2017 Spring Conference

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Conference Program and Schedule

Slides and handouts can be downloaded from the list below.

Empowering Literacy and Emergent Language Learners through Daily Classroom Activities

Nicki Kim and Vanessa Lent

Worth a Conversation: The Role of Language Counselling in Language Education

Erin McDonald and Darlene MacInnis

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Planner or Performer – A Look at Curriculum Design

Sarah Sampara

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Prepositional phrases: From the heart with pleasure for a better world!

Sandra Powell

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Roundtable: EAP. How teaching techniques in EAP classrooms prepare/ ill-prepare students for authentic university classes

Natalie Burgoyne

Roundtable: Semantic Theory. Does how we talk about ‘meaning’ in the classroom matter? How can we approach teaching ‘meaning’?

Kris Mitchell

Roundtable: Helping EAP students move from ‘Language Learners’ to ‘Language Users’. 

Jennifer MacDonald

Literacy and Low Level Learners: What are the unique EAL challenges? How do we support our learners *and* each other?

Setsu Kawahara

Sexism in ESL

Charlene Rockwell

Supporting our Students’ Writing Development with a Personal Touch

Sarah Devanney and Nick Veinot

Experience-based learning as a class

Anthony Caldwell

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Reading Early, Reading Often in the EAL Literacy Classroom

Arleigh Hood

TESOL 2.0 Convention: Highlights from the Largest Event in ESL

Tony Rusinak

Tips, tricks and techniques for bottom-up grammar instruction with a top-down goal

Kris Mitchell

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Conference Location

Saturday, May 13

Patterson Hall, Acadia University
24 University Avenue, Wolfville, NS

Click here for a map of where to park at Acadia University.

Accommodations

Wondering where to stay the night in Wolfville? Accommodations are available on campus. Click here for a special deal on accommodations for conference attendees.

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