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Today, Dr. Teresa Hernandez-Gonzalez shares insights into the future of ESL teacher education. We'll delve into how Concordia University, under her visionary guidance, is harnessing cutting-edge technology like virtual reality, immersive experiences, and AI to facilitate deliberate reflective teaching practices. Teresa is an accomplished educator currently serving as the TESL Program Director at Concordia University. Teresa has delved into a wide range of educational domains and diverse aspects in the field, from critical pedagogy and identity to assessment for learning, or the use of gamification in refining ESL pedagogies and fostering autonomous learning. Mentoring pre-service and in-service teachers to advocate for a more robust professionalization in the field has also been a constant in her career. Join us as we explore the new horizon of education innovation with  Dr. Teresa Hernández-González!

In today's episode, we explore the exciting intersection of artificial intelligence and ESL education! Join us as we delve into the innovative ways AI is revolutionizing the ESL classroom, and offer you invaluable tools and techniques that benefit both students and teachers alike. With us today are Sophie Giroux and Nairy Kazandjian of ESL Interactive. Together we'll uncover how leveraging AI technologies enhances language learning, facilitates personalized teaching approaches, and creates an immersive and dynamic educational experience. Whether you're an educator seeking new strategies or a language enthusiast curious about the future of ESL, this podcast is your guide to harnessing the power of AI for enriched learning journeys.

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As teachers, we know learning is most meaningful when relevant, if it resonates emotionally with students, and if it is anchored in a real-life context. Education should connect students to the world around them. We find pedagogical support for engaging students as world change-makers as far back as the early 19th century. Dewy called on educational institutes to not only prepare students to be participatory members of society post school, but to have students learn more and better by being participatory members of society while they are learning. In today's podcast we will hear how one expert in the field of ESL is doing just that.

References

https://chainedevie.org/en

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348016864_Changemaking_and_English_Language_Learners_Els_Language_Content_and_Skill_Development_through_Experiential_Education

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Words matter. "Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble." -Yehuda Berg Today's discussion, with John Wayne N. dela Cruz, takes a look at what we know about effective vocabulary instruction, the difference in student gains between implicit and explicit vocabulary instruction and how do we choose the words to teach.

John Wayne N. dela Cruz
Ph.D. candidate Educational Studies (Language Acquisition)Department of Integrated Studies in Education | 

McGill University [email protected] 

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Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity Research Group

Recent/forthcoming publications     

dela Cruz, J. W. N. (2022). Plurilingual or not plurilingual? Plurilingual competence and identity of Canadian EAL peers in a francophone post-secondary context. OLBI Journal/Cahiers de l’OLBI, 12(1), 139–160. https://doi.org/10.18192/olbij.v12i1.6075

dela Cruz, J.W.N. (in press). Plurilingual strategies for teaching pronunciation in TESOL: A research-based and action-oriented approach. In K. Raza, D. Reynolds, & C. Coombe (Eds.), Handbook for multilingual TESOL in practice. Springer.

dela Cruz, J. W. N. (in press). Teaching and assessing plurilingually using the CEFR: Towards linguistically inclusive additional language instruction. Concordia Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 7.

dela Cruz, J. W. N. (2022). “I subtitle myself”: Affordances and challenges of Canadian EAL students’ plurilingual learning strategies in a francophone college. TESL Canada Journal, 38(2), 36–62. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v38i2.1356

Chung, R., & dela Cruz, J. W. N. (in press). Pedagogies of inclusion must start from within: Self-location, landguaging, and plurilingualism in the “L2” classroom. In A. Charity Hudley, C. Mallinson, & M. Buzcholts (Eds.), Inclusion in linguistics. Oxford University Press.

Galante, A., & dela Cruz, J. W. N. (2021). Plurilingual and pluricultural as the new normal: An examination of language use and identity in the multilingual city of Montreal. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2021.1931244

Galante, A., dela Cruz, J. W. N., Chiras, M., & Zeaiter, L. F. (2022). Challenging monolingual norms: TESL teacher education to advance learners’ plurilingual and pluricultural awareness. In R. Fielding (Ed.), Multilingualism, identity, and interculturality in Education (pp. 91-120). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5848-9_5

Galante, A.,  Zeaiter, L.F., dela Cruz, J.W.N., Mass, N., Aronson, J., de Oliveira, D.S.A., Teodoro-Torres, J.A. (2023). Digital plurilingual pedagogies in foreign language classes: Empowering language learners to speak in the target language. The Language Learning Journal.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2023.2179654

Galante, A., Chiras, M., dela Cruz, J. W. N., & Zeaiter, L. F. (2022). Plurilingual guide: Implementing critical plurilingual pedagogy in language education. Plurilingual Lab Publishing. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/books/0c483q268?locale=en

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Few teachers will take issue with the opinion that second-language learners need vocabulary instruction. Vocabulary size has been found to be a significant contributor to language proficiency. Join us for a discussion with Professor Emeritus Paul Nation about vocabulary assessment and how to best administer testing and better address our students' needs.

Dr. Paul Nation

Picture Vocabulary Size Test

Vocabulary Tests

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Take a peek inside an intensive ESL classroom and find out  how a teacher sets up, plans a typical day and where they look for inspiration. Join me and the Red Lipstick teacher, Annie Bourgeois, as we talk about the 5 month / 5 month model of an intensive ESL class.

References

Intensive ESL Teacher's guide: http://www.education.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/site_web/documents/education/jeunes/pfeq/prim-en-ls-Intensive_ESL_Teacher_Guide.pdf

FAQ for parents: https://www.speaq.org/images/contenuPDF/depliant_anglais_intensif-meq_v3.pdf

ESL Blogs: https://hosted.learnquebec.ca/eslcommunity/intensive-esl-resources

The ESL Hive https://www.facebook.com/groups/864419350961390

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It's time to get ready for the new school year. But where do you begin? Join Cynthia Beyea, Christine Baida and me as we discuss how to begin your year on the right foot.  You will hear all about the routines that will make your ESL classroom life not only more manageable but meaningful as well.  After having a listen, download the routine handbook so generously offered by our guests.  If you are a SPEAQ member, you can check out the video of last year's online workshop for Routines in the ESL classroom on the SPEAQ website. 

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Routines in ESL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T0IyxmOD6j_g0Eb65rcrik2yAKsWDEkMfa-uU-St9mU/copy?fbclid=IwAR0Z4wZiqE9okC5kFiofpiNNU8jjxojw6D8cDPNKJJxz-wNkfVc0FW2GAaI

Hélène Duguay joins us to discuss using picture books in the primary and secondary ESL classroom.  She discusses some of her favourite teacher books, book suggestions for the primary and secondary classroom, how to select stories, why to select stories and tips for setting up your own classroom library.

Christine Baida joins us today to discuss learning strategies. More specifically, she talks about strategies that will help our students become more effective and confident readers in ESL. Explicitly teaching our students what strategies are and how and when to use them is essential. Christine helps us break down that whole process. This is the final episode in our series of 3.

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Mark It Up Book Mark

Mark It Up Explicit Lesson

Mark It Up Model

Mark It Up Poster

Before, During and After Reading Strategies

Lesson Prior Knowledge

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Elizabeth Alloul joins us today to discuss learning strategies. More specifically, she talks about strategies that will help our students become more effective and confident speakers of English. Explicitly teaching our students what strategies are and how and when to use them is essential. Liz helps us break down that whole process. This is part 2 of 3 in a series.

To access tools mentioned, head over to our website tab for teachers and check them and other free materials out!

ESL Blogs: eslcommunity.learnquebec.ca/ Where you'll find blog posts, news, archived web events, and archived ESL Newsletters.

Elementary ESL Community:https://www.intensive-esl.quebec/  A platform with over 1900 curated resources for Elementary ESL teachers.

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