PCI1. (Cancelled) Increasing the Intercultural Competencies of Teachers and Teacher Educators
Target Audience: Teacher Education Faculty, Teacher Education Graduate Students, Teachers, Professional Development Consultants
Skill Level: All levels of expertise
Intercultural competencies (IC) are one of the essential skills of the 21st century. However, research on IC reveals that teachers finish their degrees with a lack of ICs. This session aims to provide some basics of intercultural competencies and how to include them in the curriculum.
Presenters: Nilufer Guler, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
PCI2. (Cancelled) Developing and Enhancing Adult Learners’ Academic and Professional Reading Skills
Target Audience: Teachers working with Adult Learners
Skill Level: All levels of expertise
This PCI gives participants the opportunity to work on different components of developing enhanced reading lessons for adult learners. Participants learn about and begin to apply strategies for text selection, vocabulary building, reading critically, connecting reading to writing, using technology, supporting students with reading differences, and teacher modeling of reading.
Presenters: Kirsten Schaetzel, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Joy Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, USA
Shawn Slakk, ABCDS&S Consulting
Robyn Cox, RMIT University, Australia
Annie Baron Wake Technical College
Jen Vanek, World Education
Rebeca Fernandez, Davidson College
PCI3. (Cancelled) Essentials of Pronunciation Teaching and Learning
Target Audience: Teachers with limited pronunciation background
Skill Level: All levels of expertise
Teachers with limited pronunciation background: Add techniques and activities to your existing toolbox for teaching learners from diverse backgrounds. Recognized experts familiarize you with core pronunciation issues, demonstrate innovative, multi-sensory techniques for addressing learner intelligibility, familiarize you with Internet resources, and guide you in successfully integrating pronunciation into your curriculum.
Presenters: Donna Brinton, Self-employed
Carolyn Quarterman, Duke University,
Barry Griner, University of Southern California
Brian Teaman, Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka, Japan
PCI4. Developing and Implementing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for ELLs
Target Audience: U.S. K12 ESOL professionals
Skill Level: All levels of expertise
Dually-identified students who are both ELLs and have documented disabilities are legally entitled to services under both classifications. It is crucial for educators within each system to understand where, how, and why to integrate linguistically and culturally appropriate considerations throughout the process of writing and executing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
Presenter: Jill Hakemian, Bank Street College of Education
PCI5. Feeling Like a Local – The Value Of Intercultural Communication
Target Audience: All ESOL professionals
Skill Level: All levels of expertise
The concept of being “multi-local” also extends to workplaces, places of study and to the local community. Intercultural communication can be difficult, not because you don’t know the language but because the cultural traditions are very different from your own. Taiye Selasi’s TED talk identity can privilege culture over country.
Presenter: Gyulsanem Kurbanova, English School, Nukus, Uzbekistan
PCI6. AI: The No-Excuse Tool to Train Content and Specials Teachers
Target Audience: Teacher Trainers and Coaches
Skill Level: All levels of expertise
In this session, attendees will first learn what chat bots are, download several of them, try out some guided searches, and create training materials for the content and specials teacher colleagues in their schools. The focus will be on the development of language objectives alongside content outcomes and L1 resources.
Presenter: Christel Broady, Asbury University, Lexington, Kentucky, USA