20 November 2025 | Online

TESOL 2025 Virtual Graduate Student Forum

The TESOL 2025 Virtual Graduate Student Forum is your opportunity to engage, share, and grow as a scholar in the field of English language teaching (ELT) and applied linguistics.

Whether you're just beginning your graduate journey or preparing to enter the profession, this one-day virtual event offers a welcoming space to:

💬 Connect with peers from institutions around the world.
📚 Present your research in a supportive environment.
🛠️ Build your professional skills with targeted sessions.
🌐 Network with faculty and potential mentors.
🎯 Explore pathways into ELT careers and scholarship.

This forum takes place the day before the TESOL 2025 Virtual Convention (21–22 November), and you can register for either event—or both.

Graduate Student Forum Schedule

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Time	Event
All Day	Graduate Student Forum presentations
7 a.m. ET- 8 a.m. ET	Graduate Student Networking Session 1
10 a.m. ET- 11 a.m. ET	Keynote: Comparing Bilingual Education Approaches Across Different Cultural and Educational Contexts
3 p.m. ET- 4 p.m. ET	Keynote: Teacher Preparation for Multilingual Realities
5 p.m. ET - 6 p.m. ET	Graduate Student Networking Session 2

See the full convention schedule

Registration Rates

Registration Type	Price
Graduate Student Forum ONLY	US$55
Graduate Student Forum added to TESOL 2025 Virtual Convention Registration*	US$25

*View main convention registration rates

Keynote Presentation

Comparing Bilingual Education Approaches Across Different Cultural and Educational Contexts

20 November

10 a.m.- 11 a.m. ET

Dr. Peter Sayer & Dr. Ya-Chen Chien

Peter Sayer is a professor of multilingual language education at The Ohio State University. His work is in educational sociolinguistics, with a focus on how language ideologies and identities shape multilingual education. He has more than 75 publications, including the book Tensions and Ambiguities in English Language Teaching (Routledge, 2012), on topics such as translanguaging, linguistic landscape, and social class and language teaching. He is the past editor of TESOL Journal, and a former Fulbright Scholar (Mexico, Peru) and U.S. State Department English Language Specialist (Philippines). He is currently the co-director of Buckeye Language Education Resource (BuckLER) Center.

Ya-Chen Chien is an Associate Professor at the National Taipei University of Education. Her research and teaching focus on bilingual education, technology-enhanced language learning, and teacher education. She investigates how digital tools and instructional design can create equitable and engaging language learning experiences, particularly in EFL contexts. As principal investigator of Ministry of Education–funded projects, Dr. Chien has advanced research and practice in bilingual education and sustainability. She served as Chair of TESOL International Association’s Computer-Assisted Language Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS) from 2021 to 2024 and, since March 2025, has been serving as Strand Coordinator for Digital Learning and Technology. Her work continues to promote inclusive and innovative approaches to bilingual and digital English language education.

Teacher Preparation for Multilingual Realities

20 November

3 p.m.- 4 p.m. ET

Timothy Vetere-Earley is a Clinical Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Bilingual/ESOL Education at the University of Florida. He previously coordinated both the Elementary Education teacher preparation program and the master’s ESOL/Bilingual Education program, where he championed innovative, equity-focused curriculum and strong school district partnerships. Guided by Vygotskian socio-cultural theory, his teaching and research emphasize preparing educators to deliver culturally and linguistically sustaining instruction that supports diverse learners.

An active scholar and leader, Timothy has published and presented nationally and internationally and serves in professional organizations such as the Association of Teacher Educators and the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME). His contributions have been recognized with honors including the Rosser Educator Excellence Award, University of Flordia's College of Education's Faculty Advising/Mentor of the Year Award, and Undergraduate Teacher of the Year. He earned his bachelor’s at Ball State University, master’s in TESOL/Applied Linguistics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. at Penn State.

Live Presentations

Time	Title & Presenter
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM ET	Healing Through Language: Trauma-Informed Practices for Inclusive Classrooms Ruba Kallab
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM ET	The Promise and Peril of Using Virtual Reality in Language Education Zeynep Sinan
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM ET	Integrating Instagram into ESL Pedagogy: A Sociocultural Approach to Enhancing Intercultural Communication Sherry Chen
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET	Mitigating Educational Inequities for English Learners Elisa Garcia
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET	Stigmatized and Excluded: Multilingual learners with Emotional and Eehavioral Eisabilities in U.S. Eublic Education Nilufer Johnson
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET	Examining postgraduate TESOL student teachers’ LAL (language assessment literacy) development in an Australian teacher education context June Kim
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET	Partnering for International Student Success: Opportunities for Academic Librarians and ESL Faculty to Support Research and Information Literacy Skills Rachel Trnka
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM ET	Healing Through Language: Trauma-Informed Practices for Inclusive Classrooms Ruba Kallab
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM ET	The Promise and Peril of Using Virtual Reality in Language Education Zeynep Sinan
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET	Mitigating Educational Inequities for English Learners Elisa Garcia
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET	Stigmatized and Excluded: Multilingual learners with Emotional and Eehavioral Eisabilities in U.S. Eublic Education Nilufer Johnson
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET	Partnering for International Student Success: Opportunities for Academic Librarians and ESL Faculty to Support Research and Information Literacy Skills Rachel Trnka
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET	Metacognitive Strategies in L2 writing - Benefits and Challenges Lais Sarmento
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET	Keynote:Comparing Bilingual Education Approaches Across Different Cultural and Educational Contexts Dr. Peter Sayer & Dr. Ya-Chen Chien
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET	Hybrid Learning after Post Pandemic World Lusine Simonyan
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET	Educator-as-Coach Enhancing EFL Learning Among Saudi Higher-Education Students Rihan Mustapha
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET	From Autonomy to Agency: A Bottom-Up PD Framework for Inclusive English Teaching Ali Caszadeh Mataki
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET	GBTQ+ Representation in the ESL Classroom: A Case Study on an ESL Learner Dylan Reinders
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET	Pedagogies of Belonging: Building Inclusive ESL Classrooms through the Arts Eirini Polychronaki
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET	Generative AI & Feedback on Academic Writing: An Analysis Natacha Garbe
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET	Keynote: Teacher Preparation for Multilingual Realities Dr. Timothy Vetere-Earley
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET	Designing an English Language Course to Enhance University Students' Intercultural Competence Gizem Yılmazel
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET	Positive Language Education in Later Life Tiziana Lorenzet

15-minute prerecorded sessions

Title

Navigating Uncertainty: The Lived Experience of a Myanmar High School Student Learning English in Times of Change

In Unity There Is Strength: Perceptions of Pre-service EFL Teachers and Supervisors of Observation Conferences in a Chilean Regional University

Language Teacher Identity Impacts of English Teaching Policy and Ideology in Uzbekistan

Title

Fostering Heritage Language Maintenance Through Parent–School Partnerships: A Framework for Biliteracy Success

*Note: All sessions and presenters are subject to change.

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