Professional Presentations & Publications

2022

"Current Practices at the ELP" (pdf)

Kansas International Educator, Emporia State University, April 12, 2022, Leena Chakrabarti, leena@ksu.edu

"Reading Circles: Adults' motivation for reading literature books in English as a Foreign Langugage"

Chapter in the eBook: Reading Comprehension and Academic Writing: Results of the Research Project, Greta Climenhaga, co-authored with Jhonny Villafuerte-Holguin

“Consistency in Grading ESL Student Essays: Norming for Program-level Assessments”

at JCCC Cavalier Conference on Writing and Literature, April 2022 - Viktoria Gramp

“Helping Emergent Bilinguals Overcome their Writing Anxiety” (pdf)

at JCCC Cavalier Conference on Writing and Literature, April 2022 - Viktoria Gramp (KSU) with Aziah McNamara (University of Kansas Medical Center)

2020

"Motivation and Evaluation in Distance Learning" (pdf)

Remote presentation to teachers from Centro Cearense De Idiomas Unidade Sul, Ceara, Brazil, December 4, 2020, Ketty Reppert

"Language Learning through Critical Thinking" (pdf)

MOOC Camp on TESOL Methodology, Brazil, Fall 2020 - AnnaBell Carel, abcarel@ksu.edu

"Backward Design" (pdf) and "Flipped Teaching" (pdf)

MOOC Camp on TESOL Methodology, Brazil, Fall 2020 - Agnes Chikan

"Strategies for Listening and Speaking" (pdf)

MOOC Camp on TESOL Methodology, Brazil, Fall 2020 - Ranae D. Peverill

"Welcome and Presentation Overview" (pdf)

Mary Wood, mwood@k-state.edu

"Iterative Planning" (pdf)

Ketty Reppert, kreppert@k-state.edu and Aziah McNamara, aziahm@k-state.edu

"Creating Teacher Presence and a Learning Community in an Online Classroom" (pdf)

Agnes Chikanne, agnesc@k-state.edu

"Using Google Docs to Facilitate Classroom Management" (pdf)

Virginia Brunner Livingston, virgib@k-state.edu

"You Always Need a Plan B (or C or D...)" (pdf)

Becky Everley, Ph.D, everley@k-state.edu

"Using Zoom Breakout Rooms for Reading Activities" (pdf)

Cary Chappell, caryc@k-state.edu

"Teacher Support through Collaboration" (pdf)

Smoky Kelly, slkelly@k-state.edu

"Supporting Students in the Online World" (pdf)

Leena Chakrabarti, leena@k-state.edu

"Orientating Students Near and Far to Campus Life" (pdf)

April Darnell, adarnell@k-state.edu

"Tutoring Online" (pdf)

Virginia Brunner Livingston, virgib@k-state.edu

"Resources"

2019

"To Learn Vocabulary is to Love Vocabulary" (pdf)

Building Bridges for English Language Programs Conference at Washburn University, Topeka, KS - December 2019 - Viktoria Gramp with Aziah McNamara

"Explicit and Effective Teaching of Reading and Vocabulary" (pdf)

MIDTESOL Conference, Omaha, NE - September 2019 - Viktoria Gramp with Aziah McNamara

"Overcoming Student Writing Anxiety" (pdf)

MIDTESOL Conference, Omaha, NE - September 2019 - Viktoria Gramp with Agnes Chikan and Aziah McNamara

"Current Power Configuration in Space Politics" as part of a panel on "Politics of Outer Space: Power, Competition and Cooperation" and "Anarchy and State Survival in International Politics" (part of a panel on "Rethinking the Origins of State Sovereignty and the International System")

International Studies Association Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada - March 27, 2019 - Svetla Ben-Itzhak

2018

"Norming Practices for Scoring Student Essays" (pdf)

MIDTESOL Conference, Kansas City, MO - September 2018 - Viktoria Gramp

“Learn to Innovate: Ideas for Growing Your English Language Program”

Panel presentation at TESOL, March 2018, Chicago, IL - Ketty Reppert with Elizabeth Gould, Sandra M. Issa, Elizabeth Iannotti, Jill Fox, and Johanna Gleason.

“Supporting Professional Development of Faculty Administrators”

Panel presentation at TESOL, March 2018, Chicago, IL - Ketty Reppert with Alicia Rose Going, Thomas Tasker, J. Alexandra Rowe, Bruce Rindler, Rhonda Petree, Laura G. Holland, and Britt R. Johnson.

"A Perfect Alternative Research Assignment: Making Learning Applicable for Students' Lives" (PDF)

Cavalier Conference on Writing and Literature - April 20, 2018 - Smoky Kelly

2017

Adding the Learners' Perspective to Language Teaching (PDF)

International Symposium on Innovative Teaching and Learning, Kansas State University, September 2017 - Abby Franchitti

Selling Your Program: How To Communicate Your Value To Stakeholders (PDF)

ESP Interest Section Panel Robert Connor, Ph.D. | Tulane Uni. Tarana Patel-Chatterjee, MA | Founder, learnEd Esther Perez Apple, MA | Owner, Perez Apple & Co. Lindsey Kurtz | Ph.D. Candidate, Pennsylvania State Uni. Leena Chakrabarti, Ph.D. | Kansas State University, TESOL 2017

2016

Language Program Administration Positions in TESOL/TFL Programs: Needs, Interventions, and Possibilities

Avineri, N., MacDonald, K. & Reppert, K. - November2016, TESOL PAIS Newsletter.

TESOL Program Administrators: How do I get the skills to become one?

MacDonald, K. & Reppert, K. - November 2016, TESL Ontario Contact Magazine

Research and Protecting ESL Students: Honoring Classrooms and Adjudicating Requests (PDF)

Program Administration Interest Section, Academic Session TESOL 2016

Equipping Faculty for Mid-Level Administrative Positions (PDF)

From Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL and Program Administration Intersection panel Solutions for TESOL Programs Lack of Administrative Preparation, TESOL 2016 - Ketty Reppert

A Faculty-driven Comprehensive Model for Diversifying ESL Professional Development (PDF)