Invited Speaker Sessions

Abstracts of the invited speaker sessions will be available soon.

Harmony in Communication and Leadership
Presenter: Lark Doley

Motivation and the Vision of Knowing a Second Language
Presenter: Zóltan Dörnyei

Heritage Cultures and Languages in the Second Language Classroom
Presenter: Joy Peyton

Awakening the English Learner: Innovation in a Competitive Education System
Presenter: Vincent Flores

 
Implementing Language Programs Across Regions
Presenters: German Gomez, Ana S. Ramirez, Rina de Gongora

 
English Language Teaching in China: State-of-the-Art
Presenters: Peiya Gu, Jun Liu, Qiang Wang, Shaoqian Luo, Zhihong Huang, Alice Murray

 
“But We ARE Language Teachers!” Preparing Secondary English Teachers
Presenter: Candace Harper

 
Creating Curriculum for the Best Language Course Ever Taught
Presenter: Eli Hinkel

 
Anxiety and Beliefs: On Learners, Teachers, and Pink Dresses
Presenter: Elaine Horwitz

 
Developing Intercultural Awareness
Presenter: Joe McVeigh

 
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Presenter: David Nunan

 
Binational Collaboration Broadens Professional Horizons for Mexican Teachers of English
Presenter: Higinio Ordoñez

Towards Resourceful Speakers
Presenter: Alastair Pennycook


Multiple Englishes in Multiple Contexts: Intercultural Communication in TESOL
Presenter: Lucy Pickering

From Colonial Legacies to Postcolonial and Globalizing Surges in TESOL
Presenter: Vaidehi Ramanathan

Do You Have to Know Arabic to Teach in Qatar?
Presenter: Dudley Reynolds

Newspaper-Assisted English Learning and Teaching in a Chinese Context
Presenter: Shen Gang, Huang Qing, Zeng Qingkai

 
Harmonizing Culture in and of the Classroom Through Technology
Presenter: Claire Bradin Siskin

Tuesdays With Omsk: Telementoring and Telecollaboration in  Culture Learning
Presenter: Pete Smith

Grab 'Em and Hold 'Em: Making Subject Matter Come Alive!
Presenter: Mary Gordon Spence

Reflections on Teaching: An Elegant and Powerful Profession
Presenter: Marge Tye Zuba

Common Core Standards and ESL: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Presenters: Guadalupe Valdes, Kenji Hakuta, Linda Harklau, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Elana Shohamy

Constraints and Opportunities in U.S. Language Minority Teacher Education
Presenter: Manka Varghese

Dialogue and Language Learning: Directions in Research and Teaching Practices
Presenter: Gergana Vitanova