Spring 2025
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Elisabeth Chan
Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
Elisabeth Chan has nearly 20 years of experience as an English language educator. She has advocated for, presented, researched, and published on social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), for which she draws upon her lived experiences as a second/fourth-generation Chinese American from the U.S. She served on TESOL International Association's Board of Directors from 2022-2025. Currently, she is co-editor for a 2026 TESOL Journey special issue on critical race praxis in English language teacher education.
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教学评估的力量 (The Power of Assessments) How can we design assessment that promotes multilingualism, especially in light of hidden biases in traditional assessment? |
Dr. Cindy Ai-Ling Li (Chinese-Cantonese & Mandarin) |
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什么是文化与语言响应式教学法？(What is Culturally and Linguistically-Responsive Pedagogy?) What is the real impact of culturally and linguistically-responsive teaching in the classroom? |
Dr. Yu Zhang (Chinese-Cantonese & Mandarin) |
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文化与语言响应式教学 (Culturally Relevant Lesson Planning (Asset Based Approach)) How can we use visual mediums to facilitate language competence and cultural development in the classroom? |
Katharina Chung (Chinese-Cantonese & Mandarin) |
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Hmong Bilingual Teacher Education Program 4 How do we create culturally responsive and multilingual lesson plans in Hmong? |
Dr. Vicky Xiong-Lor (Hmong) |
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文化的関連性のある授業計画（学習者の強みを活かすアプローチ ）(Culturally Relevant Lesson Planning (Asset Based Approach)) What resources are useful for creating culturally responsive lesson plans? |
Dr. Yewon Sung (Japanese) |
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What is the significance of culturally relevant classroom plans that incorporate students' funds of knowledge into instruction? |
Dr. Minhye Son (Korean) |
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How do we provide scaffolding and culturally aligned teaching methods in Vietnamese classrooms? |
Hương Đặng (Vietnamese) |
