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2018 BC TEAL Annual Conference

Join us for BC TEAL’s 50th Annual Conference at UBC Vantage College in beautiful Vancouver, BC. The conference takes place May 3 to 5, 2018 and begins with the 2018 TESOL International Symposium, co-hosted by TESOL International Association and BC TEAL. Click here to register for the SYMPOSIUM AND Click here to register for the CONFERENCE.

8:30am PDT

Everybody’s Space: Presenting Oneself in Texts ORCH 3016Gordana Sokic Pedagogy, not punishment: Reducing Plagiarism in EAP ORCH 3058Mike Murphy Teaching Pragmatics Through Theatre ORCH 4058Alice Savage The Station Rotation Using Learning Stations for Professional Development ORCH 1001Setsu Kawahara • Jennifer Palmer Workplace Curriculum for Beginning Level Adult Learners ORCH 4002Taiko Aoki-Marcial • Lauren Plitkins

9:30am PDT

EAL writing across the disciplines: challenges and pedagogical responses ORCH 4052Steve Marshall Highlights and Challenges of a Project-Based Learning Curriculum ORCH 4016Jas Gill • Cristina Petersen Internationalization and EAP Pathways: Forging Space for Dissent ORCH 3018Beth Maschmann Learning Spaces and Assessment Artefacts in Portfolio-based Language Assessment (PBLA) ORCH 4004Yuliya Desyatova PBLA and EduLINC - Supporting Teachers and Learners ORCH 3004Paul Carter Tutela 3.0: An online space for professional development ORCH 3052Nathan Hall Writing Science: Integrated content and language learning in practice ORCH 3058Gabriel Potvin • John Pringle

1:00pm PDT

Catalyzing EAP students’ language knowledge in student-led research projects ORCH 3058Alfredo Ferreira CLB-aligned Lessons for Engaging Newcomers in Democracy ORCH 4004Claire Pinkett Initiatives to Bring PBLA into the English-Employment Classroom ORCH 3004Anthony Caldwell Integrating Online Extensive Reading in your EAL class ORCH 4052Andy Wilkins Pedagogy of confidence: Educational Drama in L2 learning ORCH 4058Won Kim Student Peer Review: Facilitating Spaces for Responsible Writers ORCH 3018Gillian Saunders Why We Need to Incorporate Student Input in Curriculum Work ORCH 4016Ellen Son Workplace Communication: Developing Sector-Specific Courses ORCH 4002Sarah Sampara

2:00pm PDT

Creating Space for Disciplinary Literacies: Critical Ruminations ORCH 3018Won Kim • Brett Todd Google: Technology, Pedagogy, and Choice - the one app wonder ORCH 3016Andrea Piruzza • Ange Quapp Saying It Effectively - an Assertive Communication Clinic ORCH 4052Michael Brian Wicks Space for Uncertainty: Developing Critical Thinking Skills ORCH 3058Ken Beatty Storytelling pedagogies: What one program can teach us about language learning through arts ORCH 4058Natalia Balyasnikova Teachers' perceptions of portfolio-based language assessment in LINC programme ORCH 4004Fatemeh Mohammadian Haghighi

9:00am PDT

Creating Simulations for EAP: An Experience with Engineering Students ORCH 4052Alys D. Avalos-Rivera Exploring Digital Assistants in the ESL Classroom - Disruptors or Interrupters ORCH 4004Joe Dobson • Jack Massalski Form follows Function: Situating the Why in the How ORCH 3052Jennifer Walsh Marr • Tanya Tervit Reducing Linguistic Complexity in Assessments to Increase Student Comprehension ORCH 3016Jennifer Lightfoot • Daniel Riccardi

10:00am PDT

Creating Space for Tensions and Transformation ORCH 3052Karen Densky Criteria-based Assessment and Learning Strategies in the ELL/EAL Classroom ORCH 3016Chris Brown Feedback on Feedback: Improving student writing through reflective dialogue ORCH 4058Meghan Carr Playing With Literacy: Incorporating Foundational Skills for EAL Students ORCH 4018Sue Christensen • Nancy Espetveidt Survey fatigue? Try Google Trends for EAP research writing ORCH 3058Mike Murphy Working collaboratively to create diverse and inclusive classroom materials ORCH 4004Lydia Mans

2:15pm PDT

Incidental Learning of Second Language Vocabulary ORCH 4052Andreea Cervatiuc Of useful crises, technology, and organizational culture shifts ORCH 3016Jack Massalski So You’ve Just been Asked to Design Curriculum…Now What? ORCH 4016Emma Hatfield Unique Learning Spaces: The Boat Schools of Bangladesh ORCH 4058Hilda Freimuth