Program

ACTA President Welcome Address 
Dr Anne Keary

Pushing the Pedagogical Boundaries: New Tools to Forge New Approaches to TESOL
Associate Professor Russell Cross | Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia

Participation and cultural and linguistic diversity: An in-depth qualitative inquiry of an Australian primary classroom
Dr Bonita Cabiles | Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Participation remains an eminent yet ambiguous ‘buzzword’ in the field of education. Researching this anew, the study explores how the problem of participation can be understood in a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) schooling context. It puts forward the research question: How is participation understood, practiced, and experienced in the context of a CALD primary classroom? Employing Bourdieusian sociological analysis, the study considers ‘participation’ as practice examined through the three conceptual tools: field, capital, and habitus. The study contributes to the discourse on participation by offering a conceptual framework referred to as the ‘pedagogic triad of participation’ to unpack participation as influenced by three interrelated factors: (i) ‘positionality’, or the ways CALD learners are positioned (or not) as co-authors of learning; (ii) ‘resourcing’, also the ways that the cultural and linguistic resources of learners are mobilised (or not) for teaching and learning; and (iii) ‘sociality’, referring to the social relationships that facilitate (or constrain) trust and inclusion in the classroom community. Undertaking an innovative methodological framework that attends to both the critical traditions and constructivist approaches, the study seeks to examine taken-for-granted classroom practices whilst foregrounding the subjectivities of CALD learners. Key findings reveal implications for teaching and learning in CALD schooling contexts that conside​r tacit relations of power as potentially facilitative or constraining of student participation. 

10:30am - 11:15am: Australian Universities Engaging International Students Amid COVID-19: A Study of Multimodal Public Communications with Students
Associate Professor Toni Dobinson | Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Dr Zuocheng Zhang | University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Associate Professor Wei Wang | University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

11:15am - 12:00pm: Understanding Pronunciation: How Teachers Teach and what Students Learn
Dr Shem Macdonald | La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
Ms Elizabeth Keenan | Carringbush Adult Education, Richmond, Australia
Ms Margaret Corrigan | Carringbush Adult Education, Richmond, Australia

10:30am - 11:15am: Reframing Early Childhood Educator Professional Learning Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Early Childhood Contexts
Dr Yvette Slaughter | The University Of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Dr Renata Aliani | The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Dr Anne Keary | Monash University, Clayton, Australia

11:15am - 12:00pm: Mainstreaming EAL/D – How we conceptualised a course for Pre-Service Primary School Teachers in an Initial Teacher Education Program
Dr Simone Smala |School Of Education, University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Dr Sue Creagh | School Of Education, University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Dina Nardone | The University of Qld and Brisbane Catholic Education

10:30am - 11:15am: Scaffolding Language at the Macro- and the Micro-levels: Neither Recipe Nor Inventory of Activities
Dr Helen Harper | University Of New England, Armidale, Australia
Dr  Susan Feez | University Of New England, Armidale, Australia

11:15am - 12:00pm: Language and literacy development: making sense with texts
Dr Peter Mickan | Director, Adelaide Research Institute, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide, Australia

Ballroom A
12:15pm: The ACTA Indigenous EAL/D Consultancy Group
Dr Helen Moore | ATESOL ACT, Canberra, Australia

Informal meeting. Visitors welcome – please come along and meet us if you’re interested.

1:00pm - 1:45pm: Post-editing of machine translated text: an aid to academic writing for bi-/multilingual postgraduate students
Ms Li-Ching Chang | Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia

1:45pm - 2:30pm: "Just Like Sitting with the Teacher": Personalising Feedback to Students Using Screencasting Video
Ms Lesley Cioccarelli | Canberra Institute Of Technology, Canberra, Australia

2:30pm - 3:15pm: Motivating EFL students with gamification elements in remote English Conversation Practice
Mari Katori | Aomori Public University, Japan
Dr. Keiji Hirata |Future University Hakodate, Japan
Christofer Bullsmith | Reallyenglish Ltd., New Zealand

1:00pm - 1:45pm: Learning to write or writing to resist? Insights from a home writing intervention for a primary school child
Dr Obaidul Hamid | University of Queensland, School of Education

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Can You Teach Without a Teacher? How SBS Makes Multilingual Media to Enhance Language Learning
Ms Janine Googan | Program Manager Learn English, SBS – Special Broadcasting Service

2:30pm - 3:15pm: Rethinking Reading at Home – Connecting Families with Bilingual Texts
Ms Bernadette Barker | Brisbane Catholic Education, Woolloongabba, Australia
Ms Susanna  Di Mauro | Brisbane Catholic Education, Woolloongabba, Australia

1:00pm - 1:45pm: Science and EAL teachers’ perspectives and practices in building word knowledge in implementing the new Victorian EAL curriculum
Dr Minh Hue Nguyen | School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Associate Professor Anna Filipi | School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Professor Amanda Berry | School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Talking to learn or learning to argue: An EAL/D lens on Dialogic Teaching
Ms Margaret Turnbull | NSW Department of Education, Centre for Educational Statistics and Evaluation
Ms Aleksandra Matic | South Western Sydney High School, Sydney, Australia

2:30pm - 3:15pm: EAL/D Effective School Practices – Introducing the school resource
Ms Jodie Braiding | NSW Department Of Education, Parramatta, Australia
Ms Elizabeth Campbell | NSW Department Of Education, Parramatta, Australia

3:45pm - 4:30pm: Engage and empower EAL learners through drama
Ms Jodie Whitehurst |The Language Scene, Melbourne Australia

4:30pm - 5:15pm: Creating a Podcast: Develop Engaging Resources for EALD Learners and Provide a Platform for Assessments
Ms Kimberley Law | HP Education Ambassador - EMEA

3:45pm - 4:30pm: A framework to scaffold critical reading in Bhutanese middle secondary schools
Ugyen Tshering | University of Canberra
Dr Kate Wilson | University of Canberra

4:30pm - 5:15pm: The challenges teacher’s face in using multimodal approaches to teach ESL in Indian primary classrooms
Geethu Baby |University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

3:45pm - 4:30pm: Implementing the EAL/D Hub in South Australia
Ms Bev White | Department For Education South Australia, Australia
Ms Vanessa Allen | Department For Education South Australia, Australia

4:30pm - 5:15pm: Professional Learning Teams - Creating a Supportive Community with Mainstream Teachers of EAL/D Students
Mrs Megan Huber | St Laurence's College, Brisbane, Australia

The social dinner will be held on Tuesday 27 September at Felons Brewery Co., in Howard Smith Wharves. The social dinner is an optional extra cost on top of the full conference registration fee. Tickets to the social dinner includes dinner, attendees can purchase beverages direct at the venue if desired. 

TESOL in Context
Mrs Skye Playsted | University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
Dr Sue Ollerhead | Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
 

Creating EAL/D Student and Teacher Flourishing in a Time of Constraint: Pushing the Boundaries of Possibility
Associate Professor Margaret Kettle | Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

10:30am - 11:15am: EAL/D Effective School Practices; identifying 'what works' in high performing schools
Ms Margaret Turnbull | NSW Department of Education, Centre for Educational Statistics and Evaluation

11:15am - 12:00pm: Dreaming Big and Aiming High: Supporting Young People of Refugee-Background to Achieve Beyond Secondary School
Ms Simone Cassidy | Refugee Minor Program, Melbourne, Australia
Ms Bojana Popovic | Refugee Minor Program, Melbourne, Australia

10:30am - 11:15am: Leaders as Learners 
Cindy Valdez-Adams | ATESOL NSW, Sydney, Australia
Caitlin Espinoza | ATESOL NSW, Sydney, Australia

11:15am - 12:00pm: EAL/D Elaborations of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: teachers’ perceptions of their roles
Dr Kathy Rushton | University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

10:30am - 11:15am: Digital and Linguistic Resources of Beginner Adult English-language Learners: What are the Affordances and Limitations?
Dr Yvette Slaughter | The University Of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

11:15am - 12:00pm: Targeted Strategies to Accelerate Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency (LEAP)
Ms Bronwyn Custance | Department for Education, SA - Education Support Hub, Hindmarsh, Australia
Ms Bev White | Department for Education, SA - Education Support Hub, Hindmarsh, Australia

1:00pm - 1:45pm: Victorian Curriculum F-10: EAL – cross sectoral collaboration to implement standalone EAL Curriculum
Mollie Daphne | Catholic Education Commission Victoria and Department of Education and Training, EAL Unit, Melbourne, Australia
Kellie Heintz | Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority and Department of Education and Training, EAL Unit, Melbourne, Australia

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Improving Teacher’s Pedagogies to Work Effectively with Culturally Diverse Learners Through Cultural Competency Professional Learning
Dr Lisa Garrett | James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

2:30pm - 3:15pm: How wide can this GAP get?
Fran Murray | Education Consultant, ACTA Councillor, Association of Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages, NT

3:15pm - 4:00pm: ACTA early childhood consultancy group - Working Party
Dr Anne Keary | Faculty of Education, Monash University, President of the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA)

1:00pm - 1:45pm: Snorkelling with Sealions in Australia: Developing the spoken competence of Year 10 Korean students using i-VR
Dr Greg Restall |Lecturer in Education (TESOL): UniSA Education Futures
Ms Ada Yao | UniSA Education Futures
Ms Belle Niu | UniSA Education Futures

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Managing Religion/world Views Engagement in ESL/EAL Classroom a Key Issue for Australia's Social Cohesion?
Dr Susan Ennis | ESL Teacher/ Researcher, Richmond, Australia

2:30pm - 3:15pm: Am I a Trainer or a Teacher?
Ms Sue Elston | TESOL teacher, GOTAFE in Shepparton, North East Victoria, Australia

3:15pm - 4:00pm: Issues and problems in EALD teacher employment
Chairs: Dr Helen Moore, AM | ATESOL ACT, Canberra, Australia, and
Dr Michael Michell | UNSW School of Education
Panel: Brendan Crotty |Deputy General Secretary, Queensland Teachers’ Union, and 
Brad Hayes |Assistant Federal Secretary, Independent Education Union of Australia

1:00pm - 1:45pm: Fostering pedagogical language knowledge. Preparing Australian teacher education students for multilingual classrooms
Dr Sue Ollerhead | Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

1:45pm - 2:30pm: Negotiating the Integration of Critical Literacy in EFL Teacher Education Programs
Nita Novianti |University of Tasmania

2:30pm - 3:15pm: Maximising Engagement within our Culturally Diverse Community - The Ironside Way
Kylie Sommerfeld | Ironside State School, St Lucia, Australia

3:15pm - 4:00pm: Responsive Pastoral Care - Giving Students Agency
Pippa Beetson |Education Department WA

2025 Host City Announcement

Closing Remarks
Ms Gae Nastasi and Dr Anne Keary