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
10 a.m. ET- 11 a.m. ET Keynote: Comparing Bilingual Education Approaches Across Different Cultural and Educational Contexts 
Afternoon (time TBD) Research Award Talk/Interview
Evening (time TBD) 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 

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

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.

Peter Sayer

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