CATESOL 2025 State Conference - Exhibitors, Advertisers, Sponsors10/16/2025 - 10/18/2025
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Location: Chabot College
25555 Hesperian Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94545
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Set up time:
Thursday, October 16, 2-5 PM Pacific time
CATESOL 2025 State Conference - Attendee Registration10/17/2025 - 10/18/2025
CATESOL25 - Attendee Registration
CATESOL's Annual State Conference is October 17-18 at Chabot College in Hayward, CA
Location: Chabot College
25555 Hesperian Blvd
Hayward, CA 94545
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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
8/29/2025
Join RC-IG for our monthly Coffee Talks—an open space for educators to connect, share insights, and strengthen support for students from refugee backgrounds. While this month’s theme may focus on "Know Your Rights," we also welcome you to bring your current classroom challenges to the conversation. We’ll be joined by at least one immigration lawyer and civics specialists from our CATESOL community.
Free to Members and Non-members
Talley Caruso, Sherry MacKay
Marc Santamaria, Stuart Seaborn, Maren Anton, and Jennifer Gagliardi
#catesolrc
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
9/5/2025
Welcome to the Intensive English Program (IEP) Level!
This meeting is open to all who are interested in language learning. Join us as we discuss issues related to teaching and learning and share resources we've used in the classroom.
Nina Dellona, IEP Level Chair
Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
9/5/2025
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
9/6/2025
Join us for a practical case study on creating and refining an EL Civics Needs Assessment. Using a real-world example from her own program, Soleil Turell will share the process, strategies, and tools she utilized for a more streamlined and effective needs assessment creation process. In this session, she will:
1. Walk through how she built a needs assessment from scratch using CASAS resources and the Pre-approved COAAP List;
2. Share lessons learned about selecting COAAPs and the benefits of reviewing COAAP tasks (not just objectives) to identify realistic options;
3. Provide resources to develop a visuals-based needs assessment for student clarity;
4. Discuss how data collection tools like Google Forms can simplify organizing results.
This session is designed to provide actionable takeaways and spark ideas you can adapt for your own program. The session will be 50 minutes long, with a 10-minute Q&A at the end. We hope to see you on Zoom!
Members: Free
Non-members: $5
Soleil Turell, MW-IG Assistant Coordinator
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
9/12/2025
Welcome! Thank you for joining CATESOL. Come and meet your CATESOL President, Song Hong, and CATESOL President-Elect, Dr. Popal, to learn about how to connect with other members and access member resources. Are you looking for ways to get involved in CATESOL?
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
9/13/2025
Welcome! Thank you for joining CATESOL. Come and meet your CATESOL President, Song Hong, and CATESOL President-Elect, Dr. Popal, to learn about how to connect with other members and access member resources. Are you looking for ways to get involved in CATESOL?
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
9/19/2025
Dispelling Pronunciation Myths: Best Practices for Teachers
Description
Isn’t it a losing battle to try changing students’ fossilized pronunciation? Wouldn’t students make more progress if they just practiced more? Don’t you need to be a native speaker to teach pronunciation? Isn’t the best way to teach pronunciation having students listen and repeat? The field of pronunciation teaching abounds with myths that derive from lay beliefs about acquiring the sound system of a second language. Unfortunately, without adequate teacher preparation, teachers often buy into these myths and remain hesitant to teach pronunciation. In this webinar, Donna Brinton presents an overview of recent research in practical phonetics that helps to dispel some of the most popularly-held misconceptions about teaching pronunciation. Based on the research findings, she proposes best practices for ESL/EFL pronunciation teaching.
Presenter
Donna M. Brinton is an author and educational consultant in the field of Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. She has worked as a teacher educator in over 40 countries and is the co-author and co-editor of numerous professional volumes, including Teaching Pronunciation (Cambridge University Press). She is currently serving as the CATESOL TOP-IG Assistant Coordinator.
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, September 19, 2025, 12:00 -1:00 PM California Time
Cost
Members: Free
Non-members: $5.00
#catesoltop
Location: CATESOL Zoom room
9/19/2025
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
10/3/2025
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
10/10/2025
Welcome to the Intensive English Program (IEP) Level!
This meeting is open to all who are interested in language learning. Join us as we discuss issues related to teaching and learning and share resources we've used in the classroom.
Nina Dellona, IEP Level Chair
Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Room
11/21/2025
Calling all Interest Group (IG) Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other IG leaders:
Join the Interest Group Council for our bimonthly online meeting via Zoom. The purpose of this gathering is to facilitate an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for engagement, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues. We look forward to seeing you every month. (If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC coordinator and provide an update.)We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 1:30-2:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
IGC Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks (TCollins-Parks@sdsu.edu), Asst Chair pending.
#catesoligc
Members Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Meeting
1/16/2026
Calling all Interest Group (IG) Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other IG leaders:
Join the Interest Group Council for our bimonthly online meeting via Zoom. The purpose of this gathering is to facilitate an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for engagement, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues. We look forward to seeing you every month. (If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC coordinator and provide an update.)We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 1:30-2:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
IGC Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks (TCollins-Parks@sdsu.edu), Asst Chair pending.
#catesoligc
Members Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Meeting
3/20/2026
Calling all Interest Group (IG) Coordinators, Co-coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, and other IG leaders:
Join the Interest Group Council for our bimonthly online meeting via Zoom. The purpose of this gathering is to facilitate an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for engagement, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues. We look forward to seeing you every month. (If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC coordinator and provide an update.)We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 1:30-2:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
IGC Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks (TCollins-Parks@sdsu.edu), Asst Chair pending.
#catesoligc
Members Free
Location: CATESOL Zoom Meeting