LAC & New School Announce Meeting Challenges, Exploring Solutions in the Adult ESOL Classroom Conference

Presentations from the 2016 Conference

• Describe and Draw
  
• Extensive Listening
• Goal Motivation
• Making Your Own Free Website with Weebly
• Plenary with Sarah Lynn
• Saavy PowerPoints
• Teaching English Presentation Skills with TED
• Using Theatrical Improv
• Create Your Own Podcast
• Crossing Borders 
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Fun Independent Practice (FIP)
• Fostering Collaboration in the Adult ESOL Classrooom
  
• What is Metacognition
  
• Using Music to Lower the Affective Filter While Enrgizing Adult ELLs
  
• Small Talk: A Big Deal for Second Lanaguage Learners
  
• The Source Collage: Fostering Transparency in the ESL Resaerch Paper Process
  
• Teaching Vocbulary
• Using Drama to Teach History, Government, Politics, and Language

Pleanry: “Smart Practice: Brain based Approaches to Teaching,” by Sarah Lynn, Bridge Program at Harvard University’s Center for Workplace Development

The second annual MEETING CHALLENGES, EXPLORING SOLUTIONS IN THE ADULT ESOL CLASSROOM is a one-day conference which will take place on  Saturday, October 29, 2016,  hosted by The New School in partnership with the Literacy Assistance Center, both of which have a long tradition of excellence in the training of teachers of English to speakers of other languages. 

Join us for this one-day conference that provides English language teaching professionals with a space to learn from one another, share ideas, and network. 

The day features the plenary “Smart Practice: Brain based Approaches to Teaching,” by Sarah Lynn of the Bridge Program at Harvard University’s Center for Workplace Development, workshops to support classroom practice, and presentations focusing on current challenges facing ESOL teachers.

Both The New School and the Literacy Assistance Center have a long tradition of excellence in the training of teachers of English to speakers of other languages. We welcome participation by professionals who seek to address critical issues in the field and hone their own craft.

LOCATION:
The Auditorium
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12TH Street
New York, NY 10011

ADMISSION:

• $25 per participant (until 10/27/16)
• $15 for New School students, faculty, and staff (until 10/27/16)
• $15 for current and former TESLA certificate and other Academy students at the Literacy Assistance Center (until 10/27/16)
• $30 for last minute and at the door registration (10/28/16-10/29/16)

2016 Conference Registration

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Presentations from 2015 Conference

• Bridging the Gap between technology and content in the Adult Education Classroom -- W Coward
• Creating Mobile Friendly Content -- N Eckersley
• Error Correction -- N Huzieff
• Extensive Reading -- R Sheppard
• Finding Authentic Materials for the Adult Beginner Classroom -- A Hiner
• Out On a Limb -- J Gerald
• Learn English with Songs -- E Stappert
• Practice, Practice, Practice -- L Pelc
• Rewiring the Brain for Effective Second Language Learning Working Memory -- J Chang
• Rigor from the Get Go -- B Parrish
• Teaching Conversational English -- T Speirs
• The Conversation Tree -- J Hunsdon

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Sponsored by the Department of Language Learning & Teaching  at The New School & the Literacy Assistance Center