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BC TEAL Spring 2012 Vancouver Island Regional Conference

The BC TEAL Regional Conference at Vancouver Island University February 11th was a great success. Thank you to those of you who attended. Please take a moment to complete the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D937GK. We look forward to your feedback.

BC TEAL PD Committee

Thank you to the English Language Centre at Vancouver Island University (VIU) for hosting the BC TEAL Spring 2012 Vancouver Island Regional Conference.

The event will took place on Saturday, February 11, 2012 with the theme In Balance. There were great hands-on workshops, publishers’ displays, networking opportunities, and a plenary presentation by Dr. Ken Beatty (http://kenbeatty.net/).

Finally, thanks to Pearson ELT, our Plenary Sponsor, and Corpus Academics, our Silver Sponsor.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Kullman at rebecca_kullman@bcit.ca.

There is no schedule for this conference now.

Here are the workshops you can attend at the conference:

Naghmeh Babaee – An Investigation into Potential Challenges of Immigrant/Refugee Students in Canadian Mainstream Classrooms
Corinne Hamel-Taylor – Using Newspapers in the Classroom
Amea Wilbur and Sandra Slind – Working with multi barriered students
Robert (Rob) McCormick – Undertanding ESL Reach For Higher Thought Through Writing
Rita Mizuno – Good tests: balancing the ideal and reality
Emma Hatfield – Plain English Lesson Objectives: Showing students the value of activities
Emma Hatfield – Help for Teaching Pronunciation: The Sounds of English Poster
Gerry Luton – 20 Ways to Recycle and Reinforce Vocabulary
Gerry Luton – Saving the World While Learning ESL
Jacqueline Foster, Stephanie Parker, Dana Pynn – Challenging Myths in ESL Education: Restoring Balance in the Classroom
Mary Wendling and Joy McWhirter – Bubbles and Boxes: two multi-level zero-prep activities for speaking practice.
Maxine Macgillivray – Challenges in Setting Up a Learning Centre
Janice GT Penner – Activities for understanding World Religions
Janice GT Penner – Integrated Skills Original Research Project Template