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Wednesday
, March 8
09:00 GMT+04
PRE-CONF PDC 1 - Session 1: Advancing through research
Salon 1
PRE-CONF PDC 2 - Session 1: Creating a successful mentoring relationship
Salon 2
PRE-CONF PDC 3 - Session 1: Using Audience Response System tools to engage students during formative assessments
Salon 3
11:00 GMT+04
PRE-CONF PDC 3 - Session 2A: Following a systematic model in asynchronous discussion activities to enhance discipline-specific language
Salon 3
PRE-CONF PDC 1 - Session 2: Choosing your research methodology
Salon 1
PRE-CONF PDC 2 - Session 2: Mentoring for leadership: the forgotten aspect of mentoring
Salon 2
11:45 GMT+04
PRE-CONF PDC 3 - Session 2B: Using technology to motivate and promote autonomy in the classroom
Salon 3
14:00 GMT+04
PRE-CONF PDC 3 - Session 3A: Macro to micro: the listening skill shift
Salon 3
PRE-CONF PDC 1 - Session 3: Reflecting on research
Salon 1
PRE-CONF PDC 2 - Session 3: A DREAM management approach to mentoring
Salon 2
14:45 GMT+04
PRE-CONF PDC 3 - Session 3B: Game-based learning: turning gaming into a studentcentred approach to learning
Salon 3
15:45 GMT+04
PRE-CONF PDC 1 - Session 4: Teacher research engagement: Primary motivators and obstacles
Salon 1
PRE-CONF PDC 2 - Session 4: Coaching for effective teaching and learning
Salon 2
PRE-CONF PDC 3 - Session 4: Transforming curriculum through e-learning environments – the case of SoftChalk
Salon 3
Thursday
, March 9
10:00 GMT+04
Advancing as an ELT Professional
Samaya Ballroom B
11:00 GMT+04
Networking Break
Samaya Ballroom B
11:15 GMT+04
Complexity in Writing
Samaya Ballroom B
Group Therapy: Collaborative Solutions for ESL Teachers
Salon 7
Language Learning Through Metaphors
Junior Suite 2
Teachers’ Perceptions Towards their Professional Development
Executive Suite 4
Conceptualising EMI in an International UK University
Junior Suite 1
Critical Thinking in the Language Classroom
Samaya Ballroom C
ESL, EFL or EMI? The Gulf decides…
Salon 5
Investigating Gulf Arab Students Assessment Preferences
Samaya Ballroom D
Language attitudes, perceptions and identity in Qatar
Salon 6
Negative Transfer of L1 on English Writing
Hospitality Suite
Scenario-based Learning for EFL Teacher Education
Junior Suite 3
The Growing Role of Video in Education
Salon 3
Using online resources to differentiate and maximize-instruction
Salon 2
Using TAPs to investigate students' reading strategies
Sahab 2
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 1: Academic language features in the content areas: Learning language, learning content
Salon 1
English Course for Beginning Young Learners
Salon 4
Multimodal Literacy; student and teacher practice
Executive Suite 1
Online peer assessment to enhance writing skills
Sahab 1
Teaching Specialist Subjects Through English Language Immersion
Salon 8
Translanguaging Practices in a College Writing Course
Executive Suite 2
12:00 GMT+04
Engage Minds With Socrative
Executive Suite 1
Features of Connected Speech
Executive Suite 4
Holistic Rubric: Assessing Academic Writing Tasks
Sahab 1
Integrating Mobile Technology in the Classroom
Salon 8
New methods, new materials: vocabulary, IELTS, grammar
Salon 3
Practical Transitions from Theories to Integrated Activities
Executive Suite 2
THINK! Developing Language Skills Through Thinking Routines
Junior Suite 3
Thinking: Fake It Till You Make It
Executive Suite 3
Traditional Vocabulary Records in a Digital Age
Hospitality Suite
Vocabulary: Making it or Breaking it
Salon 7
Who’s Afraid of Bring Your Own Device?
Junior Suite 1
A Framework for Testing Vocabulary
Salon 2
A new Take on Selecting Teacher Candidates
Junior Suite 2
Behaviour Management: Locus of Control
Salon 5
Reading the Happiness Meter for UAE Teachers
Samaya Ballroom D
Specialization and the 21st Century Workplace
Samaya Ballroom B
Textual borrowing in source-based academic writing
Sahab 2
The 21st Century Learning Designer
Samaya Ballroom C
Examining Writers’ Intentions to Improve Instruction
Salon 6
Food translation and translation hunger in Lebanon
Salon 4
12:45 GMT+04
Differentiating Learning Goals and Lesson Activities
Sahab 2
How to Teach with Rigor
Executive Suite 1
Interactive Activities Key to Promote Students Speaking
Junior Suite 1
Making meaning of our work as educators
Junior Suite 2
Stories of Sand and Change
Samaya Ballroom C
Student Engagement in English: Walking and Talking
Executive Suite 2
Teaching Literature\Teaching Ecology, A CLIL-based Workshop
Junior Suite 3
Ten Effective Steps to Teach Reading
Executive Suite 4
Choosing Software for your Classroom Needs
Salon 6
Computer-based Assessment: How Objective is it?
Sahab 1
Feeding the BEAST: Online Assessment websites
Samaya Ballroom D
IDP Support Products for IELTS test takers
Salon 3
Is Teacher Evaluation Important?
Executive Suite 3
Measuring and Contributing to our Students' Happiness
Salon 2
Supporting the development of subject specific literacy
Salon 8
Understanding Saudi Preparatory-Year Students’ English-learning Motivation
Salon 4
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 2: Addressing mismatches between course books and classroom contexts
Salon 1
Advancing the ELT Profession:Revisiting Classroom Discussion
Samaya Ballroom B
Expat teacher, what’s your story?
Salon 7
Promoting ESL Learners’ Writing Using Short Movies
Salon 5
The Five Love Languages in Teaching Teens
Hospitality Suite
13:30 GMT+04
5 practical steps to ensure test validity
Junior Suite 3
Coaching for Effective Teaching and Learning
Samaya Ballroom B
Giving Back: Corporate Social Responsibility through EFL
Salon 6
Impacting the Audience
Salon 8
Integrating IL through PBL for EAP course
Executive Suite 2
Mobile Learning Activities and Accelerated Vocabulary Development
Executive Suite 1
Organizational Metaphors: Insights for educational change
Executive Suite 3
Scaffolding Reading, Transactional Metacognitive Comprehension Strategies
Salon 5
Success in Reading via Different Modes
Junior Suite 1
Teaching Blind Learners: Challenges, Solutions and Benefits
Salon 2
The impact of games on learning vocabulary
Junior Suite 2
Differential Effects and Student Perceptions of Three-Types-of-Pre-writing-Tasks
Salon 3
Do Rubrics Provide Ideal Feedback for Students?
Hospitality Suite
Investigating EFL teachers’ Negotiated Identities: Sociocultural Perspective
Samaya Ballroom C
Mixed Methods Research in the EFL Context
Salon 7
Rhetorical Negotiations of Relative Clauses in Metadiscourse
Salon 4
Teaching between Pleasure and Pressure
Executive Suite 4
Teaching for Knowledge vs Teaching for Use
Sahab 2
The Role of ER in the Classroom
Samaya Ballroom D
The role of podcasts in language teaching
Sahab 1
14:15 GMT+04
Are you ready? The Future Is Now!
Samaya Ballroom B
Extre-meme-ly Engaging: Memes for Classroom Interaction
Executive Suite 2
Honestly and Openly about Classroom Management
Hospitality Suite
Motivating Young Learners: ICT Magic
Junior Suite 3
SMART Objectives for Smart Teachers
Salon 2
Some Practical Ideas for ESP Writing
Executive Suite 3
Teach Your Students how to Drive Their Brains
Salon 6
The Effective IELTS Reading Strategies
Junior Suite 2
Using Cooperative Learning to Engage Readers
Executive Suite 1
Audio-recorded Feedback and the Use of Technology
Salon 7
Classroom assessment techniques
Junior Suite 1
Defining a Framework for Academic Writing
Salon 8
Enhancing Online Teaching: Innovative Resources and Strategies
Salon 4
Helping Students Develop Research Skills
Samaya Ballroom D
Student Produced Reverse Outlines for Academic Writing
Executive Suite 4
Teacher-Care and Motivation: A New Gulf Narrative
Salon 3
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 3: Assessing complexity in writing
Salon 1
Answering top FAQs about the TOEFL® Test
Samaya Ballroom C
Enjenese in spase: Young ELLs’ Invented spellings
Salon 5
Listening Summary: A Challenging Skill
Sahab 1
The ELT Curriculum in Transition: An Analysis of Three Approaches in Public Sector Schools
Sahab 2
15:00 GMT+04
Head, Heart & Hands: The Important Mission of English Teachers
Samaya Ballroom B
An evaluation of Culture in Prospect Series
Salon 4
Competition model and ESP: Introducing an application
Junior Suite 1
Cook and Learn English
Salon 3
Declined Reading Habits amongst Pakistan Undergraduate Students
Junior Suite 2
Effectiveness of Iranian EFL teacher training courses
Executive Suite 4
Enhancing formative assessment through technology.
Sahab 2
Enhancing Young Learners With Positive Parental Motivation
Salon 2
IELTS and GPA in UAE Higher Education
Salon 7
Joint Projects in EFL Contexts.
Sahab 1
Male Beauty Cream Advertisements:A Critical Discourse Analysis
Executive Suite 3
Observing classes with a 'theme'
Salon 5
Planned/Incidental Focus on Form and Grammatical Accuracy
Executive Suite 2
Prospective ESL teachers’ writing strategies and difficulties
Hospitality Suite
Teaching English through Crafts to Young Learners
Salon 8
Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar with World Literature
Salon 6
The Native Speaker Fallacy: International Perspectives
Salon 1
UPP Efficacy from Students and Teachers Perspectives
Junior Suite 3
Using SNSs in Learning English language
Executive Suite 1
Discussion 1 - Bridging the gap between teaching and research
Samaya Ballroom C
15:30 GMT+04
The professional identity of teacher educators
Salon 4
Analyzing data using thematic narrative analysis
Executive Suite 2
Contribution of learning style to language Performance
Junior Suite 3
Critical Aspects of Curriculum in the UAE
Sahab 2
Eclecticism in Foreign Language Teaching
Hospitality Suite
Effective strategies to empower EFL teacher motivation
Executive Suite 3
English-Arabic Code Switching in Instant Messaging
Salon 6
Evaluating language assessment courses in Iran
Junior Suite 2
Examining ‘vowel blindness’ among Arabic EFL learners
Junior Suite 1
Implementing Extensive Reading in ELC
Salon 3
IPad tasking on Facebook and Trip Advisor
Salon 1
Literature a Springboard, the World Argument’s Playground
Salon 5
Overcoming the Negativity Bias
Executive Suite 4
Ready, Set, Blend: Perspectives on Blended Classrooms
Salon 8
TESOL Motivation Keys for Middle Eastern Youth
Executive Suite 1
The National Archives: Treasury of Authentic Materials
Salon 7
Using Alternative Media in the CLIL Classroom
Salon 2
Working in partnership to achieve world-class education
Sahab 1
16:15 GMT+04
Advanced Observation with a Twist!
Executive Suite 4
Beyond Words: Visual Stimuli for Speaking
Salon 3
Data: the view from the water cooler...
Salon 5
Improving Literacy with ESL Learners using ReadingA-Z
Salon 7
PowToon is The Answer
Junior Suite 1
Promoting Reading Skills with Mobile Technology
Executive Suite 2
Schoology: Teacher’s Best friend
Junior Suite 3
Selecting, completing and using an ESOL course.
Salon 6
Artificial Intelligence: Panacea or Pandora's Box?
Salon 2
Challenges facing CLIL implementation in the UAE
Salon 8
Diversity in Academic Faculty: Benefits and Challenges
Junior Suite 2
Do We Know enough about Teacher Repeats?
Executive Suite 1
Exe-learning: an educational interactive web content creator.
Sahab 2
Flipping Academic Writing: Impact on Students’ Engagement
Sahab 1
Fulfilling Workplace-Writing Demands: Blessing or Curse?
Executive Suite 3
Inferencing strategies towards unknown words during reading
Salon 4
Learner Autonomy: CSRE Approach- the launching pad
Hospitality Suite
Assessment Literacy in English Language Teaching
Samaya Ballroom B
17:00 GMT+04
Advancing the Profession through Reflective Practice
Samaya Ballroom B
17:45 GMT+04
The Aubarra Clarinet Duo @TACON2017
Pre-Function - Samaya
Friday
, March 10
08:00 GMT+04
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 4: Maximizing the potential of our language activities
Salon 1
09:00 GMT+04
A New Approach to IELTS Reading
Executive Suite 3
Education Journalism for an Innovative ELT Career
Salon 5
Engaged 21st Century learning with social media
Salon 4
Grammar Strategies for Academic Reading Comprehension
Sahab 2
Principles of effective assessment in teaching English
Executive Suite 2
Implementing PBL in ESP Teaching/ Learning
Hospitality Suite
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session A: Building language for and through content learning
Salon 1
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session B: Dealing with reality–differentiating below and above the level of tasks in the classroom
Salon 2
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session C: Guided reading: a journey towards effective reading
Salon 3
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session D: Developing vital critical thinking skills through reading
Salon 6
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session E: The more that you read…= the importance of extensive reading and how to foster it
Salon 7
Adapting Teaching Strategies to Arab Student Needs
Junior Suite 1
Do ‘linguistic habits’ affect ‘thinking’?
Junior Suite 2
Flipping the Classroom to Encourage Student Engagement
Samaya Ballroom C
Game-based apps in a non-game context
Salon 8
Indexicality in the Egyptian Movie: Assal Aswed
Junior Suite 3
Indexicality in the Egyptian Movie: Assal Aswed
Junior Suite 3
Indexicality in the Egyptian Movie: Assal Aswed
Junior Suite 3
Indexicality in the Egyptian Movie: Assal Aswed
Junior Suite 3
Metacognitive awareness of L1 &L2 reading strategies
Executive Suite 1
10:00 GMT+04
IN-CONF PDC 2 - Session 1: How to create a deep and rich curriculum for young learners
Salon 2
10:15 GMT+04
Lecture Comprehension Difficulties in English-Medium Programmes
Sahab 1
Engaging Students in Novels through Dramatic Arts
Sahab 2
Helping EFL Students Fare Better in Exams
Hospitality Suite
New media Literacy Why Should be Implemented?
Executive Suite 4
The Power of Stories
Salon 8
Accents and Intelligibility: Native/Non-native Teacher Differences
Junior Suite 3
Advancing Profession: From Face-to-face to Online Training
Salon 6
Dynamic Assessment of Writing Ability through e-mail
Executive Suite 2
Effect of Different Types of Written CF
Junior Suite 1
Effect of reflection on self-efficacy and stress
Junior Suite 2
Effectiveness of Pre-assessment to Differentiate Reading Tasks
Salon 4
Formative Feedback in Writing: support or burden?
Salon 5
Integrating Marzano etal.'s Instructional Strategies With Technology
Executive Suite 1
Practical literacy: laying foundations for learner success
Salon 3
Small Steps to Big Achievements in EAP
Salon 7
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 5: Comprehension, who needs it?– What does it really mean to ‘teach’ listening?
Salon 1
Teaching Literary Essays to EFL Students
Executive Suite 3
The Age of DIY Professional Development
Samaya Ballroom B
Read&Research Forum
Sahab 1
Reading & Research Forum
Sahab 1
11:00 GMT+04
SOLE in an iPad 1:1 ESL Classroom
Executive Suite 4
A Course of English through Citizenship
Junior Suite 1
Arab EFL Instructors’ Attitudes Towards Code Switching
Executive Suite 2
Attitudes and use of ICT
Hospitality Suite
Covert Processes Involved in Written Academic Genres
Salon 5
Creating Podcast for Beginning EFL Learners
Salon 8
Creative Grammar Teaching: Connecting the Seemingly Unconnected
Executive Suite 1
Critical pedagogy-opportunities for the ELT profession
Junior Suite 2
Global Literacy,Intercultural Communicative Competence and Using Facebook
Salon 3
Multimodal System: Boon or Bane?
Executive Suite 3
Supervisors: Friends or Foes?
Salon 4
Using Classroom Debates To Engage The Students
Salon 7
Using corpora to inform curriculum and teaching
Salon 6
Who Cares About Socio-Affective Language Learning Strategies?
Junior Suite 3
IN-CONF PDC 2 - Session 2: The 6 ‘C’s of support for scaffolding in teaching young learners
Salon 2
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session F: Building language for and through content learning
Samaya Ballroom C
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session G: Dealing with reality–differentiating below and above the level of tasks in the classroom
Samaya Ballroom D
11:30 GMT+04
Acquisition of Arabic Relative Pronouns Gender Agreement
Executive Suite 3
Critical Thinking and Gamification: Mutual Impact
Hospitality Suite
Effects of Strategy Training on Vocabulary Knowledge
Executive Suite 4
EFL Virtual Learning Environment:Concerns and Challenges
Salon 3
ESP in police academies: Challenges and solutions
Junior Suite 3
Ethnolinguistic Digital Storytelling
Junior Suite 2
Exploring Novice Teachers’ Professional Development through Mentoring
Salon 8
Learning English Dhofari Style
Executive Suite 2
Mainstream vs. International English: voices from classrooms
Salon 6
Pragmatic competence among EFL teachers
Executive Suite 1
Recording Read Aloud to Develop Speaking Accuracy
Salon 4
Saudi Skills-mismatch: English and Professional Training Adaptations
Junior Suite 1
Turning Ideas into Action with MindMeister
Salon 5
12:00 GMT+04
20 x 20
Salon 8
Continuous Professional Development (CPD): Growing as Teachers
Executive Suite 3
Exploring The Hidden Treasures of CLIL
Executive Suite 4
Language acquisition insights in the IELTS classroom
Hospitality Suite
On your desk, get set, create!
Junior Suite 1
Smart Devices in English Classrooms
Junior Suite 2
Teacher's Feedback: Automated Versus Handwritten
Executive Suite 1
The Right Way to Teach Grammar
Sahab 2
(PBL) as an Alternative Based Assessment
Salon 5
DIY (Do It Yourself) Online Assessment
Salon 4
Four Engaging Activities for All Writing Classes
Executive Suite 2
Graded Readers: crucial elements of language learning
Salon 7
Student team projects: maintaining focus and engagement
Junior Suite 3
Students as test creators: Assessment as learning
Salon 3
“TOEFL® Young Student Series in your Classroom”
Samaya Ballroom C
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 6: Embrace the differences
Salon 1
IN-CONF PDC 2 - Session 3: Assessment with young learners
Salon 2
Smartfeet: A Gamification Platform to Motivate Learners
Samaya Ballroom B
13:00 GMT+04
A 3D simulator to for language learning
Pre-Function - Samaya
Advancing language learner autonomy through interactions
Pre-Function - Samaya
An Inclusive Community: Students Clubs Regarding ELT
Pre-Function - Samaya
Communication Repair: If It’s Broken, Fix It!
Pre-Function - Samaya
Effective Classroom Activities for Improving Speaking Fluency
Pre-Function - Samaya
EMI Teacher Self-Access Training Course Development
Pre-Function - Samaya
Fostering Digital Literacy Skills in EFL/ESL Classrooms
Pre-Function - Samaya
Guidelines for Organizing Student Clubs Regarding ELT
Pre-Function - Samaya
Investigating English-medium Instruction in Science Education
Pre-Function - Samaya
Large Class Size and Cooperative Education
Pre-Function - Samaya
Learner’s Dictionaries: Lexicographic Definitions VS Iconic Illustrations.
Pre-Function - Samaya
Lowering the Affective Filter in the Classroom
Pre-Function - Samaya
Metaphors of Madmen – Implications for Classrooms
Pre-Function - Samaya
Mini reading self assessment tools
Pre-Function - Samaya
POWER Process Writing
Pre-Function - Samaya
Relationship between Academic Knowledge and academic achievement
Pre-Function - Samaya
Student Perceptions of Changing Semiotic Modes
Pre-Function - Samaya
Towards Process Pedagogy: Gateway to Quality Production
Pre-Function - Samaya
Why Student Clubs Matter While Teaching English?
Pre-Function - Samaya
Writing like English is their first language
Pre-Function - Samaya
14:00 GMT+04
Academic Reading Skills: Going Beyond Basic Comprehension
Salon 2
Language Needs in the Content Classroom
Sahab 2
Teacher-Generated Materials: Oil and Gas ESP Context
Samaya Ballroom C
A Valid Placement Test for RAKBank Employees
Junior Suite 3
Creative Vocabulary Learning through WhatsApp
Salon 7
Evaluating ELT Professionals' Research
Junior Suite 1
Experiential learning in writing a research proposal
Executive Suite 2
Flip! Just Make Sure You Assess Learning
Salon 3
intercultural connotations of Islamic terms in English
Salon 4
On our way to better listening
Junior Suite 2
Promoting collaboration in Middle Eastern classrooms
Salon 5
Students’ voices in exam results
Executive Suite 3
Task and Content Based ESP Vocabulary Teaching
Executive Suite 1
The Use of Music in ELT
Salon 8
Web Development for the EFL Classroom
Salon 6
“Apprenticeship of Observation”: Beliefs and Practices
Hospitality Suite
From Reflection to Scholarship: A Trajectory to Professional Development in ELT
Sahab 2
Discussion 2 - Leadership of professional associations in times of change
Samaya Ballroom D
Publications Forum
Salon 1
14:30 GMT+04
Learning about language and learning through language
Salon 3
Identifying Major Flaws in Teachers’ Teaching Practice
Salon 8
Testing: Online Readability Tools for Classroom Purpose
Salon 7
Another Step toward Independent Learners: Reading Circles
Junior Suite 3
Are English THE and Arabic AL equivalent?
Salon 5
Challenges and Strategies for Teaching Autistic Children
Salon 6
Enhancing Cognitive Skills for ESL Academic Writers
Executive Suite 4
Peer Feedback Made Interesting and Beneficial
Junior Suite 2
Reflective Teaching Diary
Executive Suite 1
Students 'Satisfication of English Remedial Course .
Executive Suite 3
Technology: Not a classroom's magic wand
Junior Suite 1
To correct or not to correct?
Executive Suite 2
Write to Right:Using Documentaries in ESL Classroom
Hospitality Suite
15:00 GMT+04
Advancing Entrepreneurship Competences in ELT Context
Sahab 1
Designing Teacher-Centered Training Sessions
Salon 2
Fun Vocabulary / forming questions games
Executive Suite 4
Gamification in EFL Classroom: Engaging Learners
Executive Suite 3
Strategies and Activities for Teaching English Online
Junior Suite 3
Teaching Civic Engagement through Literature
Sahab 2
The Cambridge English Corpus in ELT publishing
Samaya Ballroom C
Transition from Teacher’s Authority to Learner’s Autonomy
Executive Suite 1
Authentic Materials in Oral and Written Communication
Salon 4
Impacts of Reflective teaching on Teacher autonomy
Junior Suite 2
Washback Effects in Military English-Language Testing
Junior Suite 1
Content and Language Integrated Learning: A Continuum
Samaya Ballroom B
Games, Competition and Online Vocabulary Learning
Salon 6
Listening strategy Performance in Iranian EFL learners
Hospitality Suite
Test Anxiet and FCE Learners’ Speaking Performance
Salon 5
Using Simple Math to Write English sentences
Executive Suite 2
TESOL Arabia TOASTMASTERS
Samaya Ballroom C
15:30 GMT+04
Wow your students with an interactive quiz!
Salon 7
Innovation in Data Collection-Methodological Challenges of Linguists
Hospitality Suite
Student Performance: Background Markers Versus Student Success
Salon 3
English corner: all you need to know
Salon 5
One minute presentation to reduce stage fright
Salon 6
Use of Interactional MDMs in NETs/NNETs’ Speech
Salon 8
16:15 GMT+04
Onwards and upwards in your profession: so what's stopping you?
Samaya Ballroom B
Enhancing effective teaching of IELTS Academic Reading
Salon 2
Motivating the Reluctant Learner
Executive Suite 1
Streaming through encoders to produce innovative materials
Salon 7
The Web as a Research Tool
Salon 8
Tips for using WhatsApp with English-foundation students
Executive Suite 4
Using images to boost speaking in classroom
Executive Suite 3
Are university gatekeeping tests really fit for-purpose?
Salon 5
Assisting Students to Become More Culturally Empathetic
Sahab 1
Developing Students’ Extensive Listening Skills
Samaya Ballroom D
Effect of CSI on acquisition/retention of collocations
Junior Suite 2
Going Green! Tech Tools for Paperless Classrooms
Salon 6
Phonics Made Easy: the Seven Secrets
Hospitality Suite
Plagiarism Rife Among UAE Students, Why?
Salon 4
Reading for Meaning through Classroom Discussion
Executive Suite 2
Tame the Teacher Talk
Samaya Ballroom C
Teacher Preparation: From ‘Foreign’ to ‘International’ English
Sahab 2
The effectiveness of explicit pronunciation teaching
Junior Suite 1
The Lingua Franca Core:Implications for Teaching
Junior Suite 3
Using Social Media to Improve Vocabulary Recall
Salon 3
17:00 GMT+04
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 7: Corrective feedback to EFL learners: The when and how questions
Salon 1
Putting the 'teaching' back into task-based language teaching (TBLT)
Samaya Ballroom B
17:45 GMT+04
The Aubarra Clarinet Duo @TACON2017
Pre-Function - Samaya
Saturday
, March 11
09:00 GMT+04
Learning Tools that Enhance Language Production
Salon 2
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session H: Guided reading: a journey towards effective reading
Samaya Ballroom C
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session I: Developing vital critical thinking skills through reading
Samaya Ballroom D
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session J: The more that you read…= the importance of extensive reading and how to foster it
Sahab 1+2
Making Lessons Memorable
Samaya Ballroom B
10:15 GMT+04
Content-and-English Integrated Learning (CEIL): Impact and Implementation
Executive Suite 1
Ensuring Fair and Accurate Assessment Using Rubrics
Hospitality Suite
Integrating Vocabulary and Grammar into Productive Skills
Sahab 1
M-Reader and Extensive Reading Program
Salon 3
Teacher- Leaders: The various faces of leadership
Executive Suite 3
English for Research Publication Purposes in STEM
Junior Suite 1
Exploring Voice in EFL Academic Writing
Executive Suite 4
Feedback on IELTS Writing Task 2 compositions
Salon 6
Identity Matters: Non-Native-English-Teachers’ Pronunciation and Accent
Junior Suite 2
Introducing English in the early years (0-6)
Salon 8
Learning Idioms via Facebook: an Interactive Approach
Junior Suite 3
LPM learning outcomes for EAP learner autonomy
Salon 4
Teacher development networks: case of SPELT, Pakistan
Salon 5
Teaching Paired Arabian and Western Literary Texts
Salon 7
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 8: How to write English language teaching and learning materials
Salon 1
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session K: Being strategic about strategic reading
Samaya Ballroom B
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session K: Being strategic about strategic reading
Samaya Ballroom B
Role of Rhymes in Oral language Development
Executive Suite 2
Constructing and Deconstructing ESP: Towards "Critical" Perspective
Sahab 2
Reading Strategies for Young EFL Learners
Salon 2
11:00 GMT+04
The Importance of Purpose in Writing
Executive Suite 4
It's a Many Splendored Thing: Reconceptualising Teacher Creativity
Samaya Ballroom B
Connecting Teachers and Students through Edmodo
Sahab 2
Linking Digital Storyelling to 21st Century Skills
Sahab 1
Playing Sports in the Classroom
Salon 3
Scaffolding in Teaching Writing Skills
Salon 2
Advancing approaches to teach Grammar visually
Salon 4
Battling with evaluation in mobile learning
Hospitality Suite
Continuing Professional Development model for EFL Teachers
Executive Suite 2
Critical thinking and problem-solving in EFL
Salon 8
EL teachers’ use of ELT websites
Salon 6
Fostering teachers' critical awareness about questioning practices
Junior Suite 2
Implementing Translanguaging Pedagogy in English Composition Classes
Salon 5
Increasing Students’ Motivation Through Smartphone Presentation Apps
Executive Suite 1
Saudi Snappers and their Speaking Fluency
Junior Suite 3
Scaffolding EFL/ESL Writing Skills through Feedback
Junior Suite 1
Social Pressure and EFL Learners’ Beliefs
Executive Suite 3
Using online tools for elementary ESL learners
Salon 7
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session L: Developing vital critical thinking skills through reading
Samaya Ballroom C
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session M: Guided reading: a journey towards effective reading
Samaya Ballroom D
11:30 GMT+04
Motivating Large EFL Classes: Challenges and Solutions
Junior Suite 3
Strategies for tackling IELTS writing task 1
Hospitality Suite
Future Selves and Agency in Academic Study
Junior Suite 1
5000 Years of History in 30 Minutes
Salon 7
7 ways to combat increased contact hours
Salon 5
A TOEFL® MOOC to Explore in Class
Salon 8
Appropriateness of Requests in Students-Teachers Emails
Executive Suite 3
Consonant Gemination in Foreign Language Acquisition
Executive Suite 4
Flipquiz: a Game for Revising and Motivating
Salon 6
Omani trainee teacher perceptions of coeducational microteaching
Junior Suite 2
Reflective learning and low language proficiency
Executive Suite 1
Written corrective feedback in an EFL context
Salon 4
TeachMEET
Salon 1
12:00 GMT+04
Decoding medical terminology for lesson planning.
Junior Suite 2
Dictation or Dictatorship
Junior Suite 3
Engage ELL with Words Clouds
Executive Suite 3
Error Correction Techniques
Executive Suite 1
Helping Students Improve Their Academic Writing Skills
Executive Suite 2
Is handwriting no more a critical skill?
Salon 2
Praise: what, when, how, and why?
Salon 4
SEIs: Perceptions of College Writing Instructors
Samaya Ballroom C
Student-ing 101: Learner Training for GCC ELCs
Salon 3
Using Authentic Materials / {Reading & Speaking}
Executive Suite 4
Acquisition of English Tenses among Arabic-English Language-Learners
Junior Suite 1
Enriching-under-graduate-Courses to Support Development of Academic-English-Proficiency
Sahab 1
Learning English as a Foreign Script.
Sahab 2
Mobile-: Whatsapp for Enhanced Pedagogical Instructions
Salon 8
Reimagining Language for Advancing the ELT Professions
Samaya Ballroom B
Learner autonomy: towards a new collaborative approach
Salon 5
Teachers Under Pressure
Samaya Ballroom D
Transfer of Learning in Digital Storytelling
Salon 6
How I merged Technology with Active Learning
Salon 7
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session N: Building language for and through content learning
Samaya Ballroom C
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session O: The more that you read…= the importance of extensive reading and how to foster it
Samaya Ballroom D
12:30 GMT+04
CANCELLED - Education policies are not written in stone
Hospitality Suite
Curriculum Quality in TESOL: A Different Perspective.
Executive Suite 4
Facebook in EFL writing classroom
Salon 5
Professional Learning Community (PLC): EFL Context
Salon 6
13:00 GMT+04
Blogging to Enhance ESL teaching/learning
Executive Suite 4
CANCELLED: Moodle or Canvas: Which is for you?
Executive Suite 2
Incorporating Differentiation in Writing Class with Padlet
Executive Suite 3
Inshallah: Advancing Cross-Cultural Understanding in ELT
Salon 7
Productive Learning Activities for the AWL
Salon 8
Speaking for Homework with VoiceThread
Salon 6
Systematic publishing approaches for EFL educators
Hospitality Suite
The Benefits of Doing Extensive Reading Online
Samaya Ballroom C
Using Gesture: Helping to Make Prepositions Easier
Salon 4
A Teacher’s Approach to Using Corpus Linguistics
Junior Suite 2
L1 in EMI: What Do Teachers Do?
Salon 3
Latent Profiles of English Language Skills Levels
Salon 5
Listening comprehension diagnostic competence in TBLT
Executive Suite 1
Teaching Reflective Thinking for Reflective Writing Tasks
Junior Suite 3
The EFL Profession – Advance and Retreat
Samaya Ballroom B
Training Teachers on Constructivist Teaching of Grammar
Junior Suite 1
Your Smile Matters: Positivity in ELT Classroom
Sahab 2
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 9: Reflecting on the teacher behind the practice
Salon 1
The Importance of Researching Language Teacher Associations (LTA)
Salon 1
Affiliate Partners
Salon 2
IN-CONF PDC 3 - Session P: Dealing with reality–differentiating below and above the level of tasks in the classroom
Samaya Ballroom D
14:00 GMT+04
Effective Techniques for Effective Reading
Salon 2
Games and fun activities in vocabulary learning
Sahab 2
Grammar Teaching with Board Games
Salon 3
Is Teaching Vocabulary in Context Enough?
Junior Suite 1
Joys of writing, invoking learner’s interest
Executive Suite 2
Making Smart Choices in the Classroom
Salon 8
MENA Writing Centers: What, why and how
Samaya Ballroom C
Quick and Simple Informal Assessment for All
Executive Suite 4
Teaching Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar with Technology
Salon 7
Educational Technology practiced for real world use
Junior Suite 2
Expectations and Approaches: Teaching in Refugee Camps
Salon 6
Facebook Community of Practice: Exploring Teacher Identity
Junior Suite 3
Focusing on Form and Upgrading Learner Uptake
Executive Suite 1
How reliable is your writing test marking?
Salon 4
Infusing Etiquette into EFL Curriculum
Salon 5
Practical Scaffolding Strategies for Teaching Writing
Samaya Ballroom D
Teacher Training Programs: Who Are My Students?
Samaya Ballroom B
Video Gaming and Language Learning
Executive Suite 3
An application of the general testlet model
Sahab 1
An Exploration of ELT Managers’ Professional Identity
Hospitality Suite
14:30 GMT+04
Influence of Syllabus on Retrievers’ Writing Performance
Sahab 1
Role Play in Early Childhood Second Language
Hospitality Suite
15:00 GMT+04
Hiring Professionals to Do the Job: A Critical Account of the Selection Criteria of Becoming an English Language Teacher in a Gulf Country
Samaya Ballroom B
Effective Teaching of Reading Comprehension
Hospitality Suite
I Tried Flipped Class, So Should You!
Salon 6
Integrating digital technology within and beyond classrooms
Executive Suite 4
Paraphrasing: A Manageable Challenge
Executive Suite 1
Student Engagement in the ESL Classroom
Salon 5
TED Talks Optimizing through Digital Content Curation
Samaya Ballroom C
Ten Minutes to a Happier You.
Salon 2
Total Participation Techniques for the Classroom.
Salon 8
Understanding Culture’s Impact on Emerging Languages
Executive Suite 2
Creative Writing in English and Emirati Students
Samaya Ballroom D
Cultural Challenges to Teaching in the UAE
Salon 7
Educating the Whole Class: A Differentiation Strategy
Executive Suite 3
Evaluating EFL Teacher Training Programmes, Case Study-Egypt
Salon 4
The Effect of Focused Written Corrective Feedback
Salon 3
Teachers’ Backgrounds vs Learner Expectations in Japan.
Junior Suite 3
Teaching Vocabulary via Virtual Learning Environment
Junior Suite 2
The Benefits of ESP for Engineering Students
Junior Suite 1
Translanguaging: Students’ linguistic repertoire & academic language
Sahab 1
IN-CONF PDC 1 - Session 10: Feedback matters: How to give more effective feedback on student writing
Salon 1
15:30 GMT+04
Harnessing Musical Intelligence: A Saudi Context
Executive Suite 1
Writing Attitudes of Bilingual Adult Students
Junior Suite 3
16:00 GMT+04
ELT Career Path Development for the 21st Century
Samaya Ballroom B
17:00 GMT+04
Closing Ceremony
Samaya Ballroom B
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