ConnTESOL would like to thank its members for attending the Fall 2009 ConnTESOL Conference.

The following presenter handouts are available in PDF format. Additional handouts will be added as they are received, so please continue to check the site for updates:

Short Course Presenter :

Dr. Suzanne Irujo--" Integration of Academic Language and Content"

• Examples of the Academic Language of Language Arts
• Examples of the Academic Language of Math
• Examples of the Academic Language of Science
• Examples of the Academic Language of Social Studies
• Guidelines
• Guidelines Worksheet
• Supplementary Lesson Plan
• Resource List

Presenters:

Michael Perrone and Miluska Manrique, NMIC

• Reading for Language Acquisition
• Congitive Strategies Sentence Starters

Andy Burrows, ProLingua

• Introducing Environmental Basics through Your ELL Curriculum

Dr. Juan Lopez, UCLA-SMP/Laureen Cervone, UCLA/Lisa DiMartino, UCLA/Kris Kerr, Middletown School Department

• Excellence for CT ELLs: A National Prof. Dev. Grant Project
• Building and Achieving High Expectations and Achievement for ELLs

Joyce Bogdan

• Enjoying Language through Poetry for English Language Learners--handout
• Powerpoint

Dr. Laura Vega and Marcello Pellicioni

• Connecting to Other Disciplines: Advancing English Language Learners' and All Other Students' Academic Performance

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Here are archived handouts from the Fall 2008 ConnTESOL Conference.

Contemporary Fusion: Form and Function in the Classroom

The following presenter handouts are available in PDF format. Additional handouts will be added as they are received, so please continue to check the site for updates:

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Nina Spada

• Communicative Language Teaching: Fact and Folklore

Presenters:

Matt Ciscel

• Keepin' It Real: Engaging Strategies for Teaching Grammar

Veronica Foster

• Using PowerPoint to Make a Book
• Story Bridges to World Languages

John Frolich

• Acquiring Vocabulary in the ESOL Classroom

Kristina Lawson

• What is RTI and How Can It Benefit the Instruction of Our ELLs?

Sheila Solari

• Cooperative Learning in the ESL Classroom

Laura Vega, Dariusz Zdunczyk & Liliana Minaya-Rowe

• Academic/Trade Language Acquisition through Think-Alouds and Vocabulary Development
• Think Alouds Handout
• Bridging Cultural Identities (from March 2009 Language and Culture Conference)