PREVIOUS TALKS & PRESENTATIONS

• Kessler, M. (2021, June). Supplementing mobile-assisted language learning with reflective journal writing:  A case study of Duolingo users' experience. Invited talk presented as a part of Duolingo's Research Colloquia Series, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 
• Kessler, M. (2021, March). Using digital activity logs to support reflective English language learning. Tech tip presented at the TESOL 2021 International Convention  - CALL IS Electronic Village, Houston, TX, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2021, March). L2 writers' metacognitive genre awareness: Understanding the social and learner-internal factors influencing development.  Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
• Kessler, M., Ma, W., & Solheim, I. (2020, October). Topical knowledge effects on L2 writing: A conceptual replication of He and Shi (2012).  Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, Nashville, TN, USA.​
• Kim, S., & Kessler, M. (2020, October). Exploring EFL university students' uses of lexical bundles and their relationship to writing quality.  Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, Nashville, TN, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2020, February). What you know, how you use it, and why: A longitudinal study of L2 writers' metacognitive genre development.  Invited talk as part of Ohio University's Linguistics Colloquium Series, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2019, November). Technology-mediated writing: Using stimulated recall to explore L2 writing strategies.  Paper presented at the Symposium on Second Language Writing (SSLW), in the colloquium (organizer: Charlene Polio), Leveraging stimulated recall for L2 writing research: The effects of design factors on data characteristics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2019, September). Sociocultural Theory and SLA.  Invited lecture for graduate student seminar, LLT 861, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
• Kessler, M., & Solheim, I. (2019, July). Can TBLT be 'authentic' in EFL contexts?: The case of China.  Paper presented at the Sino-US Symposium on Foreign Language Education, Wuhan, China.
• Kessler, M., & Loewen, S. (2019, March). Synchronous video computer-mediated communication with TalkAbroad: An exploratory study of Spanish-as-a-foreign-language pedagogy.  Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2019, March). Technology-mediated L2 English writing: Exploring a new graduate student's writing strategies.  Paper presented at the 4th Purdue Linguistics, Literature, & Second Language Studies Conference, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2019, March). A text analysis and raters' perspectives of a promotional genre: Exploring Fulbright ETA application statements. Paper presented at the Michigan Academy of Science Annual Conference, Alma, MI, USA.
• Loewen, S., & Kessler, M. (2019, January). Connecting SLA theory and CALL technologies in the L2 classroom.  Invited talk for Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2018, March). Fulbright ETA personal statements and statements of grant purpose: A rhetorical move-step analysis.  Paper presented at the 3rd Purdue Linguistics, Literature, & Second Language Studies Conference, Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
• Kessler, M. (2018, February). A genre analysis of Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship statements.  Poster presented at the Council of Graduate Students 10th Annual Academic Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
• Ahmed, K., Kessler, M., & Zhang, J.  (2012, May).  Using Moodle for pronunciation courses: ELIP oral communication.   Poster presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, Ohio, USA.