Trudy Keil’s paper was accepted to the American Association for Applied Linguistics and the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics AAAL/CAAL 2015 Toronto Conference, held March 21 – 24 at the Fairmont Royal York. She was one of three U of R Education graduate students who were accepted to present. (Cindy Nelson and Honni Lizee also presented their papers.)
Professor Andrea Sterzuk, who presented as well, says, “This is quite an accomplishment, given that the conference received 1800 proposals and only one third were accepted after peer review.”
This national and international annual AAAL/CAAL conference “has a reputation as one of the most comprehensive and exciting language conferences! At each conference new ideas are generated, disciplinary boundaries are crossed, and research is shared about the role of language in all aspects of cognition and social action, including language learning and teaching. The AAAL conference is known for its in-depth symposia and focused workshops on key issues in applied linguistics; sessions on a wide range of research studies, in progress or completed; its stimulating and often provocative plenaries; and access to the latest publications via the book exhibit. Last but not least, the AAAL conference is the place for networking, for established and new professionals, and for graduate students” (From http://www.aaal.org).
Trudy presented on her thesis research, “EAL and Content Teachers Collaborating to Support the Academic Success of English Language Learners in a Saskatchewan Secondary School”
On her experience, Trudy says, “The highlight of the conference for me was having the opportunity to share my thesis research with an international audience of respected researchers. The discussion and questions following my presentation were informed and interesting and I valued the opportunity to discuss the collaborative work I had carried out. I also enjoyed attending various presentations from academics in the field of linguistics and learned a great deal from their expertise.”