Session 3 Paper presentations 2-2:30 pm

1. Effects of Digital Input on L2 Learning in Foreign Language Context (LeChase 103)

Chunmei Zhao (czhao15@u.rochester.edu)

Warner School, University of Rochester

This presentation aims to encourage teachers, students and parents for new explorations for second language (L2) learning by reviewing the newest literature on the influences of digital input on L2 development. Audience to this presentation will deepen their thoughts on how L2 proficiency is better achieved in this digital era.

2. What Does PISA 2018 Tell Us about ELL Students' Access to Technology and Their Literacy Engagement? (LeChase 104)

Jihan Ayesh & Beilei Guo (ayeshjihan@gmail.com)

Warner School, University of Rochester

Presenters identify the impact of ELL students’ access to technology on their literacy engagement using data from students’ questionnaire in PISA 2018. Multiple regressions were run to analyze the relationship between technology availability and students’ literacy engagement variables, such as the use of reading time and self-perceived importance of reading.

3. Power Shift of English among ELLs in Online K(Korean)-pop Fan Practices (LeChase 148)

Yu Jung Han (yhan18@u.rochester.edu)

Warner School, University of Rochester

This presentation introduces the great power shift of English that the presenter observed on online fan communities of Korean band, BTS. ELLs were using English only as a tool for communication and putting much more value on the Korean language proficiency. Participants will discuss what education can do with it.

4. IELTS: Evaluating the Global Gatekeeper (LeChase 160)

Sheila Ameri (sheila@newschool.edu)

The New School

Your EFL learners have taken IELTS, but do you know what that means? From creating the exam, to evaluating the results and even the struggles of affording and attending the exam, many factors complicate the IELTS process for test takers and accepting institutions.

5. The State-of-the-Field in L2 Teaching: Self-regulation, EFL for Young Learners, & L1 Use (LeChase 161)

Merve Oksuz Zerey, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jihyeon Hwang, Soyoung Kim, & Amanda Brown (abrown08@syr.edu), Syracuse University

This session provides an overview of cutting-edge research in several contemporary areas of L2 acquisition and pedagogy: the relevance of self-regulated learning in L2A, best practices in the teaching of (very) young EFL learners, and the use of the first language in the second language classroom.

6. Maximizing Participation through Strategic Questioning (LeChase 163)

Mark Romig (mtr2140@tc.columbia.edu)

Teachers College, Columbia University

This presentation will look at the various ways that questions can maximize participation in the classroom. Using conversation analysis, I will show the precise interactional practices employed in a real classroom of 25 high-beginner adult students. Participants will be trained on how to reflect on their own questioning practices.