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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"

Marianella Muelle

Bavarian International School gAG
Teacher
Haimhausen, Germany

I would like to know how other MT programs work in the Secondary School, specially if they are included in the curriculum . How to get quality MT teachers engaged if they are not employees, etc.
I teach Spanish and German Acquisition as well and see how bilingual and multilingual students struggle with the second or third foreign language.

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

10:45 CET

Translanguaging in the Secondary SchoolLIMITED BlomstersalenPatricia Mertin

11:45 CET

Lunch Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

13:30 CET

Expanding Your MT Definition: Bringing Identity Language Into Your School.FULL HarlekinDr. Jim Cummins • Mindy McCracken • Lara Rikers

15:00 CET

Literacy Engagement and Identity Texts in the Multilingual ClassroomLIMITED CarstensenDr. Jim Cummins

16:10 CET

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

09:00 CET

The Power of Assessment in Facilitating Language Development in the Multilingual ClassroomLIMITED Congress HallPaul Kei Matsuda

10:15 CET

Morning Break Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

10:45 CET

Using Pop Up Theory to Help Students Understand How Language is (and is Not) Acquired.LIMITED CarstensenStephen Krashen • Linda Li

11:45 CET

Lunch Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

13:30 CET

Multilingualism: A Whole Community ProjectFILLING HarlekinEowyn Crisfield • Susan Stewart

15:00 CET

Theory and Practice in Comprehension-Based Classrooms: Popup TheoryLIMITED LumbyeStephen Krashen • Fluency Matters

16:10 CET

Engagement and Participation in Multilingual Classrooms: Implications for Teaching and LearningLIMITED Congress HallPauline Gibbons

17:10 CET

End of the day Plenary Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

09:00 CET

Multilingualism in the Classroom: “I think it’s helping my brain grow”LIMITED Congress HallDr. Jim Cummins

10:15 CET

Morning Break Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

10:45 CET

Mother Tongue at the Center: Using Structured Translanguaging in the International SchoolsLIMITED BlomstersalenEowyn Crisfield

12:00 CET

Panel DiscussionLIMITED Congress HallDr. Jim Cummins • Fred Genesee • Pauline Gibbons • Else Hamayan • Stephen Krashen • Paul Kei Matsuda • Alex Rawlings

12:45 CET

Closing Ceremony Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center