Lana Zeaiter
She/her
Mcgill University
I am a first year PhD student in Educational Studies at the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) at McGill University. I am currently working as a Research Assistant for Dr. Angelica Galante. I am also a member of the Plurilingual Lab. Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, I immigrated to Montreal, Canada in 2019 in pursuit of new opportunities. I have extensive experience as an English language teacher. My research interests are focused on second language acquisition in relation to identity.
Sessions in which Lana Zeaiter attends
8:40 AM
8:40 AM
Opening remarks
15 minutes,
8:40 AM EDT
- 8:55 AM EDT
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Session 1 (Theoretical Perspectives) - Session Chair: Tracy Heranic
1 hour 30 minutes,
9:00 AM EDT
- 10:30 AM EDT
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Strategies and approaches to teaching students in a 2nd or 3rd language (Patrick-Andre Mather, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico)
30 minutes,
9:30 AM EDT
- 10:00 AM EDT
Part of:
Session 1 (Theoretical Perspectives) - Session Chair: Tracy Heranic
Talk
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The role(s) of Mother Tongue Literacy in Learning a Second Language: The case of Wolof and French in Senegal (Moustapha Fall, University of Victoria, Canada)
30 minutes,
10:00 AM EDT
- 10:30 AM EDT
Part of:
Session 1 (Theoretical Perspectives) - Session Chair: Tracy Heranic
Talk
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Break
15 minutes,
10:30 AM EDT
- 10:45 AM EDT
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
An Action Research Approach to Academic English for International Graduate Students (Julie Kerekes, Yiran Zhang, & Shakina Rajendram, University of Toronto, Canada)
30 minutes,
1:00 PM EDT
- 1:30 PM EDT
Part of:
Session 2 (Effective practices) - Session Chair: Corinne Beauquis
Talk
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
From theory to practice: Challenging “ESL” and “international student” identity labels (Vander Tavares, York University, Canada)
30 minutes,
4:00 PM EDT
- 4:30 PM EDT
Part of:
Session 3 (Identity) - Session Chair: Walcir Cardoso
Talk
Session 3 (Plurilingualism) - Session Chair: Angelica Galante
1 hour 30 minutes,
4:00 PM EDT
- 5:30 PM EDT
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
"Now I Test My English Everyday": Multi-modal Narratives Pedagogy for Teaching Adult Language Learners (Mahmuda Sharmin, The University of Memphis, United States)
30 minutes,
4:30 PM EDT
- 5:00 PM EDT
Part of:
Session 3 (Identity) - Session Chair: Walcir Cardoso
Talk
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Why separate languages in the classroom if they are inseparable in our brain? The case for plurilingual pedagogy (Angelica Galante, Maria Chiras, John Wayne Dela Cruz & Lana Zeaiter, McGill University, Canada)
30 minutes,
5:00 PM EDT
- 5:30 PM EDT
Part of:
Session 3 (Plurilingualism) - Session Chair: Angelica Galante
Talk
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Break
15 minutes,
10:30 AM EDT
- 10:45 AM EDT
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Plenary talk by Greg Kessler : Innovation and the future of language teaching and learning
1 hour 15 minutes,
10:45 AM EDT
- 12:00 PM EDT
Keynote
Greg Kessler, Ohio University (Keynote speaker)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Break
1 hour,
12:00 PM EDT
- 1:00 PM EDT
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
Pre-service ESL teachers reflecting on intercultural communication: Raising awareness through the use of portfolios (Émily Marzin & Patricia Houde, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico)
30 minutes,
2:45 PM EDT
- 3:15 PM EDT
Part of:
Session 5 (Culture/Intercultural) - Session Chair: Fabien Olivry
Talk