INTESOL 2024 Session Descriptions: 3:00
You can find session descriptions for 3:00-3:45 below
3:00 - 3:45
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Title |
Presenters |
Description |
Interest Section |
Location |
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Let’s Put on a Show!- International Fest |
Rehab Morsi, Laura Colantonio, Mark Emmett, & Carrie Hall - PIE at Indiana University Indianapolis | The Program for Intensive English at IU Indianapolis orchestrated its first international festival. In this presentation, the panel will describe the festival’s design, planning, and implications. The festival provided a platform for students to showcase their cultures, funds of knowledge, and agency while reinforcing their language skills. | Intensive English Program, Teacher Education |
Salon C |
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Exploring Languages in the Classroom |
Frederick Dunn - Purdue University | This Practice-Oriented presentation demonstrates classroom activities that integrate students' native languages into English learning. Participants will create and define entries for a digital, student-led dictionary featuring words without direct English equivalents. These activities promote engagement, cultural exchange, and practical language skills for speaking and writing classes. | Adult/Community Programs, Secondary Schools, University/Higher Education |
Salon E |
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Lau v. Nichols and Chinese Language Rights: Aspiring Toward Racial and Linguistic Solidarity |
Trish Morita Mullaney - Purdue University | Lau v. Nichols (1974) changed the landscape for ESL and bilingual education in the U.S. Fifty years later, how far have we come? By focusing on Asian and Latino’s contested language rights history, I propose racial and linguistic solidarity to inform the next 50 years of language access and rights. | Invited |
GB 1-2 |
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Cultural Experiences and IEI |
Martina Schiavo, Alicia Miller, & Susan Luo - Ball State University | Incorporating a course on “Cultural Experiences” in IEP curriculum is crucial to the international students’ academic, cultural, and social success in US universities. It prepares the students with ESL needs to meet the college-level academic expectations and allows them to immerse themselves in various cultural experiences. | Intensive English Program |
GB 3 |
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Empowering Newcomers: Building Language and Supportive Classroom Routines - Sponsored |
Traci Vermillion - HMH | Discover TPRS 2.0, a storytelling/reading-based method for developing intermediate fluency in less than 1 year! Join us to see our recent amazing results, uncover three key fluency-boosting lesson elements, a practical lesson recipe, and an interactive demo that showcases TPRS 2.0’s power to achieve fluency in the fastest way known | GB 5 | |
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Creating Systems of Opportunity to Exceed Expectations for Reclassification and Biliteracy - Sponsored |
Rebecca Elias - Summit K-12 | Research has revealed a great deal about how students learn to read, but is not always reflected in literacy materials and in the classroom; especially for MLLs. This session will illuminate how we can all rise to achieve greater things through a culturally and linguistically responsive approach to multiliteracy. |
GB 6 |
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Science of Reading Strategies for EL/MLs |
Donna Albrecht - Indiana University Southeast | Learn practical strategies to blend the Science of Reading with the Science of Second Language Acquisition. English Learners and multilingual learners have specific language development needs that differ from native speakers. Participants will learn how to blend these strategies to create successful literacy development that includes all modalities of language (listening speaking, reading and writing) and unites Els/MLs and native English speakers. | K-12 |
GB 7-8 |