Conference Overview

Venue: Pan Pacific and Novotel Perth Langley Hotels

DAY 1 – Friday 8 April

Subject to change without notice

Most concurrent sessions are 55 minutes duration. Some sessions (e.g. A1/B1) are double sessions and some (e.g. A10.1 and A10.2) are paired mini-sessions sharing the 55 minute time slot.

9.00am Keynote Address: Carol Garlett • Exchanging Ways of Being – an Aboriginal Perspective▶

PP GOLDEN BALLROOM

Morning tea 10.00 – 10.30

Concurrent workshops A and B

Session 1: 10.30 – 11.25		Session 2: 11.35 – 12.30
A1/B1 • Session Full • Literacy + Mathematics + Language = Numeracy? (120 minutes) and B1▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH
A2 The Poetry Truck▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM		B2 Innovative solutions to LLN issues in VET programs▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM
A3 Connect, Share, Learn: exchanging ways to expand professional learning through social media▶ PP PILBARA ROOM		B3 The Open Air Academy: Reengaging Adult Learners▶ PP PILBARA ROOM
A4/B4 • Session Full • A bag full of literacy activities Part 1 (120 minutes) and B4 ▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM CENTRE
A5 Teaching literacy through numeracy▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM		B5 Sharp Reading for English language learners▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM
A6/B6 Form, function and feeling in Aboriginal English (120 minutes) and B6▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM SOUTH
A7 An alternative way out of the intermediate plateau▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM NORTH		B7 Leading EAL/D and refugee education: a primary school model▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH
A8 The role of resiliency education in English engagement towards successful educational, social and career outcomes for adolescent migrant students▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH		B8 An ACTA Forum on Adult ESL Issues in Teaching and Learning: Establishing networks for knowledge sharing and exchanging ideas▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM NORTH
A9 Using TEAL resources to assess the oracy and writing skills of school age EAL learners new to English▶ PP BOARD ROOM		B9 Using TEAL resources to assess the oracy and writing skills of more advanced school age EAL learners▶ PP BOARD ROOM
A10.1 Impact of teaching strategies on second language learning: a study of adult ESL classrooms (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM	A10.2 Applying a CALL-Based Approach in teaching communicative grammar of English from the intercultural perspective in Vietnamese campuses (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM	B10.1 'Come as you are': embracing diversity to support success at Victoria University (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM	B10.2 Diversity in context: a pragmatic response to colonisation in Indigenous language learning (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM
A11.1 Transcultural literacy and identity: Implications for language teaching and social interaction (25 minutes)▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM	A11.2 Moving from educating Sudanese refugees to educating remote Aboriginal students: a reflection (25 minutes)▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM	B11 Literacy 'packages' - meeting the needs of Indigenous EAL/D learners?▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM
A12 EAL/D learning and being as a lived experience in a comprehensive public NT rural middle and senior school▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM		B12 • Session Full • Applications of Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) in EAL/D Classes: Principles and Best Practices▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM

Lunch: 12.30 – 1.30

Session 3: 1.40 - 2.40

Paired Keynote Address: Dr Androula Yiakoumetti

Utilising Linguistic Variation for Better Education▶

NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM

Paired Keynote Address: Dr Mark Pegrum

Yet Another Literacy? Mobile Devices, Mobile Learning, and Mobile Literacy▶

PP GOLDEN BALLROOM

Afternoon tea: 2.40 – 3.00

Concurrent workshops C and D

Session 4: 3.00 – 3.55		Session 5: 4.05 – 5.00
C1/D1 Designing adult numeracy classes through a language filter (120 minutes) and D1▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM NORTH
C2 Lessons on Demand: 25 no-preparation-needed activities to use on the fly▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH		D2 Literacy through STEM – Science focus▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH
C3 SDERA and the Keys for Life program – educating for smarter choices on the road and elsewhere▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH		D3 Addressing oral language needs of diverse EAL/D learners through whole school professional learning▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH
C4 'LETS' learn English through Story time▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM		D4 More on effective and targeted word-reading instruction▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM
C5/D5 Collard vs State of Western Australia: documentary film and discussion about the landmark human rights court case (120 minutes) and D5▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM CENTRE
C6/D6 Critical pedagogy: integrating Indigenous cultures and histories into EAL/D (120 minutes) and D6▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM SOUTH
C7 What's it like teaching EAL/D in a remote school?▶ NH BOARD ROOM		D7 ESL students as driving instructors▶ NH BOARD ROOM
C8 Wongutha CAPS: engaging Aboriginal students from all over WA in literacy and the wider global community▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM		D8 Digital spaces supporting an EAL/D community of practice to thrive▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM
C9 Bilingual tools to enhance EAL/D students' language development▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM		D9 Driving Language and Literacy exchange from the perspectives of three levels of education▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM
C10.1 Listening to the views of children and young people from CALD backgrounds (25 minutes)▶ PP PILBARA ROOM	C10.2 • Session Full • Success in teaching: sharing the experiences of being in the classroom situation▶ PP PILBARA ROOM	D10.1 Cancelled	D10.2 What teachers (want to) learn about teaching pronunciation(25 minutes)▶ PP PILBARA ROOM
C11.1 The impact of teachers' knowledge, and beliefs about technology, pedagogy and content in adult education (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM		D11.1 The power of tandem language exchanges (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM	D11.2 Mo bile technology: apps galore! (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM
C12 Developing language through the arts ▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM		D12 Music and exercise for English▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM

Day 2 – Saturday, 9 April

9.00 – 10.00 Keynote address: Dr Vicky Duckworth • Dis-entangling Literacy from neoliberal fusion: creating critical spaces for emancipatory learning and social justice▶

PP GOLDEN BALLROOM

Morning tea: 10.00 – 10.30

Concurrent workshops E and F

Session 6: 10.30 – 11.25		Session 7: 11.35 – 12.30
E1 Unpacking the professional identities of LLN teachers in VET▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM		F1 Strengthening the N in LLN: why addressing numeracy skills is crucial▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM
E2/F2 E'-xchanging ways of being through connections with the world out there! (120 minutes) and F2▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM SOUTH
E3 Developing engaging, relevant literacy resources which meet the needs of Indigenous and other adult EAL learners ▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH		F3 Transformational Literacies, resource design and Learner motivation▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH
E4 SEE Network Discussion▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM		F4 Reducing the impact of dyslexia on numeracy▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM
E5/F5 • Session Full • Storylines: discovering Aboriginal heritage materials online (120 minutes) and F5▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM CENTRE
E6/F6 Legal judgments and dialectal difference: some impacts for human rights outcomes (120 minutes) and F6▶ NH BOARD ROOM
E7 The English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Progress Map▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH		F7 Leading the development of an effective whole-school English as an Additional Language (EAL)▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH
E8 Effective strategies for teaching late adolescent limited schooling students in a Secondary Intensive English Centre▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM		F8 Differentiating for diverse populations: the advantages of problem-based language learning▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM
E9 Captioned video supporting literacy and learning▶ PP PILBARA ROOM		F9 'According to the Script'▶ PP PILBARA ROOM
E10.1 Translanguaging: using technology enhanced environments to develop multilingual competence (25 minutes)▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM	E10.2 The use of blogs in the teaching of academic writing for ESL students (25 minutes)▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM	F10.1 English as an additional language or dialect policy in schools: factors effecting interpretation, implementation and decision-making (25 minutes)▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM	F10.2 Adversity and achievement: resilience, in adult literacy (25 minutes)▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM
E11.1 In the third space or feeling like the other? Perspectives and experiences of a diverse group of Asian English language teachers (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM	E11.2 Two-Way teaching and learning in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM	F11.1 Storytelling as cultural practice within the Vietnamese-Australian community (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM	F11.2 Why did I be come a teacher again: rediscovering people amidst the learning outcomes (25 minutes)▶ PP BOARD ROOM
E12/F12 Dialogue and role play: reviewed, revisited and reimagined (120 minutes) and F12▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM NORTH

Lunch: 12.30 – 1.30

Session 8: 1.30 – 2.30

Paired keynote address: Professor Bill Barton

Numeracy as Cultural Exchange▶

NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM

Paired Keynote address: Dr Jenny Hammond

Classrooms of possibility: working with refugee students▶

PP GOLDEN BALLROOM

Afternoon tea: 2.30 – 2.50

Concurrent workshops G and H

Session 9: 2.50 – 3.45		Session 10: 3.55 – 4.50
G1 Learning Western mathematics: success for Indigenous students in a remote setting▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM		H1 Numeracy Activities for Living in a Multicultural World ▶ PP HAMERSLEY ROOM
G2/H2 • Session Full • Sentence-combining skills: getting beyond 'write it the way you say it' (120 minutes) and H2▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM CENTRE
G3 Colonisation and the inter-generational impact on Aboriginal learners today▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM		H3 Indigenous adult learning in Community Learning Centres▶ PP GOLDSWORTHY ROOM
G4 The role of task design in improving learner's affective responses and motivational intensity during classroom performance▶ PP BOARD ROOM		H4 Go Digi: A national approach to Digital Literacy▶ PP BOARD ROOM
G5/H5 Exchanging ways of being through Two-Way bidialectal education (120 minutes) and H5▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM SOUTH
G6/H6 Cross-cultural sustainability and teaching and learning for EAL/D learners (120 minutes) and H6▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM NORTH
G7 Celebrating diversity: community visions for literacy▶ PP PILBARA ROOM		H7 Building Intercultural Bridges▶ PP PILBARA ROOM
G8 'Change the world one mind at a time': Partnerships and school-based programs to enhance language and life-chances in remote Indigenous community schools▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM		H8 How are foundation skills being delivered by community providers?▶ PP MT NEWMAN ROOM
G9/H9 • Session Full • Re-tell + Re-use + Re-count = Re-cycling Language (120 minutes) and H9▶ PP GOLDEN BALLROOM NORTH
G10.1 Education for human rights in the EAP classroom (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM	G10.2 Teaching empathy in the EAP classroom (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM	H10.1 Understanding diversity using media in an EFL environment (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM	H10.2 Celebrating diversity in EFL through video blogs (25 minutes)▶ NH BOARD ROOM
G11.1 The use of English as a Second Language (ESL) educational resources to promote functional health literacy to migrants (25 minutes)▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM	G11.2 Learner autonomy as an element in Chinese Education Reform: A case of English language course (25 minutes)▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM	H11.1 Diversity, learning and technology: exploring EAL teachers' mindsets (25 minutes)▶ NH LANGLEY ROOM	H11.2 CANCELLED NH LANGLEY ROOM
G12 The literacy and numeracy of apps: student and teacher practices▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH		H12 Pormpuraaw State School: Closing the Literacy Gap through Advanced Teacher Subject Knowledge▶ NH RIVERSIDE BALLROOM SOUTH

5.00 – 5.30: Closing Plenary Address: Dr Ullrich Ecker • The Challenges of Misinformation ▶

PP GOLDEN BALLROOM

This conference is supported by

Central Institute of Technology

The following exhibitors welcome you to the Diversity conference

2016 ACAL - ACTA Conference 'DIVERSITY: exchanging ways of being'
presented by the Australian Council for Adult Literacy and the Australian Council of TESOL Associations,
in association with local Western Australian hosts, the Western Australian Adult Literacy Council and Westralian Association for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.