Convention Materials from TESOL 2009 in Denver, Colorado

Thursday, March 26, 2009

• Discussion: Designing and Implementing a Course for Chemistry ITAs (Jean Czaja)
• Colloquium: A Curricular Crossroad: ITA education (Greta Gorsuch Griffee, Colleen Meyers, Lucy Pickering, Dale Griffee)
• Demonstration: Connecting Classroom and Campus for ITAs (Pamela Pollock, Stew Markel)
• Academic Session: ITAs: Assessment, Pedagogy, Culture (Jocelyn Hardman, Barbara Hoekje,Okim Kang, Kimberly Kenyon, Theresa Pettit, Donald Rubin-slides bibliography)
• Paper: Pronunciation Vistas for ITAs Laura Hahn
• Demonstration: Job Interviewing and the ITA (Jody Gabler, Barbara Thompson)
• Paper: Increasing ITA Accountability for Communicative Improvement (Denise Marceaux - slides handout performance log)
• Demonstration: Correlating TOEFL iBT Scores to ITA Test Results (Peggy Heidish, Theresa Pettit)

Friday, March 27, 2009

• Discussion: Cross-Cultural Dimensions in ITA Office Hours Training (Zeynep Altinsel, Colleen Meyers, Elena Stetsenko)
• Demonstration: The Flipside of ESL: Teaching Intercultural Communication to Native Speakers (Stephanie Hanson-slides handout)
• Intersection with NNEST: Non-Native English Speaking Teachers: Issues and Considerations (Mary Jetter, Diana Trebing, Elena Stetsenko, Zohreh Eslami)

Saturday, March 28, 2009

• Discussion: Mathematicians & Me: An ITA Department Based Program (Cathy Jacobson)
• Demonstration: Grammar Monitoring for ITAs (Rebecca Oreto)
• Paper: Effects and Implications of Faculty Involvement in ITA Performance Testing (Susan Sarwark, Susan Greene)
• Discussion: Scaffolding ITAs' Spoken Fluency Through Writing Exercises (Rebecca Oreto)
• Discussion: Newcomers' Discussion Group: Design, Curriculum, and Assessment in ITA Programs (Ron Clason, Kathi Cennamo, Susan Sarwark)