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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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Tracey

Copenhagen International School
Grade 2 Class Teacher
Friday, March 3
 

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

Inspiring Higher-order Thinking Using Level-appropriate LanguageFULL HarlekinFluency Matters

11:45 CET

Lunch 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

14:30 CET

Afternoon Break Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center

15:00 CET

Multilingualism for All: What About At-Risk Learners?LIMITED LumbyeFred Genesee

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
 
Saturday, March 4
 

09:00 CET

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

10:45 CET

Teaching in Tandem: Fostering Connections across Languages of Instruction strand: Leadership and Professional DevelopmentLIMITED ColumbineElizabeth Howard

13:30 CET

Preaching to the Non-Converted! - How to Develop and ‘Sell’ the Benefits of Multilingual Classrooms to Others and Work Towards a Global Educational Approach in Your SchoolLIMITED LumbyeFluency Matters • Jon Nordmeyer • Catherine Copeland • Jane Fox
 
Sunday, March 5
 

09:00 CET

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

10:45 CET

Multilingual Classrooms and Regional Languages: Practices and Approaches for the Maintenance of Linguistic DiversityLIMITED HarlekinMarco Tamburelli

12:00 CET

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