ARTESOL

Friday, May 13

08:00-09:00 Registration

09:15-10:00 Opening Ceremony & Orientation

10:00-11:00 Plenary

Micah Risher “Unleash Your Experience: Being a 21st Century Reflective Practitioner”

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Concurrent Presentations & Poster Sessions

13:00-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-15:30 Plenary

Viviana Cortes, “What your textbook is not telling you: The truth about formulaic language”

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:30 Concurrent Presentations & Poster Sessions

17:30-18:30 Plenary

Luciana Fernandez, “Language, Critical Thinking and Multicultural Awareness Development in the EFL Classroom¨

Saturday, May 14

09:00-10:00 Plenary

Viviana Cortes, “Checking our language intuitions: Corpora and Content-based instruction“

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions

12:00-12:45 Commercial Presentations

12:45-14:30 Lunch break

12:45-14:30 Lunch break

14:30-15:30 Plenary

Tamara Al-Kasey, ¨Monkeying around on the Internet: Teaching reading micro-skills¨

15:30-16:15 Concurrent sessions

16:15-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:00 ¨Los Murciélagos¨ band

17:00-17:30 Closing & Raffle

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Micah Risher

Regional English Language Officer (RELO)

U.S. Department of State

As Director of the Regional English Language Office based in Lima, Peru, Micah Risher supports English programming in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Micah Risher

Prior to becoming a Foreign Service Officer, Micah was a licensed teacher trainer for SIT World Learning’s TESOL certificate courses, an education program manager for Save the Children, a freelancer for UNICEF, and an English Language Fellow funded by the Department of State. His passion is helping to improve the situation of teachers and students around the world. As such, he has worked in several very different contexts ranging from tiny, mountainous villages in Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan, to some of the biggest, most densely populated cities in the world (Seoul, Dhaka, Lima, and New York). Micah is an avid bicyclist and hiker, a terrible dancer, and a passionate advocate for educators.

Unleash Your Experience: Being a 21st Century Reflective Practitioner

In our increasingly digitized world, it can be a struggle to cope with the changing needs and opportunities of Generation Z learners. However, English teachers are in a unique position to embrace the changes by retaining and deepening the timeless skill of being a reflective practitioner. The presenter will discuss the global context shaping this digital-native generation and suggest a practical framework—the Experiential Learning Cycle—for helping teachers deeply reflect on how they move forward with technology.