Darcy Wilson, Salinas Adult School; Marcie Schnegelberger, John Steinbeck Elementary
NEW LOCATION: Sheraton Bataglieri
NEW TIME: 4:15-5:45
Through a multi-sensory approach, the presenters demonstrate that students can use more than their mouths to master pronunciation at all levels. Participants will engage in activities and receive handouts outlining teaching strategies to enhance their existing pronunciation curricula.

Catherine McNally, Eureka Adult School
Paper: A
Hyatt Carmel B
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
This workshop is for educators with little or no experience using the interactive whiteboard. We will look at the basic functions such as learning how to write on a digital whiteboard, making changes, using color pens effectively, saving and printing work and using the whiteboard with Internet activities. We will focus on vocabulary development, pronunciation and EL Civics activities..

Attached  Word files are for the presentation. The "notebook" files created with the SmartBoard require the free download from Smartboard. The primary presentation files for this session are linked here:

Introductory Workshop

Elaine Kirn-Rubin, West Los Angeles College; Arthur Rubin, Authors and Editors
Paper: A
Convention Center 201
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
With the instruction and practice in this very new text and CD, participants will learn to help low-level students “get it right from the start.” Sample engaging activities include vowel and consonant sounds vs. spelling, syllable-stress patterns, intonation, and other vital features of comprehensible speech.

Catherine Nameth, UCLA Extension, American Language Center
Paper: A
Hyatt Big Sur A
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
This presentation will focus on the benefits, challenges, and lessons learned when teaching a blended worksite pronunciation class. What are some of the obstacles in getting working adult students to supplement their in-class pronunciation learning online? How can teachers be successful when facilitating a blended workplace pronunciation program?

Joan Ashkenas, JAG Publications
Paper: A
Sheraton Carr
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Stories by internationally famous writers such as Kipling, Poe, Tolstoy, and O.Henry are adapted for ESL and beautifully illustrated. About four hours of listening includes story readings and a great variety of exercises for pronunciation and vocabulary practice. Male and female voices alternate throughout, speaking casual American English.

Cherita W. Stevens, Garden Grove Adult Education
Poster: A
Convention Center 104 & 105
2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
The extreme differences in grammar constructions, alphabets, and phonetic structures of languages creates problems for the second language learner. This dilemna presents itself daily to the ESL instructor, both to the experienced and to the novice. This workshop examines specific problem areas and suggests instructional strageties for overcoming each type of pronunciation and grammar problem.

Donna Brinton - John Walker, SOKA University of America
Paper: C/U
Sheraton Compagno
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
The presentation highlights collaborative efforts between a university teacher education program and its English language program to mount a pronunciation tutoring project for matriculated ESL students. Included is a rationale for collaboration, suggestions for how an online course management system can facilitate the project, and a discussion of its results.

Sarah Young, Center for Applied Linguistics
Demonstration: A
Convention Center 204
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
This workshop offers an instructional model for students to participate and find a voice in and out of the classroom by asking and answering real questions, practicing appropriate communication techniques and classroom protocol, and integrating grammar and vocabulary into the mix. It’s guaranteed to engage everyone in authentic oral communication!

Miki Melton, De Anza College

Demonstration: CC

Sheraton Bondi

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

A jazz vocalist, former ESL student, and ESL teaching assistant will demonstrate a “singing-based” approach, focusing on suprasegmentals in the lyrics, for training adult ESL students to speak English more fluently. Come, sing together, and learn how to train ESL students’ tongues through song!