CATESOL 2015

College of the Canyons is participating in the Proyecta 100,000 program. This presentation will explain some of the curricular and administrative strategies being used to optimize the program's long-term goals. It will describe how the college, as a whole, learns from and contributes to the Mexican exchange student community.

This presentation will critically examine the practice of adopting English names in the ESL classroom. The presenters will discuss social, cultural, and pedagogical implications of this practice, the effect it may have on the students, and discuss how technology can be used to better foster and respect students’ identities.

What cultural differences do Saudi students experience, and how can
teachers better facilitate learning? In this session, we will: review
the literature, discuss a case study of three successful female Saudi
language learners in an IEP, and outline teaching strategies which can
help Saudi women thrive in American ESL classrooms.