2024 WAESOL Annual Conference

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2024 WAESOL Annual Conference

WAESOL, the Washington state affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), is a professional, non-profit organization whose purposes are to:

Promote scholarship
Disseminate information related to ESOL
Strengthen instruction, teacher training, and research in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages

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Add a Friday Pre-conference Workshop

Registration October 9th – October 24th:

$105 for WAESOL members
$145 for non-members (Become a member to save!)

Final Week Registration October 25th – November 2nd:

$120 for WAESOL members
$160 for non-members (Become a member to save!)

Registration includes morning refreshments and lunch.
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Meet our 2024 Keynote: Jessica Fagen.

We look forward to seeing you on November 2nd!

12:30pm PDT

Pre-conference Check-in & Clock Hours TBA

1:00pm PDT

AI in the Multi-lingual Classroom C-111Jihee Im • Dini Arini • Hadir Alderaan Visual Rhetoric and Visual Literacy Skills into the Composition Classroom C-110Prakash Paudel • David Martin, PhD

5:00pm PDT

Meet & Greet at Hampton Inn & Suites Renton Hampton Inn & Suites Seattle/Renton

8:00am PDT

Registration and Check-in Building C Lobby Visit Exhibitors Building C LobbyAnnette Acosta • Savvas Learning Company • OSPI - Multilingual Education • Jacob Inesta • ProLiteracy New Readers Press • Mara Schwartz • English Language Programs U.S. Department of State Clock Hour Sign-in Building C Lobby

9:00am PDT

Welcome and Keynote: Say it Forward: Amplifying Unheard Voices with Oral History Auditorium C-101Jessica Fagen

10:00am PDT

Visit Exhibitors Building C Lobby

10:01am PDT

Poster: Using Wattpad as English Literature Project-Based Learning Medium Building C LobbyVicky Amadea Poster: Incorporating web 2.0 learning applications in the three instructional phases Building C LobbyWayan Yana • Fnu Nasrullah

10:30am PDT

A Cultural Iceberg Project C-110Audra Lord Best Practices for Supporting Newcomers Auditorium C-101Judith B. O'Loughlin • Brenda Custodio Easy chatbot creation to support English language learning C-103Tuti Hidayati Localizing Literacy to Build Confidence & Capacity C-111Anny Fritzen Case Teaching Revising Processes as a Concept to College Multilingual English Writers C-113Terrence Zhang Enhancing DEI in the Adult ESL Classroom Library C-202Intissar Ahmed Omar Yahia • Luciana Kinoshita • Nancy Maily Paz Osorio Empowering Educators: Trauma-Informed Instruction for Refugees & Multilingual Learners Library C-204Jihee Im Enhancing ESL Learning with Music: A Multimodal Approach C-102RanJun Wang Addressing Disabilities in the Adult Ed Classroom C-109Irene Lundquist

11:30am PDT

AI-Powered Pathways: Enhancing ESOL Learning in the Digital Age C-103Ahmed Fahad Low and No Prep Activities You Can Use Today Library C-204Laura Gillespie Social-Emotional Learning in Action: Engaging Practices for Adult English Learners C-109Kara Elizabeth Padgett Freeman • Wing Shuen (Alice) Lau Teaching Four Simple Poems to Foster Identity & Build Community C-111LaVona Reeves Program Design and Improvement Driven by Student Input C-113Cat Howell Transforming Preservice Teacher Education Through Indigenous Language Experiences Auditorium C-101Naomi Hagen • James Hunter Sharing Approaches: Ongoing Development of Learning Outcomes for Adult ELLs Library C-202Natalia Rud • Nguyen Dao • Brienne Boesiger U.S. High School English Teachers' Attitudes on ChatGPT in Instruction C-102Dr. Brandy Simmons • Dr. Cara Bertelmann Introducing Magic School AI Tools for Enhanced ESL Teaching C-110Maryam Kriama

12:15pm PDT

Lunch and Networking Building C Lobby Visit Exhibitors Building C Lobby

1:30pm PDT

Resilient Writing Practices to Improve Writing Fluency and Student Success Library C-202Bob Nguyen Transforming Teaching: Reflective Practices and AI-Powered Insights C-110Mazen Alyobi • Mohammed Shebili From Presentation to Publication: Transforming Your WAESOL Conference Presentation into a Peer-Reviewed Article C-113Ahmed Fahad • James Hunter • Grace Inae Blum • Ali Asiri, PhD Refugee and Migrant Issues in ESL and ELT Library C-204Dr. Amir Abbas Ravaei Supporting Immigrant Students with Trauma Backgrounds Auditorium C-101Judith B. O'Loughlin • Brenda Custodio Redesigning ELA Curricula and Learning Outcomes Through Lesson Study C-111Nguyen Dao • Brienne Boesiger School and Public Library Partnership: Supporting Multilingual Students & Families C-109Marjeta Bejdo Supporting Our Teacher Colleagues Through Structured Collaboration C-102Jaimie Bin Li Circumventing Plagiarism: Building Trust via Code Switching C-103Jennifer Altman

2:30pm PDT

Collaborative Summaries: A powerful strategy for MLs C-113 Decoding the Code for Language Acquisition C-111Bibiana Bermudez-Stosberg Return of the English Language Proficiency Standards and CASAS Steps Library C-202Annette Acosta Supporting the Multilingual Assets and Identities of BIPOC Teachers and Students through Translanguaging C-102Dr. Patricia Venegas-Weber Teaching Conversation through Theater Library C-204Alice Savage Building Support Systems for Teaching and Learning with Technology C-109Jaehan Park • Jackie Sheppard Ethical AI Integration in Higher Education: Policy and Practice C-103Dini Arini Prepare Your Students for Success in the U.S. C-110Robert Breitbart The World is Your Classroom: Teach with English Language Programs Auditorium C-101Monique Grindell • English Language Programs U.S. Department of State

3:30pm PDT

Drama in the ESL class Auditorium C-101Roberta Power ESL Podcasting Project: Speak, Share, and Shine C-109Weina Sun Integrating Realia and TBL in Teaching Adult ESL C-102Jiqing Xiang Multi-level Games for Fluency, Vocabulary, and Grammar C-111Joan Johnston Nelson, PhD Promoting Autonomy through Formative Assessment Practices C-110Yvonne WIlliams The Power of 'Language Portraits': Developing Linguistically Responsive Practices in P-12 Teacher Education Library C-204Grace Inae Blum Assessing Pre-Service Teachers' Readiness and Self-Efficacy for Integrating Generative AI Library C-202Hadir Alderaan ELL Students' Attitudes toward AI Integration in the Classroom C-103Secil Horasan Dogan

4:30pm PDT

Grants & Awards, Drawings, Closing Celebration Auditorium C-101