BC TEAL 2024: Integrating Multiple Lenses in TEAL for our Changing World

Welcome to the BC TEAL 2024 Annual Conference!

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Please note that the current schedule is a draft schedule and is subject to change.

UPDATE: Early Bird Rate extended until April 14th, 2024!

1:00pm PDT

Culture though the Lens of Language- KAIROS Blanket Session Angus 292Clay Little Pre-Conference Institute: Theatre of the Oppressed Angus 293Angelo Moroni Welcome to Our Homelands from Indigenous People: Introducing a Reconciliation Awareness LINC Lesson for Newcomers Angus 235Lisa Herrera • James Rowley • Angela Inkster

8:00am PDT

Registration Opens CPA Hall (Main foyer)

8:30am PDT

New Tools for Old Material - Digitizing Lesson Material with AI Angus 235Jonny Kalambay Integrating Gamification into Your Avenue Course Angus 237Paul Carter Spontaneous correction: Using haptic vowel phonics Angus 292Bill Acton Extra, Extra! Findings from National Research in 'Best Practices for Online Synchronous PBLA/LINC.' Angus 293Anita Premkumar • Marijke Geurts • Matthias Sturm

9:15am PDT

Exhibitors & Coffee CPA Hall (Main foyer)

9:45am PDT

Opening Ceremonies Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)

10:00am PDT

Plenary Session - The Language of Gender Diversity: Plain Talk about a Complex Subject Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Dr. Aaron H. Devor

11:00am PDT

Hold the Tylenol! Great news for teachers concerned about using statistics for classroom research Angus 235Gordon Moulden A New -Free- Online Course for Learners to Learn Foundation Digital Skills! Angus 237Lisa Herrera Working with Language Volunteers: building partnerships and increasing capacity Angus 354Marijke Geurts Drama Meets ESL, the CLBs and the PBLA Angus 292Roberta Power Enabling Learner Success in Online Assessments Angus 350Cheryl Howrigan What encourages independent learning online? Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Paul Carter • Deborah Healey

12:00pm PDT

Communities of Practice Meet Up The Nest Lunch The Nest

1:00pm PDT

Analyzing First-Year University Student Plagiarism Cases Angus 037Dr. Jim Hu Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Based Practice in EAL Education Angus 293Anwar Ahmed Disrupting English Language Teaching with Feminist New Materialism in For-Profit Summer Camps Angus 235Aracely Aguilera Multiple lenses and lessons of student collaborative online knowledge creation Angus 039Bill Acton Integrating Students with Sight Loss Angus 292Anu Pala • Jessica Leslie National LINC Online Curricula for CLBs 3-5 Angus 237Maria Kenward • Rafa Khan Evaluating Portfolios Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Rebecca Hiebert • Kathy Hughes • Lisa Herrera • Rana Ashkar Long Term and Short-Term Planning: Pacing for Optimal Learning and Assessment in LINC Angus 350Alla Sotnikova • Claire Pinkett

1:30pm PDT

Exploring the Multimodality of Video Games and the Potential for Vocabulary Learning Angus 293Michael Rodgers Indigenizing your course with ATESL's Best Practices Angus 235Sofia Elgueta Duplancic Learning to Differentiate Real and Fake News Using Inquiry-Based Learning Angus 037Vincent Chien

2:00pm PDT

From Overwhelm to Optimized: Making EdTech & AI Work for Your EAL Classroom Angus 037Nathan Hall • Denise Lo It All Adds Up: Cultivating Numeracy in Literacy Angus 235Aaron Daigle Teaching Computer Programming from an English Language Lens. Angus 293Fatimah Mahmood

2:30pm PDT

Implementing Critical Multilingual Materials: Examples from Canada and Qazaqstan Angus 354Rebecca Schmor • Serikbolsyn Tastanbek

3:00pm PDT

Exhibitors & Coffee CPA Hall (Main foyer)

3:30pm PDT

Learner Agency and Translanguaging in the English Language Classroom Angus 354Charu Gupta The Inclusive Classroom Podcast: Teaching Learners with Vision Loss Angus 293Anu Pala Bridging Cultures, Upholding Integrity: Supporting EAL Students from an Educative Approach Angus 235Jenny (Jing) Mao Tools and Rules: Teachers, AI & New Language Solutions' Technology Standards Angus 037David Neilsen The Two Es in EFP: English First Peoples Through an ELL Lens Angus 292Jyotsna Subramaniam • Susan Yatsuda Adapting PBLA for the Online Teaching Environment Angus 237Julia Hudson What's New on Avenue? Angus 350Paul Carter 7-Minute Grad Studies: How Key Ideas can Deepen LINC Teaching Practices and Motivate Students Angus 039Astrid Van der Pol Get Hired to Teach in LINC! Tips for Success in LINC Job Applications and Interviews Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Claire Pinkett • Sandra Carignan • Lisa Herrera

4:00pm PDT

AI Affordances for Emerging Multilingual Academic Writers Angus 293Alys Avalos Rivera

4:30pm PDT

Plenary Session - Perspectives on Settlement Language Programming in Canada Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Anastasia Chyz-LeSage

5:15pm PDT

Friday Draw Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)

5:20pm PDT

Meet the Board TBA

5:45pm PDT

Pearson Reception The Nest

8:00am PDT

Registration Opens CPA Hall (Main foyer)

8:30am PDT

Navigating a world of Generative AI: Introducing the AI assessment scale for practical class use Angus 293Amanda Robbins Integrating Avenue into the Evolving Teaching Landscape through LearnIT2teach Angus 292Paul Carter • Vesna Radivojevic Engaging and Enabling Teacher Feedback: A Kaleidoscopic Approach Angus 235Shrawani Sen

9:15am PDT

Exhibitors & Coffee CPA Hall (Main foyer)

10:00am PDT

Keynote Session - Changing the Frame of Canadian Education: From (Celebratory) Multiculturalism to (Integrative) Anti-racism Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Dr. Handel Kashope Wright

11:15am PDT

Enhancing Adult EAL/EFL Learner Engagement with Personalized ChatGPT-Integrated Lesson Plans Angus 293Dr. Jim Hu • Jason Brown • Daniel Tieu Weaving-In Diverse Content: Indigenous Topics in the EAL Classroom Angus 235Mary Bertucci Unleashing the Power of Asynchronous Learning in Blended LINC 1-4 Classes Angus 237Kelli Boland Knowing the ethics: Guidelines for conducting research with learners from vulnerable groups Angus 335Gordon Moulden Never META Roleplay I don't like! Angus 292Angelina Van Dyke • Bill Acton

12:00pm PDT

Lunch CPA Hall (Main foyer)

1:00pm PDT

From Overwhelm to Optimized: Making EdTech & AI Work for Your EAL Classroom Angus 293Nathan Hall • Denise Lo New Tools for Old Material - Digitizing Lesson Material with AI Angus 237Jonny Kalambay Multiple lenses and lessons of student collaborative online knowledge creation Angus 292Bill Acton CLB Calibration: Making Judgements on Stage 1 Speaking Tasks Angus 037Kathy Hughes • Rebecca Hiebert • Rana Ashkar • Lisa Herrera

1:30pm PDT

TEAL Charitable Foundation Award Ceremony Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Mardy Arenas

2:40pm PDT

'Feeling like an impostor': The narrative of a White NNES EAL teacher in Canada Angus 235Olessya Akimenko Who's Workplace? Fostering student relevancy at a university-based access pilot program Angus 237Karin Wiebe Employing the lens of decolonization in higher education linguistic landscapes: reflections from two TEAL graduate students Angus 354Steve Marshall • Setareh Masoumi Mayni • Mohammad Alhannash Promoting Cognitive Presence in Academic Writing Courses Online Angus 293Shine Hong A framework for close-to-practice professional growth for EAL educators Angus 335Anwar Ahmed • Jas Gill Perspectives on the theory/practice gap in graduate-level English language teacher education Angus 292Carol M Suhr • Amin Aghaee Mehrnoosh • Afsaneh Keivanshekouh • Joel Heng Hartse

3:00pm PDT

Exhibitors & Coffee CPA Hall (Main foyer)

3:30pm PDT

Employing the lens of plurilingualism in higher education: a view from EAL students and instructors Angus 235Danièle Moore • Steve Marshall Sticky objects in the ESL classroom: The emotional impact of talk about English learning & learners Angus 292Leila Ghodrat • Mahsa Shirkani • Carol M Suhr • Joel Heng Hartse Learning Integrity, AI & the 'Other': Compassionate and Kind Mitigation in Sector-Specific Programs Angus 293David Neilsen A New -Free- Online Self-Paced Course to Learn About Teaching Digital Skills! Angus 237Lisa Herrera Using Instructor, Program, and Learner Standards for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Deborah Healey • Matthias Sturm

4:30pm PDT

Plenary Session - Seeing Colonization From the Other Side of the Lens Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)Norm Leech

5:15pm PDT

Closing Ceremonies Angus 098 Lecture Hall (lower level)