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The Minimal Pair: Episode 005



Show Notes: The Minimal Pair 

Title: TESOL Recap & Review

Episode no: 5

Date: 4/6/14


Introduction: Overview of our trip to Portland and our experience at TESOL 2014


Shared highlight:

Congrats to Amy Roither, our colleague from St. Louis Community College, who gave a stellar presentation on student-created podcasts

Thursday 3/27, 11:30—Hear Me Now! Improving Academic Skills with Student-Created Podcasts (Amy Roither)


Stephanie’s highlights:

Thursday 3/27, 10:30am—Mentor Text2: Scaffolding Reading Instruction for Community College ESL (Dr. Sarina C. Molina)

Thursday 3/27, 1:00pm—Flipping the ESL Classroom: Promoting Student Interaction, Engagement, & Learning (Danielle Petersen, Caitlin Hamstra, Alisha Fisher)

Thursday 3/27, 4pm—“Reading to Write” to Sustain University-Level Writing”

(Lori Giles and Kimberly McGrath Moreira)

Thursday 3/27, 3:00pm—Teaching Spoken English: Content and Methodology

(John Campbell-Larsen)

Saturday 3/29, 11:30am—Using Twitter, Storytelling, and Screencasting Apps to Reimagine Your Classroom etc. (Abby Porter and Nathan Soelberg)

Meeting Jennifer ESL

Jean’s highlights:

Thursday 3/27, 10:30am—Inquiry-Based ESL Grammar (Darrin Divers)

Thursday 3/27, 2:00pm—Fostering Presentation Competence: Instituting a Comprehensive Presentation Curriculum (Kaitlin Gram and Elizabeth Gould)

Thursday 3/27, 3:00pm—Second Language Writing Assessment—Exploring the Future (Sarah Snyder and Deborah Crusan)

Friday 3/28, 10:30am—Students as Teachers: Exploring Peer-to-Peer Teaching (Rosie Verratti and Nancy Hutchison)



Friday 3/28, 4:00pm—Book Clubs in the Classroom: Developing a Culture of Literacy (Heather Satrom, Sadi Sahbazian, and Jona Colson)