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Thursday, November 12
 

4:00pm PST

7:00pm PST

8:30pm PST

 
Friday, November 13
 

7:00am PST

8:30am PST

Easy and Engaging Digital Lessons with Weebly Catalina 7 (Lower level) Crop, Insert, Share: Creating Free Video Lessons to Enhance Learning Huntington C (4th floor) Building Successful Writers: Scaffolding and Cultural Schema with Arabic Students Capistrano B (4th floor) Fostering Learner Autonomy in the Classroom Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Get Down to Business: MBA Prep in an IEP Catalina 4 (Lower level) Strategies to Overcome the Challenges of Flipping the Classroom Capistrano A (4th floor) Teaching Voice Quality Setting in the Pronunciation Classroom Salinas (4th floor) Using Technology to Offer Learning Opportunities Beyond the Classroom Walls San Simeon A (4th floor) 36 Read-Aloud eBooks with detailed Teacher Guides Catalina 2 (Lower level) Advanced Grammar: Exploring Grammatical Applications in Authentic Textbooks Oceanside (4th floor) Career Readiness, Civics, and Academic Prep: The new Side by Side Plus with eText Avila B (4th floor) Life Skills: What They Are and How to Teach them Catalina 3 (Lower level) A Closer Look at Learner Errors: Past Tense Pedagogical Implications Redondo (4th floor) Critical Thinking in Academic Writing: Clear Explanations with Co-constructed Assessment Manhattan (4th floor) Providing Directions for English Learners Successfully San Simeon B (4th floor) Reading and Writing Digitally vs. in Print: Research to Practice Laguna A (4th floor) #CATESOLchat - The first ever LIVE CATESOL Twitter Chat Palos Verdes B (4th floor) Authentic Materials: Creating Engaging Listening and Speaking Lessons Avila A (4th floor) AWL Revisited: Strategies to Improve Word Form Retention in ESL Written Production Huntington AB (4th floor) Reading and Technology: Insights and Websites on Reading! Monterey (4th floor) Yes I Can! Building Student Confidence San Clemente (4th floor)

8:50am PST

9:00am PST

9:10am PST

9:30am PST

9:45am PST

Effective Classroom Management through Game Theory and Cultural Understanding Huntington C (4th floor) Beyond Research Papers: Sharing Academic Knowledge in a Digital World Catalina 4 (Lower level) Connecting meaningfully: empowering learners to engage in conversation confidently Capistrano A (4th floor) Effective Cross-training across Disciplines: Tapping into Expertise to Direct Students to the Appropriate English Sequence Catalina 7 (Lower level) High Tech Literature: Bringing Classic Novels into the 21st Century San Clemente (4th floor) Making Feedback Work: Peer Review as an Essay Capistrano B (4th floor) Promoting Academic Reading and Writing Through Journalism Monterey (4th floor) TESOL education Policy Outlook:  Focus on PreK-12 San Simeon A (4th floor) Busting Myths on the Teaching of Listening and Speaking Redondo (4th floor) How to Implement Interactive & Engaging Technology on Any Budget Santa Monica (4th floor) Increasing Fluency Phrase by Phrase San Simeon B (4th floor) Longman Online Dictionaries, Providing Instant Gratification and Accuracy Manhattan (4th floor) OTAN – Educational Technology for 25 Years Catalina 5 (Lower level) Stand Out: Standards-Based English to achieve success in life, college and career El Capitan B (4th floor) Technology, Critical Reading and the ELL Curriculum Malibu (4th floor) Implementing Content-Based Instruction in Academic Preparation Programs Catalina 6 (Lower level) Bring Your Grammar Class to Life! Huntington AB (4th floor) How to Create Blogs for ESL Reading/Writing Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Lights, Camera, Action: Interactive Video Activities for English Learners Palos Verdes B (4th floor) NODEA: A Structured Approach towards Successfully Addressing Student Classroom Misbehavior Laguna A (4th floor) Revisiting Old Favorites with Popular Technology: Using Smartphones and Tablets to Increase, Assess, and Reinforce Vocabulary Learning Avila A (4th floor) Socrative: Connect, Engage, and Assess Students Avila B (4th floor)

10:15am PST

11:00am PST

Drama Re-visited: Dealing with Identity Tensions Redondo (4th floor) Enhancing Student Preparation and Participation through Online Assignments Huntington C (4th floor) Top Policy Issues in Community College ESL: Act, or React? Catalina 3 (Lower level) Amazing Aurasmas Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Closing the Achievement Gap Through Meaningful Interactions Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Connecting Psycholinguistic Principles to the Language Classroom Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Differentiating Reading Comprehension Tasks in Adult Mixed-Level Classes Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) MoviesGrowEnglish (MGE): Watch Movies, Learn English Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Rearranging Seat Assignments: Strategy to Build a Sense of Community Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Supplementing ESL Classroom Activities With Social Media: For Young Adult Learners Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Using Annotation for SLOs Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) A Process Approach to Academic Speaking: Meeting Challenges with Mini-Presentations Catalina 7 (Lower level) AB86 Funds Innovation: ESL Bridge to College Though Technology! Capistrano B (4th floor) Create Meaningful Learning Through Project-Based Instruction Laguna B (4th floor) How Purposeful Writing Reduces Plagiarism Santa Monica (4th floor) Optimizing Business English Skills Development: An Integrated Workplace English Curriculum Palos Verdes B (4th floor) Outside the Margins: Alternatives to Written Corrective Feedback Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Preparing ESL Learners for Objective and Reflective Writing San Simeon A (4th floor) Teaching Low Beginners with Technology: Strategies for Success! San Clemente (4th floor) The Tale of Three Tests: TOEFL iBT, TOEFL PBT, and IELTS Laguna A (4th floor) Tips and Tricks for Creating a 21st Century classroom Malibu (4th floor) Two Are Better Than One: Peer Feedback for Low-Proficiency Writers Avila B (4th floor) Using Technology as a Tool to Create Autonomous Life-Long English Language Learners Monterey (4th floor) Grammar Explorer – Taking grammar to uncharted territory El Capitan A (4th floor) Introducing Your WIOA Solution: Career Pathways with Burlington English Manhattan (4th floor) Organize/Access English Sounds Using Picture Cues Catalina 2 (Lower level) Supporting writing through vocabulary and grammar resources Catalina 5 (Lower level) Tailoring Word Study for English Learners San Simeon B (4th floor) Vocabulary: The Fastest Way to Go Further in a Foreign Language Catalina 4 (Lower level) Influence of Pronunciation Monitoring on Affective Variables Catalina 6 (Lower level) CCRS and ESL from the Instructor's Perspective Salinas (4th floor) MOVED: Building Students’ Motivation and Self-Efficacy Through Collaborative Brainstorming (now on Saturday) Huntington AB (4th floor) Taking Your English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Program to the Next Level: A case study of an Academic Success Program (ASP) Capistrano A (4th floor)

11:20am PST

11:30am PST

12:15pm PST

1:15pm PST

2:15pm PST

2:30pm PST

3:45pm PST

Presentation Skills for Millennials: Using Video Voice-Over Huntington C (4th floor) Agents of Change: Fostering Students at the Margins through Virtual Classrooms Avila B (4th floor) Supporting International Graduate Students: Best Practices Monterey (4th floor) A Holistic Approach to Teaching Beginning Level Arabic Speakers San Simeon A (4th floor) CALL-Driven ESL Lessons 'Technologize' STEM Students Catalina 7 (Lower level) Collaborating with English Programs to Ensure Long-Term ESL Student Success San Clemente (4th floor) Hands-On Interactive Activities for Low Level Learners Oceanside (4th floor) Nurturing Confident Academic Writers through Technology-Based Feedback Manhattan (4th floor) Powerful Picture Books: Visual Literacy Skills Help Enhance Content Comprehension Capistrano B (4th floor) Teaching Formulaic Expressions Using Classroom Language and Your Current Textbooks Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Turning Texts Into Fun Word Frequency Jigsaws Catalina 3 (Lower level) Critical Thinking: Asking Questions About the Questions El Capitan B (4th floor) Integrating College and Career Readiness Instructional Shifts in ESL San Simeon B (4th floor) Interested in earning your MA TESOL through the University of San Francisco? Catalina 1 (Lower level) Listening with a Purpose El Capitan A (4th floor) Successful Strategies for Handling Grammar in the Hot Seat Santa Monica (4th floor) The Power of TED with 21st Century Reading and World English! Catalina 6 (Lower level) The Skills and Knowledge Needed for the Naturalization Process Catalina 2 (Lower level) The World is Your Classroom: Teach Abroad with the English Language Fellow Program Malibu (4th floor) Assessing the NGSL on Moodle: Purpose, Method and Results Laguna A (4th floor) Back to the Drawing Board - Prewriting Tools Laguna B (4th floor) Creating effective ePortfolio assignments for ESL courses. Catalina 4 (Lower level) EL Civics for a New Age Catalina 5 (Lower level) Help! Effective Strategies for Busy Teachers of Multi-Level Classes Palos Verdes B (4th floor) Making the Case for Brain-Based Learning Huntington AB (4th floor) Making Writing Assignments Fun! Redondo (4th floor) Plugging into the academic conversation with paraphrasing strategies Capistrano A (4th floor) Storytelling: An Engaging Listening and Speaking Practice Avila A (4th floor)

4:15pm PST

5:00pm PST

6:00pm PST

6:15pm PST

 
Saturday, November 14
 

7:00am PST

7:30am PST

8:30am PST

Comprehension, Meaning-Making and Writer Authority: An Inquiry Into Paraphrasing Huntington C (4th floor) How to quickly determine speaking ability, without a speaking test Catalina 2 (Lower level) Preparing New Secondary ELD Teachers for California Public Schools San Simeon A (4th floor) Revisioning the Practicum Experience in TESOL Teacher Education San Clemente (4th floor) Creating A Thematic Website Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Delivering content through dictation in a VESL environment Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) EFL College Students' Usage and Perceptions of Mobile Language Learning Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Seniors and ESL Students, A Win-Win-Win Situation Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Teaching Requests: Addressing Form, Function and Pragmatic Awareness Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Technology Enhanced Langauge Learning: Promoting Classroom Interaction Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) Writing an Effect Essay using Multimodal Activities and Reading Text Pacific Ballroom CD (Exhibit Hall - 2nd floor) CANCELLED: Differentiating Digital and Media Literacy Instruction: Language and content at three levels in an IEP Catalina 3 (Lower level) Creative Activities for Creative Writing: Adapting MFA Program Tasks Catalina 4 (Lower level) Effective Techniques for Teaching Phrasal Verbs to Improve Communicative Competence Manhattan (4th floor) Promoting Student Success and Engagement through Portfolios in Basic Skills/ESL Writing Classes Redondo (4th floor) Teaching Essay Writing Through Collaborative Group Work Laguna B (4th floor) TESOL Education Policy Outlook:  Focus on Higher Ed. and Adult Ed. Malibu (4th floor) Touch, Turn, Talk - Using PowerPoint Effectively in Presentations Monterey (4th floor) Written corrective feedback: effective for students, timesaving for teachers Oceanside (4th floor) Creating Classroom Activities from Free TOEFL® Resources Santa Monica (4th floor) Helping Students Find Their Voice in English: Speaking Exercises to Improve Fluency and Clarity Catalina 7 (Lower level) Out and About: Teacherless Activities for Beginners Capistrano B (4th floor) Taking Grammar to Uncharted Territory Avila A (4th floor) Dispelling Pronunciation Myths San Simeon B (4th floor) Language & Revision with Text and Screencast Video Feedback Avila B (4th floor) Proyecta 100,000 at COC: Strengths and Challenges of an Exchange Story Catalina 6 (Lower level) Role of a SLA Course in Pre-Service Teacher Self-Efficacy Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Supporting “unmotivated” international secondary students Catalina 5 (Lower level) Understanding and Discussing Current Trends in TESOL Employment Issues Salinas (4th floor) What's in a Name? Examining the Adoption of 'American' Names in the ESL Classroom Palos Verdes B (4th floor) Building Background Knowledge beyond the Textbook Capistrano A (4th floor) Building Students’ Motivation and Self-Efficacy Through Collaborative Brainstorming (with correct time & location) New room: Avila B (4th floor) Helping Students Succeed on Timed Life Skills Reading Tests Laguna A (4th floor) The Great Vocabulary Challenge: Teaching 32 Dimensions of a Lexical Item Huntington AB (4th floor)

8:50am PST

9:00am PST

9:10am PST

9:30am PST

10:30am PST

12:00pm PST

12:30pm PST

1:30pm PST

1:45pm PST

Extra! Extra! Read All About It: Teaching Business English through News Apps Redondo (4th floor) “Just the Word” : A Student-Friendly Corpus for Vocabulary Acquisition Huntington C (4th floor) Assessing Student Learning with Interactive Technology Tools Capistrano A (4th floor) Citation Kit: A Practical Cross-Cultural Teaching Approach Malibu (4th floor) Creating Passageways to Academic Success: Helping Refugees Become Resilient Learners Palos Verdes B (4th floor) Five Ways to Use Technology in the Reading Classroom Laguna A (4th floor) Grammar and Writing: Getting and Keeping Students Involved Avila B (4th floor) How adult ESL learners can help children become bilingual Oceanside (4th floor) Practis, Practise, Practice! Teaching an Effective Spelling Class Capistrano B (4th floor) Virtual Reality Headsets, Robots, and ESL Monterey (4th floor) Boosting ELLs from Great Essays to Research Papers Santa Monica (4th floor) Cultivating Proficient Academic Writers Catalina 1 (Lower level) Proficiency Testing through the Ages: Where are we now? San Clemente (4th floor) Does Flipping Lead to Increased Gains of Learning Outcomes? Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Braving an EFL Classroom: Maximizing the Assistant Language Teacher’s Role Laguna B (4th floor) Bridging the Gap: Creating Effective Transition Programs Manhattan (4th floor) How to Thrive as a New ESL Teacher! San Simeon A (4th floor) iPad apps for teaching ESL Huntington AB (4th floor) Standards, Instruction, Assessment: Moving Forward, Looking Ahead Avila A (4th floor) Teaching Research Paper Writing in Advanced ESL Courses San Simeon B (4th floor)

2:15pm PST

3:00pm PST

Turnitin.com - Giving Feedback and Grading Papers Huntington C (4th floor) Being Present in the Online Classroom: Principles and Tips for Authentic Connection in Online Learning Manhattan (4th floor) CANCELLED: Disrupting Classroom Discourse: Preparing Students and Teachers for Advanced Schooling and Workplace Register Demands Laguna A (4th floor) Critical Thinking Activities for Beginning Learners Capistrano A (4th floor) Non- and low-literate students can use tech too! San Simeon B (4th floor) Payday! A Technological Premise for Practical Principles of Business Pronunciation Laguna B (4th floor) Stress Reduction Tips for Teachers and Students Monterey (4th floor) Teaching English Online: Test Preparation and Making Ends Meet Malibu (4th floor) The ABCs of Argument Analysis Palos Verdes A (4th floor) Burlington English - Dynamic ESL Instruction for All Levels Capistrano B (4th floor) Differentiated Instruction with Technology Redondo (4th floor) Helping Saudi Women Thrive in the ESL Classroom San Simeon A (4th floor) Accessible Technology: How to Flip Your Classroom with Ease Avila A (4th floor) Degrees of BS, Mapping the Boundaries of Profanity Palos Verdes B (4th floor) Reading Skills for Successful Transition of ESL Learners Huntington AB (4th floor) The Techne of TESOL: Creative Problem Solving for Teachers San Clemente (4th floor) Top Five Apps for Composition Avila B (4th floor) Update Your IELTS Class with Engaging Activities Santa Monica (4th floor) Intercultural Communication Workshop: Planned Intercultural Observation through Guest Speakers Catalina 4 (Lower level) Non-Native Language Educators’ Issues Workshop: Rebuilding the NNEST Catalina 6 (Lower level) Part-time Educators’ Workshop: Professional learning model to support part-time educators Catalina 7 (Lower level) Teaching English in the Workplace Workshop: Teaching workplace English: proposals, pricing, and planning Catalina 2 (Lower level) Teaching of Pronunciation Workshop: No-tech to High-tech Pronunciation Strategies to Improve Communication Catalina 3 (Lower level) Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Workshop: TELL IG -Technology in the classroom Catalina 5 (Lower level)

3:30pm PST

4:00pm PST

4:15pm PST

4:30pm PST

5:00pm PST

7:00pm PST

 
Sunday, November 15
 

9:00am PST

 


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