2025 Conference Schedule
Reminder: No food or drinks are allowed in any of the rooms of the Sperry Center
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:15 – 8:45 a.m. | Check-in, conference folder pick-up, refreshments | Sperry Center, 1st Floor |
| 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Opening remarks & Welcome | Dr. Erik Bitterbaum - Lecture Hall 104, 1st floor |
| 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. | Keynote address: "Finding Purpose and Passion, Friendship and Hope as a World Language Classroom Teacher" | Abi Cleary - Lecture Hall 104, 1st floor |
| 10:10 – 10:55 a.m. | Session I - Concurrent Workshops Topics | Session I - Concurrent Workshops Locations |
| 10:10 – 10:55 a.m. | Do Content Educators Need TESOL Preparation? A Thesis Presentation | Chloe Walters and Olivia Small – Room 305, 3rd floor |
| 10:10 – 10:55 a.m. | From Survival to Success: Building Confident Language Learners Early | Tommy Briand – Room 307, 3rd floor |
| 10:10 – 10:55 a.m. | Anyone Can Do It: Busting Myths in World Language Learning | Hongli Fan - Room 308, 3rd floor |
| 11:05 – 11:50 a.m. | Session II - Concurrent Workshops Topics | Session II - Concurrent Workshops Locations |
| 11:05 – 11:50 a.m. | It's a Small World After All: The Tiny Tough Tardigrade | Charlie Lauth, Hilary Loyd and Lucas Anderson – Room 305, 3rd floor |
| 11:05 – 11:50 a.m. | From Language Practice to Purposeful Communication | Joanne O’Toole – Room 307, 3rd floor |
| 11:05 – 11:50 a.m. | Singing Politics: Music, Critical Thinking and Language Learning | Danielle Bouchard-Bihr and Claire Mendard – Room 308, 3rd floor |
| 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. | Session III - Concurrent Workshops Topics | Session III - Concurrent Workshops Locations |
| 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. | Dynamic Assessment Meets AI: Training ChatGPT to Support Interactive Language Learning | Chak-Lam Colum Yip – Room 305, 3rd floor |
| 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. | Activities that Make an Impact Fueling Engagement in Language Classrooms | Megan Robinson – Room 307, 3rd floor |
| 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. | Community Based Projects in Language Learning: Expanding Beyond the Classroom and Enacting Community Change | Ann Caroline Seiffert – Room 308, 3rd floor |
| 12:55 – 1:15 p.m. | Closing remarks, evaluation and raffle! | Patricia Martínez de la Vega Mansilla Lecture Hall 104, 1st floor |