This document provides a schedule overview for the 3-day VenTESOL2016 annual convention. The schedule includes plenary sessions and breakout sessions on various topics related to teaching English as a foreign language. On Saturday there are morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Topics include project based learning, using technology like GoNoodle, corpus analysis tools and more. Sunday features sessions on technology for English programs, nonnative English speaking teachers, material development and other topics. The schedule concludes with a closing plenary on academic language and a closing ceremony.

1. #VenTESOL2016_Schedule-at-a-Glance_(1/3)
TIME SATURDAY MAY 28TH
, 2016 (MORNING)
8:00 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:30 Welcoming Session to the Annual Convention
9:30 – 10:30 Opening Plenary: “Reflecting on the State of English Language Teachers: Acting on our Professional Knowledge” – Dudley Reynolds
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
SESSIONS ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
Auditorium:
Cabriales
11:00 – 11:45
PBL: Three
Wondrous Steps
for EFL
Classroom
Success
Diana Morales,
Jazmin Silva &
Moises Perez
PE-EE-SE-HE-AE-
ALL-TE-TECH-
TEST
Planning a 3-6
Year-Old Class:
Easy, Fast and
Fun
Annie Mendoza
PE-ALL-TE
AntConc: A Tool
for Corpus
Development
and Analysis
Jose Franco &
Naty Jordan
HE-ALL-RS-AL
Qualitative
Content
Analysis:
Creative
Analysis in EAP
Syllabus
Miryelis Rojas
HE-RS
English in the
Primary School:
Managing the
Young Learner
Classroom
Coralyn
Bradshaw
EE-TE
Strengthening
the Speaking
Skill on Pre-
Service Teachers
Clara Onatra &
Maria Eugenia
Lopez
HE-RS-TECH
It Works!
Science Fiction
in EST Reading
Courses
Noela Cartaya
HE-MW-AL
Looking at
Grammar in a
Systemic
Functional Way
Ingrid Castell
ALL-HE -TE
Brain Breaks
with GoNoodle
Xiohelys Mujica,
Diego Navarro &
Miguel Perez
PE-EE-SE-HE-AE-
ALL-TECH
Using Authentic
Aural Materials
to Foster
Listening
Comprehension
Ernesto Lisboa
HE-AE-RS-TE
11:50 – 12:35
Young Learners
and Early
Literacy –
HOW TO DO IT
Wendy Arnold
ALL-TE-AL
English Reading
Corner, a US
Embassy Project
at ITJO
Evelyn Izquierdo,
Alida Zavarce &
Yerfranger
Acosta
EE-PA
Corpus
Applications to
Improve Writing
Skills
Julio Palma
HE-AE-ALL-MW-
RS-TECH-AL
Using Rubrics to
Teach and
Assess in English
Language
Classrooms
Ayanna Cooper
ALL-TE-TECH
Creating an
Online General
English
Resource Site
Rubena St. Louis
ALL-MW-TECH
12:40 – 2:10 Lunch Break
2:10 – 3:10 Plenary Session: “English in the High School: What Makes Teenagers Tick?” - Coralyn Bradshaw
3:10 – 3:40 Coffee Break

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TIME SATURDAY MAY 28TH
, 2016 (AFTERNOON)
SESSIONS ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
Auditorium:
Cabriales
3:40 – 4:25 Basic
Introduction to
Graphology:
Handwriting
Analysis for
Teachers
Sharon Basso
SE-HE-AE-ALL-TE
Morphological
Structure
Awareness and
Vocabulary
Acquisition
Orangel Abreu
ALL-TE
English Program
for Teenagers at
Aldeas Infantiles
SOS
Luisa Cristina
Alvarez &
Waleska Ruiz
SE-ALL-RS-PA-TE
SNW: Facing
High School
Interest
Danny Melendez
& Abilio Mujica
SE-ALL-TECH
Meaningful
Discussion
Activities for
Students and
Teachers
Mary Scholl
ALL-TE
Managing
Effective Group
Work in the EFL
Classroom
Yohimar Sivira &
Maricarmen
Gamero
SE-HE-TE-AE
Awakening the
English Class
with History and
Culture
Liliana Ortega
ALL-MW-RS-TE
Switch your
Mobile Phones…
ON! Enhancing
Communicative
Activities with
M-Learning
Monica
Fernandez
ALL-TECH
VenTESOL Social
Media for
Effective
Professional
Development
Andres Ramos
ALL-RS-PA-TE-
TECH
4:30 – 5:15
Keys to Teach
EFL to young
Learners
Juana Sagaray &
Maria Teresa
Fernandez
PE-EE-TE
Effective Writing
Assignments
Dudley Reynolds
ALL-TE
Perception of
Effective EFL
Teachers
Daniel Castillo,
Evelyn Urbina &
Freddy Vanegas
EE-SE-HE-ALL-
RS-PA-TE
5:20 – 6:20 Plenary Session: “Incorporating Human Rights Education (HRE) into EFL Curriculum” - Daniel Lopez
6:25 – 7:25 Plenary Session: “Young Learners and Early Literacy – WHAT TO DO” - Wendy Arnold
7:30 – 10:30 Cultural Activity - VenTESOL Toast

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TIME SUNDAY MAY 29TH
, 2016
8:00 – 9:00 Plenary Session: “Technology for English Language Programs: The Essentials” - Christel Broady
9:00 – 9:35 Coffee Break
SESSIONS ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
Auditorium:
Cabriales
9:40 – 10:25
Constructing
Knowledge: A
Review of
Writing
Portfolio
Maria Alejandra
Romero
EE-SE-HE-AE-
ALL-TE-TEST-AL
Nonnative vs.
Native English
Speaking
Teachers:
Unmasking the
Myths
Evelin Suij-Ojeda
& Tim Robinson
ALL-PA-TE-AL
Guiding
Principles of
Material
Development
for EFL
Daniel Lopez
ALL-TE-MW
What do EFL
Primary School
Teachers Need?
Teadira Perez
EE-TE
ESP and
Inclusion - An
Exciting
Teaching-
learning
Experience!
Rosa Bravo
HE-TE
What
@usembassyve
(US Embassy,
VE) Has for ELT
in Venezuela
Sandra Botero
ALL
English-gami: A
Valuable
Teaching Tool
Emi Ujihara
PE-EE-SE-ALL-TE
Articulation
Exercises for
Adult Learners'
EFL
Pronunciation
Luisana Hostos
HE-AE-ALL-RS-
TE-TECH
Building
Teaching Skills
through the
Interactive Web
Evelyn Izquierdo
PE-EE-SE-HE-AE-
ALL-TE-TECH
10:30 – 11:15
Flipping the EFL
classroom with
technology
Christel Broady
ALL-TE-TECH
Innovative Ways
to Teach
Strategic
Reading
Dudley Reynolds
ALL-TE
The Task of
Problem Solving
in TEFL
Jorge Cuevas
Aburto
EE-SE-AE-TE-
TECH
Education
Opportunities in
the US
Angel Garcia
ALL
11:20 – 12:20 Plenary Session: “Teacher-Learning Through Ripples, Tsunamis, or Flow” - Mary Scholl
12:20 – 1:50 Lunch Break
1:50 – 2:50 Closing Plenary Session: “Incorporating WIDA Resources to Support Academic Language” - Ayanna Cooper
2:55 – 3:55 Closing Ceremony And Raffles
3:55 – 4:30 Certificate Pick-up