachers advocate and teach for our students’ improved health and well being? In this interactive session, the presenters will share the findings from a scoping study on health literacy then use this information to reflect on our own classroom practices. Participants will leave with a handout of resources and opportunities to continue the conversation.

Interest Sections: Adult Education

Practical Strategies for Pedagogical Translanguaging in Multilingual Learners’ Classes (AH 333)
Marianus Roni (Western Michigan University)
Many teachers still find difficulties in implementing pedagogical translanguaging when teaching their multilingual students at various education levels. The presenter will share the benefits, practical strategies, and how to overcome possible challenges of pedagogical translanguaging.

Interest Sections: Adult Education, K-12, Post-Secondary

Reflective Learning: “I love when we express our feelings.” (AH 335)
Roger Frank (Henry Ford College)
In this presentation, the presenter will share an Open Education Resource (OER) textbook he created and how it has been used to improve his students' speaking skills in a high-intermediate-level college communication course. Attendees will learn how creative and reflective critical thinking can empower their students to speak in English with confidence.

Interest Sections: Adult Education, Post-Secondary, Curriculum/Materials Design

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