2015 OHIO TESOL CONFERENCE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAU RESOURCE CENTER
ADVOCATE, ADVANCE, ACHIEVE
PROGRAM
Thursday, October 29, 2015 – Onsite Visits - Tickets and Pre-registration required.
Meet in the Hilton Columbus Downtown Lobby at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, October 30, 2015
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast Greater Columbus Convention Center
Battelle Ballroom Foyer
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Exhibitors’ Displays in Rooms C110-113
8:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions – Battelle North Ballroom
Presiding: Elizabeth McNally, President, Ohio TESOL
Welcoming Remarks: Abdinur Mohamud, Ohio Department of Education, Lau
Resource Center
8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Keynote Session: John Segota, TESOL International Association
Advancing Teacher Leadership through Advocacy
9:45 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions “A”
Featured Speakers: State of the Profession
10:50 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions “B”
11:40 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
Poster Presentations/Exhibits
12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.
Lunch/ Recognition Awards – Battelle North Ballroom
1:25 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions “C”; Technology Fair
2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions “D”
3:35 p.m. to 4:25 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions “E”
4:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Interest Sections –Networking Sessions
Saturday, October 31, 2015
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Registration – Convention Center, C 110 Foyer
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast – Convention Center, Pod C
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Exhibitors’ Displays Rooms C110-113
8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions “F”
Featured Speaker: Ayanna Cooper, TESOL International Association
Sharing the Success, Evaluating All Teachers of English Language Learners
and Students with Disabilities
9:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions “G”
10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions “H”
.11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Business Meeting, Book and Prize Giveaways, Room C211
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Onsite Visits: Thursday, October 29, 2015 – 9:00 am
Daniel Wright Elementary School – Dublin City Schools
2335 Case Rd., Columbus, OH 43235
Daniel Wright Elementary School is a diverse school in Dublin City Schools, a suburb of Columbus. The
school has a population of approximately 700 students of whom roughly 200 are ELLs. There are 28
different languages spoken with Arabic being the largest language group, followed by Spanish. Service is
provided mainly through pull-out, small group instruction and push-in collaborative instruction. Visitors
will meet with the ELL team of 5 teachers, observe small group instruction, look at materials and have
time to ask questions.
Northland High School—Columbus City Schools
1919 Northcliff Dr., Columbus, OH 43229
Northland is home to one of the “sheltered sites” in Columbus that offers ESL as a class as well as math,
science and social studies in a sheltered instruction atmosphere to beginner and intermediate level
students in grades 9-12.
Central Crossing High School—South-Western City Schools
4500 Big Run Rd. Grove City, OH 43123
Central Crossing is a large suburban high school with a significant ESL population of mixed cultural
backgrounds. Visitors will be able to see a newcomer program, ESL classes, and sheltered content
classes.
Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services (ETSS)—Columbus
4099 Karl Rd, Columbus, OH 43224 and 3800 Sullivant Ave, Columbus, OH 43228
ETSS is one of a small number of agencies that offer ESL and citizenship classes to new immigrant and
refugee arrivals. Their program is available at various sites around the city, throughout the day. We will
be visiting an ESL class and learning more about the services provided by ETSS.
English Language Services (ELS) – Ohio Dominican University
The ELS program at Ohio Dominican is a contracted company that provides English skills development
and preparation for university study for adults. Students range from high beginner to advanced.
Columbus State Community College
Columbus State offers ESL classes for credit to international and domestic students who are building their
English skills in preparation for typical academic reading and writing college classes. Visitors will have an
opportunity to observe two classes and discuss the program with full-time faculty members.
We hope you can join us during the 2016 Ohio TESOL Conference for our next set of site visits. If you
would like to showcase your program, please contact Brenda Custodio at custodio.1@osu.edu.
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Welcome, Introductions, General Session
Friday, October 30, 2015 – 8:15 am to 9:30 am
Battelle North Ballroom
Keynote Address:
Advancing Teacher Leadership through Advocacy
Presenter:
John Segota, TESOL International Association
John Segota, Associate Executive Director
for Public Policy & Professional Relations,
has been with TESOL International
Association (TESOL) since 1996. John's
responsibilities at TESOL include
government relations, policy analysis, media
relations and communications, oversight of
standards development, and management
of TESOL's advocacy activities.
John works closely with TESOL's senior
leadership on policy management, strategic
planning, public relations, and governance
issues. John has presented both nationally
and internationally on public policy as it
relates to English language education, and
has written extensively on issues of
education policy. In addition to his work at
TESOL, John has served on the Board of
Directors for the National Coalition for
Literacy, a national adult education
advocacy organization. When he is not
working, John enjoys traveling, film,
photography, and theatre, where he has
volunteered in numerous capacities both on
stage and behind the scenes.
John has a BA in Political Science with a
concentration in International Studies from
the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,
MA, and is pursuing a Master’s in Public
Leadership at the George Washington
University. He has also received a graduate
certificate in Project Management from the
Keller Graduate School of Management,
and has earned the Certified Association
Executive (CAE) designation from the
American Society of Association
Executives.
Session Description
All educators play a critical role in improving the lives of their students; however, this is
especially true for educators in the TESOL field. Advocacy is at the core of being a TESOL
educator, but what is the best way to be an effective advocate for students and programs? This
presentation will discuss how TESOL educators can answer the call for advocacy, and identify
ways that educators can shape the policies that impact their programs, their jobs, and their
students’ lives.
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Sessions A: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 9:45 am to 10:35 am
Session A-1:
Featured Session: State of the Profession – PreK-12
Presenters:
Abdinur Mohamud and Donna Villareal, Ohio Department of Education, Lau Resource
Center
The presenters will share updated information and resources related to the instruction of English
Language Learners in Ohio’s elementary and secondary schools.
Room: Battelle South Intended audience: Grades PreK-12
Session A-2:
Featured Session: State of the Profession – Adult Education
Presenter:
Donna Albanese, Adult Basic and Literacy Education, Ohio Department of Higher
Education
This session will provide information to the attendees about current trends in adult education across the
state, including funding, training, curriculum, and employment. Policy changes at the federal and state
level will be reviewed, and time to discuss common issues will be available at the end of the session.
Room: C210
Intended audience: Adult Education
Session A-3:
Featured Session: State of the Profession – Higher Education
Presenter:
Jocelyn Hardman, The Ohio State University
This session will focus on the results of a survey of ESL Programs in US Higher Education, and how
programs in Ohio compare to national trends. Responses of program directors of Intensive English
Programs, English for Academic Purposes/ESL Composition programs, and International Teaching
Assistant programs regarding their program structure, curriculum, staffing, and budgets will be analyzed
and reviewed. Recommendations for how to measure success and evaluate program efficacy will be
offered, as well as highlights of best practices at benchmark programs.
Room: C214
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session A-4:
Featured Session: State of the Profession - Refugee Issues
Presenters:
Jennifer Johnson, State Coordinator for Refugee Resettlement, Ohio Department of
Jobs and Family Services.
The presenter will give an overview of the refugee resettlement situation in Ohio for the past year and
share information on changes and expectations for Fiscal Year 2016.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Refugee/Immigration Issues
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Sessions A: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 9:45 am to 10:35 am
Session A-5:
Nurturing Metacognition in Multilingual Composition
Presenter:
Chad Van Buskirk, Bowling Green State University
This session will explore some of the insights and intersections of existing research into metacognition,
writing transfer, and multilingual composition. The presenter will share materials and experiences from
efforts to foster reflective awareness among student writers. Attendees are encouraged to share
reflections.
Room: C212
Session A-6:
Presenter:
Intended audience: Higher Education; New to Field
Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: The Ultimate Challenge – Exhibitor Session
Raymond Clark, Pro Lingua
The vocabulary of English is probably the largest vocabulary of any language. Helping learners acquire a
requisite vocabulary is a matter of deciding what to teach and what not to teach, and how to teach. The
participants will explore this challenge.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
Sessions B: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 10:50 am to 11:40 am
Session B-1:
Using Picture Books to Support Content Learning: Pairing Fiction and Non-Fiction
Texts
Presenters:
Judith O'Loughlin, Language Matters Education Consultants LLC; Brenda Custodio,
Newcomer and ELL Services
Learn how to pair content accurate picture books with nonfiction content texts, deliver instruction, and
build academic vocabulary and concept understanding for ELLs in grades 3-9. Presenter demonstrates
picture/text interaction, through the dual coding of information, supporting content comprehension.
Room: C214
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; New to Field
Session B-2:
Connecting Culture and Curriculum
Presenters:
Randa Nemer, Barberton City Schools; Dana Weber, Stark County Educational Service
Center
Connecting culture with curriculum contributes to advocating for our ESL students while helping them
advance and achieve social and academic success. This session will demonstrate best practices to use
in your classroom, school, and district.
Room: C215
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Adult Education,
Refugee/Immigrant
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Sessions B: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 10:50 am to 11:40 am
Session B-3:
Adapting Open Source Text Materials to Appropriate Lexile Levels for English
Language Learners
Presenters:
Cheryl Allaire, Columbus State Community College; Dustin Koehler, The Ohio State
University
Open sources with Creative Commons licensing are an alternative to copyright that give educators
options in delivering reading materials. OpenStax offers free and open academic peer-reviewed textbooks
that can be adapted to various readability levels.
Room: C216
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
Session B-4:
Top Ten List of Reading and Writing Strategies
Presenter:
Vicki Burlingame, South-Western City Schools
David Letterman had his "Top Ten Lists". This "Top Ten List" will offer various practical strategies to
assist students in reading and writing. "Teacher Language" specific prompts to use with the strategies will
also be discussed.
Room: C212
Intended audience: Grades K-6
Session B-5:
Reaching Beyond Simulated Lectures: Offering ELLs Authentic Academic
Listening Texts
Presenters:
Debbie Rozner and Katie Mikita, Kent State University
DVD lectures in listening textbooks purport to help develop academic listening skills. Unfortunately, these
lectures often lack the linguistic and didactic features of an authentic academic lecture. Authentic lectures
are widely available online and lend themselves to note taking, listening comprehension, and discussion.
Resources and related learning materials will be shared.
Room: C115
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session B-6:
Teachers' E-Feedback Practices in ESL Composition: Does the Type of Text
Matter?
Presenters:
Farzaneh Vahabi, Joseph J. Lee and Dawn Bikowski, Ohio University
This presentation reports findings of an investigation focusing on university ESL teachers’ electronic
written feedback practices across a range of writing tasks. The presentation also provides ways ESL
composition instructors can enhance their electronic feedback practices.
Room: C210
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
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Sessions B: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 10:50 am to 11:40 am
Session B-7:
Living in the United States - What Every Immigrant Needs to Know But May Not
Ask
Presenter:
Trena Anderson, Wisconsin Literacy
This highly interactive workshop will illuminate the scope of legal, systematic and cultural knowledge a
newcomer to the U.S. needs to succeed. A wide range of topics will be covered using The Immigrant
Guide booklet to showcase the breadth of knowledge new arrivals need. This session will model a variety
of ways to share cultural literacy with the adult learners in your program (…and we'll have fun!)
Room: C114
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session B-8:
USCIS Citizenship Public Education and Awareness Initiative and How Community
Organizations Can Help
Presenter:
Jacqueline Guevara, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
This session will provide participants with information about the naturalization application process,
eligibility requirements and the interview process. This session will also cover the importance of
becoming a Board of Immigration Appeals( BIA ) recognized organization and accredited representative.
Specific suggestions on how to correctly apply for BIA Recognition and Accreditation will be provided.
Room: C125
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session B-9:
The Promise of a Second Language
Presenter:
Natasha Chenowith, Kent State University
This study examines the program descriptions of 64 Intensive English Programs (IEP) in Ohio. The
findings of this research indicate a discrepancy between the promises these program descriptions make
to students and the reality of the complexity of second language learning. Implications for the
administration of university ESL programs and the marginality of IEPs in academia are discussed.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session B-10: EMIS Data Elements for ELL
Presenters:
Brad Hauser, Ohio Department of Education
This session will provide recent updates on Electronic Management Information System (EMIS) and
special codes and timelines for ELL data submissions to the Ohio Department of Education.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Grades PreK-6; Grades 7-12
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Sessions B: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 10:50 am to 11:40 am (continued)
Session B-11: Using Critical Thinking Activities to Initiate and Sustain Language Learning in the
Classroom
Presenter:
Thomas Fenton, Wright State University
This interactive presentation will illustrate how short critical thinking activities can be used to quickly
engage students, initiate lessons, develop important problem-solving skills, and sustain classroom
learning.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Higher Education
Session B-12: Reader-Focused Writing: Improving Coherence and Unity
Presenter:
Sarah Hernandez, University of Dayton
How can we help students improve essay coherence and unity? The presenter provides activities and
lessons that make students more mindful of the reader’s expectations and the reader’s needs,
emphasizing how what we write affects the reader’s understanding.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session B-13: Metacognitive Strategies for Maximizing Teacher Development
Presenters:
Sky Lantz-Wagner and Brenna Seifried; University of Dayton
This session uses best practices from the field of metacognition to provide educators with strategies for
maximizing teacher development in and out of the classroom. Presenters will facilitate a variety of
strategies to engage participants in the reflective process.
Room: C122
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
Session B-14: Fantastic Activities Using Drawing to Enhance Memory
Presenter:
Kathleen Olson, Consultant
Memory is stored in two ways – linguistically and through imagery. ELLs have difficulty with semantic
memory, based on words. They rely on visual memory, storing the information in another area of the
brain. Learn some creative ideas for using drawing as a way to enhance your learners’ memories.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
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Sessions B: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 10:50 am to 11:40 am
Session B-15: Academic Acculturation through L2 Writing in International Graduate Students’
Composition Class: A Mixed-methods Research
Presenter:
Eunjeong Park, The Ohio State University
This study examines international graduate students’ academic adaptation scales via a survey
questionnaire and explores how international students are academically acculturated in the U.S. college
setting via observations, field notes, and semi-structured interviews. The researcher will discuss how
quantitative and qualitative results can explain international graduate students’ academic acculturation.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session B-16: Improving Input Quality in Input-Based Approaches
Presenters:
Douglas Coleman, Nidson Beaussejour, Michelle Fowler, Asieh Jahanyfard,
Dannielle Laws, Claire MacBride, and Younghyun Paik, University of Toledo;
Very brief "micro-lessons" demonstrate inadequacies in common input-based approaches (e.g., Natural
Approach, TPR, TPRS) resulting from unclear teacher guidelines about input. Three simple principles of
effective input are then applied to modified versions of the "micro-lessons" that increase effectiveness.
Room: C222
Intended audience: Teacher Trainers; Teachers Working with Beginninglevel Students
Session B-17: Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA) and Technology
Preparedness
Presenters:
Kirk Ross, Ohio Department of Education
This session will address how districts and schools should approach preparing their technology to deliver
the OELPA test to students. Specifics topics will include online system requirements, technology
specifications, device preparation and staff training. The session will also provide districts and schools
with the opportunity to share their individual efforts toward preparing to deliver the OELPA.
Room: C226
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Program Administrators
Session B-18: The World is Your Classroom: Teach with U.S. Embassies Worldwide – Exhibitor
Session
Presenters:
Kristina Lykke and Toni Hull, U.S. Department of State English Language Programs
Learn how you can promote English language teaching and learning around the world on paid 10-month
projects supported by U.S. Embassies. Through the English Language Fellow Program, you can teach
English language skills, conduct teacher training, develop resources, and more.
Room: C124
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; Bilingual Education
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Sessions B: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 10:50 am to 11:40 am
Session B-19: Together Everyone Accomplishes More: The EL Teacher, Classroom Teacher and
the Home School Connection TEAM - Exhibitor Session
Presenters:
Jennifer McDonald and Julie Baxa, GrapeSEED: English for Children
The goal of every EL teacher is to develop English language proficiency through explicit instruction in
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. How can EL teachers work as a team with classroom teachers
and families to accomplish this goal? The presenters will discuss strategies that PreK-2nd grade EL
teachers and classroom teachers can use to develop comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expression
of oral language. Through the use of repetition, gradual release of responsibility, careful selection of
materials, and the home school connection your TEAM can put “Literacy and Language in Action” and
work together for student success!.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Grades PreK-5
Poster Sessions Friday, October 30, 2015 - 11:40 am – 12:10 pm
Session P-1:
Communicating for Success: The importance of involving the ELLs’ families and
classroom teachers
Presenters:
Kim Cooper, Cheryl Crooks and Melisa Ray; Reynoldsburg City Schools
As a result of analyzing new ELP standards, this poster presentation will concentrate on ways for ELL
teachers to optimize effective communication with families and teaching colleagues.
Room: Battelle Foyer
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session P-2:
Undergraduate Composition Course for International Students: Doing Research for
the First Time
Presenter:
Yanty Wirza, The Ohio State University
This poster presentation reports on the undergraduate research project in a composition course through
active learning, flipped classroom design, teacher as facilitator, university as the classroom, and the use
of technology to support learning.
Room: Battelle Foyer
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session P-3:
Puppetry in the Elementary English Language Classroom
Presenter:
Greg Witt, Worthington City Schools
Puppetry has historical significance to most cultures. In the modern world, it continues to convey
language, while entertaining and instructing. This poster session presents ideas for integrating puppetry
with each language domain, while creatively meeting Common Core and ELP standards.
Room: Battelle Foyer
Intended audience: Grades K-6
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Poster Sessions Friday, October 30, 2015 - 11:40 am – 12:10 pm
Session P-4:
Student-Determined Grammar Lessons: Improving Student Awareness of
Knowledge Gaps
Presenters
Sarah Hernandez, University of Dayton
How often have you heard students say, “I learned about [insert grammar] already,” because they don’t
want to hear about it again? This session shares ways to elicit students’ specific grammar questions and
use them to create mini-grammar lessons.
Room: Battelle Foyer
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session P-5:
Go, Bucks! Football meets Writing: Winning and (fun) Authentic Writing Strategies.
Presenters:
Olga Shonia, Capital University
This session will provide you with creative ideas on developing writing skills using media reports (video
and written) on championship games.
Room: Battelle Foyer
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers
Session P-6:
Spoken Grammar is not Broken Grammar
Presenters:
Ekaterina Guseva and Anika Nishiyama, Wright State University
Despite the considerable interest of researchers in Spoken Grammar of English (SGE) during the last two
decades, there is still a need in raising teachers’ awareness about this topic since it can lead to an
increased motivation of ELLs to speak English.
Room: Battelle Foyer
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; New to Field
Friday, October 30, 2015 – 12:10 pm to 1:10 pm
Lunch/ Recognition Awards
Battelle North Ballroom
Ohio TESOL would like to thank National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning
for its generous support of our conference by sponsoring today’s luncheon.
Remember to visit the exhibitor displays in Rooms C110-113
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Sessions C: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1:25 pm to 2:15 pm
Session C-1:
Scaffolding Writing Instruction for ELLs in Grades K-8
Presenter:
Mary Ann Dunn, Nerys Thomas and Margaret Wilcox, Worthington City Schools
In this interactive session we will examine how to plan instructional supports for students at each stage of
the writing process. Content area writing will be highlighted. Sample lesson plans, graphic organizers and
assessment rubrics will be shared.
Room: C214
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Teacher Trainers; Program Administrators
Session C-2:
Engaging and Empowering ELL Learners for Academic Success
Presenter:
Jennifer Fennema-Bloom, The University of Findlay
This presentation will discuss and provide strategies for two fundamental principles of teaching and
learning: engagement and empowerment as they pertain to ELL K-12 learner success.
Room: C122
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session C-3:
Working Together: SIOP and Collaboration as the Extra Feature!
Presenter:
Sharon Underwood, Miami Valley ESL Consortium
This session aims to revisit the research-based SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol)
method for teaching academic content to ELLs. There will be an overview of the 8 features and 31
components that make up this methodology, as well as discussion and sharing of ideas on how to
successfully implement this methodology through collaboration among teachers and staff district-wide.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers
Session C-4:
Building Bridges: Preparation for STEM Classes in the IEP
Presenters:
Kathryn Hille and Sally Hatfield, Ohio University (OPIE)
International STEM university students face challenges in learning both general academic English and
technical language. This presentation showcases a bridge-level IEP class that was adapted for
engineering students, focusing on hands-on activities and STEM-based reading and writing assignments.
Room: C210
Intended audience: Higher Education
Ohio TESOL extends its appreciation to GrapeSEED English for Children for
supporting the conference as name badge sponsor
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Sessions C: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1:25 pm to 2:15 pm
Session C-5:
Reviewing Research on the Assessment of International Teaching Assistants
Presenters:
Elise Geither, Judith Hammer and Sarah Dellinger, Case Western Reserve
University
A systematic search of articles was conducted using two online databases – PsychINFO and ERIC. The
following key terms were used for the searches: International and teaching assistant* and assess*. Four
major themes emerged focusing on tests and testing and training programs; five minor themes emerged
focusing on areas such as communication/performance, culture, and ITA perceptions. Discussion will
revolve around questions such as: What gaps exist in current ITA research? How can we fill those gaps,
drawing together knowledge and experience to broaden these areas? While most ITA programs are
driven by assessment and are often “reactive” in their support, this research helps us to further expand
programming to both assess and support these valued members of our university communities.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session C-6:
Economic Empowerment in the Refugee Classroom
Presenters:
Jamie Polzin and Christy Schaffner; Community Refugee and Immigration Services
Discover classroom activities designed to help adult refugees plan and pursue an individualized career
path and explore the role of teachers in helping refugee communities gain meaningful employment.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session C-7:
Ain't Nobody Got Time For That: Making Classroom Activities out of (Almost)
Anything
Presenter:
Emily Keegan, The Language Company - Toledo
This presentation offers attendees a hands-on demonstration of time-saving steps to create meaningful,
objective based activities from trending popular culture sources (social media, advertising, images, etc.)
to serve students in an Intensive English Program (IEP) setting.
Room: C211
Intended audience: New to Field; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant;
Higher Education
Session C-8:
Speaking English for Real - Authentic Speaking Opportunities in the IEP Context
Presenter:
Lilia Moyer, Wright State University
Speaking about academic topics is challenging for international students. Practice is stressful, but
necessary so students can master this difficult skill. This presentation will focus on three authentic
speaking opportunities for ESL learners and their impact on students’ self-esteem.
Room: C124
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Sessions C: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1:25 pm to 2:15 pm
Session C-9:
Tearing Down Walls to Access Vocabulary
Presenter:
David Courtney, ELS Language Centers, University of Northern Arizona
Vocabulary doesn’t have to be a roadblock for English Language Learners. This demo classroom
experience will provide a tool-kit for teachers to use vocabulary as a gateway to practice all four language
skills in an EFL/ESL environment.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Teacher Trainers; New to Field; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
Session C-10: Tech Fair
Room C216
Visit the presenters listed below and others as they show a variety of technology uses for language
learning in the classroom. There will be stations set up throughout the room featuring different technology
projects. You can move from station to station exploring what people have done and see how you can
apply technology to your classroom. Please see http://tinyurl.com/otesoltech15 for a full description of
presentations.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Teaching Teachers: CALL Resources for Pronunciation
Presenters:
Kirsten Lawrence, Hocking College; Richard West, Ohio University
This presentation will introduce open-source CALL resources that will offer practical suggestions for
classroom activities that promote teacher and student awareness of pronunciation errors. We will provide
tools for visualizing production, producing feedback, and strategies for maximizing limited teaching time.
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; New to Field
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Create Online Video Tutorials to Explain Anything to Anyone
Presenter:
Chris Hill, The Ohio State University
Record, edit, and upload a video of yourself doing anything on your computer screen. Show new students
how to check their email, access your class website, or use new software. Watch your tutorial anywhere
at anytime on any device.
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; Program Administrators
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dropbox: A Simple Solution for Resource and Lesson Sharing
Presenter:
Denise Friend, Polaris Career Center ABLE
Do you still email yourself files from home? Would you like to share resources with your colleagues? If
YES, then Dropbox is a free, simple cloud-based storage and file-synchronization tool that can help you.
ESL lessons included if you join!
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Workplace Literacy; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
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Sessions C: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1:25 pm to 2:15 pm
Session C-10: Tech Fair
Room C216
(continued)
Using Virtual Conversations to Enhance the Four Skills
Presenter:
Aaron Faulkner, The Ohio State University/Otterbein University
Michigan State University offers a series of free easy-to-use online tools, including an interactive video
program called “Conversations.” This session demonstrates how instructors can pre-record video
questions and support language learning by interacting with students in “virtual discussions.”
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session C-11: Ohio Assessment Updates
Presenter:
Sara Allen, Ohio Department of Education
This session will provide updated information regarding the participation of the English Language Learner
(ELL) in the state’s assessment system including the new state tests and current guidelines on
accommodations for eligible ELLs. Information will also be shared on the development of the new ELP
assessment, OELPA. Time will be allowed for questions.
Room: Battelle South Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session C-12: ELL Teacher's Vocabulary Toolbox
Presenters:
Leah Halloran, and Dayna Keil, Rocky River City Schools; Louise Borden,
Best Fit English/Tri-County Educational Service Center
Tips, tricks and take-aways! This session will equip the teachers of ELL students with strategies and
activities to help with academic vocabulary development!
Room: C226
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; New to Field
Session C-13: “You Can’t Teach Me If You Don’t Know Me”: ELL Students as Americans,
Transnationals and Multilinguals
Presenters:
Rosaire Ifedi, Ashland University; Deidre Rieppel, Worthington City Schools
The reality of linguistic diversity is reflected in our ELLs’ home languages. The 2014 Coca Cola Super
Bowl commercial “America the Beautiful” sung in various languages mirrored America’s challenge with
this linguistic tsunami. How can educators be better prepared to teach students whose lived experiences
differ from ours?
Room: C222
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
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Sessions C: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1:25 pm to 2:15 pm
Session C-14: Addressing Upper Intermediate and Advanced ESL Student Reluctance
Toward Research
Presenters:
Larissa Fekete, Maumee Valley Country Day School; Anne Bennett, University of
Toledo
This workshop will provide instructors with helpful activities that proactively address plagiarism and
provide advanced ESL students with research and writing strategies they can use to succeed in collegelevel classes.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education
Session C-15: Argument Writing in a High School ELL Reading/Writing Workshop
Presenter:
Valerie Joo, The Ohio State University
The presenter will share experiences teaching and observing a High School ELL class as the students
work throughout a school year to learn the basics of Argument Writing. This is the product of a two-year
collaboration (to-date) and includes documentation of student progress and videos of instruction and
highly engaged student activity.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers; New to Field
Session C16: Easing Test Anxiety in Listening and Speaking Classes
Presenters:
Gerry Davis and Joan Faisant, The Language Company -Toledo
One of the core components of the listening and speaking class is language production. Students’ lack of
production may be a consequence of the absence of prerequisite skill or excess anxiety inhibiting speech
production. The focus of this session will be on the identification and reduction of classroom anxiety.
Room: C125
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; New to Field
Session C-17: Pursuing a TESOL-Related Doctorate: Why, How, Etc.
Presenters:
Tim Micek, Ohio Dominican University; Jessica Burchett, Marion City Schools;
Brenda Custodio, Columbus City Schools, Retired; Liz McNally, Columbus City
Schools
MATESOL candidates, including those qualifying for TESOL licensure, sometimes express an interest in
pursuing a doctorate in the field. What is involved in getting the degree, and what are the outcomes? A
panel discussion will address these and related questions.
Room: C212
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Higher Education
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Sessions C: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 1:25 pm to 2:15 pm
Session C-18: Lexia Reading Core5 - Personalized Literacy Instruction for Students of All
Abilities – Exhibitor Session
Presenter:
Kimberley Smith, Lexia Learning
Built on 30 years of educational research, Lexia Reading Core5 accelerates fundamental literacy skills
development. Explore the program‚ depth of skills and enhanced support for ELL students. Review its
embedded scaffolding structure and discover the detailed data that allows for time efficient and targeted
data-driven instruction.
Room: C220
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Program Administrators
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Sessions D: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Session D-1:
Flipping the ESL Classroom
Presenters:
Greg Mott and Andrew Baker, The University of Findlay
The flipped classroom is designed to minimize teacher-centered lecture and maximize collaborative and
experiential learning. Using a flipped classroom model for ESL instruction has the potential for curing
some of the common ills of teaching ESL. In this session, the audience will identify common troubles of
ESL instruction, learn about the flipped classroom design, and hear of how the flipped model was utilized
in an intermediate-level grammar class of ESL students.
Room: C212
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; New to Field
Session D-2:
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Creating a Collaborative Delivery Service for English
Learners
Presenters:
Cori Stevens and Andrew Phillips, Hamilton County Educational Resource Center;
Melissa Pitaressi and Matthew Dansby, Pickerington Local Schools
An ESL Specialist, 4th grade classroom teacher, and administrator share their experience in collaborating
and co-teaching to meet the language and content needs of English Learners. Learn about and discuss
the key elements of a collaborative ESL program.
Room: C210
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Teacher Trainers; Program Administrators
Session D-3:
Getting Ready for the Challenge: How to Prepare Staff and Students for the OELPA
Presenters:
Carolyn Stearns, Perry Local Schools; Lisa Gwin, Southeast Local Schools
The OELPA (Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment) is operational in January 2016. Are your
staff and students prepared to meet the challenges of this new test? This session outlines steps to help
create a monthly planning guide to get your district up to speed!
Room: C226
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers
Session D-4:
Playing Around with Complex Texts: Differentiating Close Reading with Drama and
Play
Presenter:
David Smith, Columbus City Schools
Drama and play can help language learners dig deep into complex texts. This session looks at some
ways that reading can be more active and playful to help language learners unlock complex texts.
Room: C114
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
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Sessions D: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Session D-5:
Mainstream Teacher Candidate Learning about Linguistically Responsive
Instruction: The Use of an Instructional Case Study
Presenter:
Colleen Gallagher, University of Dayton
With the changing demographics and educational policies that have increased mainstream teachers’
responsibilities for language, teacher education programs must train all teachers to serve ELs effectively.
This presentation shares one strategy, an instructional case study, and analyzes how it facilitated
candidate learning about linguistically responsive instruction.
Room: C125
Intended audience: Teacher Trainers
Session D-6:
Listening for Academic Purposes: Preparing Students for the Leap to College
Lectures
Presenter:
Richard West, Ohio University
This presentation will give English instructors perspectives, methods, and resources to assist students
with the transition between conversational listening and the more challenging needs of academic lecture
listening to prepare them for success in higher education.
Room: C115
Intended audience: Higher Education; New to Field
Session D-7:
ODE Guidance on the Development of Student Learning Objectives (SLO)
Presenters:
Carol Striskovic, Mentor Public Schools; Lynn Brahler, Parma City Schools
This session will provide sample SLOs for ELLs and the state guidance on the development of SLOs for
instructional purposes and teacher evaluation.
Room: C220
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session D-8:
Using Poetry to Teach Grammar and Figurative Language
Presenter:
Karen DePinto, Fairborn City Schools, Sinclair Community College
This session is designed to teach students how to teach grammar by using poetry. Participants will study
poetry and practice writing their own poems to teach complex sentence structure, modals, similes,
metaphors, personification, and more.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant;
Grades 7-12
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Sessions D: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Session D-9:
Providing Effective Written Corrective Feedback and Saving Time in the Process -Exhibitor Session
Presenter:
Jeanne Lambert, The New School, New York, NY
What does the research say about the most effective ways to provide written corrective feedback (WCF)?
How can you make sure your students take in your feedback? This session will answer these and other
questions and also include a typology of WCF forms and practical tips.
Room: C122
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; New to Field
Session D-10: Writing with an Accent: L2 Writers’ Authorial Identity and Silenced Voice in
Academic Writing
Presenter:
Dora Cheng, The Ohio State University
This study investigated a group of L1 and L2 undergraduate writers’ perception of self as author, their
differences in such understanding, and how their self-perception as author shapes their authorial
presence in writing. An overview of this study will be presented.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Higher Education; Researchers
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Sessions D: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Session D-11: Advance Beyond the Textbook: Create Free Online Vocabulary Quizzes Based on
Student-Generated Content
Presenter:
Chris Hill, The Ohio State University
In this workshop, you will create a free online quiz from student-generated content (vocabulary from class
readings, community contact, etc.) practice your quiz online, and import it into your favorite content
management system (Moodle, Blackboard, Carmen, etc.) for autograding.
Room: C124
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session D-12: ELL Accessibility Features and Accommodations for Statewide Assessments
Presenters:
Andrew Hinkle, The Ohio Department of Education
In this session updates and information related to accessibility features and accommodations for
statewide assessments will be provided.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session D-13: Blending Ethnographic and Conversation Analysis Tools to Inform Classroom
Instruction
Presenter:
Laura Thomas, The Ohio State University
Applying discourse analysis tools borrowed from ethnography of communication and conversation
analysis, the presenter demonstrates a process by which classroom instructors can identify linguistic and
pragmatic features of a discourse community, and use them to inform curriculum and classroom activities.
Room: C222
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session D-14: Gaming the System: Applying Gamification Techniques to the ESL Classroom
Presenter:
Christopher Baker, ELS Language Center, University of Cincinnati
Despite being a recent phenomenon, the application of game design techniques is dramatically altering
perspectives on classroom motivation, environment, and philosophy. Here, we discuss applications of
‘gamification’ to ESL classrooms and demonstrate simple steps for reaching today’s students.
Room: C223
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
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Sessions D: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Session D-15: Guiding your way through Reading Recovery and Leveled Literacy Intervention
(LLI)
Presenters:
Andrea Young and Erin Young, Solon City Schools
This session will provide information about and use of Reading Recovery and Leveled Literacy
Intervention (LLI) with ELLs.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Program Administrators
Session D-16: Response to Intervention (RTI): Collaborating with Mainstream Teachers
for Quality Tier Assessments and Instruction
Presenter:
Jessica Burchett, Marion City Schools
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a framework that is utilized by school districts to provide quality
instruction and intervention to all students. For English language learners, the ESL teacher and the
mainstream classroom teacher must work together to ensure that the students' cultural and linguistic
abilities are taken into consideration during the RTI process--in both instruction and assessment. The
session will discuss common concerns and issues as well as provide ideas for culturally responsive
classroom instruction and assessment during the RTI process.
Room: C225
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session D-17: Distance Education for the Adult ESOL Class
Presenter:
Bethany Gillette, Ohio Literacy Resource Center
In this session, participants will learn about one of the Ohio ABLE Distance Education pilot projects. The
presentation will include a brief overview of the project, a look at the distance education lessons
developed, and a discussion of the progress and findings of the project.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session D-18: Read it, Write it, Remember it! Reading and Writing Strategies for the Content Area
Classroom
Presenter:
Helen Vassiliou, Lakota Local Schools
This session will demonstrate reading and writing strategies teachers can use to help English language
learners make meaning in the content area classrooms. Participants will be exposed to strategies they
can implement the next day so that students can remember what they learn.
Room: C214
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
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Sessions D: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
Session D-19: Building a Sustainable Adult ESOL Program
Presenter:
Trena Anderson, Wisconsin Literacy
This interactive workshop will highlight best practices of successful adult ESOL programs in a variety of
contexts – including school districts, literacy coalitions, and churches. We will identify key success factors
when working with ELL adults and how these may impact the sustainability of your program. Workshop
participants will leave with materials and easy-to-implement strategies.
Room: C215
Intended audience: New to Field; Program Administrators; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
Session D-20: Terrific Talk: Speaking and Listening in the Regular Classroom
Presenters:
Ruth Mohr and Meghann Hall, South-Western City Schools
An ESL interventionist and classroom teacher demonstrate ways to model and guide students in
speaking and listening that can promote skills in reading, writing and content areas. Students practice
building on others’ comments, asking questions, collaborating, and understanding directions.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Grades K-4
Session D-21: A Blended Approach to Teaching and Learning
Presenter:
Lejla Maley, Otterbein University
If searching for a mix of face-to-face instruction with technology-mediated activities and platforms, or if
there’s interest in enhancing the use of technology in the classroom, come explore blended, or flipped,
teaching and learning models and possibilities.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Higher Education; Program Administrators; Any
Program with Access to Technology
Sessions E: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm
Session E-1:
Creating and Supporting a Classroom of Readers
Presenters:
Kellye Schroeder and Christina Hardy, South-Western City Schools
Explore ways to support your students as independent readers. Learn ways to talk with kids about books
and ignite a passion for reading among students of any level. Preview some books that are sure to be
favorites!
Room: C114
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
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Sessions E: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm
Session E-2:
Teaching Science Vocabulary to English Learners
Presenters:
Wei Zhang and Lynn Smolen, University of Akron; Samuel Roman, Cleveland
Municipal School District
This presentation illustrates the linguistic characteristics of science vocabulary with K-12 texts and
demonstrates instructional strategies that emphasize roots and affixes to teach science vocabulary.
Participants will engage in the analysis of science vocabulary and the demonstration of teaching
strategies.
Room: C215
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers; Program Administrators
Session E-3:
Where Do I Start? Engaging your Newcomers with Interactive Literacy and
Vocabulary Lessons
Presenters:
Angelina Starkey and Lisa Hayes, South-Western City Schools
This workshop will give practical and easy to prepare beginning literacy and vocabulary activities for your
newcomers. Ten thematic units that integrate reading, writing, listening and speaking will be presented.
Lesson plans and some resources will be provided.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Grades K-6; New to Field; Teachers of Newcomers
Session E-4:
Unaccompanied Minors in Ohio: Legal and Educational Implications
Presenters:
Dana Weber, Stark County Educational Service Center; Jeff Stewart, Immigrant Worker
Project, Central San Jose, Canton, Ohio
In this session, participants will learn more about the growing population of Unaccompanied Minors in
Ohio and the resources available through ODE for these students. Representatives from Immigrant
Worker Project will share information about why they are here and the legal processes they may be
experiencing.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Immigrant/Refugee
Session E-5:
The Edge of Conflict: How NOT to Offend an International Student Asking
Him or Her about Russia and Ukraine
Presenter:
Anastasiia Kryzhanivska, Ohio University
This paper presents findings of a corpus-based analysis of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict
representation in Russian, Ukrainian and European media. The study presents the key actors of the
conflict by looking at the most frequent words, and attitude towards these actors in different media
sources.
Room: C125
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
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Sessions E: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm
Session E-6: Beyond Content: Transforming Underachieving Students with Metacognition and
Active Learning
Presenters:
Genevieve Halkett, Sky Lantz-Wagner and Suzanne Richardt, University of Dayton ,
This interactive presentation will demonstrate a step-by-step approach to develop a support program for
students focusing on metacognitive strategies and active learning. Participants will explore techniques,
activities and materials and discuss obstacles, successes, and teachers’ and students’ reactions and
feedback.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant;
Intensive English Programs
Session E-7:
Effectiveness of Repetition in the College ESL Composition Classroom
Presenter:
Maria del Mar Aponte, Wright State University
This research involved the recording of a college ESL composition class and the analysis of the amount
of repetition that occurred with regards to different topics in the class. The topics in this particular
research were the following: beginning short writing, discussion of a major class assignment, discussion
of class topics, and in class activities instructions.
Room: C122
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session E-8:
Engaging and Relevant (and Sometimes Free!) Reading Materials for Adult ELLs
Presenters:
Jillian Pearsall and Lorraine Ziegler, Tolles Career and Technical Center
This session will demonstrate various low-cost or free online and print reading resources appropriate and
aligned with adult ESOL standards.
Room: C214
Intended audience: New to Field; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
Session E-9:
A Critical Race Pedagogy to Promote International ESL Student Agency in
American Universities
Presenter:
Keely Mohon, Miami University
International ESL students attending American universities face systemic discrimination. Using critical
pedagogy informed by critical race theory in first-year composition offers students space to explore issues
concerning them in their community and provides them with tools to advocate for themselves.
Room: C220
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Sessions E: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm
Session E-10: Interpreting Needs Analyses for Curriculum Design and Program Evaluation
Presenter:
Jocelyn Hardman, The Ohio State University
Since student populations and the communication skills they need are constantly changing, conducting
regular needs analysis has become integral to program planning and assessment. This presentation will
examine how needs analysis data can inform effective curriculum design and program evaluation.
Room: C115
Intended audience: Higher Education; Program Administrators
Session E-11: Using Digital Survey Tools for Formative and Summative Assessment
Presenter:
Mike Dombroski, Ohio University
There are now many online applications that allow you to easily create and share materials for student
assessment. Instructors will see why you want to use them, what they are, and examples used in class.
This workshop will demonstrate and allow you to create your own surveys for the classroom.
Room: C216
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education
Session E-12: Advancing Our Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty: A Holistic Approach
Presenter:
Brenna Seifried, University of Dayton
This session reports on a holistic program of professional support developed for adjunct faculty, including
addressing the challenges of onboarding, supporting, and evaluating part-time teachers, with the goal of
building instructional excellence and supporting adjuncts in their professional goals.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; Program
Administrators
Session E-13: Partners in Learning: Two Programs Designed to Integrate Domestic and
International Students
Presenter:
Ruth Schumacher, Urbana University
Partners In Learning was designed to enrich the academic and social experience of domestic and
international students, while meeting the challenge of variable numbers of ESL students, semester to
semester. ESL and Education professor cooperation has been a key component.
Room: C124
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; Program
Administrators
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Sessions E: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm
Session E-14: Suggested Formative Assessment Strategies to Use with English Language
Learners
Presenter:
Widad Mousa, North Olmsted City Schools
This session will introduce teachers to formative assessment strategies that will guide and inform their
instruction when working with ELLs at the various language proficiency levels and grade levels.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session E-15: Using the New ELP Standards to Design Instruction
Presenters:
Jill Kramer, Dublin City Schools; Ben Rule, Worthington City Schools
This workshop for EL teachers models development of an instructional unit aligned to the ELP standards.
Working in groups, participants develop a unit including goals, strategies, activities, and assessments.
The completed units are then shared with fellow EL teachers.
Room: C226
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; New to Field
Session E-16: Preparing Adult ESOL Students to Meet Language Demands of College and
Careers
Presenter:
Christina Terrell, The Ohio State University, Center on Education and Training for
Employment
This session explores academic language and transition skills using the framework of Webb’s Depth of
Knowledge model. We’ll review practical instructional activities for raising the bar in any adult ESOL
classroom. Participants will receive resources for implementation.
Room: C210
Intended audience: Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
Session E-17: Poetry in ESL Writing Class: Does it Work?
Presenter:
Samah Elbelazi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
This workshop invites all ESL educators/students to consider using literature in the ESL writing
classroom. The presenter will highlight the significance of using poetry with ESL students. Also, the
presenter will demonstrate a teaching activity that encourages teachers to implement art-based methods
and poetry in the writing classroom.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
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Sessions E: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 3:35 pm to 4:25 pm
Session E-18: Family, School and Community: Making the Right Connections
Presenters:
Amber Torres and Ruth Haines, Painesville City Local Schools
Painesville City Local Schools, in conjunction with several community partners, spent a year
brainstorming and planning for a Bilingual Family Resource Center, which opened in the fall of 2014. In
this session presenters will provide an overview of the center, sharing specific strategies on how to build
a bridge between families, school and the community.
Room: C222
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Program Administrators
Session E-19: Understanding Instructions for Activities and Exams: How Diagrams Can Reduce
the Load on Working Memory
Presenter:
Janice Showers, University of Dayton
Session goers will match instructions with mostly wordless pictures that language learners will use to
understand what is expected of them in classroom activities and exams. Diagrams are meant to reduce
the load on working memory and ease understanding.
Room: C223
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
Session E-20: Collaborating with Content Area Teachers: Tips, Tricks, and Talking Points
Presenter:
Sara Levitt, Whitehall City Schools
Whether you're working with the overwhelmed newbie, the veteran teacher, or someone who is always
open to new ideas, we have tips, tricks, and CONTENT SPECIFIC resources you can share! Come grab
concept maps, project ideas, and much more!
Room: C212
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers; Program Administrators
Session E-21: Creative Collocation Activities
Presenter:
Patricia Hart, University of Dayton
This session demonstrates six activities for teaching collocations, an integral part of teaching ESL.
Students need to recycle the use of certain word collocations in a variety of ways before the associations
become embedded.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Interest Sections – Networking Sessions - Friday, October 30, 2015 - 4:40 pm to 5:30 pm
Take advantage of the opportunity to discuss a topic of common interest with fellow colleagues. Join one
of the following networking sessions to share ideas, resources and success stories.
Session N-1
Room: C211
Session N-2
Room: C212
Session N-3
Room: C120
Session N-4
Room: C226
Session N-5
Room: C121
Session N-6
Room: C:213
Session N-7
Room C214
Session N-8
Room: C216
Session N-9
Room: C122
Session N-10
Room: C115
Session N-11
Room: C215
Session N-12
Room: C123
Session N-13
Room: C210
Session N-14
Room: C124
Session N-15
Room: C221
Session N-16
Room: C125
Session N-17
Room: C222
Session N-18
Room: C223
Session N-19
Room; C220
Session N-20
Room: C224
Higher Ed Issues
...Facilitator: Ivan Stefano, Ohio Dominican University
Adult Ed Issues
...Facilitators: Lejla Maley, Otterbein University; Wendy Buckey, Tolles Career
and Technical Center
Advocacy
...Facilitator: Bev Good, Otterbein University
Student Learning Objectives (SLO) and Ohio Teacher Evaluation System
(OTES)
...Facilitator: Carol Striskovic, Mentor Public Schools
Graduate Research
...Facilitator: Shiao-Chen Tsai, The Ohio State University
Traveling Teachers (work in multiple schools)
...Facilitator: Kristine Dobransky, Parma City Schools
Collaborating with Mainstream Teachers
...Facilitator: Sharon Underwood, Miami Valley ESL Consortium
Useful Technology and Websites
...Facilitator: Melissa Eddington, Dublin City Schools
Long Term English Language Learners
...Facilitator: Dana Weber, Stark County Educational Service Center
Teaching Academic Writing
...Facilitator: Erin Young, Solon City Schools
Special Education and English Language Learners
...Facilitator: Jessica Burchett, Marion City Schools
Students with Limited Formal Education
...Facilitator: Judith B, O'Loughlin, Education Language Matters Education
Consultants, LLC
Coaching/Training ESL Teachers and Mainstream Teachers
...Facilitator: Rosaire Ifedi, Ashland University
Teaching Academic Vocabulary
...Facilitator: Ed Kennedy, Southwestern City Schools
Teaching Middle School/High School Newcomers
...Facilitator: Brenda Custodio, The Ohio State University
Assessment Talk
...Facilitator: Sara Levitt, Whitehall City Schools
Recognizing, Respecting, and Using Students' Native Language
Effectively in the Classroom
...Facilitator: Jennifer Fennema-Bloom, The University of Findlay
Interested in Becoming More Active in TESOL?
...Facilitator: David Brauer, Ohio TESOL
3rd Grade Reading Guarantee-Preparing Our K-3 Students
...Facilitator: Jill Kramer, Dublin City Schools
Preparing High School English Language Learners for College Success
...Facilitator: Emily Williams, Sycamore Community Schools
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Sessions F: Saturday, October 31, 2015
8:30 am to 9:20 am
Session F-1:
Featured Session: Sharing the Success, Evaluating All Teachers of English
Language Learners and Students with Disabilities
Presenter:
Ayanna Cooper, TESOL International Association
Dr. Ayanna Cooper is an educator and advocate for
culturally and linguistically diverse learners. She is a coauthor of Evaluating ALL teachers of English learners and
students with disabilities: Supporting great teaching and
has contributed to the WIDA Essential Actions Handbook.
She has held positions as an English as a Second
Language teacher, ELL Instructional Coach, Urban
Education Teacher Supervisor and ELL/Title III Director.
She has worked with and facilitated professional
development for administrators and teachers, both preservice and in-service, in urban and suburban areas.
Dr. Cooper has taught a number of graduate level courses
in the areas of first and second language acquisition,
sociolinguistics and sheltering instruction for English
learners across content areas. She is currently serving as
chair of International TESOL Professional Development
Standing Committee. ESL teacher efficacy, effective
professional development and enhancing instruction for
culturally and linguistically diverse learners are some of
her areas of professional interest
Session Description
The needs of diverse student populations need to be reflected in current teacher evaluation systems. The
book, Evaluating All Teachers of English Learners and Students with Disabilities; Supporting Great
Teaching, one of the first of its kind, shares guiding principles imperative to teacher evaluations of diverse
learners that are equitable and provide high quality feedback. Participants will evaluate components of
the principals and discuss to what extent their existing teacher evaluation systems address the needs of
diverse learners.
Room: C226
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Program Administrators
Session F-2:
Workstations: Maximizing Student Productivity Across Language Skills
Presenter:
Sky Lantz-Wagner, University of Dayton
This workshop applies best practices from K12 reading classes to higher education IEP classes by
guiding participants through four thought-provoking workstations, adaptable in nearly any classroom
context on any level.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Higher Education; New to Field
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Sessions F: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 8:30 am to 9:20 am
Session F-3:
Challenge for Saudi Students in Mainstream Classes
Presenter:
Khulod Al-jehani, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
This paper examines a computer science class to understand the challenges students face during their
first year of university studies. The study was carried out by interviewing teachers and students, and
analyzing samples of students’ work. The findings show that the students lack the strategic knowledge
they need to be successful students in an English-speaking environment.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-4:
Ensuring Success for New Arrivals
Presenters:
Jill Kramer, Dublin City Schools; Cori Stevens, Hamilton County Educational Service
Center
How can you get your new arrivals off to a quick start? Join us to learn best practices and strategies and
to get resources, sample lessons, and lists of topics to cover. We will discuss ways to advocate for
newcomers through collaboration with all staff.
Room: C212
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; New to Field
Session F-5:
Reader-Focused Writing: Improving Organization and Development
Presenter:
Sarah Hernandez, University of Dayton
How can we help students improve essay organization and development? The presenter provides
activities and lessons that make students more mindful of the reader’s expectations and the reader’s
needs, emphasizing how what we write affects the reader’s understanding.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-6:
The Four Skills: "Chauffeuring" Grammar
Presenters:
Karin Avila-John and Nichole Lucas, University of Dayton
Teaching grammar can be frustrating. Students don’t seem to be able to transfer what they learn in their
grammar class to their writing and speaking. Should we stop teaching grammar? Definitely not! Let the
four skills “chauffeur “ the grammar.
Room: C114
Intended audience: Higher Education; Intensive English Programs
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Sessions F: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 8:30 am to 9:20 am
Session F-7:
What Counts as Collaboration? Investigating Undergraduate ESL Students' and
Teachers’ Perspectives of Collaborative Writing Tasks
Presenters:
Qian Du and Gabriela Castaneda-Jimenez, Ohio University
This presentation re-examines collaboration in an undergraduate ESL composition course. By showing
the discrepancy between the teachers’ and students’ understanding of web-based collaborative writing
tasks, the presenters propose a new way of conceptualizing and implementing collaborative tasks in ESL
classrooms.
Room: C122
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-8:
Using Color with Preliterate Adults to Promote Survival Literacy
Presenter:
Christy Schaffner, Community Refugee and Immigration Services
Color is a practical and powerful instructional tool when working with preliterate students. Color provides
definition in the world around us and can help preliterate students make sense of the written word in an
engaging and accessible way. This workshop will explore challenges that preliterate adult refugees face
in the ESL classroom and provide practical, hands-on ways to use color in order to address those
challenges.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session F-9:
Challenges of L2 Writing: Doctoral Writing, Written Corrective Feedback, and
Student Motivation
Presenters:
Natasha Chenowith, Aseel Kanakri and Amal Aljasser, Kent State University
This presentation explores the challenges of second language writing at the postsecondary level. Three
studies that examine L2 doctoral students as scholarly writers, the influence of digital written feedback on
students’ motivation for writing, and teachers’ perspectives of providing written corrective feedback are
presented.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-10: Digital Storytelling for Language Development Within an English for Academic
Purposes (EAP) Capstone Class
Presenter:
Laura Thomas, The Ohio State University
With reference to pioneering techniques and philosophy of digital story creation, the presenter outlines a
process by which a digital story project may be incorporated in an EAP Capstone class to enhance
language learning and amplify students’ personal voices.
Room: C225
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Sessions F: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 8:30 am to 9:20 am
Session F-11: Making In-class Oral Presentations Stress Free: Focusing on Reducing ESL
Students’ Speaking Anxiety
Presenter:
Yusi Chen, Marshall University
This presentation reports on a study exploring ESL students’ L2 speaking anxiety during in-class
presentations. It focuses on the discussion of the effects, causes, and coping strategies regarding L2
students’ anxiety in oral presentations.
Room: C216
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; Adult Education,
Refugee/Immigrant
Session F-12: Training and Supporting Bilingual Paraprofessionals
Presenters:
Karen Nemeth, Language Castle, LLC; Jessica Burchett, Marion City Schools
Many schools hire bilingual paraprofessionals to meet the diverse language needs of young students, but
most provide no training on how these team members should use their language assets in classrooms.
Participants will discuss their needs and concerns, and we will provide innovative strategies and
examples from the field.
Room: C124
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers
Session F-13: Beyond IEP: Ways to Get Your Students Engaged Outside of the Classroom
Presenters:
Sharon Tjaden-Glass, University of Dayton; Irena Joseph and Trisha Pomerville,
Wright State University
Engaging students in the community and in university life can increase students’ motivation to learn and
improve their language skills. The presenters will share examples of ways that their IEP programs have
engaged students in academic, cultural, and social activities.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-14: TESOL Education Policy Outlook: the View from DC
Presenter:
John Segota, TESOL International Association
Now that the first year of the 114th Congress is coming to a close, what is the status of education policies
such as Race to the Top, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the Workforce Innovation
and Opportunities Act? Where do things stand on comprehensive immigration reform? What other issues,
such as the Common Core State Standards, are impacting ELLs and the TESOL field? This session will
present an overview of the current state of affairs in Washington, DC, and provide an update on national
education policy.
Room: C214
Intended audience: All
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Sessions F: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 8:30 am to 9:20 am
Session F-15: Improvisation: Teaching Students to be Themselves in a Second Language
Presenter:
Dan Montour, The Ohio State University, Spoken English Program
Applied Comedic Improvisation and how it can be used in the ELL classroom will be the focus of this
session. The presentation will include six warm-up activities that develop spoken communication skills
and speaker confidence. Participation in the activities will be encouraged.
Room: C222
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
Session F-16: Dual Language Program at Dayton Public Schools
Presenters:
Minerva Quiles, Liz Toomey, Teresa Troyer and Kathleen Morales, Dayton Public
Schools
The Dual Language Program at Ruskin PreK-8 at Dayton Public Schools provides the benefits of both
worlds for ELLs. Our ELL students are solidifying their native language while our monolingual students
are gaining a new language. It’s a win-win situation!
Room: C125
Intended audience: Grades K-6
Session F-17: Grammar Perspectives: What to Teach and When
Presenter:
Samuela Eckstut, Boston University
This workshop will examine how we determine which grammar to teach. The discussion will revolve
around which conditions are typically taught and whether it is appropriate that some ways of expressing
conditions are usually not explicitly taught.
Room: C215
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant;
Academic ESL
Session F-18: Spoken English Programs in Higher Education: Courses for International Teaching
Assistants and Others
Presenter:
Elise Geither, Case Western Reserve University
This presentation will look at models of Spoken English programs and courses offered by universities.
The presenter will also offer information on the variety of current programs coordinated for graduate ITAs,
graduate and professional students, research scholars and undergraduate students. Objectives and
support services will be discussed including use of peer tutoring sources, computer programs,
workshops, and cultural events which all work to support the increasing number of international graduate
and international graduate students at American Universities.
Room: C223
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Sessions F: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 8:30 am to 9:20 am
Session F-19: Application of Discourse Insights to Intensive English Programs Communication
Courses
Presenters:
Michael Reed, The University of Findlay
Insights from discourse analysis can be used to enhance the quality and comprehensibility of academic
presentations in advanced communication courses designed to prepare ESL students for academic
presentations. The presenter focuses on suggestions for improving prosodic features such as pace,
intonation, and stress.
Room: C220
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-20: Crafting Cultural Understanding in the Writing Classroom
Presenter:
Karen Power, Urbana University
The premise that writing as a tool can restructure thought, beliefs, and values is demonstrated in a
presentation that describes how an ESL writing class and a first year composition class can collaborate
on writing and break down cultural misconceptions.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session F-21: Collaborative Teaching to Increase Student Learning Outcomes
Presenters:
Kae Bradley and Siham El Ougli, INTO Marshall University
This presentation will focus on showing how various student learning outcomes from different skills/sets
of skills (Writing/Grammar, Reading/Vocabulary, and Speaking/Listening) can be integrated within one
assignment. The presenters will demonstrate how teachers can grade the same assignment based on
different rubrics.
Room: C115
Intended audience: Intensive English Programs
Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-1:
Five Best Practices for Academic Success for New Arrivals
Presenters:
Judith O'Loughlin, Language Matters Education Consultants, LLC; Brenda Custodio,
Newcomer and ELL Services
The session explores five ways schools can help newcomers. Discover program options for building basic
literacy, critical content strategies, and techniques to build resilience, and work with the families to
support students within and outside the school environment.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Teacher Trainers; New to Field
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Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-2:
The Pragmatic Awareness of English Tag Questions among Saudi
International Students
Presenter:
Fahad Alzahrani, The University of Findlay
This study explores the pragmatic awareness of English tag questions. It determines how likely
international Saudi students can identify and interpret the pragmatic functions of English tag questions
given audio-recorded scenarios of authentic tag usage. Accordingly, it gives some pedagogical
implications for teachers and curriculum designers.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
Session G-3:
Volunteers: Practice to Theory - Best Practices for Volunteer Training and
Professional Development
Presenter:
Barbara Gilbert, Sinclair Community College/Wright State University
This presentation will examine the importance of providing volunteer training and professional
development in community based programs. It will also detail resources available to programs for
providing training and professional development.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Teacher Trainers; Program Administrators; Adult
Education, Refugee/Immigrant
Session G-4:
TOEFL iBT Test Prep - Ideas and Resources for You to Use
Presenter:
Jennifer Wiebe, University of Cincinnati
This session covers the TOEFL iBT Test Prep class at the University of Cincinnati taught through their
Communiversity program. The presenter will discuss the differences between the types of TOEFL tests,
as well as the books, websites, and videos used in the class.
Room: C124
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
Session G-5:
Contextualizing Language Learning: Using Content-Based Instruction in Intensive
English Programs
Presenters:
Lejla Maley and Gwendolyn DeRosa, Otterbein University
Content-based instruction is gaining wide acceptance in IEP postsecondary settings, as it effectively
bridges barriers between prevalent content and language demands. Participants will gain insight into CBI
models, course syllabi, and authentic text selection with teacher-supplemented and ESL commercial
resources.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Higher Education; Intensive English Programs
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Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-6:
Synchronizing Classroom Events
Presenter:
Wendy Buckey, Tolles Career and Technical Center
Events aren’t just for “fun” in ESOL classrooms… they provide significant learning opportunities.
Instructors can enhance students’ regular classroom learning with connections, culture, food, holiday
celebrations and more. Come learn and share ideas that will work for your classroom.
Room: C115
Intended audience: New to Field; Workplace Literacy; Adult Education,
Refugee/Immigrant
Session G-7:
What Works in Literacy Intervention for ELLs
Presenters:
Dion Peachey and Caryn Beach, South-Western City Schools
We will be sharing strategies and videos of our teaching to show effective intervention in reading and
writing for early literacy ELLs. Each of us works with ELLs for Reading Recovery, Literacy Lessons or
small group ELL pull-out. This presentation will be especially helpful for teachers who want to improve
their guided reading and writing for ELL students.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Grades K-6
Session G-8:
The Influence of L1 Cognitive and Linguistic Activities on L2 Writing
Presenters:
Lin Guo and Melissa Carrion, Miami University
This session features strategies for effectively incorporating L1 resources in L2 writing process and
provides guidelines for using them with adult ESL students. The discussion highlights L1 cognitive and
linguistic activities in the different stages of L2 writing process and their correlation with L2 text quality.
Room: C114
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session G-9:
Guidance on Title III Consortia
Presenters:
Abdinur Mohamud and Donna Villareal, Ohio Department of Education, Lau Resource
Center
The focus on this session is to provide updates and process information to Title III consortia fiscal agents
and members on the process of submitting funding applications through the CCIP and required
specifications for federal compliance.
Room: C215
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
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Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-10: Flip Your ESL Classroom Using Technology!: Online Strategies to Support English
Language Learners
Presenter:
Kay Almy, PSI Affiliates
Technology and flipped/reverse teaching can be key in engaging ELLs in the learning process.
Participants will explore: adapting technology to regular/blended/virtual flipped classroom settings,
acquiring online tools/strategies that deliver quality ESL instruction, and fostering parent-teacher
communications that support language development.
Room: C216
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Higher Education
Session G-11: Computer-Based Testing for Intensive English Programs: Goals and Challenges in
Electronic Testing
Presenters:
Michael G. Klug, J. Matthew Krull, Ronald Zallocco, The University of Toledo,
American Language Institute
This session discusses the adoption of Accuplacer ESL in an Intensive English Program (IEP). The
presenters will share their experiences with the test, including the changes it has brought in the program,
the skill areas tested, the implementation of the test, and future plans for the test’s role in this IEP.
Room: C125
Intended audience: Higher Education; Program Administrators; Intensive
English Programs
Session G-12: Helping Students Understand—and Meet—College Faculty Expectations
Presenter:
Amy Spencer, Ohio Dominican University
Participants will practice using metacognitive templates to develop students’ ability to approach and break
down authentic college course content so they can anticipate and respond appropriately to course
assignments.
Room: C220
Intended audience: Grades 7-12
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Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-13: Panel Presentation: Discussion of Research Projects
Room: C122
Chinese Rhetorical Influences on IELP Student Writings
Presenter:
Congying Chen, The University of Findlay
The presenter will present primary research results from a qualitative study about the influences of
Chinese rhetorical patterns on Chinese students’ English writing. Two Chinese traditional rhetorical
styles—four-part pattern and repetition, were the focus of this research.
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
-------------------------------------------------International Graduate Students' Use of Technology for Academic Purposes
Presenter:
Ya-Li Wu, The Ohio State University
This presentation is to report international graduate students' use of technology for academic purposes. It
is expected to help faculties understand the students' diverse technology use and encourage them to
integrate various technology media when teaching and communicating with the students.
Intended audience: Higher Education
-------------------------------------------------Being ESL in the Academy: Implications of SLA Identity Research for Postsecondary Programs
Presenter:
Rebecca Tang, The Ohio State University
The role of identity in second language acquisition (SLA) speaks to ESL curriculum, materials, and
program development in postsecondary settings. This session provides a review of relevant SLA identity
research and reflection on best practice for higher education.
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session G-14: Exploring the Arab Culture: Cultural Awareness for Educators
Presenter:
Widad Mousa, North Olmsted City Schools
This workshop will help educators explore the Arab culture and provide them with the knowledge, cultural
awareness and skills needed to work with learners, colleagues, and parents of an Arab/Middle Eastern
descent.
Room: C212
Intended audience: All
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Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-15: Transforming Curriculum: Teaching Academic English to Beginning Level
Language Learners
Presenter:
Genevieve Halkett, University of Dayton
This presentation will demonstrate practical methods, strategies, and materials to modify grammatical and
lexical Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS), general English curriculum structures to a more
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency/English for Academic Purposes (CALP/EAP) curriculum. Using
hands on activities and discussion, participants will also explore ways of providing the foundation for
students to embrace a new culture of learning.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Higher Education; New to Field; Intensive English
Programs
Session G-16: Cao Xueqin in the TESOL Class Using Translated First Language Literature to
Teach ESL/EFL Students
Presenter:
Ronald Gray, Ohio University
This presentation will discuss ways in which translated first language literature can be effectively
employed in the TESOL classroom. It also describes the presenter’s experiences using the famous
Chinese novel Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) teaching Chinese students.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Teacher Trainers
Session G-17: Ohio’s New English Language Proficiency Standards and Resources for
Implementation
Presenters:
Beverly Good, Otterbein University; Dan Fleck, ELL Consultant
This session is intended for educators who are seeking their first orientation to Ohio's New English
Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards (based on the ELPA21 Standards). The presenters will give an
overview of the new ELP Standards and provide information about Ohio’s Instructional Guide, a resource
for the implementation of the ELP Standards.
Room: C226
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
Session G-18: Promoting Parent Engagement
Presenter:
Marlene Tórrez-Graham, Westerville City Schools/Otterbein University
The presenter will share culturally sensitive approaches to effectively encourage parent engagement and
participation in your school. These strategies have been developed and implemented for the past 10
years with proven success.
Room: C214
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12
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Sessions G: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 9:30 am to 10:20 am
Session G-19: Helping Students Achieve Success and Make Progress: Whose Success Are We
Pursuing?
Presenter:
Vilvi Vannak, Columbus Literacy Council
We want to help our students, but are we helping them get where they want to go? My talk today will
pursue the needs of the students and the goals of the teachers.
Room: C222
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session G-20: Teacher Training for Primary Bilingual School Teachers in Central Java
Presenter:
Heny Hartono, Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang
This paper presents the results of a needs analysis of teacher training for primary bilingual schools in
Central Java. The results of this research give a description of the areas of teachers’ English
communicative competence which need to be professionally developed.
Room: C223
Intended audience: Teacher Trainers
Sessions H: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:30 am to 11:20 am
Session H-1:
Network of Regional Leaders
Presenters:
Dana Weber, Stark County Educational Service Center
In this session, participants will learn more about the work of the Ohio Network of Regional Leaders
(NRLs) who organize supports around Ohio’s Learning Standards for teachers and districts concerning
diverse populations including ELLs, Gifted and Students with Disabilities.
Room: C120
Intended audience: Grades PreK-12; Grades 7-12
Session H-2:
Beyond SIOP: Collaboration, Communication, Cooperation
Presenter:
Sharon Underwood, Miami Valley ESL Consortium
Once the SIOP model has been implemented, then comes the need for improved interaction among
teachers of ELLs. This session will offer various strategies for collaboration, communication, and
cooperation between the content area and ESL teacher so that ELLs continue to master language and
academic content.
Room: C212
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; New to Field
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Sessions H: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:30 am to 11:20 am
Session H-3:
Bilingual Skills of Hispanic Workers in Columbus: ¿Hablas inglés?
Presenter:
Julian Vasquez, Wheeling Jesuit University
This is a qualitative study of the L2 learning strategies used by immigrant workers in Central Ohio.
Findings suggest that although the participants have mastered the English skills required in their
particular context, their personal definition of Literacy and Language learning causes them to not consider
themselves bilingual.
Room: C121
Intended audience: Workplace Literacy; Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session H-4:
English and Pathways for Healthcare Professionals: Curriculum and Resources
Presenter:
Denise Friend, Polaris Career Center ABLE Program
Our classrooms have highly qualified underemployed or unemployed healthcare professionals as well as
students eager to be trained in a health care career. Discover the English Health Train curriculum and
other resources to meet this need.
Room: C125
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session H-5:
Fast Sketching for the ESL Classroom
Presenters:
Raymond Goerig, Self contract- Artist/ESL; Leslie Weidensee, University of Dayton,
Intensive English Program
This workshop shows how fast sketching on the whiteboard is the tool to make ESL classes more
powerful and memorable. Participants will learn how vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar can all be
taught quickly using fast sketching. No drawing ability necessary.
Room: C213
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Higher Education
Session H-6:
Extensive Reading Projects: Effective Tools for Engaging Adult Learners in
Outside-of-Class Reading
Presenter:
Jessica Hill, Ohio University, OPIE
This demonstration presents a series of extensive reading activities that involve multiple language skills,
are adaptable, and have effectively encouraged our students to read. The provided materials and
discussions should help teachers to implement ERP’s in their own classes.
Room: C215
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant
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Sessions H: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:30 am to 11:20 am
Session H-7:
Bringing Stakeholders Together to Improve Refugee ESOL Instruction
Presenter:
Susan Kanter, Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS)
Adult refugees interact with many professionals, including resettlement providers, caseworkers and job
developers. Collaborating with these professionals and local businesses can enliven our classrooms and
increase students’ opportunities. This presentation describes a successful collaboration, including class
activities and tips for getting started.
Room: C114
Intended audience: New to Field; Program Administrators; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
Session H-8:
Adapting English-language Podcasts for the Flipped ESL Classroom
Presenters:
Jill Loney, University of Miami; Nathan Erhardt, University of Dayton
This presentation examines research into adapting podcasts for a flipped ESL classroom and several
scenarios in which they could be used effectively.
Room: C224
Intended audience: Higher Education; Teacher Trainers; New to Fie
Session H-9:
Adapting Classic Games to Meet Student Learning Outcomes
Presenter:
Sarah Hernandez, University of Dayton
Come play games! And learn 20+ ways to use Taboo, Outburst Jr., Go Fish, Apples to Apples, Rory’s
Cubes, and others in your classroom while meeting course objectives and outcomes and improving
students’ vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, and writing skills.
Room: C214
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session H-10: Supporting Students with Limited Formal Education -- Exhibitor Session
Presenter:
Rebecca Wiehe, American College of Education
This session will discuss the unique needs of refugee and newcomer children with limited formal
schooling, including those needs that go beyond the language and academic adjustments they face when
entering U.S. schools. Specific suggestions for supporting both students and families will be presented.
Room: C211
Intended audience: Grades K-6 Grades 7-12
Session H-11: Designing Effective Rubrics
Presenter:
Patricia Hart, University of Dayton
This workshop provides a step-wise approach to forming rubrics. It discusses the importance of holistic,
analytic and developmental rubrics for different types of assessments in the classroom.
Room: C123
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Sessions H: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:30 am to 11:20 am
Session H-12: Panel Presentation: Discussion of Research Projects
Room: C124
The Intertextual Relationship in L2 Creative Writing Peer Group: Proposal For A Qualitative Study
Presenter:
Meng Zhang, The Ohio State University
This is a proposal for graduate research/panel discussion that zooms in on L2 writing to the post-process
era in which creative writing stands out as a specific, “discovery-oriented” (Atkinson, 2003, p. 5) genre for
language learners and users to achieve their internal development, present their language fluency, and
express their free thoughts. This research panel discussion will include the topics of (1) the relationship
and meaning negotiation among L2 writers, their written texts, and audience; (2) what cultural ideologies,
thinking and communicative patterns do juxtaposed texts in L2 creative writers’ products reflect; and (3)
how do individual dynamics influence L2 creative writers’ use of intertextuality.
Intended audience: Higher Education
--------------------------------------------Exploring the Role of Imagined Communities as a Potential Pedagogical Tool in Language
Learning
Presenter:
Selena Ramanayake, University of Cincinnati
This presentation explores existing research about the impact of learners’ imagined communities (i.e.,
desired language communities) on their English language acquisition. Research suggests that imagined
communities are important, but use of this construct in language teaching has not been explored.
Intended audience: Higher Education; Adult Education, Refugee/Immigrant; TESOL Instructors
Session H-13: Building Capacity, Evaluating All Teachers of English Language Learners and
Students with Disabilities
Presenter:
Ayanna Cooper, TESOL International Association
Does your current teacher evaluation process include the mainstream teachers of ELLs and students with
disabilities? Effective teacher evaluation systems are key to effective teacher induction and successful
teacher retention. From the initial process of examining your state/district capacity for inclusion in your
teacher evaluation process, to learning how to begin to address the needs of special populations in
mainstream settings, to putting together a plan of action, this session will provide the guidance you need.
Room: C122
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Program Administrators
Session H-14: Connecting English Language Learners to the Campus and the Community
Presenters:
Cheryl Allaire and Roger Anderson, The Ohio State University; Linda Berton and
Terry Eisele, Columbus State Community College
This discussion will include panelists from Columbus State Community College and The Ohio State
University. The panel will explain their respective program offerings which provide ELLs with cross
cultural experiences that benefit members of the campus and the greater community.
Room: C221
Intended audience: Grades 7-12; Higher Education; Adult Education;
Refugee/Immigrant
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Sessions H: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:30 am to 11:20 am
Session H-15: English Language Learners’ L1 Use in L2 Classroom in U.S. Schools Research
Proposal
Presenter:
Cameron Assadian, Columbus City Schools and The Ohio State University
This study will examine U.S. middle and high school English language learners’ (first language) L1 use in
(second language) L2 classrooms from the language learners’ viewpoint on their language choices and
how these choices impact their second language acquisition.
Room: C115
Intended audience: Grades K-6; Grades 7-12; Higher Education
Session H-16: Common Mistakes English Language Learners Make and Strategies for Correction
Presenters:
Trena Anderson, Wisconsin Literacy
ELL adults tend to make similar mistakes while acquiring the English language, often because of literal
translations that don't work and sounds that don't exist in their first language. We also know that correct
pronunciation goes a long way to being understood! This fun, engaging workshop provides tools that will
help identify and correct both the grammatical and pronunciation mistakes you hear at every level. By the
end of this session, attendees will be able to identify common mistakes and take the strategies modeled
back to their own classrooms.
Room: C226
Intended audience: Adult Education; Refugee/Immigrant
Session H-17: Promoting Meaningful Interaction through Intercultural Collaboration
Presenters:
Jennifer Edwards and Melissa Carrion, Miami University Middletown English Language
Center
International students can struggle to adjust to expectations of a new environment. This session will
explore how we use collaborative projects to create authentic language learning experiences, build
community, and prepare international students for academic success at the university level.
Room: C222
Intended audience: Higher Education
Session H-18: Building Bridges: EAP and Content-Based Instruction
Presenters:
Cynthia Walker, Debbie Rozner and Jessy Hendrickx, Kent State University
This session explains the rationale, planning and piloting of content-based instruction with advanced EAP
(English for Academic Purposes) students. The purpose of the courses is to ease the transition to
academic coursework in business, humanities, and engineering / technology.
Room: C223
Intended audience: Higher Education
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Sessions H: Saturday, October 31, 2015 - 10:30 am to 11:20 am
Session H-19: A Toolbox Supporting Freshman Composition for International Students
Presenter:
Wei Zhang, The University of Akron
Freshman composition classes for international students need to focus on the development of both
language skills and writing expertise. This presentation highlights the needs of international students and
alternative approaches and techniques in teaching freshman composition to international students.
Room: C220
Intended audience: Higher Education
Ohio TESOL Business Meeting
Saturday: October 31, 2015 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Room 211
All are encouraged to attend and participate in the brief Ohio TESOL Business meeting, after
which there will be book and prize giveaways.
Note: Online Evaluation Submissions; Certificates of Attendance
All evaluations will be submitted online again this year. Please go to http://tinyurl.com/otesols15
and complete evaluations for the sessions you attended.
To evaluate the overall conference, go to http://tinyurl.com/otesolg2015. Your input helps us plan for next
year.
Once you have completed your evaluation, you will receive a link to a certificate of attendance that may
be needed for CEUs. Please print it off for possible future use.
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EXHIBITORS
American College of Education
Contact: Tony Miller
214-210-4031
dj.streat@ace.edu
National Geographic Learning/Cengage
Learning
Contact: Donna Livingstone
617-757-8075
donna.livingstone@cengage.com
Ashland University
Contact: Brock Kertoy
419-207-6432
bkertoy@ashland.edu
Ohio Dominican University
Contact: John Naughton
614-251-4615
naughtoj@ohiodominican.edu
Cambridge University Press
Contact: Kaitlin O'Connell
212-337-5014
koconnell@cambridge.org
Ohio Education Resources
Contact: Jack Heim
330-304-8177
jack@ohedresources.com
Cengage Learning
Contact: Gordon Stanley
617 -757-8075
Gordon.stanley@cengage.com
Pearson ELT
Contact: Enrique Pilleux
510-292-8521
enrique.pilleux@pearson.com
Continental Press
Contact: Mary Gantzer
614-804-4021
mary@missiondrivenresources.com
Pro Lingua Associates
Contact: Raymond Clark
802-257-7779
ray@prolinguaassociates.com
Data Recognition Corporation/CTB
Contact: Peyton Rodriguez
313-573-1489
Prodriguez@datarecognitioncorp.com
The Silverlady II, Inc
Contact: Barbara Schulman
513-543-1241
www.silverlady2.com
EPS Literacy & Intervention
Contact: Theresa Gilstrap
800-435-7728
theresa.gilstrap@schoolspecialty.com
The University of Findlay
Contact: Mark Willeke
419-434-4693
willekem@findlay.edu
Frog Publications
Contact: Wendy Alli
800-777-3764
conferences@frog.com
University of Cincinnati
Contact: Amy Hoerst
513-556-6399
amy.hoerst@uc.edu
GrapeSEED
Contact: Nicholas Montei
800-449 8841
Nicholas.Montei@GrapeSEED.com
U.S. Department of State English
Language Programs
Contact: Kristina Lykke
202-687-2608
fellow@elprograms.org
Lexia Learning
Contact: Kimberley Smith
216-217-1361
ksmith@lexialearning.com
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