Wednesday, 25 March, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
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Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos

Explore 10 considerations within social-emotional learning (SEL) dimensions that honor the social and cultural dimensions of multilingual learners of English. Through a practical approach, educators experience classroom-ready activities that foster empathy, identity, and communication across languages. Participants walk away with tools to enrich their teaching through SEL and cultural awareness.

Wednesday 25 March, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
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Joe Barcroft

Given the central role of lexis in successful language acquisition, this session spotlights theory, research, and practice related to input-based incremental vocabulary instruction, which emphasizes how vocabulary is presented in the input and how different aspects of vocabulary knowledge emerge over time. Sample lessons are included.

Wednesday, 25 March, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Jennifer Gagliardi

Transform your adult education program with TESOL's newest Zip Guide: Getting Started With Teaching Adult Multilingual Learners of English. In this hands-on workshop, discover practical tools for managing multilevel classrooms, integrating digital and civic literacy, and building trauma-informed, culturally responsive spaces. Leave with ready-to-use activities that boost learner success.

Wednesday, 25 March, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
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Fatima Aldajani, Mary Brennan, Peggie Cypher, Kaedmon Fulton, and Andy Jiahao Liu

The authors of Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners of English (in press) share insights and practical tips from the book. Participants leave with strategies for integrating language and content objectives, scaffolding primary and secondary sources, and using artificial intelligence for differentiation—a toolkit to immediately use in diverse classrooms.

Wednesday, 25 March, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
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Samaneh Eslamdoost

Based on the upcoming book from TESOL Press AI-Enhanced ELT, this session highlights practical approaches for differentiated instruction, adaptive assessment, and personalized skills development. Participants gain ready-to-implement classroom activities, insights on ethical integration, and tools to enrich language learning through thoughtful, teacher-driven use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Thursday, 26 March, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
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Lisa Marie Horvath and Susan Iannuzzi

Interpreting visuals is essential for multilingual learners of English to construct meaning, making visual literacy a key communication skill. This presentation introduces a new addition to the New Ways series—Teaching Visual Literacy—offering creative classroom activities that help learners of all ages and abilities strengthen visual literacy for more effective communication.

Thursday, 26 March, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
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Deborah Short, Alice Lau, and Andrea Hellman

This session illustrates effective teaching practices that align to TESOL’s The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners. Presenters demonstrate techniques and activities that teachers can apply in primary, secondary, and adult classes to create productive, active, and meaningful language instruction for diverse learners.

Thursday, 26 March, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
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Alycia Owen and Daniela Dascalita Ortiz

Explore TESOL's No-Prep Activity Cards series, where "Little Cards, Big Impact" comes to life in literacy, oracy, assessment, and artificial intelligence. Each 100-card set offers quick, creative, adaptable solutions that energize lessons and foster collaboration. Come learn how easy it is to integrate these impactful activities into any lesson.