Raichle Farrelly

Raichle Farrelly - Featured Speaker @ KOTESOL 2023

  Featured Session

Global Collaborations to Promote Language Learning and Teacher Development

We have never been more prepared than now to harness the power of connectivity to establish global partnerships for language teaching and learning. Over the past two years, people all over the world have come together online and through phone apps to share ideas, stories, research, and art – sometimes leading to unexpected and lasting connections. During this interactive session, we’ll share our understanding of global citizenship education and how it can foster unique opportunities for language learning, teacher development, and positive social change. We’ll explore opportunities to develop virtual exchanges that engage learners, student teachers, and teacher educators through project-based learning, with a focus on the social issues they care most about in the world. Practical ideas for implementation, complete with activities using a range of multimodal platforms, will be presented.  

  Invited Second Session

Exploring World Englishes to Enhance Learners' Oral Skills

According to Ethnologue, there are approximately 378 million people who speak English as their first language and 743 million who speak English as an additional language. These data points tell us that our learners will likely have more interactions with people who speak English as an additional language than with “native speakers.” In this session, we’ll question the categories of “native speaker” and “nonnative speaker,” reflect on the role of English globally, and discuss features of World Englishes. Next, we’ll consider the decisions we make when establishing learning outcomes, selecting materials, and designing assessments that target English oral skills.  How do we address learners’ needs, goals, and expectations while raising awareness about English as a global language? How do we prepare them for high-stakes tests while acknowledging the reality of language use in the world? During this session, we’ll evaluate perspectives about standards and find ways to bring World Englishes into the classroom through thought-provoking listening and speaking activities that promote 21st century skills, perspective taking, and a desire to enact positive change in the world..

  Biosketch

Raichle Farrelly, PhD, is an associate teaching professor and director of the TESOL Program at the University of Colorado - Boulder in the U.S. She offers courses on a range of topics including language teaching methods, teaching L2 oral skills, pedagogical grammar, world language policy, the TESOL practicum, and an introduction to linguistics. Her professional interests include second language teacher education, reflective teaching, curriculum design, community-engaged learning, and teaching refugee-background adults. Farrelly co-authored the book Fostering International Student Success in Higher Education, co-edited Educating Refugee-Background Students: Critical Issues and Dynamic Contexts, and co-edited the Handbook of Research on Cultivating Literacy in Diverse and Multilingual Classrooms. She is also currently serving on the Board of Directors for the TESOL International Association.

Select Sites
Raichle Farrelly Interview with The English Connection (March 2023; PDF)
Raichle Farrelly: University of Colorado, Boulder 
Raichle Farrelly's Website 

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