Using Question Cards for Meaningful Interaction in the ESL Classroom

 

Robin Kube, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, North Carolina State University
Blue Room

 

Get your students communicating in English and enjoying it with this technique for practicing grammar and vocabulary. It can be used for middle school to adult education students. We will first look at a variety of objectives you can use this technique with and then practice it using a sample lesson in German so you can experience it from a student’s perspective.
 

Session presider: Karen Brown

 

The Use of Literature in Teaching Young Language Learners

 

Amy Hawkins, Vance Elementary, Wake County Public Schools
Board Room

 

Books offer us endless possibilities to make language learning more meaningful and interesting for young learners. Literature can be used to teach language, acquaint students with what they face in the mainstream classroom, inspire creative language production, and much more. Come get new ideas and share your own!

 

 Session presider: Lisa Smith
 

Kick it up a Notch with The Oxford Picture Dictionary!

 

Vicki Goodman, Estes Elementary, Buncombe County Public Schools
Blue Room

 

Actively engage your elementary ESL students in learning English in an enrichment content program. Incorporate additional strategies and activities to extend the content lessons developed by Dr. Dorothy Kauffman and others in The Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas.

 
Session presider: Ann Ringland
 

Building ESL Students' Vocabulary through Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

Dr. Anjel Tozcu, North Carolina State University
Board Room

Vocabulary knowledge is seen as one of the most important factors in academic achievement for second or foreign language learners. However, it has typically been neglected in foreign or second language instruction. This paper shows how learning of frequent vocabulary through Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) benefits reading comprehension and speed of word recognition.

Session presider: Carlos Rojas
 

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Dual Language Programs (Spanish/English and Chinese/English)

 

Maria Rosa Rangel, ESL/DL Coordinator

Josephine Harris, Program Director

Lawanda Rainey-Hall, Dual Language English Teacher

Gail Turner, Chinese Dual Language Principal

Alicia Villa, Dual Language Parent Advisor Chair

Walnut Room

 

Funding from the United States Department of Education has made it possible for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools to have dual language immersion classes for rising kindergartners. This past fall, Carrboro and Glenwood Elementary began their dual language programs in which students are instructed in two languages: at Carrboro, in Spanish and English and at Glenwood, in Chinese and English. If you are interested in implementing a dual language program, this is the workshop for you.

 

Session presider: Christine Gebhardt
 

Centering on Students

 

Edith Cowper, Wake Technical Community College Basic Skills ESL

Jill Gallegos
Brown Room

 

What does it mean to be a student-centered instructor? As we answer that question, we will examine our beliefs and experiences about language learning. We’ll explore the components of learner-centered teaching and experience first-hand how to assess students’ needs.

 

Session presider: Nancy Swisher
 

All You Need: Test, Schedule, Teach, Dolch to Advanced ESL

 

Dr. Joe Riggs, Eastway Middle, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools
Green Room

 

Everything you need to teach ESL. Blackline masters. Valid and reliable multiple-choice test of academic language to show you in what class to put each student. Schedule homogenous classes. Use these ESL materials from zero to mainstream. Add you own creativity and energy. Free 350-page packet.

 

Session presider needed
 

Let’s Talk Content

 

Dr. Dorothy Kauffman, Center for Applied Linguistics & The University of Maryland Graduate School
North Gallery

 

Dr. Kauffman will show how easily students are motivated to talk about academic content and learn English with The Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas. Teaching strategies to use with various curriculum topics will be demonstrated. Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the Dictionary and a complete photocopiable lesson they can use in class including the accompanying CD.

Session presider: Jim DeLoache
 

Language Use and Learning in a Bilingual Electronic Discourse Community

Dr. Mark Darhower, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, NCSU
Board Room

 

ESL learners from Puerto Rico and Spanish learners from NC State University participated in weekly bilingual (English/Spanish) chat sessions. Drawing on principles of the National Standards, language use and exchange of cultural knowledge will be examined, and practical tips for establishing a bilingual chat community will be offered.

 

Session presider: Laura Cernikova
 

Building Bridges Between Schools and the Latino Community: Description of a Local Partnership

 

Dr. Joy McLaughlin, ESL Program Coordinator, Asheboro City Schools
Green Room

 

How to create local partnerships to serve limited English proficient children and create cultural connections between schools and families of Hispanic children.

 

 Session presider: Karen Brown
 

Oh No!  I'm Teaching Writing?!  Craft Writing for ESL Students

 

JoAnn Lytle-Olson, George Watts Elementary, Durham County Public Schools
Blue Room

 

I will present an overview of the stages of writing development, some
pertinent examples from my students' writing, plus a few classroom
tested craft lessons along with handouts.

 

Session presider: Ann Ringland
 

Language Disorder or Lack of English Language Proficiency? The Language Dilemma Explained

Jennifer Loiseau, ESL Program Psychologist, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Brown Room

This presentation will address one of the most common questions that arises in dealing with students of limited English language proficiency who are struggling with English. Attendees will learn to distinguish between students with language disorders and those who simply need more time to acquire English language skills.

 

Session presider: Cate Condon Madden
 

Grammaring: Form, Meaning, and Use

 

Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman, The University of Michigan
Walnut Room

Often grammar is taught as if it were a system of static, sterile rules. In this workshop, I will argue that grammar is much richer and more dynamic than is normally thought.  I will offer some principles for teaching grammar more in keeping with this different conception.  I will also demonstrate some activities that follow from these principles.
 

Improving Language through Real Work in the Community

 

Mary Dunson, Adrienne Chisolm Mager and Susan Snyder

Kestrel Heights Public Charter School, Durham, N.C.
Brown Room

 

The project we will showcase develops 6^th through 8th grade students as curricular advisors and mentors to elementary aged English Language Learners.   Under the “guise” of training, we target students reading and language skills.  The PRODUCTS of their studies are then utilized with the elementary aged English Language Learners in an after-school program. 

 

Session presider: Sonia Solomon
 

Working with Young English Language Learners with Special Needs

 

Sally Edwards, Wake County Public Schools

Meghan Herstine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Walnut Room

 

Young children with special needs present unique challenges for ESL teachers. This workshop will offer discussion concerning issues specific to children with varying disabilities. It will address inclusive educational strategies and offer practical, hands-on solutions.

 

Session presider: Ana Segulin
 

A World Tour in your own School

 

Randall Saenz and Julie Kimsey

Guilford County Public Schools
Blue Room

 

For the past ten years, the ESOL Department at Ferndale Middle School has provided a round-trip world tour for the American students. During this workshop session, we will provide you with the “nuts and bolts” of establishing a culture fair in your building, no matter the grade level of your students.

 

Session presider: Vicki Goodman
 

Picture Dictionaries: Tools for Meeting the Standards

Dr. Dorothy Kauffman, Center for Applied Linguistics & The University of Maryland Graduate School
North Gallery

 

Today’s teachers face a dual challenge: educating students who lack basic English skills and assisting them in meeting high standards for academic content. Dr. Kauffman will describe and explain how three of Oxford’s family of picture dictionaries can serve as tools to help students meet the academic content standards and increase their English skills. Participants will receive a complimentary copy of The Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas.

Session presider: Jim DeLoache
 

 

Strategies Galore: 101 Powerful Strategies for English Learners (ESL)!

 

Myrna Pagan and Jackie Jefferson, Wake County Public Schools
Green Room

 

This fast-paced presentation will give you 101 strategies to take with you and start using now! Ideas on how to involve parents, selected research, assessment checklists, basic Spanish conversational phrases, and recommended materials will be shared. We will also share with you data-proven strategies that will help you make sure language minority students feel welcomed at your school and some initiatives that you can encourage your school system/district to adopt.

 

Session presider: Lalainya Goldsberry