2009 CREATE Conference

Improving Outcomes for English Language Learners:
Oral Language and Literacy Learning Across the Curriculum

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Monday, October 5, 2009

 

7:30 am

Registration and Breakfast
 

8:00 am

 

Welcome and Overview of CREATE
David J. Francis, Director, CREATE
Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds, Deputy Commissioner, Texas Education Agency

 

LITERACY & ORAL LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

 

8:20 am

Enhancing the Content-Area Literacy and Learning of English Language Learners
Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan

 

9:00 am

Discussions as a Context for Increasing the Literacy and Oral Language Learning of English Language Learners
Claire White, Harvard University

 

9:40 am

Morning Break
 

10:00 am

Small Group Break-Out Sessions
 

11:15 am

Q & A with Morning Speakers

 

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

 

1:30 pm

Testing the Efficacy of a Cognate Curriculum
Maria Carlo, University of Miami
Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics

 

2:10 pm

Response to Intervention with Middle-School Students
Sharon Vaughn, University of Texas, Austin

 

2:50 pm

Afternoon Break

 

3:15 pm

Small Group Break-Out Sessions
  4:15 pm Q & A with Afternoon Speakers

 

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

  7:30 am

Breakfast

OUTSIDE THE BOX: PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES FOR ELLS

  8:00 am

Effects of a Large-Scale Vocabulary Intervention
Michael Kieffer, Columbia University

  8:40 am

Attending to the Needs of Long-Term English Language Learners
Tatyana Kleyn, City University of New York
  9:20 am

Morning Break
 

9:35 am

Attending to the Needs of Newcomers
Deborah Short, Center for Applied Linguistics

  10:15 am

Small Group Break-Out Sessions

  11:20 am

Q & A with Morning Speakers

  12:00 pm

Lunch

 

LANGUAGE, LITERACY, AND DISCIPLINARY LEARNING:
CREATE Findings and Current Directions

 

1:00 pm

...in SIOP:
Jana Echevarria & Cara Richards, CSU-Long Beach

...in Science:
Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics

...in Social Studies:
Sylvia Linan-Thompson, University of Texas, Austin

 

1:50 pm

Oral Language Development in Disciplinary Literacy Development
Aída Walqui, WestEd

  1:45 pm

Q & A with Afternoon Speakers

  2:15 pm

Conference Wrap-Up

 

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