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ECIS ESLMT Conference 2017

ECIS ESLMT Conference Copenhagen (2-5 March, 2017)
"The Power of Multilingual Classrooms in International Education: Implications for Curriculum Design, Teaching and Learning"

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07:00 CET

Registration Front Entrance of the Congress Hall

08:30 CET

Opening Session: Intro by committee, Welcome by CIS Director, Intro to Danish Culture and Language, Helle Pia Laursen (mini keynote), and Alex Rawlings (mini keynote)LIMITED Congress HallTine Balck • Helle Pia Laursen • Alex Rawlings • Josefine Rosenkvist • Jennifer Weyburn

10:15 CET

Morning Break Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

10:45 CET

Building Knowledge About Language Through Whole School Professional DevelopmentLIMITED CarstensenBrian Dare Classroom Talk as a Bridge to LiteracyFULL PjerrotPauline Gibbons Inspiring Higher-order Thinking Using Level-appropriate LanguageFULL HarlekinFluency Matters Opening Boundries: A Conversation on Crosslanguage Pedagogies in Multilingual ClassroomsFILLING ColumbineFred Genesee • Else Hamayan Teaching and Learning in an Interlingual / Equal Rights ClassroomLIMITED LumbyeEithne Gallagher Translanguaging in the Secondary SchoolLIMITED BlomstersalenPatricia Mertin

11:45 CET

Lunch Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

12:30 CET

Mid-Afternoon Consultations (by appointment only) HarlekinFrances Bekhechi • Veronica Bourke • Niki Cooper • Eithne Gallagher • Margo Gottlieb • Patricia Mertin • Jon Nordmeyer • Eugenia Papadaki • Beth Skelton • Antonella Sorace Exhibition (Poster Sessions) Lower Level Common Area Job-alike Pjerrot Round Table Columbine

13:15 CET

Transition Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

13:30 CET

Literacy Initiative Designed to Bring Multiliteracies and a Sense of Identity Into Elementary ClassroomsFILLING PjerrotMargo Gottlieb • Sara K. Ahmed • Beth Queeney-Dressler • Kristin Simmers 2 Affirming Identity: Targeted Co-planning for Student SuccessLIMITED LumbyeEithne Gallagher • Lindy Nichols Developing International-Mindedness in the Early YearsLIMITED ColumbineRoma Chumak Horbatsch • Helen Werner Expanding Your MT Definition: Bringing Identity Language Into Your School.FULL HarlekinDr. Jim Cummins • Mindy McCracken • Lara Rikers Innovative Use of Home Languages in the Multilingual ClassroomLIMITED CarstensenElse Hamayan • Beth Skelton • Joris Van den Bosch Upper Elementary/Middle School Students and Role of Parents (book club)LIMITED BlomstersalenSheldon Bradshaw • Juana Nolasco

14:30 CET

Afternoon Break Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

15:00 CET

Home Language Integration: Our Journey's Highlights and ChallengesLIMITED HarlekinRon Rosenow • Karen Serritslev Literacy Engagement and Identity Texts in the Multilingual ClassroomLIMITED CarstensenDr. Jim Cummins Multilingualism Across the Lifespan: Language, Cognition, and Practical ImplicationsLIMITED ColumbineAntonella Sorace Multilingualism for All: What About At-Risk Learners?LIMITED LumbyeFred Genesee Promoting and Assessing the Linguistic and Cultural Identity of Young Multilingual Learners strand: culture and identityLIMITED BlomstersalenElizabeth Howard Training Teachers to Identify and Explicitly Teach Academic LanguageFULL PjerrotDeborah J. Short, Ph.D.

16:00 CET

Transition Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

16:10 CET

Self-Selected Free Voluntary Reading: The Missing Link in Language Education.LIMITED Congress HallStephen Krashen

17:10 CET

End of the day Plenary Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

17:30 CET

Afternoon Consultations (by appointment only) HarlekinFrances Bekhechi • Veronica Bourke • Niki Cooper • Eithne Gallagher • Margo Gottlieb • Paul Magnuson • Patricia Mertin • Jon Nordmeyer • Eugenia Papadaki • Beth Skelton • Antonella Sorace