Conference Overview

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.

9.15am Keynote Address: Carol Garlett • Exchanging Ways of Being – an Aboriginal Perspective▶

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 Literacy + Mathematics + Language = Numeracy? (120 minutes) and B1▶
A2 The Poetry Truck▶		B2 Innovative solutions to LLN issues in VET programs▶
A3 Connect, Share, Learn: exchanging ways to expand professional learning through social media▶		B3 Over-assessment, over the Tasman, over the workload...practitioners and learners and policy▶
A4/B4 A bag full of literacy activities Part 1 (120 minutes) and B4 ▶
A5 Teaching literacy through numeracy▶		B5 Sharp Reading for English language learners▶
A6/B6 Form, function and feeling in Aboriginal English (120 minutes) and B6▶
A7 An alternative way out of the intermediate plateau▶		B7 Leading EAL/D and refugee education: a primary school model▶
A8 Supporting English as an Additional Language at transition to school▶		B8 Relevant academic writing for undergraduates in Japan: acknowledging diversity through a Wikipedia Project▶
A9 Using TEAL resources to assess the oracy and writing skills of school age EAL learners new to English▶		B9 Using TEAL resources to assess the oracy and writing skills of more advanced school age EAL learners▶
A10.1 Impact of teaching strategies on second language learning: a study of adult ESL classrooms (25 minutes)▶	A10.2 Applying a CALL-Based Approach in teaching communicative grammar of English from the intercultural perspective in Vietnamese campuses (25 minutes)▶	B10.1 'Come as you are': embracing diversity to support success at Victoria University (25 minutes)▶	B10.2 Diversity in context: a pragmatic response to colonisation in Indigenous language learning (25 minutes)▶
A11.1 Transcultural literacy and identity: Implications for language teaching and social interaction (25 minutes)▶	A11.2 Moving from educating Sudanese refugees to educating remote Aboriginal students: a reflection (25 minutes)▶	B11 Literacy 'packages' - meeting the needs of Indigenous EAL/D learners?▶
A12 EAL/D learning and being as a lived experience in a comprehensive public NT rural middle and senior school▶		B12 Applications of Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) in EAL/D Classes: Principles and Best Practices▶

Lunch: 12.30 – 1.30

Session 3: 1.30 - 2.40

Paired Keynote Address: Dr Androula Yiakoumetti

Utilising Linguistic Variation for Better Education▶

Paired Keynote Address: Dr Mark Pegrum

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

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▶
C2 Start thriving and quit surviving: practical strategies for ramping up ESOL student engagement and motivation▶		D2 Learning to read in a second language▶
C3 Spelling for all: can you really develop a digital program to support adults and children from diverse backgrounds?▶		D3 Addressing oral language needs of diverse EAL/D learners through whole school professional learning▶
C4 'LETS' learn English through Story time▶		D4 More on effective and targeted word-reading instruction▶
C5/D5 Collard vs State of Western Australia: documentary film and discussion about the landmark human rights court case (120 minutes) and D5▶
C6/D6 Critical pedagogy: integrating Indigenous cultures and histories into EAL/D (120 minutes) and D6▶
C7 What's it like teaching EAL/D in a remote school?▶		D7 ESL students as driving instructors▶
C8 Wongutha CAPS: engaging Aboriginal students from all over WA in literacy and the wider global community▶		D8 Digital spaces supporting an EAL/D community of practice to thrive▶
C9 Bilingual tools to enhance EAL/D students' language development▶		D9 Driving Language and Literacy exchange from the perspectives of three levels of education▶
C10.1 The educational journeys of refugee-background students in Australia: focusing on accomplishment and language (25 minutes)▶	C10.2 Success in teaching: sharing the experiences of being in the classroom situation (25 minutes)▶	D10.1 English as a medium of instruction in foreign language teacher education (25 minutes)▶	D10.2 What teachers (want to) learn about teaching pronunciation(25 minutes)▶
C11.1 TBA (25 minutes)▶	C11.2 Applying the Australian Core Skills Framework to rating learners' writing performance (25 minutes)▶	D11.1 The power of tandem language exchanges (25 minutes)▶	D11.2 Mo bile technology: apps galore! (25 minutes)▶
C12 Developing language through the arts ▶		D12 Music and exercise for English▶

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▶

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▶		F1 Strengthening the N in LLN: why addressing numeracy skills is crucial▶
E2/F2 E'-xchanging ways of being through connections with the world out there! (120 minutes) and F2▶
E3 Literacy that Works - Responding to the needs of individual learners in ways that makes literacy relevant▶		F3 Transformational Literacies, resource design and Learner motivation▶
E4 SEE Network Discussion▶		F4 Reducing the impact of dyslexia on numeracy▶
E5 /F5 Storylines: discovering Aboriginal heritage materials online (120 minutes) and F5▶
E6/F6 Legal judgments and dialectal difference: some impacts for human rights outcomes (120 minutes) and F6▶
E7 The English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Progress Map▶		F7 Leading the development of an effective whole-school English as an Additional Language (EAL)▶
E8 Effective strategies for teaching late adolescent limited schooling students in a Secondary Intensive English Centre▶		F8 Differentiating for diverse populations: the advantages of problem-based language learning▶
E9 Captioned video supporting literacy and learning▶		F9 'According to the Script'▶
E10.1 Translanguaging: using technology enhanced environments to develop multilingual competence (25 minutes)▶	E10.2 Identifying , acknowledging and addressing diversity in Higher Education: proposal of a student diversity and language matrix (25 minutes)▶	F10.1 English as an additional language or dialect policy in schools: factors effecting interpretation, implementation and decision-making (25 minutes)▶	F10.2 Adversity and achievement: resilience, in adult literacy (25 minutes)▶
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)▶	E11.2 Integrating data-driven approach to teach academic vocabulary in writing (25 minutes)▶	F11.1 Storytelling as cultural practice within the Vietnamese-Australian community (25 minutes)▶	F11.2 Why did I be come a teacher again: rediscovering people amidst the learning outcomes (25 minutes)▶
E12/F12 Dialogue and role play: reviewed, revisited and reimagined (120 minutes) and F12▶

Lunch: 12.30 – 1.30

Session 8: 1.30 – 2.30

Paired keynote address: Professor Bill Barton

Numeracy as Cultural Exchange▶

Paired Keynote address: Dr Jenny Hammond

Classrooms of possibility: working with refugee students▶

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▶		H1 Numeracy Activities for Living in a Multicultural World (55 minutes)
G2/H2 Sentence-combining skills: getting beyond 'write it the way you say it' (120 minutes) and H2▶
G3 Colonisation and the inter-generational impact on Aboriginal learners today▶		H3 Indigenous adult learning in Community Learning Centres▶
G4 The role of task design in improving learner's affective responses and motivational intensity during classroom performance▶		H4 Go Digi: A national approach to Digital Literacy▶
G5/H5 Exchanging ways of being through Two-Way bidialectal education (120 minutes) and H5▶
G6/H6 Cross-cultural sustainability and teaching and learning for EAL/D learners (120 minutes) and H6▶
G7 Celebrating diversity: community visions for literacy▶		H7 Building Intercultural Bridges▶
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▶		H8 How are foundation skills being delivered by community providers?▶
G9/H9 Re-tell + Re-use + Re-count = Re-cycling Language (120 minutes) and H9▶
G10.1 Education for human rights in the EAP classroom (25 minutes)▶	G10.2 Teaching empathy in the EAP classroom (25 minutes)▶	H10.1 Understanding diversity using media in an EFL environment (25 minutes)▶	H10.2 Celebrating diversity in EFL through video blogs (25 minutes)▶
G11.1 The use of English as a Second Language (ESL) educational resources to promote functional health literacy to migrants (25 minutes)▶	G11.2 Learner autonomy as an element in Chinese Education Reform: A case of English language course (25 minutes)▶	H11.1 Diversity, learning and technology: exploring EAL teachers' mindsets (25 minutes)▶	H11.2 College learners' perceptions of English writing on Facebook (25 minutes)▶
G12 The literacy and numeracy of apps: student and teacher practices▶		H12 Ways of learning multilingually: strategies for teachers in linguistically diverse settings▶

5.00 – 5.30: Closing Plenary Address: TBA

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.