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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 Keeping It Collaborative - Building Communication at Every Level Palo Verde CSally Barnes Reignite Your Teaching Passion through Deep Dives into Cultural Practices and Products Palo Verde CStephen Van Orden AI As a Tool in the Language Classroom YuccaElizabeth Cisneros Best of Hawai‘i: Fostering Engagement: Fun Classroom Routines for Novice & Intermediate Learners AgaveJennifer Stevens Enhancing Foreign Language Speaking Skills by Using Interagency Language Roundtable WillowBozo Dzakula Reflecting, Innovating, and Designing Action Research ChollaPompeya Gettler The Looming "Enrollment Cliff" and Language Learning Ocotillo AGlenn Fetzer

1:00pm MST

Conversation Connections: Micro-Immersion through Conversation Groups Palo Verde CJessica Wood Extensive or Pleasure Reading and How to Build an Extensive Reading Collection Palo Verde CDr. Jeff Peterson How Valuable is Grice's Cooperative Principle to All Languages? Palo Verde CDr. C. Quijano Play as a Language Learning Oasis: 12 Activities to Sharpen Students’ Speaking, Listening, and Writing Skills Palo Verde CSharon Lyman 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive World Language Classroom Ocotillo CSally Barnes Best of Nevada: Conectando con confianza: Fortaleciendo la identidad y la cultura en hispanohablantes a través de la literatura AgavePaulina Rios • Melissa Bullard How to Adapt Classroom Conversations into Accessible Texts ChollaMira Canion Meaning-Based Strategies to Refine Accuracy in Middle School DLI Courses WillowGreta Lundgaard Where Language Learning Meets Neuroscience (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo BJJ Morgan - Voces Digital

2:15pm MST

Cultivating Creativity and Confidence: Enhancing Impromptu Writing Skills in Japanese through Timed Exercises in the Classroom Palo Verde CReiko Akiyama Vocabulary Acquisition in the L2 Classroom: Strategies for Building and Retention Palo Verde CTim Cannon Where Language Skills Meet Student Leadership: Unlocking the Power of Language Clubs Palo Verde CAmanda Oliveira Hoffmann Best of New Mexico: Gamifying Teaching, Learning, and Speaking AgaveKayla Scheer Character & Communication: Enhancing Language Learning via Character Growth (Exhibitor Session) Ocotillo CBrooke Campbell Empowering Diverse Learners: Student Agency in the Language Classroom ChollaLeslie Grahn 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 Reading: Why, What, and How (Exhibitor Session) Palo Verde AElicia Cárdenas - The Comprehensible Classroom

4:00pm MST

Level Up Your Language Teaching: Free Resources and Opportunities from the NFLRC Palo Verde CRachel Mamiya Hernandez On Making the Online Asynchronous Language Class Communicative and Interactive Palo Verde CChristopher G. Botero 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 K-16 Pathways to the Future! ChollaJill Landes-Lee Mining for Proficiency: Creating a Proficiency-Based Classroom Ocotillo CTzeitel Borbon • Jana Arnold • Jennifer Newman-Cornell Student Engagement across Tasks, Modes, and Time Palo Verde BClaudia Kunschak

5:15pm MST

Fun Input for Fruitful Output: Useful Ways to Use Short Clips in the Language Classroom Palo Verde CJuliana Suby Quick Assessments for Today's Teachers: What Can I Do in 90 Seconds? Palo Verde CMelany Batista • Diego Batista What is the Role of Elementary Schools in World Language Education? Palo Verde CRonald Ramirez A Simple and Powerful Daily Writing Practice to Improve Language Skills Learning YuccaLeine Moratelli ACTFL Teacher of the Year: Marigolds and Mindsets: Choosing Sustainable Optimism AgaveKei Tsukamaki - ACTFL Innovative Vocabulary Acquisition through Project-Based Learning in Professional Language Courses Palo Verde BIsabel Asensio Leveraging ACTFL Assessments for College and Career Readiness (Exhibitor Session) Palo Verde AJennifer Quinlan - Associate Director of Product Management - Language Testing International Promoting Student Engagement with Constructive Feedback in Formative Assessment Ocotillo BDr. Maida Dzakula • Bozo Dzakula

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