BC TEAL 2025 Annual Conference

BC TEAL is proud to present our 2025 Annual Conference: Disruptive Educational Practices: Strategies for Transformation.

Please note that the Friday evening event, the TEAL Charitable Foundation Awards & Fundraiser, requires an additional ticket purchase. Please register here to secure your spot and join us in celebrating the awardees while fundraising for a better cause in TEAL.

Educators shine in times of change to face unexpected challenges. This is when creativity flourishes by combining proven practices with fresh and innovative ideas. These times call for transformation which can be rooted in tradition or experience, or it can arise through unexplored approaches. The synthesis of old and new ideas drives meaningful progress. Join other insightful and creative educators as we flourish within the power of our community.

Dr. Ramsey Cardwell

Duolingo English Test

Assessment Specialist

Montréal, QC

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Ramsey Cardwell is an Assessment Scientist for the Duolingo English Test. He received his PhD in Educational Measurement with a focus on language testing. Prior to grad school, Ramsey spent several years as an EFL teacher in Korea. His research interests include language testing, validity theory, and test results reporting.

8:30am PDT

Critical and decolonizing approaches to TEAL: What do we know? Rm 207Alex Ross

9:00am PDT

Coffee / Exhibitors Atrium

9:30am PDT

Opening Ceremonies Rm 240 (Plenary)

10:00am PDT

Opening Plenary: Contesting Normative Assumptions in English Language Teaching: Challenges and Possibilities Rm 240 (Plenary)Dr Ryuko Kubota

11:00am PDT

Challenges in integrating professional certification and graduate education in TESOL Rm 826Carol M Suhr • Joel Heng Hartse • Maria Thereza Palhares • Dorsa Alami • Tahereh Jalali

12:00pm PDT

Poster Sessions AtriumAnna Armanca • Scott Roy Douglas • Michael Herke • Meghan Jones Lunch Atrium

1:00pm PDT

Learn about the new National LINC Curriculum Guidelines! Rm 207Rafa Khan • Maria Kenward

2:00pm PDT

Enhancing ESL Listening Assessments with AI Tools Rm 207Mahsa Rezaeian • Nazanin Hamzavi Writing Assessment on the Duolingo English Test Rm 526Dr. Ben Naismith • Dr. Ramsey Cardwell Integrating dynamic assessment in LINC classes writing assessment Rm 522Mori Lavasani

3:00pm PDT

Coffee / Exhibitors Atrium

3:30pm PDT

Disrupting Assessment: Formative Joy and Summative Strategies Rm 207Dr Ken Beatty Orientation to CCLB Literacy Tools, Task Analysis and Resource Alignment Rm 828Kathy Hughes • Larry Iveson • Rana Ashkar

8:30am PDT

Crafting Interactive Language Activities: Teaching Transformed Through Generative AI Rm 414Nathan Hall Partnership on University Plagiarism Prevention: Strategies Against Plagiarism and AIgiarism Rm 240 (Plenary)JIM HU • Mia Xie

9:15am PDT

Coffee / Exhibitors Atrium

10:00am PDT

AI Grader: Using Artificial Intelligence as a grading tool Rm 414Naghmeh Babaee • Tijana Sretenovic Using Roshi.ai to Generate Assessments, Rubrics, and Feedback Rm 415Jonny Kalambay The Promise and Precarity of Critical Pedagogy in English for Academic Purposes Rm 424Jennifer Walsh Marr

11:00am PDT

Enhancing Language Learning with collaboration of AI and Teachers: Action-Oriented Feedback for Student language learning achievement Rm 414Malihe Mouavi How New Directions used AI to Transform and Improve Assessments Rm 415Jonny Kalambay

12:00pm PDT

2:00pm PDT

Transforming Language Learning with AI: Practical Tools for Educators Rm 423Annie Tran

3:00pm PDT

Coffee / Exhibitors Atrium

3:30pm PDT

Closing Panel: Current Issues in TEAL: Opportunities for Transformation Rm 240 (Plenary)

4:15pm PDT

Closing Ceremony Rm 240 (Plenary)