Here are five free recorded sessions from the TESOL 2019 International Convention & English Language Expo.

1. Digital Book Trailer Projects: Transforming ESL Story-Readers Into Storytellers
Presenters: Shizhong Zhang, Ying Xiong, and Devin Ferreira 

In this session, the presenters explain how video technologies (VT) enable learners to present stories in a video format. They show that when L2 reading is combined with VT, students can be motivated to practice English with a meaningful task. The presenters demonstrate a step-by-step tutorial on how to blend reading with a VT project to transform story-readers into storytellers.

2.  Endangered Languages
Opening Keynote
Presenter: K. David Harrison

Half the world’s languages are endangered and may go extinct in this century. Their loss will have dire consequences not only for their speakers, but also for culture, science, and the environment. This presentation demonstrates how indigenous speakers and linguists are working to sustain languages through technology and digital activism.

3. Developing Expertise in TESOL: Local-Global Considerations
Presidential Keynote
Presenter: Luciana C. de Oliveira

As language teachers and teacher educators, we are constantly going back and forth between the local and the global with regards to the English language. What expertise do English teachers need to develop to teach English as a global language while considering the diverse forms, norms, functions, and uses defined by local dynamics and necessities?

4. Everyday Teaching, Everyday Liberation: Building the Beloved Community as Educators
James E. Alatis Plenary
Presenter: Anneliese A. Singh

Now more than ever, educators are faced with opportunities to challenge everyday injustice both within and outside of their classrooms. Dr. Singh shares how to make words like diversity, equity, and inclusion really matter in our teaching and connect these efforts to larger liberation movements around the world.

5. The Power of Language, the Language of Power: Preparing Our Students for the Uncertainties of the 21st Century
Friday Keynote
Presenter: Pedro Noguera 

This presentation examines the ways immigrant students and ELLs are being affected by the current political climate, and it explores what educators can do to promote peace and pluralism as we attempt to prepare our students for the uncertainties of life in the 21st century.

Check out other recorded sessions, available for purchase, on the TESOL Live Learning Center.