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CONLAUNA 2021
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VIRTUAL EDITION
5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
August 25th-27th I Program
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Contents
Welcome………………………………………………………………………………….…3
Agenda………………………………………………………….……………………………6
General Considerations……………………………………………………………….8
Presenters…………………………………………………..………………………..…..11
Acknowledgements…………………,……………………………………….……….42
Sponsors……………………………………………………………………………..…….43
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Welcome
Rethinking, reimagining and Redesigning Language
Education
Universidad Nacional, Sede Regional Brunca with a deep interest in accomplishing its institutional mission,
invites all those teachers, professors, researchers and students of areas related to Applied Linguistics in English,
who are eager to share, enrich and expand their knowledge to be part of an event where topics like linguistics,
literature, translation, interpretation, Applied Linguistics, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and the
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) will be discussed and analyzed. Thanks for coming with
great motivation, enthusiasm and sharing with our community your experiences and knowledge.
Organizing Committee
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Welcome
A Message from our Dean
Universidad Nacional, Sede Regional Brunca’s primary aim is to move towards the development of relevant,
innovative, inclusive, and high-quality institutional actions that contribute to the socio-cultural and economic
development of the regional and national community through key sustainable criteria. This aim implies the
pursue of processes that promote professional higher education that prepares human beings for collective living
in this historical moment where it is required to face unpredictable challenges. In congruence with this aim, we
want to warmly welcome you to the virtual edition of the 5th Conference on Applied Linguistics: Rethinking,
Reimagining and Redesigning Language Education: CONLA UNA Virtual 2021.
The organizer committee and the staff have been working hard to provide an interactive and inclusive program
with diverse activities and academic high-quality lectures and discussions around relevant themes. In this virtual
edition, the organizers brought together national and international research scholars and educators to exchange
and share experiences from different areas related to applied linguistics, education, and technology in
education.
We hope you enjoy your participation in the different sessions in this conference.
We are glad you are here!
.
M.A. Yalile Jiménez Olivares
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Agenda
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Agenda
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General Considerations
These are some important aspects to consider before the conference takes place:
• The time allotted for the presentations will be distributed this way: 30 minutes for the development or body of presentations and 10 minutes for
questions and comments from the audience. Although the timeline indicates that the presentation lasts 45 minutes, 40 minutes is the time to
develop the whole presentation. The remaining minutes will be used for the participants to rest from one talk to the other.
• This year we are implementing the carousel technique in which the participants will be arranged in groups and in each room a different presenter
will demonstrate an effective teaching technique. Every 5-7 minutes presenters will visit the different rooms. It will last 60 minutes This activity will
take place in two different moments in the conference. See the schedule in this program.
• Also new this year is the Poster Session. In this session, 8 posters will be presented under two categories: research reports and practice briefs. This
poster session is the individual or group presentation of research or practice information in the form of a virtual/digital poster that conference
participants may view on the screen. Each poster will be accompanied by a 5-to-10-minute presentation. These short presentations will provide
conference participants an opportunity to quickly and easily become acquainted with different topics in a short period of time. After presentations,
a Q&A session will follow. On this occasion, poster proposals were peer-reviewed and accepted upon submission. We will choose the Best Poster
by inviting attendees to vote.
• Another activity in this conference is called “The Carousel”. In this session six presenters (Session 1) and five presenters (Session 2) will share
their teaching ideas and innovations in just 10 minutes. The participants will be placed in five or six rooms and each presenter will visit the rooms
so that everyone in the conference enjoys each presentation. Many of the presenters are students from Universidad Nacional. Let’s support their
huge effort and commitment to this activity.
• There will be a troubleshooter assisting each session, letting people in on time and sharing the attendance form in the chatbox. This person will
also assist presenters as a chair welcoming the audience, introducing presenters, keeping time, and facilitating questions and answers after
the presentation is over. The troubleshooter will keep record of the time allotted for the presentation, and let the presenter know 10 and 5 minutes
before time is over.
During all these three days, we hope you have a very enriching experience! Thanks for attending!
Central Committee
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Session info
To attend the sessions use the
following link.
ID: 843 157 8907
Passcode: CONLAUNA21
https://zoom.us/s/8431578907
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WEDNESDAY SESSIONS
CONLAUNA 2021 10PRESENTERS
Presenter: Carlos Gontow
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Wednesday August 25th, 8:00 a.m.
DESIGNING SONG ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENGLISH CLASS
Using songs in class is a powerful tool to help students learn English. Songs are a great source of
authentic language. They can help bridge the gap between classroom English and “real world” English.
They can help promote a relaxed, stress-free atmosphere in the classroom, which makes students learn
without realizing they are learning.
By selecting song segments that present specific grammar points or highlight vocabulary and having
students sing them, teachers work on repetition of the target structures in a fun and very effective way.
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn several activities that can be done using songs to
teach grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. They will learn to find songs with specific grammar
points and try some activities that can be created based on the songs.
Because students don’t always like the same kind of songs the teacher does, teachers can encourage
them to find songs that they like that contain the target structures. Participants will also see how to do
that.
Because we are rethinking, reimagining and redesigning language education, we’ll work on activities
that can be done face-to-face and online.
This is a very active workshop! Participants will sing and dance along as they are exposed to different
ways of using songs in a way that is both educational and original.
At the end of the workshop, teachers will have a repertoire of activities that they can use in their next
classes and they’ll also be able to develop their own activities.
Carlos is an English teacher, writer, drama teacher and teacher trainer, with experience in the
following areas: teaching children, teenagers and adults, teacher training, materials writer, teaching
through theater, writing and directing plays in English and textbook writer.
CONLAUNA 2021 11PRESENTERS
Presenter: Zoraya Nomelin Ballen
Oxford Representative
Wednesday 25th, 10:15 a.m.
Takeaways on how to manage hybrid teaching and learning
environments.
This webinar sets some takeaways on how to manage hybrid teaching and learning
environments, the concept of hybrid approach, why to choose it in today's educational
demands and how it will equip teachers with a set of ideas variety of possible strategies
and resources to make this new teaching and learning experience, meaningful and
remarkable as well as providing teachers with a model on how to plan a lesson and how
through it develop creativity. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of the
"what" , "how" and "why" of hybrid teaching and learning environments.
Zoraya Nomelin Ballen is a charismatic, inspirational, and passionate education leader.
She is currently an Educational Services department Coordinator from Oxford
University Press Colombia. She holds a MA in English teaching in Autonomous
Learning Environments (Sabana University) her research on language teaching -"Self-
monitoring strategies to develop oral production in English has made important
contributions to many different institutions in the educational field .BA in Languages
from La Salle University and 20 years' experience as a Teacher trainer, Bilingualism head
leader and English teacher at a wide range of institutions.
CONLAUNA 2021 12PRESENTERS
Presenter: Jonathan Elizondo
Universidad Estatal a Distancia, UNED
Wednesday August 25th, 11:15 a.m.
Autonomy, Independence, and Self-regulation: Key Elements for Successful
Distance Education
Since the year 2020, many educational systems and institutions have adopted distance education as the
new approach to learning. Even though it can be very productive and convenient, students might
struggle because of the reduced amount of face-to-face interaction with their teachers and due to the
lack of previous training on this modality. In this interactive workshop, we will define the concepts of
learner autonomy, independence, and self-regulation as key elements for success in the learning process.
Furthermore, we will explore different ways in which teachers can promote and develop those skills in
their students. Finally, we will look at five technological tools that will help in the process.
Mr. Elizondo holds an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and a BA in Primary Education
with emphasis in English teaching – both degrees from the University of Costa Rica. He is currently
pursuing a Licentiate degree in English Teaching after having obtained his BA. in the same major at
Universidad Americana. Jonathan has experience teaching English to different age groups. At present
he works the Ministry of Public Education, at Universidad Estatal a Distancia in the English Teaching
major, and as an international speaking examiner for Cambridge Assessment English. He has also
worked as a facilitator for Instituto Cultural Domínico Americano in The Dominican Republic.
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CONLAUNA 2021PRESENTERS
Presenter: Michelle Ueland
Georgetown Law
Wednesday August 25th, 13 p.m.
Challenging Linguicism in the Assessment of Law Students’ Oral
Communication
Linguicism is the manifestation of racism in the languages people use to communicate. This
presentation arises from a critical incident in the final assessment of law students in a Negotiations
seminar based on the professors’ subjective evaluation of the students’ oral communicative
competence. In a recorded discussion, an adjunct faculty member described the single Black student
in her Negotiations seminar as presenting arguments and ideas that were “a bit jumbled.”
A deep dive into the origins the word ‘jumbled’ provides us with much to discuss about seemingly
“objective” evaluations of students’ communicative competence that demonstrated lightly veiled
linguicism.
Linguicism is a term coined in 1986 by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas as “ideologies, structures, and
practices used to legitimate, effectuate, regulate, and reproduce an unequal division of power and
resources (material and immaterial) between groups defined on the basis of language” (Phillipson &
Skutnabb-Kangas, 1986, Skutnabb-Kangas, 2015). Linguicism also encompasses discrimination
against people for the languages they do NOT speak, read, use, or master leading to stigma, pity, and
deficit views in education and unequal social power dynamics.
Furthermore, because -isms do not exist in isolation, linguicism often intersects with racism, sexism,
and classism, etc. and other minority statuses created by religious, political or national backgrounds.
The majority of students admitted to the two-year Master’s in Law (LL.M.) program are from Saudi
Arabia and China. Therefore, if they experience linguicism in law schools in the U.S. it may be
melded with Islamophobia and anti-Asian racism, among other areas of discrimination.
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CONLAUNA 2021CAROUSEL PROGRAM
# PRESENTER TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY
1
Dennis Chinchilla Creating Entertaining Activities
Navarro with Lyrics Training.com
2
Tiffany Díaz How to Make Videos on PowToon?
CAROUSEL SESSION #1
Elizondo
3
Erick Pérez -Presentación #1: Practicing
Day 1: Wednesday, August
Valerde Pronunciation and Listening Using
25th, 2021
FlipGrid Time: From 2: 00 to 3: 00
p.m.
4
Marianela Sandí EdPuzzle: A Great Tool for
Cruz Language Classes!
5
Alonso Gómez Let’s Explore, but Give Me an
Arias Answer!
6
Noelia Jiménez Wake Your Brain Up!
Valverde
CONLAUNA 2021 15CAROUSEL PRESENTERS
Name: Dennis Chinchilla Navarro
Level: Senior at Pérez Zeledón Campus, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Making Interactive Listening activities with
Lyricstraining
Summary: This presentation explores the implementation of Information
and Communication Technologies (ICTs) through using the Lyricstraining
platform as a tool to develop listening comprehension activities. This app is
an easy-to-use didactic resource that might bring fun to the language
classroom while improving students’ foreign language skills through music,
videos, and movie clips.
Name: Tiffany Díaz Elizondo
Level: Sophomore at Coto Campus, Universidad Nacional, Costa
Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: How to Make Videos on Powtoon?
Summary: This is a teaching activity that can help you to develop
an attractive class. Powtoon is an excellent website that you can use
to create your own videos to present new material or vocabulary to
your students. In this way, you have the opportunity to make your
lessons different and innovative.
CONLAUNA 2021 16CAROUSEL PRESENTERS
Name: Erick Pérez Valverde
Level: Junior at Coto Campus, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Practicing Pronunciation and Listening Using
Flipgrid
Summary: Evaluating speaking skills became harder for teachers when face-to-face
classes were forced to become virtual. Now, it is more difficult for educators to
assess their students’ pronunciation and listening skills. Flipgrid is an excellent
platform that allows students to record themselves. Teachers, as a result, can use
these recordings to evaluate their learners’ pronunciation, fluency, and listening
abilities.
Name: M.A. Marianela Sandí Cruz
Position: English Professor at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: EdPuzzle: A Great Tool for Language
Classes!
Summary: Most students love a catchy video! Language teachers can take
advantage of this through using Edpuzzle, a technological website that
allows instructors to create listening, speaking, reading, and writing
activities with videos in a simple yet fun way.
CONLAUNA 2021 17CAROUSEL PRESENTERS
Name: Diego Alonso Gómez Arias
Level: Sophomore at Campus Coto , Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Let’s Explore,but Give Me an Answer!
Summary: This is a warm-up activity through which the professor/teacher
will create an interactive classroom environment. How is it possible?
Students can use a link and a picture, both on their gadgets (cellphones,
computers, or others), and they are allowed to answer some questions
spontaneously.
Name: Master Noelia Jiménez Valverde
Position: English Professor at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Wake Your Brain Up!
Summary: Wake Your Brain Up! is a dynamic and interactive brain gym
technique that serves three main purposes: At first, students can activate their
brain so that they feel prepared for a lesson to come. This exercise also increases
the oxygen level of the learners’ brain and prepares it for consecutive and
simultaneous interpretation exercises. Finally, students can have fun with their
classmates and teacher as they participate in this activity.
CONLAUNA 2021 18PRESENTERS
Presenters: Ana Isabel Campos and Randall Centeno
Ministerio de Educación Pública, MEP.
Wednesday August 25th , 15:15 p.m.
"Combined education, Planning, Teaching and
Learning. Friends or Foes?”
In last months, due to the changes that the pandemic has imposed to the traditional
educational system, the authorities of the Ministry of Education have launched a new
proposal for delivering the educational service to learners known as: Combined
education. In this model, depending on context, students could receive some of their
lessons in a face–to-face format and the other part in the form of distance learning. This
presentation shows an example of how teachers can articulate planning, teaching and
assessment in this new modality.
Ana Isabel Campos Centeno is a National English Randall Centeno Hernández is a National English
Advisor for the Department of First and Second Cycles of Advisor for the Department of First and Second Cycles
the Ministry of Public Education. She coordinated the
of the Ministry of Public Education. He has a BA
reform of the new English Curriculum. Ana Isabel
Campos received her Doctoral Degree in Latin American degree in Teaching English from the University of
Studies from the National University of Costa Rica. She Costa Rica and a licensed degree from Universidad
also holds a Master’s Degree in the Teaching of English as San Isidro Labrador. He holds an SIT TESOL
a Second Language from the University of Kansas and a Certificate from Centro Espiral Maná. He worked as a
BA in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language primary and secondary English teacher in private and
from the University of Costa Rica . She is a former Fellow
of the Fulbright Program and in the last years has
public education for more than fifteen years. He has
collaborated as a professor in the Master's Program in worked as an English regional advisor in Sarapiquí and
Applied Linguistics at the National University, Heredia San José Norte Education Regional Offices.
campus. During the last 30 years, she has taught English
in public and private institutions at pre-school,
elementary, high school and university level.
CONLAUNA 2021
19PRESENTERS
Presenter: Mary Scholl
Embassy of the United States
Wednesday August 25th, 16:15 p.m.
Habits that support Learning in Virtual Environments
With the pandemic and transition to distance learning, there are three areas of
challenge that we face as educators: logistical, relational and pedagogical. In this
talk we'll explore a few strategies to work with both relational and pedagogical
challenges in the virtual classroom. It is more important than ever to develop
and use strategies to help students develop their ability to be present, their
connection to themselves and other students, and teachers. It is also important
for teachers to create intentional practice activities, incorporate habits and
surprises in their tasks, learn new ways to observe and invite engagement and
offer "chewable" challenges to their learners. The presenter will outline strategies
in these areas and also leave some time for questions and discussion at the end
of the session.
Mary Scholl, a deep believer in learning, empathy, creativity and curiosity, is a
fellow of the Institute for Collaborative Learning and founder of Centro Espiral
Mana in Northern Costa Rica. She has been teaching language for 30 years,
designing and implementing educational projects in Latin America for over 18
years and has been learning and sharing Compassionate Communication since
2009. She has lived and/or taught on four continents and currently enjoys
working virtually around the world from her front porch in rural Costa Rica.
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CONLAUNA 2021PRESENTERS
Presenters: Marianella Sandí and Juan Méndez
Universidad Nacional
Wednesday August 25th , 17:15 p.m.
Beginners' Perspective on the Use of Cognitive
Grammar Learning Strategies to Deal with Corrective
Feedback on Errors in the Production of Grammar
In recent years, the study of Cognitive Grammar Learning Strategies has
taken relevance in the ESL/EFL context. In this session, we will review a
study conducted at Universidad Nacional, Pérez Zeledón and Coto
Campus in 2021. Its aim was to explore Cognitive Grammar Learning
Strategies that Integrated English Skills 1 students use in an EFL context
to deal with corrective feedback, how they use them, and what their
perspective on them is.
Juan Manuel Méndez Valverde holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English
Marianela Sandí Cruz holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English
Teaching at the Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. He also has a Master’s
Teaching, a Licentiate’s Degree in Applied Linguistics in
degree in Second Languages and Cultures with emphasis in English from
English, and a Master’s Degree in Second Languages and
Universidad Nacional. He has been an English teacher for sixteen years
Cultures with emphasis in English from Universidad Nacional,
and has worked with primary and secondary learners. He has also trained
Costa Rica. In her sixteen years of teaching experience, she has
college students at the Universidad Nacional, Pérez Zeledón Campus. He
worked with primary school learners at the Ministry of Public
has also worked for other private institutes. Currently, he is working as an
Education of Costa Rica (MEP). She has been a teacher for
English teacher at the Universidad Nacional, Pérez Zeledón Campus in
institutions such as the Escuela Científica and other private
the Bachelor’s Degree in English Teaching and in the Associate’s Program
institutes. At Universidad Nacional, Pérez Zeledón and Coto
in English, and at the Colegio Científico in Pérez Zeledón. His research
Campus she has worked as a professor and has been a trainer
has been focused on the teaching of English as a Foreign language in
for in-service MEP teachers. At present, she is working at
Central America, the teaching of grammar and pronunciation, materials
Universidad Nacional, Coto Campus in the Bachelor’s Degree
and activities design, needs analysis, ethnographic research, and the
in English Teaching and Bachelor’s Degree in Office
Administration Majors. Her research work has been based on teaching of research.
the teaching of English as a foreign language in Central
America, the teaching of grammar and pronunciation, materials
and activities design, needs analysis, ethnographic research, and CONLAUNA 2021 21
evaluation of majors for ongoing improvement.THURSDAY SESSIONS
CONLAUNA 2021 22PRESENTERS
Presenter: Joe Montenegro Bonilla
Universidad Nacional
Thursday August 26th, 9:00 a.m.
The Battle of Bly: The Role of the Setting in The Turn of
the Screw
As a gothic novel, Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw offers access to the sinister
and the uncanny, yet not only through its plot and characters, but particularly by
way of its setting: Bly Manor. This presentation will try to explain how Bly serves as
more than just a backdrop for the horrific actions of the novel to unfold since it
also motivates and perpetrates the characters’ downfall.
Professor Montenegro holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Universidad de
Costa Rica (UCR) and master’s degrees in English Literature from the UCR and in
Educational Management with a focus in Leadership from Universidad Nacional
(UNA). He has worked at UNA, Brunca Regional Headquarters, as a professor of
English literature, for 14 years, where he currently works as the Academic Director
of the Pérez Zeledón Campus. He has also taught literature courses at the UCR
since 2009. His research—mainly published in Revista de Lenguas Modernas of the
UCR and in Revista Letras of Universidad Nacional—deal with topics such as the
carnivalesque in literature and film, representations of masculinities in literature,
film and television, and the relationship between literature and cinema as art
forms.
CONLAUNA 2021 23PRESENTERS
Presenter: Angela Betancourt
Richmond Consultant
Thursday, August 26th , 10:00 a.m.
Angela Betancourt-Balmaceda holds a bachelor’s degree in English Teaching
and Translation from Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología
(ULACIT). She currently works for Santillana (publishing company) as an
English editor and has worked in the edition of the books Tic Tac Toe for
elementary school and What’s UP? for high school. She also has eight years
of teaching experience in courses such as grammar, literature, and
conversational English. She has worked with students of all levels: primary,
secondary and university, in public and private institutions such as the
Ministry of Public Education (MEP), in the open education program,
Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano (CCCN), Centro Educativo
Cristiano Oasis de Esperanza (CECOE), International Polytechnic
University (UPI), among others.
CONLAUNA 2021 24PRESENTERS
Presenter: Amanda Fonseca
National Geographic Learning
Thursday, August 26th , 11:00 a.m.
Planning for the future of Language Education: how to
create harmony, sense of construction and meaning on
what students are learning
A planning that reflects our conception of education and the student's profile we want
to develop, allows us to decide about the best strategies, contents, and evaluation tools
that will guide us to reach our objectives and at the same time will give purpose and
meaning to the language learning process.
Getting to know about different planning approaches, types and the objectives behind
them are the main aspects of this session.
Educator due to an election of the soul, she sees the plurilingual education as a life
conception more than a teaching methodology or a trend. She has lived and studied in
Europe for 6 years where she discovered her fascination for languages and different
cultures and also where she got technically trained by Cambridge, London and
Salamanca Universities. Back to Brazil, she held strategic positions in the managing
area of important schools from São Paulo State for more than 18 years. At these
schools, she developed personalized bilingual programs, trained different teachers and
coordinators and implemented these programs with excellent results.
CONLAUNA 2021 25PRESENTERS
Presenter: Joshua Gordon Zamora
University of Northern Iowa
Thursday August 26th, 13:00 p.m.
Effects of Explicit Pronunciation Instruction on
Comprehensibility, Fluency, and Accentedness in EFL Learners
This presentation reports the results of a pronunciation intervention to enhance the
comprehensibility, fluency, and accentedness of three groups of second language (L2) learners in an
English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) context. Three groups of first-semester EFL students at a small
university in Costa Rica were exposed to a 10-week pronunciation intervention for 30 minutes
each week. The intervention was based on segmentals, suprasegmentals, or a combination of both
using explicit phonetic and phonological instruction and communicative tasks. A set of
spontaneous-speech samples from a pretest and a posttest were presented to a group of L1 speakers
of English to be rated for comprehensibility, fluency, and accentedness. The group trained on
suprasegmentals significantly improved comprehensibility and fluency from pretest to posttest, as
opposed to the other two groups that did not present any improvements. Additionally, none of the
three groups improved in terms of accentedness. These results, although modest, are discussed in
terms of their pedagogical implications for the implementation of explicit pronunciation
instruction in intact L2 classes.
Joshua Gordon is an Assistant Professor in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at the University of
Northern Iowa. He received a Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Indiana University,
Bloomington. He has taught ESL, EFL, and Spanish as a foreign language. He has trained pre-
service and in-service teachers in the United States and in Costa Rica. His research has been
published in the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, TESL Canada Journal, Language
Teaching Research, RELC Journal, conference proceedings, and edited volumes. His research
focuses on second language pronunciation teaching and learning, second language teacher
cognition, and nonnative-speaking teachers of English. He is the incoming chair of the Speech,
Pronunciation, and Listening Interest Section of TESOL International.
CONLAUNA 2021 26PRESENTERS
Presenters: Alfredo Ortega and
Marianella Granados
National Advisors, MEP
Thursday August 26th, 14:00 p.m.
Guidelines on how to write indicators of
learning for the suggested pedagogical
mediation of the English Curriculum in Costa
Rican secondary schools. Marianella Granados Sirias. I am currently serving as National English Advisor at
Third Cycle and Diversified Education Department, Ministry of Public Education. I
Alfredo Ortega - Cordero is currently serving as English hold a master's degree in Education with an Emphasis on Curriculum Design and a
National Advisor at the Third Cycle and Diversified licenciatura in English Teaching from Universidad Latina de Costa Rica and a
Education Department, Ministry of Public Education. He Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Universidad
holds a master's degree in School Administration, a Nacional. Besides, I hold a SIT TESOL CERTIFICATE from a program of World
Licentiate degree in English Teaching and a Bachelor's Learning offered through Centro Espiral Mana. I participated at the Study of United
degree in English Teaching . He also holds the SIT-TESOL States Institutes for Secondary Educators at California State University, Chico and
Certificate, teaching course accredited by the SIT Graduate United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. I
Institute and World Learning. At present, he´s pursuing a have worked as an English teacher in private and public institutions from elementary
master’s degree in English Teaching as a Foreign Language to university level for more than 20 years. I have worked as an English National
at Universidad de Costa Rica. He worked as an English Advisor in two departments called Dirección de Desarrollo Curricular and at Dirección
teacher in public secondary institutions for fifteen years. He de Gestión y Evaluación de la Calidad where I designed and implemented the first
participated in the design of the new English Curriculum diagnostic English tests for ninth grade in 2010. I had the chance to measure in
for Diversified Education for Bilingual Experimental High diagnostic tests other skills such as listening and writing. I also did a research to
Schools and Bilingual Groups. He also worked seven years identify the Associated Factors to Students Performance in English as a Foreign
in administrative positions at MEP and seven years as EFL - Language in Costa Rica in Third Cycle. I have also been part of designing the new
ESP professor and program coordinator at the Tropical English Curriculum for Third Cycle and Diversified Education, the Pilot Project for
Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center Bilingual Groups Spanish-English and the curriculum for Bilingual Experimental
(CATIE) Graduate School. He has participated as a High Schools and Bilingual Groups. I have worked for Ministry of Public Education
presenter in national and international conferences. for 29 years.
CONLAUNA 2021 27PRESENTERS
Presenters: Alfredo Ortega and
Marianella Granados
National Advisors, MEP
Thursday August 26th, 14:00 p.m.
Guidelines on how to write indicators of learning for the suggested
pedagogical mediation of the English Curriculum in Costa Rican secondary
schools.
This workshop intends to provide high school English teachers with guidelines on how effectively write
indicators of learning related to the development of the four linguistic competencies. Indicators of learning
are strictly related to the pedagogical mediation process and task achievement. They allow teachers to
provide specific and timely descriptive feedback to students. In fact, indicators of learning help teachers
assess learners’ achievement level based on the goals, assessment strategies and the three learnings (Learn to
Know, Learn to Do, Learn to Be and Live in Community) set in MEP’s English Curriculum for secondary
schools.
CONLAUNA 2021 28Poster Session Program
Thursday August 26th, 3:15 p.m.
CONLAUNA 2021 29CAROUSEL PROGRAM
# Presenter Title of the Activity
1 Lesly Zúñiga Vargas Using Picker Wheels to Enhance Class
Participation
2 Leandro Jiménez Creative Narrative Events!
CAROUSEL SESSION #2
Gamboa
Day 2: Thursday, August
26th, 2021
3 Karol Vásquez Starting Class with Fun: Mobbyt Time: From 5: 00 to 6: 00 p.m.
Vásquez
4 Jean Carlo Núñez Tongue Twisters: Promoting Peer
Jiménez Assessment in Pronunciation!
5 Erick Pérez Valerde Evaluation as a Learning Method
CONLAUNA 2021 30CAROUSEL PRESENTERS
Name: M.A. Lesly Zúñiga Vargas
Position: English Professor at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Using Picker Wheels to Enhance Class
Participation
Summary: Picker wheels are easily accessible and user friendly tools available
online that can help teachers promote class participation. An advantage of
playing with picker wheels is that students in synchronous classes are
encouraged to turn on their cameras and microphones in order to actively
participate in small groups or as a whole class.
Name: Leandro Jiménez Gamboa
Position: English Teacher at CIUNA, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Creative Narrative Events
Summary: Creative Narrative Events provides a versatile way for EFL teachers
as well as students to tell stories through illustrating what happens in an
anecdote through the website StoryBoard Creator. The participants of the
activity can let their creativity flow by using a variety of stamps, scenarios,
and characters available in the webpage. Telling stories has never been so
fun!
CONLAUNA 2021 31CAROUSEL PRESENTERS
Name: Karol Vásquez Vásquez
Level: Sophomore at Coto Campus, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Starting Class with Fun: Mobbyt
Summary: This activity is designed with the idea of helping teachers learn
different ways to create warm-ups with the use of Mobbyt, a platform designed
to create games. This will help them to start each class with fun and also review
topics studied during lessons.
Name: MSc. Jean Carlo Núñez Jiménez
Level: English Teacher at CIUNA, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Tongue Twisters: Promoting Peer
Assessment in Pronunciation!
Summary: Tongue twisters have been used for years to practice
pronunciation. However, I want to show teachers and students that it is
possible to use them to creatively incorporate peer assessment into their
classes.
CONLAUNA 2021 32CAROUSEL PRESENTERS
Name: Erick Pérez Valverde
Level: Junior at Coto Campus, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Title of the Teaching Activity: Evaluation as a Learning Method
Summary: How can you make sure that students are doing their
homework and really learning in their educational process? In most
cases, the evaluation system has been focused on providing learners
with scores. Nonetheless, through fusing the Flipped Classroom to
editable homework you can give students the opportunity to use
self-assessment in an enlightening way. Further, teachers can benefit
from this as they can have a better grasp of their students’ linguistic
development.
CONLAUNA 2021 33FRIDAY SESSIONS
CONLAUNA 2021 34PRESENTERS
Presenter: Laura Baecher
Hunter College City University of New York
Friday August 27th , 8:30 a.m.
15 Trends to Consider for the Future of Language Teaching
How can we utilize what we have learned over the past year to advance
education in the years to come? In this session we will examine 15 trends that
are shaping the educational landscape and reflect on which matter most to us
as language teaching professionals.
Dr. Laura Baecher is a Professor at the Hunter College School of Education,
City University of New York where she also serves as a faculty fellow in the
Academic Center for Excellence in Research and Teaching. Her interests relate
to teacher/faculty learning, observation and coaching, and professional
development. Recent books include Study Abroad in Teacher Education:
Transformative Learning for Pre- and In-Service Teachers and Global Perspectives on the
Practicum in TESOL. She is the Professional Development Blog author for
TESOL (2021-2022), has served as TESOL’s Teacher Education Interest
Section Chair, as an English Language Specialist for the US Department of
State, and as President of the New York State TESOL affiliate.
CONLAUNA 2021
35PRESENTERS
Presenter: Jorge Aguilar
Universidad Nacional
Friday August 27th, 10:00 a.m.
The teaching of tense and aspect in second language classes: errors and
misconceptions
Traditionally, grammarians have treated the teaching of grammar as a matter of memorizing structures and
substituting lexical items. Reflecting this traditional influence, we find publications such as the following in
many ESL/EFL classrooms: Azar (1999), Butler and Podnecky (2000), Elbaum (2001), Richards, Hull and
Proctor (1997), and Kirn and Jack (2002). For the most part, these texts do not attempt to integrate or apply
recent scholarly work on tense and aspect. A few approaches have focused on the relationships among form,
meaning and use (cf. Thewlis, 2000; Badalamenti and Henner-Stanchina, 2000), but even these texts do not
fully acknowledge current theorizing and the empirical findings from research in this area. In fact, relatively
little work has been done based on the construction of form- meaning-use associations in tense and aspect
systems, especially from a pedagogical point of view; therefore, I present an overview of the English tense-
aspect system and its components, findings regarding the acquisition processes of tense and aspect used by
second language learners, a description of the tense aspect form (i.e. structure), the model used in ESL/EFL
textbooks for teaching it, and a short overview of the input processing theory which serves as the pedagogical
framework for the present work.
Jorge Aguilar Sánchez is a linguistics professor at School of languages and literature. Dr. Aguilar has taught at
Dayton University, Ohio, University od Wisconsin-La Crosse, both in the United States. He has also worked
at University of Costa Rica, South campus. He has a PhD in linguistics with an emphasis in TESOL and
applied linguistics also a PhD in Hispanic linguistics with an emphasis in Sociolinguistics and research
methodologies. Dr. Aguilar has published his research on well-known national and international journals. He
has shared his work in multiple events like national and international congresses, conferences in linguistics,
TESOL and research methodologies. He has over 30 years of teaching experiences and 20 of them in higher
education.
CONLAUNA 2021
36PRESENTERS
Presenter: M.A. Barbara Jean Hall
Georgia State University
Friday August 27th, 11:00 a.m.
Why Our Students Resist Academic Writing: Problems and
Solutions, A Discussion.
This talk will examine some of the real and imagined issues that second language students (L2) as
well as native speakers of English have with composition in the 21st century. In general, of the four
skills the last for students to acquire is writing, and mostly, teachers of English must navigate quite a
bit of resistance from students. Honestly, the majority of L2 and native speaker students do not like
writing and do not want to complete writing assignments that are necessary for critical thinking skills
and language development. We ask: “What is going with that”? This open discussion, with power
point notes and comments, hopefully will further an understanding of the problem and suggest ways
of fostering positive methods and solutions to encourage better attitudes towards writing in the
classroom.
Born in New York, currently teaches English Composition/Literature at Georgia State University in
Atlanta, Georgia, and has worked with secondary/college ELL writers throughout her career. She
holds an M.A. in English Literature from Wake Forest University and an M.S. in Applied Linguistics
from Georgetown University. She has co-authored and published three composition
textbooks: Writing Workshop: A Manual for College ESL Writers (2015); Successful College
Composition (2019); and College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for
Success (2017). In Spring 2015, she held a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award in TEFL in 2015 to Costa
Rica entitled “Core Skills in Ongoing Teacher Development: Outreach and Access.”
CONLAUNA 2021 37PRESENTERS
Presenter: Patricia López
Instituto Tecnológico (TEC)
Friday August 27th, 13:00 a.m.
Reflections about ERT during pandemic times: Sharing my story
In this presentation, I aim at sharing my story regarding the pedagogical
complexities of the teaching-learning process under an Emergency
Remote Approach during pandemic times. I will share with you what has
and has not worked in my teaching practices, where persistent reflection
and professional development have been constant allies in these
challenging times. My story will lead you to embrace change and will
challenge you not only to reimage, but also repurpose core pedagogical
beliefs as a mandatory yet satisfying endeavor.
CONLAUNA 2021 38PRESENTERS
Presenter: Fabian Klein
ROBOTEL inc.
Friday August 27th, 14:00 p.m.
Robotel Inc. is a Canadian educational technology provider with over 35 years of experience in the fields of
information technology, language teaching, digital content development and educational publishing. Our
flagship solution combines a contemporary language teaching platform (SmartClass HUB) with an
interactive and digital language curriculum (SmartClass Content). Over the past years, we have developed a
variety of compelling and extensive digital curricula to teach English, German, and Spanish. Those
curricula were developed by teachers for teachers in alignment with the CEFR Proficiency Standards (Levels
A1 to C2 for English as a full curriculum and levels A1 to B1 for the other two languages as a supplemental
curriculum). The primary aim is to support language teachers in their endeavor to digitally enhance their
language instruction and provide ample of meaningful and practical opportunities for their students to
actively practice all linguistic skills, so that they can gain a lasting confidence to speak and communicate in
the learned target language. For the virtual event, we anticipate to highlight our digital Let's Talk! English
curriculum, share tips and tricks for successful technology implementation, and offer best practices when it
comes to digital pedagogy, curriculum adoption and instructional coaching.
Fabian Klein
2020-Present: Director of Teacher Support and Educational Technology
2018-2020: Language Acquisition Specialist and Sales Director / Europe North
2008-2018: Worked as a Foreign Language Immersion Teacher utilizing extensive digital tools and
resources.
Active roles included: Language Ambassador, Smart Technology Facilitator, Technology Champion
2008-2013: Studied Bilingual Education, Immersion Pedagogy and Language Acquisition
2004-2008: Studied Multilingual Communication, Linguistics and Translation Studies
1998-2002: Studied Information and Communications Technology
CONLAUNA 2021 39PRESENTERS
Presenter: Manuel Rojas Mata
Ministry of Public Education, MEP
Friday August 27th, 15:00 p.m.
Pathway to a Bilingual Costa Rica
The Curricular Policy: "Educating for a New Citizenship" of the Ministry of Public
Education, approved by the Higher Council of Education, proposes the creation of
learning environments that “promote the development of new skills required to face the
challenges of the 21st century "It also raises the strengthening of a global citizenship with
national identity, in relation to “the situation of the globalized world, where it is required
to emphasize essential skills that include values, attitudes, communicative capacities (…)
The concept of global citizenship is based on the connection and immediate interaction
between people from all over the world, anywhere and at any time ... We can affirm that
we live in a world where local actions directly affect the global context and global
decisions also condition local aspects in terms of ecological, social, cultural situations,
political and economic events that take place in the world. " (Agreement 07-64-2016,
CSE, 2016).
This initiative arises from the government strategy called Alliance for Bilingualism, which
is of national coverage and seeks to turn Costa Rica into a bilingual country and thereby
improve investment attraction, boost job creation, and the economy and increase the
academic and work opportunities of the Costa Rican population
The Ministry of Public Education established the need to crystallize, guide and
consolidate the actions undertaken in the educational promotion of the acquisition of a
second language.
CONLAUNA 2021
40PRESENTERS
Presenter: Dr. Umit Boz
University of Calgary
Friday August 27th, 4:00 p.m
Reimagining language education through universal design for
learning
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework that guides the design and
delivery of curriculum by anticipating and responding to full range of learning needs in the
classroom. While it has been widely applied in many instructional settings to maximize learning
opportunities for all learners, its potential and implications for language education have not been
fully explored. This presentation (a) provides an overview of this framework focusing on its three
main principles (i.e., multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression); (b)
discusses its implications for reimagining language education through inclusive and flexible
classroom design; and (c) showcases a series of teaching, learning, and assessment activities to
demonstrate how its guidelines can be applied in the language classroom.
Dr. Umit Boz is a Senior Instructor and Director of Student Experience for the Community-
based Bachelor of Education program in the Werklund School of Education, University of
Calgary, Calgary, Canada. He completed his graduate studies at the State University of New York
at Albany where he received his M.Sc. in TESOL and his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
with a specialization in Language and Literacies. Positioned at the intersection of Applied
Linguistics, Communication, and Education, Dr. Boz’s research is centered on developing and
applying novel discourse analysis techniques to better understand how multilingual speakers
negotiate and (re)construct their interactional roles and identities in a variety of settings,
including situated interactions, task-based dialogues, and small group learning.
CONLAUNA 2021 41Acknowledgements
Special thanks goes to all the different
committees for their excellent work and
dedication to this event:
• Colaborators UNA
• External Logistics Committee M.Sc. Yendry Alvarado Castillo
Coordinator M.A. Diego Garro Bustamante
• Central Committee M.A. Jorge Altamirano Alvarado
General Coordinators Members • Student Assistants
M.A. Cinthya Olivares Garita M.A. Juan Manuel Méndez Valverde Jeison Godínez Quesada
M.A. Sofia Mora Abarca Magaly Tapia Mora
Lena Barrantes Elizondo, PhD • Promotion and Information Dennis Chinchilla Navarro
Committee
• Protocol Committee Coordinators
Coordinator M.A. Cinthya Olivares Garita
M.A. Roger Segura Arias M.A. Sofia Mora Abarca
Members Members
M.MT. Laura Mesén Méndez M.ATI. Jorge Arturo Villalobos
M.A. Noelia Jiménez Valverde B.A. Ian Rodríguez Zúñiga
• Coto Campus Coordinators
• Internal Logistics Committee M.A. Marianela Sandí Cruz
Coordinator Master. Ariel Robles Barrantes
Msc. Evelyn Valverde Marin
Members • Finance Committee
Msc. Verónica Brenes Sánchez Coordinator
M.A. Sofía Mora Abarca
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