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SWCOLT 2025

Welcome to SWCOLT-AZLA 2025 at Gila River Resort & Casino - Wild Horse Pass.

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9:00am MST

Best of Utah: Oral Assessment - Providing a Powerful Data-Based Assessment for Successful Interventions in DLI Classrooms AgaveLina Figueiredo HyFlex Classes: Say Goodbye to Low Enrollment and Scheduling Woes Ocotillo CCurtis Kleinman Incorporating a Challenge Analysis Approach in World Languages Ocotillo AAndrew White Interactive AI Reading and Writing Activities ChollaBreAnn Busboom Real-Life Tasks: Authentic Activities in the Classroom YuccaDustin J. Hemsath Social Emotional Wellbeing of Teachers: Going Deeper and Centering Rest Palo Verde BChristine Lanphere - CWLP/CLTA • Liz Matchett Student Test Scores in DLI and Non-DLI Programs: Telling the Story and What We Can Learn WillowJennifer Quinlan - Associate Director of Product Management - Language Testing International • Karl H. Bowman Teaching Viennese Culture Using the IMAGE Model Ocotillo BElli Remund • Kathy Barnard Unlocking Potential: 9 Ways We Use Proficiency Data to Innovate and Improve World Language Instruction (Exhibitor Session) Palo Verde AMaylén R. R. Sullivan - Avant Assessment

10:45am MST

Bruh, It’s Not the Same YuccaAshli Sambaluk But How Do I Test This? Efficiently Assessing for Proficiency (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo CHope Anderson - Founder & CEO - Teaching Solved LLC Grading for Growth: Rethinking Assessment in Language Learning Palo Verde BTroy Cox Increasing World Language Proficiency Across the Communicative Modes with Extempore WillowJames Yoder

1:30pm MST

Revamping Instruction with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Palo Verde AYing Jin Turn Up the Heat! Master the Hot Pepper Method! YuccaBrandee Mau • Silvia Juhas

2:45pm MST

Breaking the Ice: Games to Get Students Talking Palo Verde CCaroline Pardo Global Classroom Exchanges - How I've Made it Happen! Palo Verde CCarina Plett NEW PRESENTATION: Reignite Your Teaching Passion through Deep Dives into Cultural Practices and Products (Former Title: The Systematization of an Open and Spontaneous Language Learning Community - Barnett/Rodriguez/O'Neill... Palo Verde CStephen Van Orden Best of Colorado: This Is Why We Do What We Do in Our Class AgaveAnnick Chen Integrating AI and Language Learning into Project-Based Learning for Inclusive Education YuccaRolla Elsaiary K-16 Dual Language Student Pathways to the Future (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo CRoger Burt - Avant Assessment Leveraging Reading to Grow Learners' Proficiency ChollaGreta Lundgaard Reading across the Levels: Browsing through Some Ideas Ocotillo AJennifer Newman-Cornell

4:00pm MST

Are Students Receiving Enough Speaking Practice? Leveraging AI for Individualized Practice and Personalized Feedback - EXHIBITOR SESSION AgaveBen Altschuler - Speakology AI College and Grade Students Learning Together: A Case Study in Collaborative Projects Ocotillo BFabiana Hansen Enrich Teaching and Learning with D I E - Based Writing Activities ChollaAbigail R. Harootian Eres bilingüe ¿y ahora qué? The Power of Bilingualism in Multilingual Spaces (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo AKarla A. Estrada - Carnegie Learning Language Advocacy – Pathway to Sustainable Language Learning - SESSION CANCELLED BY PRESENTER Palo Verde BKathleen Stein-Smith Talk Is Cheap. Speak More! Palo Verde ARachel Tillotson