Rachel Weber
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
This presentation focuses on teaching pronunciation to underserved high school aged children in Vietnam. The effectiveness of music based pronunciation training on learners’ acquisition of specific phonemes in English was assessed. Results of assessments indicate an average increase between 9.0 and 20.5% in the ability to discern phonemes correctly.
Poster Sessions
Exploring the Attitudes and Motivations of Adult Saudi Students towards English Language Learning
Elham Alhudithi
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
The study explores the motivation of Saudi students in learning English in the US. Through employing a case study methodology, the study reveals an overall positive attitude towards learning English and engaging with its speakers in the states.
Factors Affecting the English Pronunciation of Arab Gulf Students
Elham Alhudithi
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Since Arabic and English phonological systems vary extensively, number of phonemes exist only at one language, leading L2 learners to face difficulties in producing certain sounds. The study investigates English pronunciation errors produced by Arab Gulf learners. Findings will assist instructors in providing successful learning opportunities to meet students’ needs.
Investigating the Phonological Development of Haitian Creole-Speaking Children from Cap-Haitian
Justine Archer
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
The present study explores the impact of regional differences on the phonological acquisition of children exposed to the Cap-Haitian dialect of Haitian Creole. The results speak to the extent to which regional variations should be taken into account during the phonological assessment and intervention of young children from Haiti.
Integrating Student Art in ESL Lessons
Jocelyn Choi
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Art is a universal language and bringing art into the classroom breaks the language barrier, increases student engagement and lowers Affective Filters. I presented a warm-up activity where students paint in order to help gauge their perspectives on the issues concerning the need for the arts in education in NorthStar5.
Some Problems Korean College Students Face in the Process of Writing in English
Young Cheol Chung
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Based on data of Korean students who participated in a process-oriented writing class, the researcher examines the problems the students faced in the process of writing in English and gives explanations from the cultural perspective of why they had such difficulties. An implication is suggested for second language writing instructor.
Sing it to Me: Creating Phonemic Awareness through Musical Training in Vietnamese ELLs
Discerning Equity for Indigenism: A Study of Intercultural Educational Practices for Mapuche
This case study examines how a teacher with twenty seven years of music teaching background transitions into an ENL teacher position. It documents the cultural accommodations she makes for both elementary and high school students, who are English learners. The study highlights the need to study more transitioning ENL teachers.
Room 152
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Karoline Kaon
From Music to ENL, a case study on teacher identity
Online extensive reading can put powerful tools like an interactive dictionary, character lists, audio-on-demand, and book ratings, right at a student's fingertips. Additionally, online extensive reading allows teachers to monitor and track their students’ reading progress with greater accuracy.
Room 152
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Paul Goldberg & Josh MacPherson
The Benefits of Doing Extensive Reading Online
Multilingual students engage more actively in the school community when a co-teaching approach is taken between the ESL/ELD support teacher and classroom teachers. My poster explores the ways multilingual learners contribute to the classroom when their experiences and abilities are harnessed across the English, French Immersion, and Spanish classrooms.
Room 152
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Colleen Elep, Joshua Marentette, & Cathy Fera
Co-teaching and Engaging Multilingual Students Across 3 Instructional Languages
This presentation discusses, how the professional and cultural identification of a journalist influenced the design of ESL multimodal,and digitalized texts. It also considers how composing of these texts affected this identification.The participant who is an advanced ESL learner designed several multimodal texts. I will analyze them in combination with interviews.
Room 152
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Beata Dolina
Professional Identity Development and Multimodal Text Production in ESL classroom
Educational inequality for the Mapuche in Chile derives from the decontextualized nature of traditional pedagogical practices that have commonly left out indigenous languages in education. However, current intercultural initiatives developed by UNESCO are promoting community empowerment to advocate the use of non-dominant languages in rural Chilean school systems.
Room 152
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Daniel Regan
Comparing the Self-Perceptions and the Efficacy of Spanish Heritage Language Learners as Authors: In Search of an Effective Writing Process
Laura Valentin
Room 138
1:00 - 2:00 PM
This study surveys the self-perception of twelve Spanish heritage language learners in regard to their performances (i.e., strategies) and attributes (i.e., efficacy) as writers with the intention of establishing whether these views match the participants’ realities. The results of this study suggest that participants’ perceptions commonly mismatched their realities.
As an ENL teacher I have a strong personal connection with Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP). My project will be the meaning, importance and purpose of CRP and also I will have CRP based learning strategies to help ENL teachers and all teachers in their classrooms. Being culturally aware and responsive is one of many necessary components of being an effective teacher. We must reach and connect our students on a personal level. It is imperative to teach from the students and not at them.