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09:00 GMT

Developing Academic Language: ALL students are Academic Language Learners (FULL - only for paid/confirmed participants)FULL International School of LondonBeth Skelton Improving whole-school language practices (FULL - only for paid/confirmed participants)FULL International School of LondonEowyn Crisfield Multilingual Digital Storytelling, language learning and the arts: principles into practice (FULL - only for paid/confirmed participants)FULL International School of LondonJim Anderson • Dr Yu-Chiao Chung • Mirela Dumic • Vicky Macleroy Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Story-telling (FULL - only for paid/confirmed participants)FULL International School of LondonLiam Printer Translanguaging (FULL - only for paid/confirmed participants)FULL International School of LondonDr. Kate Seltzer

07:00 GMT

Morning coffee The Red Room Registration Registration Desk

08:30 GMT

Conference Opening: Kevin Ruth, MLIE Committee, Richard Parker, Mary Hayden and Amar Latif Plenary Room: CremantKevin J. Ruth • Richard Parker • Mary Hayden • Susan Stewart • Leila • Amar Latif • Mindy McCracken • Ron Rosenow • Niki Cooper-Robbins

10:00 GMT

Morning Break The Red Room

10:30 GMT

Breakout Session: A trilingual program with three script and writing systems & Bookfête & Promoting a culture of teacher agency Breakout room: ChalonSally Wen • Debora Vonlanthen • Aleksandra Trotsenko • Deborah Aldred Breakout session: Identity Text Projects: Generating Academic Power in Multilingual ClassroomsFULL Breakout room: MancyDr. Jim Cummins • Lara Rikers • Mindy McCracken Breakout session: Language attrition: myth, affectation or fact? & The Power of Language - students making a difference through service projects Breakout room: BouzyMonika Schmid • Fatima • Dvir • Anca Toma Breakout session: The younger, the better? & Effective co-teaching strategies and routines for the language acquisition classroomALMOST FULL Breakout room: ReimsAntonella Sorace • Severine Fumoux Breakout sesssion: Developing depth of vocabulary knowledge in multilingual pupilsFULL Breakout room: EpernayVictoria Murphy • Eowyn Crisfield

12:00 GMT

Mid-Afternoon Consultations (by appointment only) The Red RoomBeth Skelton • Eowyn Crisfield • Niki Cooper-Robbins • Lise Fontaine • Ron Rosenow Poster Sessions The Red RoomKaren Jense • Dawn McCusker • Debora Vonlanthen • Jill Silvertand • Mirela Dumic • Jacqueline Jones • Tamsin Roberts • Anca Toma • Darlene Vrolijk Lunch The Red Room

13:30 GMT

2 sessions: Developing academic proficiency in host-country language through a Translanguaging approach & ELL ChecklistFULL Breakout room: MancyAlexandra Holland • Kepha Obiri • Troy Titterington 2 sessions: School-Wide Unity through Planning with a Multilingual Lens & Promoting the host country language through service learning Breakout room: EpernaySarah Ottow • Rita McDermott • Alina Guzganu • Severine Fumoux 3 sessions: Sign language & Increasing Oral Output & EAL Technology Breakout room: ReimsDarlyne Delaney • Joanie Nadeau • Patrick McGrath Linguistic Cinema Plenary Room: Cremant The Art of Co-Planning: A framework for effective collaborationALMOST FULL Breakout room: ChalonTan Huynh “When home is the mouth of the shark:” Helping Educators Prepare to Teach Refugee Learners Breakout room: BouzyPatricia L. Bloem • Laura Vander Broek • Niki Cooper-Robbins

14:30 GMT

Afternoon Break The Red Room

15:00 GMT

Breakout session: Language, heritage and migration - teaching bilingual children on the move in the context of global human movement Breakout room: BouzyYongcan Liu Breakout session: Leading for Multilingualism: Building School-Wide SystemsALMOST FULL Breakout room: ChalonJon Nordmeyer Breakout session: Soups vs. Salads - Integrating content and literacy developmentALMOST FULL Breakout room: MancyTan Huynh Breakout session: The motivational pull of teaching languages through storytellingALMOST FULL Breakout room: ReimsLiam Printer Breakout session: Translanguaging Learning Breakout room: EpernayLi Wei

16:00 GMT

Transition Plenary Room: Cremant

16:10 GMT

Fostering Multilingual Development Through Informal Writing Plenary Room: CremantPaul Kei Matsuda

17:00 GMT

Cocktail Reception The Red Room

07:30 GMT

Registration Registration Desk

08:00 GMT

Morning Consultations (by appointment only) The Red RoomNiki Cooper-Robbins • Lise Fontaine • Ron Rosenow • Susan Stewart

09:00 GMT

Linking the lab and the classroom: Important research findings about language teaching and learning in school Plenary Room: CremantFred Genesee

10:00 GMT

Morning Break The Red Room

10:30 GMT

Breakout session: Bilingual advantage and home language use: the case of minority languages & Peer to Peer Multilingual Inquiry Breakout room: BouzyMarco Tamburelli • Simon Johnson • Jessica Ream Breakout session: Don’t Speak Your Home Language in Public!’: Negotiating Tacit Public Language Policies & Innovative Approaches to Language Acquisition Breakout room: MancyPaul Kei Matsuda • Lynn Scherpel • Gisela Rabearisoa Breakout session: How language works in context: insights from functional grammar & Teaching across semiotic modes with multilingual learners Breakout room: ReimsLise Fontaine • Sue Ollerhead Breakout Session: Schoolscapes and Multilingual Awareness & Tech Tips & An Innovative EAL Instructional ModelALMOST FULL Breakout room: ChalonJackie Jia Lou • Susan Stewart • Jean-Marc Dewaele • Jacqueline Jones • Lara Rikers • Rebecca Akselrad Breakout session: The EAL Assessment Framework for Schools & Grammar through inquiry Breakout room: EpernayConstant Leung • Yongcan Liu • Anna Porstner • David Steele

12:00 GMT

Mid-Afternoon Consultations (by appointment only) The Red RoomLiam Printer • Niki Cooper-Robbins • Eowyn Crisfield • Lise Fontaine • Patricia Mertin • Ron Rosenow Poster Sessions The Red RoomKaren Jense • Dawn McCusker • Debora Vonlanthen • Jill Silvertand • Mirela Dumic • Jacqueline Jones • Tamsin Roberts • Anca Toma • Darlene Vrolijk Lunch The Red Room

13:30 GMT

2 sessions: EAL Voices & EAL TechnologyALMOST FULL Breakout room: EpernayJosh Martin • Mindy McCracken • Patrick McGrath 2 sessions: Second Language Learners & Beyond EALFULL Breakout room: ChalonMaurice Carder • Graham Smith • David Jackson Curriculum hacking: working in partnership with learners to develop life-worthy English language learning Breakout room: ReimsLeila • Polly Akhurst • Mia Eskelund • Deborah Aldred Linguistic Cinema Plenary Room: Cremant Middle School Students as linguistic researchers: From language stories to research questions Breakout room: BouzyISL Middle School Research Institute • Clare Brumpton • Mirela Dumic • Robert Sharples Multilingualism - A Multi-Campus Journey Breakout room: MancyDeborah Perrin • Katharine Anderson

14:30 GMT

Afternoon Break The Red Room

15:00 GMT

3 sessions: "I don't feel a 100% of anything" & Identity Construction & Authentic conversations Breakout room: EpernayMin Wang • Niki Cooper-Robbins • Susan Stewart • Amar Latif Engaging Strategies for Language LearnersFULL Breakout room: MancyBeth Skelton Inclusive educational policies and practices for English language learners with specific learning difficultiesALMOST FULL Breakout room: ChalonJudit Kormos Languages as resources and opportunities Breakout room: ReimsAntonella Sorace Student Voices: What if English was the only language? No, my language matters! Breakout room: BouzyFatima • Dvir • Anca Toma

16:00 GMT

Transition Plenary Room: Cremant

16:10 GMT

A critical translingual approach Plenary Room: CremantDr. Kate Seltzer

17:00 GMT

Afternoon Consultations (by appointment only) The Red RoomMindy McCracken • Patricia Mertin • Ron Rosenow • Susan Stewart • Eowyn Crisfield • Niki Cooper-Robbins • Lise Fontaine

07:30 GMT

Morning coffee The Red Room Morning Coffee The Red Room

09:00 GMT

Revisiting the Dialogue between Instructional Practice, Research, and Theory: Teachers as Knowledge-Generators and as Evaluators of Theoretical Constructs Plenary Room: CremantDr. Jim Cummins

10:00 GMT

Morning Break The Red Room

10:30 GMT

2 sessions: Implementing a Mother Tongue Program Using Standards and Community Resources & Weaving Home Languages into the Curriculum Breakout room: ChalonDr. Christine Cipriani Wilson • Katherine Tyler Emotions in second language acquisition classroomsALMOST FULL Breakout room: ReimsJean-Marc Dewaele Language Integrated TeachingFULL Breakout room: MancyEowyn Crisfield Languaging across borders: plurilingual pedagogies for mobile learners. Breakout room: BouzyRobert Sharples Q & A Session with Fred Genesee Breakout room: EpernayFred Genesee

11:30 GMT

Transition Plenary Room: Cremant

11:40 GMT

Panel Discussion by 11 of our invited speakers (facilitated by Rob Sharples) Plenary Room: CremantDr. Jim Cummins • Jean-Marc Dewaele • Fred Genesee • Judit Kormos • Paul Kei Matsuda • Victoria Murphy • Monika Schmid • Dr. Kate Seltzer • Robert Sharples • Antonella Sorace • Marco Tamburelli • Li Wei

12:30 GMT

Closing words Plenary Room: CremantKevin J. Ruth • Fatima