5/16/2025
Calling all Interest Group (IG) Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other IG leaders:
Please join us in our monthly check-in and update session for IGC. This IG Council meeting is an opportunity to connect and support one another as we share ways to invite participation from members and promote events.IGC Chair: Kelly Metz-Matthews
IGC Assistant Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks
Members Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Meeting
5/16/2025
Community College Lunch and Learn (CCL)
Whether you're a new instructor or a seasoned professional, join our monthly meeting to network, learn, and contribute to the ongoing dialogue shaping community college education. Our meetings will provide a collaborative space to tackle challenges like full-time job opportunities, state-level advocacy, and the evolving landscape of community college education.Our goal is to have our meetings on the third Friday of the each month from 12-1 pm. Dates and times may change, so please check the CATESOL calendar to be sure. Check the calendar for specific topics to be discussed.
Free to Members and Non-members.
CCL Chair, Ingrid Bairstow, Imperial Valley College; Assistant Chair, Cynthia Baum, Ventura College
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
5/23/2025
This is an official CATESOL Board Meeting. All 2024-2025 Board members (including Voting and non-voting members of Leadership) should be in attendance. Other members of the CATESOL Leadership Team are also welcome to attend.
CATESOL President, Song Hong
CATESOL President-Elect, Dr. Sedique Popal
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
5/28/2025
Linguistic Characteristics of Academic ELF Registers
This talk explores linguistic variation within written academic English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) by applying Multidimensional Analysis (MDA) to two registers: Academic Research Papers (ARPs) and Academic Research Blogs (ARBs). The analysis, based on 150 texts from each register, reveals two key dimensions: Interaction-focused vs. Information-focused discourse, and Expression of Stance. The findings show ARPs exhibiting higher information density and explicit stance-marking, while ARBs tend to feature a more interaction-focused style with clausal structures and informal markers. The presentation highlights the implications of these findings for understanding the hybrid and flexible nature of ELF writing in diverse academic contexts.
Presenter:
Nur Yağmur Demir is a Ph.D. candidate at Northern Arizona University. She received her BA (Boğaziçi University – 2016) and MA (Middle East Technical University – 2021) in English Language Education in Turkey. She has several years of experience in teaching English and Turkish in EFL contexts. She is interested in register appropriateness and humanlikeness of AI-generated texts, corpus linguistics, English as a Lingua Franca, and computer-mediated communication.
Hosted by CIRT-IG:
Elizaveta Kuznetsova, CIRT-IG Co-coordinator
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Location: CATESOL Zoom room
5/30/2025
Chapter Council Meeting
Welcome to the Chapter Council monthly meetings. All Chapter Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other Chapter leaders are encouraged to attend Chapter Council Meetings to connect with chapters, strategize to build membership, and discuss ways to promote their events.Check the calender for the upcoming meeting date and time: www.catesol.org
Merve Beyazit Taner
Chapter Council Chair
5/30/2025
Teaching Global Englishes: Reducing Bias in the Classroom
In today’s globalized world, English is spoken in diverse accents and forms, reflecting the richness of Global Englishes (GE) (Eberhard et al., 2022). While communication among GE users is common (Seidlhofer, 2011), research shows that listeners—both native (L1) and non-native (L2) speakers—often hold negative perceptions toward different GE varieties (Lindemann et al., 2014). These biases can affect students’ confidence and success in education, healthcare, employment, and even criminal justice (Rubin, 1992; Rubin et al., 2016; Hanson & Dovidio, 2016; Lippi-Green, 1994).
This webinar presents findings from a multi-site study that tested a two-week intervention aimed at improving perceptions of diverse English varieties in the U.S. and China. The results offer practical insights for helping students navigate and appreciate linguistic diversity.
By attending, you will:
✔️ Understand how listener bias toward different English varieties exists among language learners.
✔️ Learn evidence-based strategies to promote acceptance of diverse accents and speech patterns.
✔️ Discover practical classroom techniques to improve communication among students from different backgrounds.
✔️ Gain tools to create a more inclusive and globally aware learning environment.
Whether you’re an experienced teacher or new to the field, this webinar will equip you with valuable strategies to support your students in today’s multilingual world.
Presenter
Yongzhi (Vito) Miao is a fourth-year PhD candidate in applied linguistics at Northern Arizona University. He is interested in second language speech in relation to second language acquisition, language assessment, research methodology, and intercultural communication. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as System, TESOL Quarterly, and Language Testing.
Hosts
Teaching of Pronunciation Interest Group (TOP-IG)
Marsha Chan and Patryk Mrozek
Moderator
Patryk Mrozek
Date and Time
Friday, May 30, 12:00-1:00 pm California Time
Cost
Members: Free
Non-members: $5.00
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Location: CATESOL Zoom room
6/6/2025
Chapter Council Meeting
Welcome to the Chapter Council monthly meetings. All Chapter Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other Chapter leaders are encouraged to attend Chapter Council Meetings to connect with chapters, strategize to build membership, and discuss ways to promote their events.Check the calender for the upcoming meeting date and time: www.catesol.org
Merve Beyazit Taner
Chapter Council Chair
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
6/6/2025
Every Friday 7:30:00 AM - 8:15:00 AM
Song Hong and Sedique Popal
This weekly meeting will serve the President and the President-Elect to collaborate and train for 2024-2025
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
6/20/2025
Calling all Interest Group (IG) Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other IG leaders:
Please join us in our monthly check-in and update session for IGC. This IG Council meeting is an opportunity to connect and support one another as we share ways to invite participation from members and promote events.IGC Chair: Kelly Metz-Matthews
IGC Assistant Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks
Members Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Meeting
6/20/2025
Accent Listening Training for Partners in Oral Communication
In today’s linguistically diverse classrooms, effective communication is a two-way street—and strong listening skills are just as critical as clear speaking. This engaging webinar empowers educators and students to become better oral communication partners through focused listener training. Discover how training listeners to understand a wider range of accents and speech patterns can lead to faster cognitive processing, deeper comprehension, and more inclusive attitudes toward different varieties of English.
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Drawing from cutting-edge research in applied linguistics, communications, and social psychology, this session will explore:
- How the brain processes unfamiliar speech
- Why we might struggle to understand speakers with different accents
Key Takeaways
✔️ Gain insight into the role of accent familiarity in communication breakdowns
✔️ Learn evidence-based techniques to improve students’ listening flexibility
✔️ Access practical classroom strategies and resources to apply listener training right away
Presenter
Katherine (Kate) Yaw is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL, USA). She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Northern Arizona University. She has worked in language education since 2007, with experience in English language teaching, teacher training, and program administration. Her research interests include perception and production of speech, language attitudes, cognitive processing of L2-accented speech, and the role of listeners in successful communication, along with quantitative research ethics.Hosts
Teaching of Pronunciation Interest Group (TOP-IG)Marsha Chan and Patryk Mrozek
Moderator
Marsha ChanDate and Time
Cost
Members: FreeNon-members: $5.00
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Location: CATESOL Zoom room
7/4/2025
Every Friday 7:30:00 AM - 8:15:00 AM
Song Hong and Sedique Popal
This weekly meeting will serve the President and the President-Elect to collaborate and train for 2024-2025
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
7/11/2025
Precision through Poetry: A Path to Pronunciation Proficiency
Looking for ways to spice up pronunciation practice in your speaking courses? Discover the Sound-Pattern-Inflection (SPI) coding method, a powerful oral fluency approach developed and refined through years of teaching pronunciation in both domestic and international contexts. Learn how the authentic, yet often overlooked, texts of poetry can help students discover and unlock more accurate speech production. In this session, participants will learn to evaluate and select rich, authentic poetic texts, code in sequenced layers of prosody, and apply these methods to their classrooms, transforming pronunciation practice into a precise and engaging experience for your language learners.
Presenter
Rebecca Eagleson, West Valley College
Hosts
Teaching of Pronunciation Interest Group (TOP-IG)
Marsha Chan and Patryk Mrozek. Co-coordinators
Donna Brinton, Assistant Coordinator
Moderator
Marsha Chan
Date and Time
Friday, July 11, 11:00 AM-12 noon California Time
Cost
Members: Free
Non-members: $5.00
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Location: CATESOL Zoom room
8/15/2025
ExCom Meetings (Fridays 2PM-4PM)
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January 17, 2025
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March 14, 2025
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May 9, 2025
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August 15, 2025
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
8/22/2025
Chapter Council Meeting
Welcome to the Chapter Council monthly meetings. All Chapter Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other Chapter leaders are encouraged to attend Chapter Council Meetings to connect with chapters, strategize to build membership, and discuss ways to promote their events.Check the calender for the upcoming meeting date and time: www.catesol.org
Merve Beyazit Taner
Chapter Council Chair
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
8/29/2025
This is an official CATESOL Board Meeting. All 2024-2025 Board members (including Voting and non-voting members of Leadership) should be in attendance. Other members of the CATESOL Leadership Team are also welcome to attend.
CATESOL President, Song Hong
CATESOL President-Elect, Dr. Sedique Popal
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room