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Conference Schedule 8:00-9:00 Registration, light breakfast, refreshments, Publisher’ Exhibits in Commons 9:00-10:00 Welcome in Commons, Keynote Speaker: Lynn Bonesteel (Sponsored by National Geographic Learning) 10:15-11:00 Concurrent Sessions I in classrooms 11:15-12:00 Concurrent Sessions II in classrooms 12:00-1:00 Lunch in the Commons (includes vegetarian & gluten-free options)

1:15-2:00 Concurrent Sessions III in classrooms 2:15-3:00 Concurrent Sessions IV in classrooms 3:15-4:00 Concurrent Sessions V in classrooms 4:00 p.m. Networking with Colleagues and (Snacks cookies, veggies, fruit and beverages will be servedinCommons.)PresentationofgrantsandPublishers’Raffle.

Keynote SpeakerLynn BonesteelSponsored by National Geographic Learning

Keynote address:

Accelerating the Language Acquisition Process throughSelf-Directed Learning

Abstract: Anyone who has learned a foreign language knows that it is a lifelong endeavor, much of which occurs outside the language classroom. This is particularly true for students needing the language for professional purposes. While becoming fully literate in one’s native language can take twelve or more years of schooling, learners of English as a second or foreign language rarely have that much time to devote to English. In order to prepare students to thrive in competitive academic and professional environments, teachers increasingly need to teach students how to learn in the most efficient manner for their specific needs. This talk will focus on how instructors can integrate a self-directed learning (SDL) program into ELL and ESP classrooms to maximize student engagement, while also accelerating their students’ acquisition of English.

Biography: Lynn Bonesteel became interested in international education and cross-cultural communication over thirty years ago when she spent her junior year abroad studying Latin American topics and linguistics at the Centro Andino in Quito, Ecuador. Lynn holds an undergraduate degree in Spanish from the University of Massachusetts and a graduate degree in education with a specialization in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Boston University. Lynn is fluent in Spanish, has studied German, French, and Italian, and has traveled to many countries in Europe and Latin America, as well as Japan. In addition to having worked full time for more than 25 years at the Center for Language and Orientation Programs at Boston University (CELOP) as a senior lecturer in ESL at all levels (beginning to advanced), Lynn is the author, co-author or contributing author of numerous textbooks for English language learners. Lynn is also a frequent presenter at international teaching conferences and often works with student teachers, graduate students, and International Teaching Fellows from Boston University’s School of Education and Graduate College of Arts and Sciences. Lynn has a particular interest in teaching Legal English to foreign lawyers and prospective law students; she has taught at the Boston University School of Law’s Summer Legal Institute in London and at Chuo University Law School in Tokyo, Japan, and currently teaches in and coordinates the Pre-LLM Legal English program at CELOP. Lynn has also worked as an English assessment specialist with Boston Language Consultants in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Publishers’ Exhibits throughout the day in Commons.

Library Assembly Hall

Teaching Online: Insights Not Mentioned in the Handbook

Gina Mikel Petrie, Eastern Washington UniversityKristina Guilfoyle, Eastern Washington UniversityBonnie Gray, Spokane Community CollegesNicole Ryan, Eastern Washington University

Teaching language and carrying out teacher education online is a very different way to be present with students, to express instruction, to guide students with organization, and to carry out assessment. Our panel will discuss our insights about finding our way to good teaching online.

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The Power of Authentic Content to Develop Critical ThinkingTalya Clay, National Geographic Learning

Ignite your students’ curiosity with authentic National Geographic Learning photography and video. Experience how real content in the new edition of Pathways engages students and prepares college-bound students with critical thinking as well as academic skills for success.

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Identifying and Serving ELLs in Highly Capable ProgramsJann Leppien, Whitworth UniversityAnne Wilcox, Whitworth University

This presentation explores effective practices used to identify & serve highly capable ELLs, introduces participants to training modules created through OSPI to address this issue, and engages participants in dialogue about designing programs and services in their own local regions.

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QR Code: What Is It and How to Use in Grammar Class?Alanood Alomari, Gonzaga UniversityAlanood Alomari, Gonzaga UniversityNuha Alammari, Gonzaga University

In the workshop the presenters will demonstrate how to use QR Code technology in grammar classrooms. Perfect for new and advance technology users, attendees will get hands-on experience in an interactive and fun demonstration in how to assess students’ needs and teaching grammar rules.

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Taking the Road Less Traveled: Using Poetry in ESL ClassesSara Schroeder, University of Montana

This session will outline various elements that make poetry a valuable tool in ESL classes. Throughout the demonstration, the presenter will share several adaptable poetry activities and assignments that teachers can use in their own literacy and/or oral skills classes to target a wide range of language skills.

Library 202

Rethinkingthe Scavenger Hunt

Audra Lord, ALPS Language School

A task- and community-based learning activity structured after the traditional scavenger hunt. Get your ELLs out of the classroom and into the community as they interact with native speakers in authentic contexts.

45-Minute Sessions10:15 - 11:00

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Lights, Camera, FlipGrid: Video Dialogues for your ClassroomSarah Owens, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

FlipGrid allows teachers to start a discussion topic by recording or embedding videos, attaching files, linking to websites, or typing a prompt. Students record short video responses directly into their device. This presentation will show you how to use and incorporate this simple and engaging technology in your class.

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Technology for Troglodytes

Timothy Diko, Mukogawa Fort Wright InstituteMary Jeannot, Gonzaga University

The presenters share their favorite online learning platforms, chosen for their ease of use and for fostering positive student interaction. Caution: as program title suggests, this presentation is not suited for some audiences.

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Perfect Paragraphs Through Focused FeedbackBarbara Bent, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

This presentation will introduce a “sentence to paragraph to essay level” writing process for ESL students. Well-known skills will be systematically addressed and a focused, simplified grading system to raise student awareness and reduce teacher stress will be presented.

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Teaching Math to ELLs with Background KnowledgeYang (Wendy) Liu, Washington State UniversityKate Hellmann

Adult ELLs face language challenges when learning math, even if they have studied math in their native languages. Instructors need to be aware of the challenges to help ELLs succeed.

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Transition from General English to English for Specific PurposesStan Pichinevskiy, EWU

There is a growing need to teach English that will produce an immediate ability in learners to communicate and perform specific tasks in occupations such as tourism and call centers. The presenter will demonstrate how to transition from General English teaching to teaching English for Specific Purposes.

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Gardner’s Creating Mind--Songs Rich in Grammar & VocabularyLaVona Reeves, Eastern Washington University

In Five Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner writes that “the creating mind [has] the capacity to uncover and clarify new problems, questions, and phenomena.” Through song, movement, & multi-modality, we create new verses to old songs and learn new ones, combining Gardner’s verbal, musical and kinesthetic intelligence.

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During the Conference: Sign-in at the Clock Hour table and pick up a Conference Planning Sheet. This will include the on-line access code you will need to register for clock hours. (Be sure to keep this form.) Track the sessions you attend on the Conference Planning Sheet. After the Conference: Go to the WAESOL website at waesol.org and click on the Clock Hour tab. Proceed to the 2017 Spokane Regional Conference link. Use the access code received at the conference to access the payment and registration system. . • Fill out the online form and submit. • Pay online for the number of clock hours you are requesting. WAESOL will verify attendance through the daily sign-in sheets. Once verified, an official signed clock hour form will be mailed to you.

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Critical Thinking Done Right: A Full-Pyramid ApproachAnnette Acosta, Cambridge University Press

Today’s students need a wide range of academic skills. They need to analyze data, formulate their own opinions, and express themselves clearly. The presenter will demonstrate an approach that uses teaching the language of higher order thinking skills as the foundation for academic success.

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Students Stand and Make Your Claim: Argumentative WritingRosemary Parsons, Big Bend Community College/Central Washington University

Participants will engage in group conversations while exploring current research practices in argument writing developed through the National Writing Project.Participants will leave with instructor and student resources that inspire students to develop a claim evolving through reading, conversation and the writing process.

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Two Heads Are Better Than One: A Pairs Think Aloud & Journal ActivityKristina Kellermann, Cascadia College

This session will introduce and explain two approaches of the Reading Apprenticeship framework, Think Alouds and Metacognitive Journals, and model an activity that combines both. Participants will have the opportunity to try it with a partner with a selected reading, and conclude with a reflection discussion.

Library Assembly Hall

Information Gaps & Barrier Games: Beyond the ELL ClassroomJoan Johnston Nelson, ELL Trainer and Consultant

Information gaps have long been a staple of the language learning classroom. This hands-on session takes this interactive technique into the content area. Tips for developing and implementing activities and examples for use in ELL, mathematics, science, and social studies classes will be provided. Let’s get talking!

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Utilizing Games in Grammar Teaching

Huan-mei Hall, Gonzaga University

This workshop is to encourage teachers to adapt games in order to increase students’ motivation of grammar learning experience.Three games are provided. Although some games might be known, the methodology of games may be applied to other classes.

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You Betcha You Can Do Pecha Kucha

Kate Newman, Mukogawa Fort Wright InstituteEllen Sherriffs Hall, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

Pecha kucha enlivens student presentations, making presentation days fun. The presenters will demonstrate a variety of pecha kucha assignments that tap into a well of student enthusiasm while meeting curricular goals. A basic assignment and creative variations will be discussed and made available.

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Teaching about Stereotypes: Observation as a Skill

Maggie Dale, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

This presentation will focus on a unit that helps students develop their interecultural competence by delving into stereotypes and approaching observation as an intercultural skill. The unit helps students develop a level of awarenes to begin reflecting on the generalizations, assumptions and stereotypes they hold.

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Guiding Effective Academic Discussions

Martha Savage, Gonzaga University

Let’s be honest, ELs’ academic language requires more than vocabulary and language objectives. It takes intentional instructional conversation and timely seizure of the language emerging in authentic discussion.This workshop examines this approach and describes ways to impact speaking and writing.

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A Neuromyth and Vocabulary Acquisition: Education Student BeliefsGregg Brekke, Whitworth University

This study examines the meshing hypothesis, an assumption that students will learn better if material is presented to them in a mode that matches their preferred learning style.The researchers examine test scores, subjects’ learning-style preferences (auditory or visual), and their beliefs.

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TEFL in Taiwan and China: Theory, Methodology and PedagogyYiShan Lea, Central Washington UniversityWen Zhang, Qingdao University, China.

This presentation will discuss and problematize methodology in relation to pedagogy in teaching English as a foreign language in the contexts of Taiwan and China.

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Moodle vs. Canvas

Jeff Nelson, Big Bend Community CollegeJonathan Aubrey, Sharjah University

Learn how to choose between the most popular free, open-source Course Management Systems. We will compare Moodle and Canvas, discussing aspects including installation/setup, administration, security, language-learning features, other critical features, ease of use, support resources, and design.

Library 203

Active Reading and Listening: A Strategic Approach

Ronica Penar, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

This presentation will demonstrate a learning/teaching strategy for reading and listening skills. It will involve a brief explanation of the theory and research behind it, a demonstration of the strategy, a chance for participants to try it, and a discussion of the participants/presenter experiences.



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MacDonald 12 The Effects of Trauma on Refugees’ Language Learning ProcessesCharis Ketcham, Eastern Washington University

This presentation will address types of traumatic events that refugees may experience (pre-, during, and post-migration), ways in which these experiences might affect their language learning, and how teachers can create supportive and safe learning environments with these potential effects in mind.

Commons Regents Can Bilingual Education and ELL Get Along?

Terry Winet, American Teachers Series (tlwinetsky.com)

Citing professional experience as well as research that has endured for a generation, an author and forty-year veteran in Bilingual Ed. and ELL, offers his perspective on serving ELL students. The meeting concludes with an open discussion on how Bilingual Ed. and ELL can interface in today’s classrooms.

Library 203 Learning Strategies - Fast and Efficient

Margaret Belisle, Retired teacher

Participants will learn quick and easy strategies to organize material and learn new material. Participants will actively engage in techniques to enhance classroom discussions and involve students in the process of learning. These strategies are research-based and presented by a veteran teacher.

Library 114 Sources of Self-Efficacy in English Public Speaking DomainXue Zhang, Washington State University

This presentation shares a study examining contributions of theoretically defined four sources of self-efficacy to EFL learners’ English Public Speaking (EPS) self-efficacy development. Pedagogical recommendations for EPS self-efficacy building are discussed.

MacDonald 13 Speaking Up: Advocating for Yourself, Your Job, and Your StudentsAnny Case, Gonzaga University

Many K-12 educators are concerned about policies resulting in too much testing, not enough teaching time, and inadequate curriculum. Leave this session with research bites to support good ELL policy, doable tips for communicating with administrators and policymakers, and a renewed commitment to professional self-care.

MacDonald 7 Student-CenteredVocabulary Retentionand SpellingJohn Carlson, Bambini English School

Learn how to use a proven set of techniques to flip your classroom, maintain high motivation, check in with students one-on-one, cater to different learning speeds and have fun doing it.

MacDonald 10 Literacy/Illiteracy Narratives: Mothers, Selves, & MalalaLaVona Reeves, Eastern Washington UniversityGhassoon Rezzig, SACM scholar

Through multi-modality, we share our mothers’ literacy stories & our own as we explore the value of the literacy narrative written in ABE and EAP. Participants write & visually represent snippets of their own lives that were foundational to their L1 & L2 literacy. We offer Malala’s story, student samples & materials.

Library 202 Multimodal Service Learning Writing

Holly Shelton, University of Washington

This demonstration covers a multimodal (visual, linguistic, spatial) approach to writing, classroom activities, technology support mechanisms, and service learning partnership structures that can support upper level student writing. Examples given are from a student blogging assignment in a service learning writing class.

Library Assembly Hall Forever English: Preparing Students for Lifelong LearningLynn Bonesteel, National Geographic Learning/Boston University

Language learning is a lifelong endeavor, particularly when the language is needed for professional or academic purposes. Because much learning occurs outside a classroom, students need training in autonomous learning strategies. The presenter demonstrates several strategies and how they can be woven into course content.

MacDonald 9 Communicative Activities for Large Grammar ClassesShareefah Gossadi, Gonzaga University

This presentation highlights the educational background and teaching grammar for EFL in Saudi Arabia and the challenges and the fear that students face during learning grammar rules. Also, provides some recommendations that a teacher could use to facilitate teaching grammar and make it enjoyable for the students.

MacDonald 1 Simple but Powerful: Infographic and Interactive Teaching ToolsAhmad Ghashmari, Bellevue College

This presentation focuses on using digital tools in teaching ESL. The tools to be demonstrated are H5P, Easel.ly and Powtoon. These tools highlight the effectiveness of visual and tactile language learning and provide teachers with free attention-grabbing tools to use in and outside the classroom.

Alcott 1 The 365 Language Teacher

Frank Newman, Spokane Public Schools

Are you a language teacher working at an institution that subscribes to Microsoft Office 365? Do you want to learn how to use Office 365 to it’s fullest potential? Well, this is the workshop for you! Bring your laptop. This is a 90 min session.




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HANDOUTSMany presenters’ handouts are available for download at https://spokaneesl.com/handouts/

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Library 203 Writing Strategies for English Language LearnersKelly Marsh,Spokane Public Schools

This presentation includes differentiated writing strategies to help English Language Learners at all Language Proficiency Levels. The presenter will show different writing strategies that teachers can implement to help ELLs with their writing.

MacDonald 12 Promoting Gender Equity and Diversity Through Reading NovelsAlexandra Schiff-Bellabiod, Cascadia CollegeLia Preftes, Cascadia CollegeNataliya Husar PhD, Cascadia College

This workshop shows how to choose and develop materials that have a broad representation of gender and diversity to enhances students ability to access texts and promote gender equity and diversity.

Library Assembly Hall Helping Students Succeed: Using Organizational Tools

Sarah Schuiling, Northwest UniversityDr. Autumn Witt

Students struggle with time and task management: handing assignments in on time, procrastination, and keeping their papers organized. Teachers implemented a program-wide organizational strategy to help students improve their time and task management skills through using a day planner and binder organizational guide.

MacDonald 7 Supporting Newcomer Immigrant Students and Their FamiliesMary Martinez-Wenzl, Education Northwest

As newcomer immigrants adjust to life in a new country, they must complete high school graduation requirements and learn English. This session will highlight the policies, programs, and practices with the most promise for ensuring newcomers access academic content and language necessary to succeed.

Commons Regents 12 Tips for Grammar and Writing Instruction

Stacy Hagen,Pearson ELT

This is a practical presentation with advice for teachers on grammar for writing, classroom management, and student success. Based upon research in cognitive science, these tips help make writing correction more effective, the classroom less intimidating, and students more independent and successful learners.

MacDonald 10 Where’s that in the Text? Sparking the Metacognitive ConversationJessica Weimer, Cascadia College

Participants in this session will see and experience first-hand how the different dimensions of the Reading Apprenticeship Framework come together through class assignments and activities that bring about a metacognitive and text-centered conversation.

MacDonald 9 Say It First: From Oral Transcription to Academic WritingJosh Rosenberger,English Language Institute - University of Montana

The focus of this research study is to determine whether the use of digital recording devices to orally record and later transcribe writing content can have an impact on intermediate ESL students’ ability to write more organized, fully developed, syntactically complex formal paragraphs.

Library 202 Teaching English in the Context of Movies and Music

Kelly Roberton, Spokane Community CollegeFaye Olsen, Spokane Community College

We plan to share how we’ve taught listening and speaking skills, vocabulary in context, non-verbal communication, and grammar via films and music videos. Sample classroom activities and examples will be given.

Library 114 Help! Tips for Volunteers Working with Refugees and ImmigrantsTeresa Schock, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

Volunteering to tutor or teach refugees is an awesome way to “walk the talk”. This workshop will provide helpful hints and best practices for those who work with refugees, immigrants, or English Language Learners (ELLs) but are not trained teachers.

MacDonald 13 Effective Strategies for Using Films in Communicative ClassroomsTeresa Knudsen, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

This session offers effective communicative strategies to increase ESL students’ communicative competence through use of films in the classroom. Based on solid theory and research, participants will review and develop guidelines to successfully meet instructional goals and objectives, as well as empower language learners.

Ron Belisle (Chair), Mukogawa Fort Wright InstituteDr. Joan Johnston Nelson, ELL Trainer and ConsultantMargaret Mount (Publishers’ Liaison), WSU Intensive American Language CenterJennie Sevedge, Gonzaga UniversityVince Eberly, Central Valley School DistrictGregg Brekke, Whitworth UniversityAlyona Ryan, Spokane Falls Community CollegeKathy Laise, Spokane Community CollegeCarol Anderson, Moody Bible SpokaneAmy McGarry, Mukogawa Fort Wright InstituteRobyn Chabot, Eastern Washington UniversityKrissy Wilcox, Spokane Public SchoolsJoshua Porter, Higher Education ConsultantSarah Griffith, Gonzaga University MA TESOL student

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NETWORKING WITH COLLEAGUES!At 4 p.m. today in Commons stop by for for snacks and drinks (cookies, veggies, fruit and beverages) and to connect and network with your colleagues and friends.

Grant winners will be announced, and we will have our annual Publishers’ Raffle



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MacDonald 9 Pragmatic Impact: Japanese L2 Learners in an English Program

Presenter will share methodologies and results from a study that examines Japanese English learners who are in an English immersion program in the United States to show how learning English in an English immersion program influences the pragmatic competence of the learners.

Library 202 Designing Interactive Communicative Activities for ESL Literacy

I will present four communicative activities that are for ESL literacy development. They can establish significant interactions and collaborations between students. One example of these activities is conducting a debate in class in order to enhance students’ attention and enthusiasm in learning reading and writing.

Library 114 Elder Outreach ESL

Elderly immigrants and refugees are an often overlooked population in our cities. Learn how Elder Outreach ESL supports these students and their unique needs though language development, social interaction, and community orientation, and preview lessons and curriculum materials which specifically target this demographic.

MacDonald 13 ESL Student Writing in the Sciences

NNES may face unique struggles when writing in the sciences. These struggles are the same regardless of age (K-12 or higher education). This session will identify some areas where NNES struggle when it comes to writing for the sciences and some potential solutions.

MacDonald 7 Swearing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

This research explores the cases for and against the inclusion of curriculum of swearing in an Adult ESL course. The function and prevalence of swearing, the level of exposure, and the potential dangerous, the proper and improper way to swear, and how it can be beneficial are all discussed.

MacDonald 10 Discovering the Role of Oral Language in Reading Comprehension

The presenters share startling correlations discovered between ELLs’ control of common oral language structures and struggles with reading comprehension. We will share our data, our assessment tool, and some language activities, and welcome participants’ ideas that develop and integrate oracy into a balanced ELD pedagogy.

Library Assembly Hall Using KSPS Documentaries in the Classroom

Washington State historical documentaries are powerful resources of Washington State’s history. The presenters will deeply explain how KSPS documentaries are used to create learning guides for K-12, home-schooling, and ESL adult learners. Learning guides could be used and adapted in any classroom around Washington State.

Library 203 Apps That Will Liven Your Classroom AND Promote Learning!

This workshop touts the features and benefits of Quizlet and Kahoot, free, mobile and web-based learning apps, as well as demonstrates their set up, operation, and practical use that will liven your classroom while supporting learning at the same time.

3:15 - 4:0045-Minute Sessions

Megumi Nishimori, Gonzaga University Emtenen Agily, Gonzaga University

Mary Goodrich, Gonzaga UniversityKendra Grabowski, Gonzaga University Mary Goodrich, Gonzaga University

Anna Karin Roo, Washington State University

Eileen Finn, Concordia University

Kimberly Potter, Spokane Public SchoolsMaria Esther Zamora, Spokane Public Schools

Ali Asiri, Gonzaga UniversityRosemary Colón, Gonzaga University

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