CATESOL Board of Directors
All
5:00-6:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Ballroom C

At this meeting, reports will be given by 2007-08 board members detailing what they have accomplished in the past year, service awards and certificates will be presented, and newly elected board members for the year 2007-08 will be installed. ALL CATESOL members are welcome to attend.

CATESOL Members
4:30-5:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Ballroom C

Come meet and greet CATESOL Board Members and share in an open forum to discuss matters of importance to CATESOL Members. This is your opportunity as a member to meet and talk with the CATESOL leadership and to learn how to become involved with the organization. Light refreshments provided.

Kevin Donnelly, TELL ME MORE® by Auralog    
All    
8:00 -8:45 am    
Hyatt Regency B    
 

Is technology your teaching partner? Discover and practice ways to utilize technology in everyday language learning from the innovators at Auralog. See how to put technology to work for you and your students – it’s easy.

Jee-Eun Oh - Roger Dupuy, UC Irvine Extension
Demonstration: IEP
Hyatt Big Sur B
TIME CHANGE: 8:00-9:30
Achieving a more authentic and valid assessment and feedback is possible through the use of simple new recording software called Audacity. Two different balanced techniques will be introduced and demonstrated – one for practicing iBT speaking and one for giving feedback to writing tasks. Handouts.

Yi-Chia Lin - Hui-Wen Chen
Demonstration: All
Hyatt Carmel B
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
How can we use SMART Board as classroom teaching equipment to teach lessons in English language classrooms? SMART Board can help students engage in and participate in class activities.  This demonstration will show a way of teaching summary writing with SMART Board technology.

Nina Ito - Christopher Mefford, ALI-CSU; Long Beach
Paper: IEP
Convention Center 315
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
In this session, the presenters will explain how they were first hired as ELT consultants (sent to conduct their research on an Alaskan cruise), and later as curriculum developers by Princess Cruises. They will discuss the challenges of creating a curriculum for such a diverse student population–the crewmembers.

Barbara Bass - Jessica Plotner, San Diego State University
Demonstration: IEP
Hyatt Regency A
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
It is often challenging to find relevant, authentic, and interesting listening activities for students, yet current research shows that students greatly benefit from such practice. This session will explore using web resources such as YouTube and webcasts to create engaging, thought-provoking, and authentic listening tasks for IEP/EAP classrooms. Handouts provided.

Convention Center 313
Panelists:
Tina Castillo, International English & Professional Programs, UC Davis
Xuejiao Cui, American Language Program, CSU East Bay
Sarah McGregor, American Language Program, CSU East Bay
Yuri Nagasawa, American Language Program, CSU East Bay
Bill Walker, University of Oregon
Sunny Yu, Studies in American Language, San Jose State

How well students adapt to an American classroom setting depends in part on their individual learning style and the education systems of their home countries. The more IEP teachers know about those systems, the better they can help their students learn to function well in ESL classes and ultimately in American university culture. In this workshop, panelists will explain the education systems of their countries, discuss common learning styles, address the expectations that students bring when they arrive in an American classroom, and provide suggestions for teachers. Resources for further study will also be examined.

Sarah McGregor, IEP Level Chair
Priscilla Taylor, Assistant IEP Level Chair
Convention Center 313
Join IEP colleagues during lunch and catch up on what’s happening in IEP classrooms around California and Nevada. Among the topics to be discussed are how IEP teachers are dealing with some of the effects of growing IEP enrollments: increasing monolingual classes, larger numbers of Saudi students, and more multilevel classes. Bring your own comments/concerns and learn from colleagues in this open forum.