Balancing Student Support and Faculty Mental Health (IEP)
This session explores how emotional labor and student support expectations differ between noncredit and credit environments. Participants will discuss sustainable, student-centered practices, boundary setting, and the shared and distinct institutional responsibilities involved in supporting diverse student populations across both systems.
Noncredit and credit faculty often support students under different structural expectations, yet face similar challenges related to emotional labor and burnout. This discussion examines how institutional systems shape support roles, where boundaries are needed, and how responsibility should be shared between individuals and institutions.
Join RC-IG for our first Coffee Talk of the year on January 23 from 2:30 to 3:30. The purpose of this gathering is to facilitate an open and collaborative discussion among educators who share a common interest in understanding and addressing the needs of learners with refugee backgrounds. Together, we will share experiences, exchange insights, and explore practical ways to enhance our collective support for these students throughout their educational journey.
This session will also include Know Your Rights topics, offering educators guidance and resources to help students and families navigate systems with greater confidence and safety.
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.
Navigating Institutional and Cultural Barriers to LGBTQ+ Inclusive Teaching Practices
Roundtable Discussion
This roundtable invites colleagues to reflect deeply on what inclusive teaching means in practice—beginning with the simple but powerful question, "What comes to mind when you hear the phrase 'inclusive teaching' ”? Participants will discuss the approaches they already use to create affirming, identityâaware learning spaces for LGBTQ+ students and consider how these practices show up in their dayâtoâday instruction. As the conversation unfolds, we will also explore the barriers—whether institutional, cultural, or communityâbased—that shape our ability to sustain and expand these practices.
Through shared storytelling, collaborative problemâsolving, and collective reflection, this session provides an opportunity for colleagues to examine their own strategies, name the challenges they face, and learn from one another’s experiences in building more inclusive learning environments.
Mobile-assisted Pronunciation Training for Children
This session presents a child-centered, technology-enhanced approach to L2 pronunciation instruction grounded in the presenter’s doctoral dissertation. The presentation focuses on how mobile-assisted High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT) and automatic speech recognition (ASR)-based articulation practice can support elementary-level EFL learners’ L2 perception, L2 production, and L2 phonological working memory. Drawing on mixed-methods research with young Korean learners, the presentation examines how children engage with varied phonetic input in HVPT, the challenges they face when responding to ASR systems, and the pedagogical implications for improving intelligibility in early L2 development. The session concludes with pedagogical implications, training exanokes, and practical guidance for teachers.
Key Takeaways
Understand how mobile-assisted HVPT contributes to children’s L2 speech perception and early pronunciation development
Identify common challenges children face when using ASR-based articulation practice and how task design can mitigate them
Examine evidence linking mobile pronunciation training to gains in phonological working memory
Apply research-informed strategies for integrating HVPT and ASR tools into elementary EFL pronunciation instruction
Presenter
Dr. KyungA Lee is an elementary school teacher, pronunciation researcher, and educational technology specialist based in South Korea. She earned her PhD in English Language Education from Seoul National University. Her research focuses on L2 pronunciation, speech technology, child–AI interaction, and instructional design for early language learning. She also serves as a Board Member for Juna Accent Coach, an English pronunciation learning app. In addition, she teaches English phonetics and phonology to TESOL pre-service teachers as an adjunct university lecturer.
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, February 20 2026, 2:00 -3:00 PM California 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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Presenters
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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, March 20, 2026, 12:00 -2:00 PM California Time
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.
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.
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.
â#catesoligc
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.
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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