VicTESOL Symposium 2026

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Morning Keynote

How does learning happen? From classroom to theory (and back again)
Professor Emeritus at the University of Hong Kong and Distinguished Research Professor at Anaheim University in California, David Nunan

Concurrent Sessions – Set 1

Teacher-researcher collaboration within a pronunciation teaching and learning program: putting research into the classroom, putting the classroom into research
Dr Shem Macdonald, Ms Elizabeth Keenan, Ms Emily Tucker and Dr Beth Zielniski

Translating translanguaging theory into local classroom practice
Associate Professor Naomi Wilks-Smith, Dr Sue Rook, Dr Lynne Bury and Professor Robyn Cox

SHIFTing Identities: From Tension to Transformation in EAL Teacher Practice
Dr Biljana Ivanova-Miloshevska and Dr Oksana Razoumova

Critical Language Pedagogy in Practice 

Dr Lachlan Jackson

Concurrent Sessions – Set 2

“Dimensional thinking” about grammar using AI
Dr Chris Corbel (Honorary Fellow)

Science of Reading Comprehension Part 1 of 2
Dr Lilly Yadanpanah, Dr Amir Sadeghi, Dr Tessa Weadman, Ms Amity Adley

Breaking the silence: Creating inclusive pathways for Deaf AMEP learners
Jacky Springall, Ms Huong Nguyen and Mr Salomon Gerber

Teaching the noun group as a versatile tool to improve student outcomes
Lynette Lingard

Concurrent Sessions – Set 3

Language Remix: Write a rap and a song in one lesson
Charlie Thompson & Carmel Davies

Science of Reading Comprehension Part 2
Dr Lilly Yadanpanah, Dr Amir Sadeghi, Dr Tessa Weadman, Ms Amity Adley

Creating Learner-Centred Lessons: Restoring Back to Students the Agency for Learning
Ms Vidhatri Vittal Mallya

AI Literacy for EAL learners: principles and practical applications
Associate Professor Katrina Tour

Concurrent Sessions – Set 4

How the Arts can turbo charge language learning
Carmel Davies and Sharon Duff

Innovative Frameworks for Engaging CALD and EAL Families
Ms Helen Chan

Integrating Language and Content in the Classroom for EAL/D Students
Associate Professor Marianne Turner & Dr Kylie Bradfield

Building the Picture: Creating Holistic Learner Profiles to Explore Additional Learning Needs in EAL Learners
Simone Cassidy

Concurrent Sessions – Set 5

Exploring community-based mentors’ diverse perspectives on their engagement in a TESOL graduate practicum
Dr Oksana Razoumova

Navigating Belonging: Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Early Childhood Education
Associate Professor Anne Keary, Dr Sun Yee Yip and Dr Nurlaily

Beating the Odds: Reclaiming Engagement in a hybrid learning model
Dr Paul Li

Making multilingual students’ analytical thinking visible
Associate Professor Julie Choi and Kailin Liu

Concurrent Sessions – Set 6

Re-situating CLIL knowledge through teacher co-design: scaffolding language-for-thinking for new arrivals transitioning to mainstream subject literacies
Dannie Wang

Teachers’ voices: Stories of innocence and experience
Associate Professor Rod Neilsen

Teaching Ageing English Language Learners: A Narrative Gerontological Inquiry into Educational Justice
Thanh Huong Hang (Jo) Le, Dr Seham Al-Schwyli and Dr Nashid Nigar

Continuation of Making multilingual students’ analytical thinking visible
Associate Professor Julie Choi and Kailin Liu

Afternoon Keynote

Grammar without the rules: From linguistic theory to classroom practice

Prudence Meggitt

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