2025 Concurrent Session Titles & Presenters

• High-Impact Teaching: How to Boost English Language Students’ Learning and Test-Taking Skills, Teddy Edouard, Exhibitor Session
• The Intensive Edge: Fast-Tracking English Learners to Academic Success, W. Aaron Zimkowski, Exhibitor Session
• Supplementary Resources to Develop Speaking/Listening Skills, Michael Berman & Michal Marell, Exhibitor Session
• Family, Motivation & Meta-Cognition: Case Studies of Three Extraordinary English Learners, Xingjie Chen, Ruth Sullivan & Sarah Knowles, Exhibitor Session
• How to Prep any Grammar Lesson in 10 Minutes or Less with the ESL Grammar Gallery, Audrea Gold, Exhibtor Session
• Material and Curriculum Development in the Era of AI: Creating Content Without Losing Creativity, Elena Filimonova
• AI as Tutor, Not Author: Balancing Writing With and Without AI in an EAP Class, Dmitri Stanchevici
• Enhancing EFL Teachers’ Professional Competence Through AI Integration, Zhuoyu Yang
• Using Custom GPTs in Your Classroom to Facilitate Learning and Digital Literacy, Kathleen F. Kearney
• Using Cognitive Linguistics for Teaching Grammar in Graduate EAP Contexts, Natalia Dolgova
• To Play or Not to Play? Empowering ESL Learners Through Meaningful Games and Activities, Nataliia Cherevko 
• Belonging in 4 Letters: An Easy-to-Use Acronym to Promote Interpersonal Relationships via Small Talk, Megan Miller
• Lessons Learned from Teaching Literacy Online, Lisa Dyson & Sarah Knowles 
• Effective student assessment procedures in outcomes-based postsecondary English language programs, Emily Vandermade & Heidi Vellenga
• From Judgment to Understanding: The DIVE Method for Intercultural Competence, Bob Nguyen
• Applying a Genre-Based Approach to Teaching Oral Academic Communication: Findings of an Action Research Study, Megan Siczek
• Technology Tools to Maintain Community in the Changing Landscape of English Language Education, Polina Vinogradova, Viann Casteel, Lewis Erickson, Yuni Silvana Manik & Benjamin Tamatey
• Bridging the Gap: How Professional Learning Fosters ESL-Content teacher Collaboration,  Jun Zhang
• Teachers’ Preparedness to Incorporate Technology to Support Saudi Students Learning English,  Afnan Alahmari