TNTESOL Annual Conference & Business Meeting: Full Schedule

Give Light
Learn from the past. Teach in the present. Illuminate the future.

9:00am CDT

Shining a Light on Linguistic Diversity in the ESL Classroom

A workshop on language change and linguistic diversity that empowers teachers to address nonstandard dialects in the K-12 classroom to ensure all speakers feel valued in academic spaces. Participants will engage with real data to practice leading discussions on dialect appropriate for classrooms with native and non-native speakers.

Speakers

Trini Stickle

Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Trini Stickle is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Kentucky University. She has published on the pedagogical value of using dialect data, specifically the use of archival material from the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), in the university classroom. Her... Read More →

Alison Youngblood

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Alison Youngblood is an Assistant Professor of TESOL at Western Kentucky University. She has been an ESL teacher educator for 6 years and previously taught ESL in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea for 10 years.

TNTESOL Youngblood Stickle PowerPoint pdf

Youngblood & Stickle TNTESOL Handout pdf

Saturday September 22, 2018 9:00am - 10:45am CDT
Franklin

Workshop

Session ID §-14
Presenter Email Alison.Youngblood@wku.edu

TNTESOL Annual Conference & Business Meeting

9:00am CDT

Trini Stickle

Alison Youngblood

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