CATESOL 2015: Full Schedule

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8:30am PST

How to quickly determine speaking ability, without a speaking test

This presentation details a first-day, quickie placement test for speaking classes and programs. This is a 15-minutes, multiple choice, listening test. Thus, it is practical, easy to grade, and favors the better speakers. It measures micro skills (pronunciation and prepositions) that accurately predict the macro skill of speaking.

Speakers

Gunther Breaux

Associate Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Gunther Breaux has taught English conversation to Korean university freshmen for 19 years. He’s an associate professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea, and the author of several EFL textbooks, including Jazz English, which is published in Korea, Japan and... Read More →

Saturday November 14, 2015 8:30am - 8:50am PST
Catalina 2 (Lower level)

Teaching Tip, S, Admin, A, CC, C-U, IEP, ML, NT

1:45pm PST

Extra! Extra! Read All About It: Teaching Business English through News Apps

Let’s be honest; students are already addicted to their phones. Why not take advantage of the addiction by using news apps on mobile devices to teach Business English? In this workshop, presenters will introduce 2 major news apps that will make a vocabulary-oriented classroom more interactive and engaging.

Speakers

Teresa Nguyen, American Language Program, CSUF

Full-time Faculty, CSUF, American Language Program

Tremonisha Putros, American Language Program, CSU Fullerton

Saturday November 14, 2015 1:45pm - 2:05pm PST
Redondo (4th floor)

Teaching Tip, Admin, A, CC, C-U, IEP, ML, NT, IC, PTE, TELL, CALL, TEW, TOP

CATESOL 2015

8:30am PST

Gunther Breaux

1:45pm PST

Teresa Nguyen, American Language Program, CSUF

Tremonisha Putros, American Language Program, CSU Fullerton

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