Symposium 2024 Programme
Welcome to the programme and links page. Click on the underlined titles to read the abstract of all our presenters. The link to the Zoom link will be posted via email to registered participants. Online participants, please use a zoom name that resembles the one who used during the registration process.
October 5, 2024
9:30 - 9:45am
Joining and Coffee (Room: UC 3100)
9:45 - 10:15am
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2105)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - Reimagining Persuasive Writing through Explicit Instruction of Meta-Discourse Markers
Majid Fatahipour, Assistant Professor (he/him)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 2) - Beyond Colonial Metrics: Decolonizing Educational Reform in Occupied Palestine
- Anastasia J. Khawaja, PhD, The Arab American University
- Kiley Marouf, Msc, The Palestine Clinic
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2110)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - A Narrative Analysis of Associates of Learners: Post-Secondary Journeys in Context
- Anna Bartosik, Professor, George Brown College (she/ona/elle)
- Kathleen Kinsella, Professor, George Brown College (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - Insecurity to Agency: Exploring how Ontario’s novice multilingual K-12 teachers form their teacher identity
Tin Yuet (Tiffany) Tam, MA student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - The transformative capacities of technological innovations: Fostering a plurilingual pedagogy in virtual learning environments (VLEs)
S M Sanzana Rahman, PhD student, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2115)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - French immersion in Ontario: Student goals, retention factors, and sociolinguistic development
Gabrielle Forget, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - Implementing queer pedagogies in French as a second language: Perspectives from Ontario queer FSL teachers
Rob Grant, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - Understanding Francophone Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes Towards Plurilingualism: A Proposed Qualitative Study
Stephanie Salib, MA student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 2) - A Study on the Importance of Sequencing in Iranian Children's Reading Comprehension
- Mahnaz Dehghantezerjani, PhD student, York University (she/her)
- Mahdieh Roshanbin, PhD student, University of Tehran (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 2) - Students as pedagogical-linguistic consultants: Fostering process-learning & multiple agencies through reciprocating reflection
- Lingzi Zhuang, Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Yuhan Liu, Undergraduate student, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Bolun Li, Undergraduate student, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Non-presenting authors:
- Ian Turner, PhD student, Department for the Study of Religion, UTSG
- Christoph Emmrich, Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, UTSG
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2120)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - Students as Pedagogical Consultants: The Role of Motivation in Beginner Spanish as a Foreign Language Courses in Canada
Richard Martinez, MA student, Western University (he/him)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - Exploring Ways to Develop Student's Intercultural Communicative Competence in Spanish Language Courses in Ontario Universities
Elianis Paez Concepcion, MA student, Western University (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 1) - The effect of orthography on Mandarin learners' French liaison pronunciation learning
Yuou Sheng, MA student, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Roundtable Presenter (Round 2) - Linguistic (in) Security and Persistence in Doctoral Studies: A Mixed-Methods Study of the impact of Metapragmatic Discourse on Persistence among Domestic Multilingual Doctoral Students
Germaine Tondji, Doctoral Candidate, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
10:15 - 11:15am
Presentation Session 1C (UC 2105)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Multilingual explanations scaffolded by AI – Insights into the usage of ChatGPT for (trans-)languaging processes in Primary School
Taha Kuzu, PhD, Junior-Professor, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
AI in English language education: Insights from the meaningful learning theory and an exploratory study
- Anna V. Sokolova Grinovievkaya, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
- Non-presenting authors:
- María del Carmen Gomez Pezuela Reyes, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
- María Virginia Mercau, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Multilingual Learners' Perceptions of AI in Language and Literacy Learning: An Extended UTAUT Perspective
Rana Haidar, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access)
10:15 - 11:35am
Presentation Session 2C (UC 2110)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Innovate or Perish: Disruptive and Sustaining Technologies in Teachers’ Online Language Policies
Michael Koslowski, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (he/him)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
A collaborative reflection on implementing digital identity text in language teacher education: A narrative inquiry
- Shanshan He, PhD student, Western University (she/her)
- Chuan Liu, PhD student, Western University (he/him)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Digital equity and literacy in the age of disinformation: Preparing future teachers to support student learning
Laura Hermans-Nymark, PhD, Assistant Professor, Niagara University Ontario (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Telecollaborative Exchanges: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis
Paweł Andrejczuk, PhD, University of Valencia, Spain (he/him)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Presentation Session 3C (Room: UC 2120)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
English Instructors and the TESOL Job Market: Turning Challenges into Opportunities Through Agency
Shaden S. Attia, Writing and Communication Professor, Fanshawe College
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Deploying, Incentivizing, and Facilitating a Breadth of Communicative Resources: Implications of Adult Migrant Translanguaging Practices
- John Ippolito, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, York University (he/him)
- Katherine Rehner, Professor in the Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga (she/her)
- Gabrielle Forget, PhD Candidate, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
- Claire Gouveia, PhD student, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
- Ivan Lasan, PhD graduate, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (he/him)
- Non-presenting authors:
- Sarah Jones, PhD student, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
- Yifan Liu, PhD student in Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
From Pathway to Performance: English proficiency pathways and academic achievement in Canadian universities
Jason R. Holmes, PhD Candidate, York University (he/him)
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Presentation Session 4C (Room: UC 2115)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Argumentative writing and linguistic citizenship: Towards a critical-affective approach to writing pedagogy
Anwar Ahmed, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia (he/him)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Proficiency and Metacognitive Reading Strategies Usage Among Iranian EFL Learners
Mahdi Ghadamgahi, PhD student, York University (he/him)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
The Single National Curriculum and Early-Grade Reading Instruction in Pakistan
Izza Tahir, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
11:35am - 12:05pm
Lunch (UC: 3100) & Poster Session 3
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The use of plurilingual strategies to enhance students’ A1/A2 English speaking skills: Teachers’ perspectives
Libera Maria Lai
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Reading for meaning: Creating a Multiliteracies Module in a Language Curriculum Using the Reverse-Design Approach
- Stéphanie Gaillard, French Lecturer, Brown University (she/her)
Marie Culpepper, PhD student, University of Iowa (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Understanding Madrassa (Religious Seminaries) Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives about English Language: A Case Study of the Balochistan province of Pakistan
- Bakht Ullah, BS student, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (he/him)
Hikmat Ullah, BS student, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (he/him)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Serving the Whole Person: Reimagining Graduate EAP Listening
Trisha Dowling, Lecturer, University of Michigan- ELI and PhD student, University of Toronto (she/her)
RoomUC 3100(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Teaching three ‘Writing for University and Beyond’ course concepts simultaneously utilizing one three-minute scene from a Bollywood film
Kanika Verma, Lecturer, University of Toronto Mississauga (she/her)
RoomUC 3100(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
12:05 - 1:20pm
Constanza Tolosa
1:20 - 2:00pm
Invited Panel: CERLL and Plurilingual Lab: "Learning, for, from and with each other"
- Dr. Angelica Galante (Centre Head, Plurilingual Lab)
- Jon Wayne dela Cruz (Plurilingual Lab)
- Yunjia Xie (Plurilingual Lab)
- Dr. Enrica Piccardo (Centre Head, CERLL)
- Dr. Jim Cummins (CERLL)
- Aisha Adebayo (CERLL)
- Lisa Lackner (CERLL)