National Conference Presenters 2017

This page is dedicated to highlighting members' accomplishments.  This season, we highlight members who have been accepted to present at springtime national conferences.  

Presenter name(s) School or institution(s) Conference Presentation title Presentation date/time SIG
Anne Calderon Catholic University AAAL 2017 Depth of processing, type of linguistic item, and L2 development: Testing Leow’s (2015) ISLA model March 18-21 Higher Ed
Annelies Galletta and Melanie Baker University of Maryland / Maryland English Institute TESOL 2017 Peer Review Practices That Work Wednesday, March 22, 11:30 am Higher Ed
Heather Gregg Zitlau, Heather Weger, Kelly Hill Zirker Georgetown University, Georgetown University, Diplomatic Language Services TESOL 2017 Corpus 101: Navigating the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) Thursday, March 23, 2017 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM All
Heather Tatton-Harris Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School TESOL 2017 Innovative Solutions to Adult Education Program Design and Collaboration Thursday, March 23, 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM in room 3B AE - AEIS Academic Panel
Heather Tatton-Harris, Kaylin Wainright, Rosemary Downing Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School COABE 2017 Accelerating Access to Careers through Contextualized Instruction Monday, April 3, 11-12:15 Coronado E AE
Heather Tatton-Harris, Kristy Stoesz Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School COABE 2017 Orienting to the Numeracy Needs of the Adult ESL Learner Tuesday, April 4, 9:45-11:00 Coronado G AE
Heather Tatton-Harris, Rebecca Crawford, Lindsey Crifasi Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School TESOL 2017 Keeping It Real: What Works for Adult Emergent Readers Friday, March 24, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM AE
Holly Gray & Marilyn Guekguezian Prince George's Community College / University of Southern California TESOL 2017 Pop-up Pronunciation: Integrating Pronunciation Mini-lessons into All Skills Wednesday, March 22, 4 p.m. SPLIS
Holly Gray & Marilyn Guekguezian Prince George's Community College/ University of Southern California TESOL 2017 Integrating Pronunciation into the Reading Classroom Thursday, March 23, 3 p.m. SPLIS
Jose Torres Baltimore City Community College TESOL 2017 Phonemic Awareness and Literacy: Using Phonics with Adult Ells Wednesday, March 22 at 11:30 AM–12:15 PM in room Yakima 2 AE
Julie Lake, Liz England, Jennifer Chang-Lo, Robert Engel, Heather Gregg Zitlau, & Michelle Ueland Georgetown Law TESOL 2017 TESOL Presentation: Empowering Teachers to Address the Challenges of ESP Curriculum Design Friday, March 24, 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM Higher Ed / ESP
Kaylin Wainwright Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School COABE 2017 Strategic Use of Learners’ Own Languages in a Multilingual ESL Classroom April 4th, 2017 11:15 AM AE
Kelly Hill Zirker and Stephanie Gallop Diplomatic Language Services and Georgetown University TESOL 2017 Using Collaborative Teaching and Reflecting to Enrich Learning Friday, March 24, 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Higher Ed
Lily Jaffie-Shupe and Christine Bobal Virginia Tech LCI & INTO Mason TESOL 2017 Engaging Saudi Students with Novels & Non-Fiction Books Friday, March 24, 3:00-3:45pm Higher Ed/ IEP
Lily Jaffie-Shupe and Christine Bobal Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute - National Capital Region TESOL 2017 Engaging Saudi Students with Novels and Nonfiction Books Friday, March 24, 3:00 PM–3:45 PM Higher Ed
Megan Peercy, Megan DeStefano, Tabitha Kidwell, Megan Stump University of Maryland, College Park TESOL 2017 Empowering Teacher Educators and Novice Teachers Through ELL Core Practices Friday, March 24 at 5:00 PM–5:45 PM in room Chelan 2 Teacher Education
Melanie Baker and Diego Hernandez University of Maryland and Montgomery College TESOL 2017 Authentic Assignments: Expanding Audience and Purpose to Increase Student Engagement Friday, March 24 10:30 am Higher Ed
Michelle Ueland, Marta Baffy, Kirsten Schaetzel, Julie Lake & Kia Dennis Georgetown Law TESOL 2017 TESOL Presentation: Teaching Advanced ESP Writing Using Dialogue, Models, and Iterative Feedback Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM Higher Ed
Monica Maxwell-Paegle Georgetown University TESOL 2017 Learning Through Looking: Building Skills Through Interpreting Portraiture Friday, March 24, 12:30-1:45 Higher Ed
Nancy Overman Georgetown University TESOL 2017 Fostering Digital Responsibility by Understanding Fair Use Wednesday, March 22, 1:00PM – 2:45PM SWLIS, VDMIS, MWIS (Intersection Panel)
Richard Boyum, Liz England, John Schmidt Liz England & Associates TESOL 2017 Tesol Skills Enrich Life Skills Throughout Our Career and Retirement Wednesday, March 22, 3-3:45 PM Retirement Redefined Forum
Samantha Parkes, Mariah Schuemann, Matt Kaeiser, Clarisa (Reese) Moorhead University of Miami TESOL 2017 How to Use Video Feedback to Comment on Student Presentations Friday, March 24th 9:30 am-11:15, Room 617 Higher Ed, CALL
Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas and Deanna Wormuth Georgetown University TESOL 2017 Enriching your CV/résumé: Empowerment for new job opportunities Wednesday, March 22 1:00pm - 2:45pm Higher Ed
Stephanie Gallop, Heather Gregg Zitlau, and Andrew Screen Georgetown University TESOL 2017 Assessing Grammar: An A Is More Than Absence of Error Wednesday, March 22 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Higher Ed
Suzanne Matula, Ph.D., Christa L. Hansen, M.A. Sherry L. Steeley, Ph.D. Georgetown University, Center for Language Education and Development TESOL 2017 The impact of teacher-centered training models: A 5-Country Case Study Thursday, March 23 at 5:00 PM–5:45 PM Teacher Education
Tabitha Kidwell University of Maryland, College Park TESOL 2017 The Edtpa Teacher Performance Assessment: Strategies to Support Candidates Wednesday, March 22 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM Teacher Education
Tabitha Kidwell, James Groff University of Maryland, College Park TESOL 2017 All the World’s a Stage: activate Language Learning Through Drama Friday, March 24 at 9:30 AM–11:15 AM in room Tahoma 5 Secondary Education
Tabitha Kidwell, Megan Stump, Christina Budde, Marilena Draganescu University of Maryland, College Park TESOL 2017 Say More: Strategies to Support Sustained Student Interaction Friday, March 24 at 9:30 AM–11:15 AM in room Tahoma 5 Speech, pronunciation, and listening


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