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.

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.

John De Mado, Author
Commercial: S
Convention Center 201
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
In order to close the student achievement gap, educators should focus not only on what we are doing instructionally, but also what we might not be doing. Current research suggests that we incorporate more oral language into the classroom and to develop what is known as “the language-rich schoolhouse.”

Anne-York Herjeczki, Santa Monica College, Biola University; Amanda Dago, Cal State Fullerton, Biola University
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Convention Center 319
Graduate Student Forum: CC
Does it matter if we prepare our students in advance for speaking in small conversation groups or are we wasting classroom time by filling the whiteboard with “useful” vocabulary? Findings based on research concerning the quantity and quality of language interaction in two types of discussion groups will be presented.

Hsiang Liu, Learning Skills Center, English Department; California State University, Sacramento
Demonstration: C/U
Convention Center 314
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
By evaluating an infomercial program, the presenter will demonstrate ways of familiarizing intermediate-advanced college level multilingual students with rhetorical appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos). The presenter will also provide attendees with activities for utilizing rhetorical appeals that promote students’ critical thinking skills.

Pam Cannon - Frank Cannon, Alliant International University
Demonstration: E
Convention Center 312
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Participants will learn how to build thematic units, designed around picture books, that work exceptionally well in today’s content-based and task-based instruction. Presented will be the theory, rationale, activities, and implications behind turning the classroom into a model of learning in English using the Multiple Listening Method. Handouts and a free unit will be included.

Lisa Leopold, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Demonstration: C/U
Hyatt Big Sur B
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
How do you help your business English students master the nuance of language so they avoid cross-cultural misunderstandings in the workplace? Learn how videotaped interactive role-plays among native speakers enhance learners’ sociolinguistic and linguistic competence.

Marsha Chan, Mission College; Santa Clara, California, Sunburst Media for Language Learners
Hyatt Golden State B
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The presenter will demonstrate Audacity, a free, cross-platform, downloadable audio editor-recorder. She’ll broadcast model narratives, dialogs, instructions, songs; recordings to provide students personalized audio feedback and correction on their speaking; and podcasts. She’ll record samples, present teaching tips for speaking and pronunciation, give practical advice, and provide hands-on practice.

David Olsher - Pamela Hughes - Dora Love, San Francisco State University
Paper: A
Convention Center 205
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
This paper presents materials development projects that draw on pragmatics research to raise learners’ awareness of communication practices and develop interaction skills, including: (1) complaining in service encounters; and (2) answering questions in a doctor’s office. Handouts will include “how to” steps, sample materials, and key resources for teaching pragmatics.

Bernard Seal, Cambridge University Press, Commissioning Editor
Commercial: S, A, CC
Convention Center 311
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Academic Encounters is a content-based series that teaches academic English skills. This presentation introduces two new titles that teach important reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while introducing students to important events and ideas in American history and culture relevant to life today.