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SWCOLT 2025

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

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8:00am MST

Art for Language’s Sake - Integrating Art into World Language Programs Palo Verde CLin Li Hall Back to the Future, an Adventure into the AP Unit of Science and Technology Palo Verde CJennifer Newman-Cornell The Looming "Enrollment Cliff" and Language Learning Ocotillo AGlenn Fetzer Using Authentic Resources for Communication and Culture (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo BRich Sayers - Savvas Learning Company

1:00pm MST

Best of Nevada: Conectando con confianza: Fortaleciendo la identidad y la cultura en hispanohablantes a través de la literatura AgavePaulina Rios • Melissa Bullard Has Language Teaching Gone Flat? (Exhibitor Session) Palo Verde BKen Stewart - Lingco Meaning-Based Strategies to Refine Accuracy in Middle School DLI Courses WillowGreta Lundgaard Silly and Spontaneous Conversation Starters Palo Verde AThomas L Gabriele Switch to Spanish: Warm-up Routines in the Language Classroom Ocotillo ADavita Eichner

2:15pm MST

Now I See! Fostering L2 Digital Multimodal Literacies through Infographics Palo Verde BBeatrice Dupuy • Tara Hashemi Promoting Higher Levels of Proficiency Using Current Event Panels - SESSION CANCELLED BY PRESENTER Ocotillo ALaura Catharine Smith Weaving Language and Culture: Mastering Mandarin Summer Camp Design and Implementation WillowLingjing Luo

4:00pm MST

Best of California: Effective Strategies and Activities for Interpersonal Communication AgaveDr. Cecile Nedellec Developing Global Citizenship through School Exchanges (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo APatricia Roque • Prometour USA Inc Envisioning and Realizing Improved Teaching: Action Research Fundamentals with Examples Ocotillo BWalter Fernando Trejo Rios • Julie Monty It’s Show Time: Putting Proficiency Center Stage When Assessing (Exhibitor Session) Palo Verde ACristin Bleess - Wayside Publishing Student Engagement across Tasks, Modes, and Time Palo Verde BClaudia Kunschak

5:15pm MST

Cultural Competence in Spanish Classes Palo Verde CElizabeth Cisneros A Simple and Powerful Daily Writing Practice to Improve Language Skills Learning YuccaLeine Moratelli Chatbot Activities in the Spanish Classroom: Possibilities and Challenges WillowYuly Asención-Delaney Outfitting Your Tech Toolbox: OER, Avatars, and Music Videos in Today’s Classroom ChollaSarah Butler • Philip Allen • Kyung Lee Gagum Revitalize Your Classroom: Strategies for Creating an Oasis of Learning and Growth (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo CLaura Zinke - Vista Higher Learning Unmasking Vienna: Language Learning through Crime Stories Ocotillo AMelanie Mello

9:00am MST

Best of Utah: Oral Assessment - Providing a Powerful Data-Based Assessment for Successful Interventions in DLI Classrooms AgaveLina Figueiredo Incorporating a Challenge Analysis Approach in World Languages Ocotillo AAndrew White 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

10:45am MST

Best of Oklahoma: Building Bridges: Maximizing Mutual Impact between Cooperating Teacher and Student Intern AgaveTaylor Niehoff • Madison Rubino 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 Milking Your Authentic resource for All Its Worth Palo Verde AWhitney Stafford-Najibi Movies Make Meaning Ocotillo AJennifer Newman-Cornell • Margarita De León Viera Upping Your Interculturality Game with AI ChollaJillian Lykens

1:30pm MST

Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica: Let's Get Kids in the Program ChollaLacey Chavez • Carla Whitehead • Laura Zinke - Vista Higher Learning

2:45pm MST

Breaking the Ice: Games to Get Students Talking Palo Verde CCaroline Pardo Achieving Intermediate Fluency in 60 Hours with Storytelling (Exhibitor Session) Palo Verde BTPRS Books Go Beyond Your Classroom Walls with a Free Virtual Exchange Ocotillo BJill Woerner - AFS Intercultural Programs USA Reading across the Levels: Browsing through Some Ideas Ocotillo AJennifer Newman-Cornell Unlocking Language: Escape the Room, Not the Learning! Palo Verde AAshley Eberhart

4:00pm MST

Enrich Teaching and Learning with D I E - Based Writing Activities ChollaAbigail R. Harootian