Workshop:

Effectively

Leveraging Technology for Successful Language Learning

Kevin

Donnelly

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by Auralog

All

Saturday

8:00 -8:45 am

Hyatt Regency B

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Meeting:

CATESOL Town Hall

CATESOL Members

All

Saturday

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.

Meeting:

CATESOL Business Meeting

CATESOL Board of Directors

All

Saturday

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.

Saturday

9:00-10:15 am

Saturday Morning Plenary

Community College Level Essay Award

Sheraton Camellia/Gardenia

Ballrooms

CORRECTION: Charmaine Phipps is the Former Community College Level Chair

Saturday

10:30-12:00 pm

Multi-Sensory Activities That Increase Pronunciation Proficiency

Convention Center

103

NEW TIME: 4:15 -5:45 pm

NEW LOCATION: Sheraton Bataglieri

Saturday

10:30-12:00 pm

Workplace ESL Colloquium

Sponsored By TEW

Democracy at Work: Government Funding for Workplace Language Training

Hyatt Big Sur

Lead Presenter: Ingrid Greenberg

Co-Presenter: Mary Edmunds

REPLACEMENT ABSTRACT:

Accurate communication is essential for employee safety, job training and promotion, coordination with co-workers, and customer satisfaction. A panel of workplace English teachers and program developers and fundraisers describe successful grant-funded, vocational English programs for immigrant workers as well as sources of government funding for workplace English training.

Panel:

Ingrid Greenberg, Associate Professor, VESL, San Diego Community College District

Mary Edmunds, ESL instructor, Interlink Training

Gina Weisenberg, Program Developer, Custom Corporate Communications

Randy Tillery, Program Developer and Fund raiser, Red Letter Consulting

Saturday

3:15-4:45

Formative Assessment: A Powerful Tool for English Learner Instructors

Sheraton

Camellia

SAME TIME:

NEW LOCATION: Sheraton Gardenia

ELD as a Scaffold for Writing:

A Functional Approach

54

Susan Baker

Saturday

8:00-8:45 am

Hyatt Regency B

Effective District Schools & Classrooms for ESL Achievement

54

Zoe Ann Brown

Saturday

8:00-8:45 am

Convention Center 319

Resources for ESL Practitioners and Programs (Poster Session)

60

Sarah Young

Saturday

10:30 am-

12:00 pm

Convention Center

104 & 105

Storybook Reading in Primary

or Secondary

62

Theresa Roberts

Saturday

10:30 am-

12:00pm

Convention Center 318

Teaching Figurative Language Using American Tall Tales

71

Sarah Barrell

Saturday

3:15-4:45 pm

Convention Center 311

Interactive Group Blogging: Teacher Reflections Global Connection

74

Jeff Mattison

Saturday

4:15- 5:00 pm

Sheraton Bondi