ALT 15th Anniversary Conference
Schedule
Events Description
The following descriptions are for the live events of the conference. Please note that you should watch the pre-recorded presentations before attending the live events. These recordings will be available starting November 23rd. The pre-recorded presentations can be found here.
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Meet & Greet | Come see old and new friends to kick off our reunion conference! |
| Keynote Speakers | Current (Carol Chapelle, John Levis) and former (Dan Douglas, Viviana Cortes) faculty will present live talks on topics related to our program. |
| Panel Discussions | 12 different 30 minute discussion sessions on different topics from the presentations. Come ask questions to the presenters and discuss the topics you’re interested in. |
| Open House | Visit with conference attendees informally in an open room and in faculty individual offices. |
Live Sessions
The World Clock Meeting Planner
December 3, 2020
| Time (CST) | Event |
|---|---|
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Opening Address Welcome from the department chair (Volker Hegelheimer) |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Keynote Speech Carol Chapelle & Dan Douglas |
10:15 am - 10:45 am | Meet & Greet (moderated by Denise Coberley) |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Live Panel Discussion on Implementing CALL Lea Johannsen, Erik Voss, Monica Ghosh (moderated by Mahdi Duris) |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Live Panel Discussion on CALL and Professional Development Sarah Huffman, Adolfo Carrillo Cabello (moderated by Mahdi Duris) |
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Live Panel Discussion on NLP in CALL Hyejin Yang, Stephanie Link (moderated by Reza Neiriz) |
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Live Panel Discussion on Research on Technology Use Moonyoung Park, Hong Ma & Zhi Li (moderated by Kristin Terrill) |
December 4, 2020
| Time (CST) | Event |
|---|---|
8:00 am - 8:30 am | Live Panel Discussion on Assessing Grammatical Complexity Aysel Saricaoglu, Hyunwoo Kim & Yongkook Won (moderated by Roz Hirch) |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Live Panel Discussion on Corpus-Assisted Research Hong Ma, Yongkook Won (moderated by Kimberly Becker) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Live Panel Discussion on Construct Research in Language Assessment Ruslan Suvorov, Sonca Vo (moderated by Sebnem Kurt) |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Live Panel Discussion on Technology in Speaking Assessment Hye-won Lee, Jing Xu (moderated by Agata Guskaroska) |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Keynote Speech Viviana Cortes |
Afternoon | Open House |
December 5, 2020
| Time (CST) | Event |
|---|---|
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Live Panel Discussion on Assessing Multi-modal Competence YunDeok Choi, Jinrong Li (moderated by Shireen Baghestani) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Live Panel Discussion on Pronunciation Research and Practice Rania Mohammed, Shannon McCrocklin, Edna F. Lima (moderated by Sondoss Elnegahy) |
9:30 am -10:30 am | Keynote Speech John Levis |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Live Panel Discussion on Professional Life in Academia Elena Cotos, Jordan Smith (moderated by Ali Garib) |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Live Panel Discussion on Varied Opportunities in Applied Linguistics Anne O’Bryan, Jooyoung Lee (moderated by Ali Garib) |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Closing (moderated by Fatemeh Bordbarjavidi and Zoe Zawadzki) |