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