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Thursday
, March 9
11:15 GMT+04
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
12:00 GMT+04
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
12:45 GMT+04
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
13:30 GMT+04
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
14:15 GMT+04
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
15:30 GMT+04
The professional identity of teacher educators
Salon 4
16:15 GMT+04
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
Friday
, March 10
09:00 GMT+04
Implementing PBL in ESP Teaching/ Learning
Hospitality Suite
10:15 GMT+04
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
11:00 GMT+04
SOLE in an iPad 1:1 ESL Classroom
Executive Suite 4
12:00 GMT+04
(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
14:30 GMT+04
Identifying Major Flaws in Teachers’ Teaching Practice
Salon 8
Testing: Online Readability Tools for Classroom Purpose
Salon 7
15:00 GMT+04
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
15:30 GMT+04
Innovation in Data Collection-Methodological Challenges of Linguists
Hospitality Suite
Student Performance: Background Markers Versus Student Success
Salon 3
16:15 GMT+04
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
Saturday
, March 11
10:15 GMT+04
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
11:30 GMT+04
Future Selves and Agency in Academic Study
Junior Suite 1
12:00 GMT+04
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
13:00 GMT+04
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
14:00 GMT+04
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
15:00 GMT+04
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
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