Block II

Block II includes eight presentations. Please watch the recorded presentation before the day the SLAT Roundtable takes place and join the live chat on Feb. 6 with questions and comments for the presentation you watched.

Presentation 1

The Impact of Intensity and Duration on Reading Fluency in a Repeated Reading Treatment: An Eye-tracking Study

Presenter: Ethan Lynn, Grant Eckstein, & Krista Rich

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Abstract: In this study, we measured the impact of intensity in a repeated reading program, the number of readings per session, and duration, the length of treatment, on ESL students’ reading behavior using eye-tracking technology. While intensity did not impact reading fluency, students realized gains over time in all measures with more substantial gains for late reading measures.

Presentation 2

Internationalizing Higher Education: University professors’ attitudes towards the use of English as medium of instruction in Algeria

Presenter: Radja Chinoun

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Abstract: English is used as the medium of instruction (EMI) in several countries but not in Algeria. This study investigates lecturers' perspectives on introducing EMI in Algerian universities. Results show that the lack of English language proficiency seems to correlate with professors’ negative attitude towards the use of EMI.

Presentation 3

"Think like geoscientists": Multimodal academic discourse socialization of geoscience students at a Canadian university

Presenter: Masaru Yamamoto

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Abstract: This ethnographic study explores university students’ multimodal academic discourse socialization (ADS) in a geoscience course. Students were socialized into particular multimodal ways of observing, interpreting, and representing geological features during lectures and poster sessions. Theoretical, analytical, and empirical insights into ADS in postsecondary contexts (e.g., STEM) are briefly offered.

Presentation 4

Italian English Interlanguage: L1 class and dialectal differences

Presenter: Maja Carbonara

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Abstract: In my study I focus on Italian-English interlanguage, analyzing two elements not fully investigated in the vast area of SLA. I emphasise the importance of socio-economic context and dialectal differences among speakers of Southern versus Northern Italian dialect. I recommend that language teachers need to approach L2 learners holistically.

Presentation 5

Conflicting Ideologies: Teacher Perspectives on Second Language Writing

Presenter: Marina A. Durinova

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Abstract: Ideologies of how to teach second language writing influence curriculum design and instruction. This study utilizes tools of Critical Discourse Analysis to examine conflicts in these belief systems and highlights how they create spaces where teachers are forced to make instructional choices that create inequitable access to postsecondary educational opportunities.

Presentation 6

Becoming a language teacher in a ‘classless society’: Pre-service teachers’ intersectional identities in the USA

Presenter: Curtis Green-Eneix

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Abstract: I investigate to what extent social class is manifested within the language teacher education classroom as pre-service teachers begin to shape their professional identity and potential practice. Using intersectionality, I conducted an online classroom case study to reveal pre-service teachers’ social class identities shaped how they completed the course assignments.

Presentation 7

A comparison of Case Studies and Critiques in university student writing

Presenter: Marine Laísa Matte, Deise Amaral, & Larissa Goulart

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Abstract: The aim of this research is to analyze the use of lexico-grammatical complexity features in Case Studies and Critiques written by first year MA students in the BAWE corpus. The results have shown that Critiques have more features associated with expressions of stance and academic language.

Presentation 8

Geo-Spatial Contrasts between Urban and Rural Scottish Gaelic Speakers

Presenter: John Powell

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Abstract: Previous literature attributes increases of urban Scottish Gaelic Speakers to migration from rural homelands to cities and the emergence of new speakers through language revitalization. My paper establishes that education is the largest predictor for urban speakers but not in rural areas. This paper examines speakers through Geographical Information Systems.