Session
1 8:45- 9:15 |
| Presenter: | Yi-Wen Huang, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Helping Students Overcome Language Learning Anxiety | |
| Presenter: | Wing-Kin Cheuk, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Communicative Language Teaching in Chinese Universities Communicative Language Teaching in China: Strategies for Teaching Large EFL Classes |
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| Presenter: | Kandanai Worajittipol, Composition & TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Strategies ESL learners use to infer meaning of the unknown vocabulary in poetry | |
| Presenter: | Chen-Hong Li, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | The Effect of Anxiety on EFL Students' Ability to Access Items in the Lexicon | |
| Presenters: | L. Savova, N. Badr, M. Hassan, M. Amer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Designing Program Promotional Videos | |
| Presenter: | Adcharawan Buripakd, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Writing Workshops: the Sites for “Burning Experience” in ESL Writing Classrooms | |
| Presenter: | Kiho Baek, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Using Notepad as Alternative way to Microsoft Office Word | |
Session
2 9:25-9:55 |
| Presenter: | Dinah L. Marcinik, Penn State McKeesport Faculty / IUP Comp & TESOL PhD. candidate | |
| Title: | Computer Games and Language Learning, a Sociocultural Perspective | |
| Presenter: | Janine Carlock, University of Pittsburgh | |
| Title: | Workshops for Graduate Students at the Writing Center | |
| Presenter: | Mary Connerty, Lectuer,Penn State Erie; PhD candidate, UBirmingham, U.K. | |
| Title: | Variation in L2 writing between Generation 1.5 learners and ESL learners: An argument for corpus study. | |
| Presenter: | Toshiyuki Takagaki, Onomichi University | |
| Title: | Raising students' awareness of the varieties of English | |
| Presenter: | Ho-Hui (Frances) Lin, Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Exploration of Phonetics Teaching through Action Research | |
| Presenter: | Cynthia Lennox, Duquesne University | |
| Title: | Improving skills through technology and field study | |
| Presenter: | Jason Messina, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | A Culture of Metaphor: The Unconscious Process of What We Teach | |
Session
3 10:00-10:15 |
Interest Group organizational meetings: see registration packet for more details.
Session
4 10:20-10:50 |
| Presenter: | Lilia Savova, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Linguistic Perspective on Plagiarism | |
| Presenter: | Ashley Malott, West Virginia University | |
| Title: | Extra, Extra, Read All About It: English Through History | |
| Presenter: | Pei-hsun Liu, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | The Struggle of Taiwanese Students Writing in an English Academic Context | |
| Presenters: | Helen Huntley and Olivia Paredes, West Virginia University | |
| Title: | The Pros and Cons of Classroom Observation | |
| Presenter: | Kenji Koyama, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Effectiveness of Vocabulary Instruction through Practical Conditions | |
| Presenters: | Fang-ying Lo and Lifen Yang, Fang-ying Lo & Lifen Yang | |
| Title: | Fang-ying Lo & Lifen Yang | |
| Presenter: | Szu-Ying Wu, Szu-Ying Wu | |
| Title: | The Impact of Teacher Talk on Classroom Interaction | |
Plenary
11:00-12:00 |
Susan Finn Miller, SouthEast Professional Development Center (SEPDC)
"Learning to Read and Write in English: Literacy Development for Adolescent and Adult Immigrants in the US"
Lunch 12:00- 1:10 |
Session
5a 1:10-1:40 |
| Presenter: | Roseli M. Franco, West Virginia University | |
| Title: | Is That a Joke? | |
| Presenter: | Megan Voorhis, Carnegie Mellon University - (ICC) | |
| Title: | Writing Out Loud | |
| Presenters: | Teresa Neves Seesink and Helen Huntley, West Virginia University | |
| Title: | Exploring Academic Collocations | |
| Presenter: | Barbara Schroeder Jensen, Princeton University | |
| Title: | Changing the way we teach: The TOEFLiBT Now Assesses Speaking Skills | |
Session
5b 1:10-2:10 |
Presenter: Paulo Cezar Lira Torres, Intensive English Program, West Virginia University Title: Create Effective Song Activities Presenter: Jackie Abel-Stavropoulos, Goodwill Literacy Initiative Title: ESL to Go
Session
6 1:45-2:15 |
| Presenter: | Janet L. Pierce, Franklin Regional School District, Indiana University of PA | |
| Title: | Classroom Design, learning strategies, ethos, pathos, power affect L2 learning | |
| Presenter: | Roseli M. Franco, West Virginia University | |
| Title: | Caution! This Elevator is Interactive! | |
| Presenter: | Timothy Pelletreau, University of Pittsburgh M.A. Candidate | |
| Title: | Computer Assisted Vocabulary Learning in the ELI | |
| Presenters: | Lisa Minetti and Marni Baker Stein, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Developing health literacy materials for elderly immigrants | |
Session
7 2:25-2:55 |
| Presenter: | Eunhee Han, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Classroom instruction: An English instructor’s nonnativeness | |
| Presenters: | Tom McLaren, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Matsuda and Ying on the Origins of Contrastive Rhetoric | |
| Presenter: | Shu-Fen Lai, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | The Effects of Vocabulary Knowledge on EFL/ESL Reading Comprehension | |
| Presenter: | Irene Pannatier, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Reflective thoughts on portfolios: The students' perspectives | |
| Presenter: | Mahmoud Amer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Arab students in the US: A second-hand, post 9/11 anxiety | |
| Presenter: | Soyeon Kim, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Controversies surrounding the possibility of creating anonymity in CMC | |
| Presenter: | Hae Jeong Yu, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | ESL Korean Student's Preference for Feedback on English Writing | |