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