In order for adult multilingual learners (MLs) to thrive in their careers and educational opportunities, they need strong communication skills. With this comes the need for them to acquire intelligible pronunciation. How can teachers of Adult MLs help learners achieve intelligible pronunciation? One way is to lead learners to discover pronunciation features in context. With a focus on suprasegmental features, the presenter outlines the approach she uses for integrating pronunciation into any curriculum, choosing features that align with instructional content and tasks. Audience members experience the approach for themselves as they discover suprasegmental features they can readily integrate into their curricula.
Presenter
Betsy Parrish is Professor in the MATESOL and TEFL Certificate programs at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has worked as a language teacher, teacher educator, writer, and consultant for over 40 years, with experience in the US, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, France, India, Russia and Vietnam. She started her career teaching speaking and pronunciation at the University of MN. She developed the applied phonetics course for the MATESOL at Hamline and frequently conducts workshops for teachers on dynamic pronunciation instructional techniques. Her most recent book, Teaching Adult English Language Learners (Cambridge University Press, 2019), addresses the diverse needs of adult English learners and provides ideas on how to prepare all learners for the communicative demands of today’s world.
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, May 1, 2026, 12:00-1:00 PM California Time
Live faculty panel revealing how Community College instructor hiring decisions are made—and how you can position yourself to succeed.
Join a panel of experienced Community College professors as they share firsthand insights into the faculty hiring process. This live Zoom webinar features a panel-style discussion where instructors who have served on hiring committees break down what makes candidates stand out—and what leads to rejection.
Through a moderated conversation and audience Q&A, panelists will offer candid perspectives on evaluating applications, interviews, and teaching demonstrations.
What you’ll gain:
A behind-the-scenes look at how hiring panels assess candidates
3 key ways to strengthen your interview and teaching demo
Real examples of strong vs. weak candidate responses
Guidance on aligning with equity-focused hiring practices
Ask questions directly to faculty panelists
Replay: Register even if you can’t attend live—a full recording will be shared with all registrants.
May 8, 2026
2:00-3:00 PM
Members: Free
Non-members: $5
Hosted by Community College Level #catesolcc more info...
Welcome! Thank you for joining CATESOL. Come and meet your CATESOL President, Dr. Popal, and CATESOL Past President, Song Hong, to learn about how to connect with other members and access member resources. Are you looking for ways to get involved in CATESOL?
We look forward to meeting you virtually!
Members: Free
Dr. Sedique Popal, CATESOL President, & Song Hong, CATESOL Past President
This interactive talk by Professor Solmaz discusses the unique demands as multilingual learners transition from ESL classrooms into professional environments. Linguistic competence alone is insufficient. Success in the workplace requires pragmatic awareness, genre knowledge, and the ability to navigate professional discourse communities. This session explores how educators can prepare learners to engage effectively in workplace communication, focusing on genre awareness (emails, reports, meetings), identity positioning in interviews, and digital professional presence (e.g., LinkedIn and online communication norms). Drawing on multiliteracies, sociolinguistics, and digital literacy research, the session also addresses the opportunities and ethical considerations of AI-assisted communication in professional contexts.
Participants will leave with practical strategies for integrating workplace pragmatics into ESL instruction without reducing instruction to narrow vocational training.
Moderator:
Christine Palumbo
Cost:
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
CATESOL TEW-IG Co-chairs Meral Kacar, Jamie O'Connor
#catesoltew more info...
Welcome! Thank you for joining CATESOL. Come and meet your CATESOL President, Dr. Popal, and CATESOL Past President, Song Hong, to learn about how to connect with other members and access member resources. Are you looking for ways to get involved in CATESOL?
We look forward to meeting you virtually!
Members: Free
Dr. Sedique Popal, CATESOL President, & Song Hong, CATESOL Past President
Do you want support to attend a CATESOL conference or grow professionally as an English language educator?
Join us to learn how the CATESOL Education Foundation (CEF) helps teachers like you access funding and advance their careers. Meet representatives from the CEF—experienced educators and leaders dedicated to supporting English language teaching professionals through funding, recognition, and professional growth opportunities.
In this session, you’ll discover:
How to apply for conference grants
What awards and recognition opportunities are available
How to access free professional development resources
Walk away with clear next steps to take advantage of these valuable opportunities. Register now to secure your spot and start accessing CEF opportunities!
When
May 9, 2026 (Saturday); 3-4pm
Presenters
Susan Gaer - CEF President
Nirmla Flores - CEF Vice-President
Emily Wong - CEF Awards Coordinator
Where
CATESOL Zoom Room
Can’t attend live? No problem—register anyway and we’ll send you a summary or recording.
Free for Members and Non-members alike! more info...
This webinar will focus on how materials writers balance different standards and competencies in the materials development process. The presenter will share practical approaches that can be applied to both supplementary materials and full textbooks, using concrete examples from published work. The session is intended to support educators who are developing, adapting, or evaluating materials across a range of teaching contexts. The session will be 50 minutes long, with a 10-minute Q&A at the end. We hope to see you on Zoom!
Presenter: Rob Jenkins
MW-IG Host: Soleil Turell, Coordinator
This is a hands-on workshop that walks educators through five progressively advanced ways to integrate AI into their work. It starts with "parent prompts" using Claude Projects, ChatGPT Projects/GPTs, or Gemini Gems to give AI persistent context about your teaching role and materials, eliminating repetitive re-explaining. From there, it moves into agentic AI workflows (like having Claude or Manus generate a Google Form for student feedback), using AI to write HTML for a polished Canvas LMS home page, building a research-to-presentation pipeline with NotebookLM feeding into an LLM for lesson planning, and finally "Kahoot-ifying" the classroom by generating quiz questions in NotebookLM and importing them via Kahoot's PDF feature. The overall focus is on understanding what Retrieval Augmented Generation is and how to use it in the classroom.
Learning Outcomes
1. Use AI tools for lesson planning, feedback, course design, and engagement.
2. Understand and apply RAG to create more accurate, context-based AI outputs
Presenter
Jeffery Foulkes Ed.D
With over a decade of experience in education and institutional change, Jeffrey Foulkes helps educators navigate AI with clarity and purpose. He is the founder of AIReadyEducation and currently Adjunct ESL Faculty at Glendale Community College.
Website:
https://www.aireadyeducation.com/
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-foulkes/
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
IGC Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks (TCollins-Parks@sdsu.edu), Asst Chair: David O'Leary.
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This is an official CATESOL Board Meeting. All 2025-2026 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.
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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
Teaching Pronunciation with Confidence: OER Overview
Agata Guskaroska will provide an overview of this open educational resource (OER) that she created with Iowa State University colleagues Zoe Zawadzki, John M. Levis, Kate Challis, and Maksim Prikazchikov.
Teaching Pronunciation with Confidence: A Resource for ESL/EFL Teachers and Learners is an essential resource for both English teachers and learners, designed to effectively build strong pronunciation skills and knowledge of pronunciation. This guide covers key topics, including English sounds, word stress, intonation, rhythm, prominence, connected speech, and pronunciation diagnostics to guide improvement. The book includes a wide array of interactive H5P activities and sound recordings, which can be used for classroom teaching, or homework and individual practice. These exercises provide practical experience, reinforcing the concepts covered in each chapter. The book is open-access. We recommend using it through a web browser, tablet, or phone to be able to access the interactive activities. Link: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/teachingpronunciation/
Dr. Agata Guskaroska holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Technology from Iowa State University (ISU). She has taught EFL/ESL, composition, and online courses, including a MOOC on technology in language teaching. She is the author of the book Teaching Pronunciation with Confidence, the assistant editor of Exploring AI in Applied Linguistics, and co-editor of the 12th PSLLT Proceedings. Currently, Agata is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at ISU, working on the development and institutional implementation of a new English Communication Program for International Teaching Assistants. Her research focuses on pronunciation teaching, oral communication development, and computer-assisted language learning.
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, June 19 26, 2026,
12:00-1:00 PM California Time (PDT)
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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
Both teachers and learners alike consider intonation to be a challenge. Adding pragmatics to this mix further intensifies the challenge. To enable ESL learners to successfully engage with a diverse range of speakers, however, it is important for learners to be able to understand nuances of meaning. These nuances are frequently tied to subtleties of intonation use within a particular context. This webinar will unpack some of the major issues surrounding the practicalities of teaching intonation and pragmatics and offer a series of recommendations, including through the use of GenAI, for teaching them in the English language classroom.
Presenter
Amanda Baker is an Associate Professor in TESOL at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Amanda’s research interests focus on the dynamic relationships that exist between L2 teachers’ knowledge, beliefs and teaching practices, especially in the areas of L2 pronunciation, speaking and listening pedagogy. She has given several plenaries and invited presentations, workshops and seminars at national and international conferences as well as published numerous journal articles and book chapters on a variety of topics related to teachers’ cognitions, pronunciation/oral communication pedagogy and more. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5806-4419
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 17, 2026, 3:00-4:00 PM California Daylight Time = Saturday, July 18, 8:00-9:00 AM Australian Eastern Daylight Time
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
IGC Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks (TCollins-Parks@sdsu.edu), Asst Chair: David O'Leary.
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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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
Welcome! Thank you for joining CATESOL. Come and meet your CATESOL President, Dr. Popal, and CATESOL Past President, Song Hong, to learn about how to connect with other members and access member resources. Are you looking for ways to get involved in CATESOL?
We look forward to meeting you virtually!
Members: Free
Dr. Sedique Popal, CATESOL President, & Song Hong, CATESOL Past President
Welcome! Thank you for joining CATESOL. Come and meet your CATESOL President, Dr. Popal, and CATESOL Past President, Song Hong, to learn about how to connect with other members and access member resources. Are you looking for ways to get involved in CATESOL?
We look forward to meeting you virtually!
Members: Free
Dr. Sedique Popal, CATESOL President, & Song Hong, CATESOL Past President
This is an official CATESOL Board Meeting. All 2025-2026 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.
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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
IGC Chair: Tamara Collins-Parks (TCollins-Parks@sdsu.edu), Asst Chair: David O'Leary.
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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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
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 build 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
Jennifer Guillen
Chapter Council Chair more info...
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
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. Engage in an open and collaborative discussion among interest group coordinators, share ideas for getting members involved, collaborate on workshops, and address interest group issues.
We aim to hold our IGC in alternating months, on the third Friday from 3:30-4:30pm but the date and time may vary due to other CATESOL events, so check the CATESOL calendar to be sure.
If you are unable to attend, please email the IGC Chair to share your information.
Betsy Parrish is Professor in the MATESOL and TEFL Certificate programs at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has worked as a language teacher, teacher educator, writer, and consultant for over 40 years, with experience in the US, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, France, India, Russia and Vietnam. She started her career teaching speaking and pronunciation at the University of MN. She developed the applied phonetics course for the MATESOL at Hamline and frequently conducts workshops for teachers on dynamic pronunciation instructional techniques. Her most recent book, Teaching Adult English Language Learners (Cambridge University Press, 2019), addresses the diverse needs of adult English learners and provides ideas on how to prepare all learners for the communicative demands of today’s world.
Agata Guskaroska will provide an overview of this open educational resource (OER) that she created with Iowa State University colleagues Zoe Zawadzki, John M. Levis, Kate Challis, and Maksim Prikazchikov.
