Thursday, March 11, 2010

Venue 10:00-10:45 11:00-11:45 12:00-12:45 1:00-1:45 2:00-2:45 3:00-3:45 4:00-4:45
Convention Center Auditorium
(513)
Opening Ceremony

Plenary
From Playroom to Classroom: Teaching Young Learners

David Nunan
Featured Speaker
Profiling English: What do the CEFR levels really mean?
Michael McCarthy
Featured Speaker
Teaching the Vocabulary of Conversation
Jeanne McCarten
Featured Speaker
Is Reading Aloud Allowed?
Jeremy Harmer
Featured Speaker
The Curse of Creativity
Hugh Dellar
Plenary
Transformations in TESOL: Change and Innovation

Kathleen Bailey
Blue Auditorium
(300)
Writing and Vocabulary: Finding the Right Words
Jeddi
Featured Speaker
New Literacies: Teachers & Learners
Gavin Dudeney
  Challenges in Achieving International Accreditation
Guefrachi, Kinsara, Combs, Zaher
Conference Room 1
(80)
Featured Workshop
Dealing with Cross-Cultural Stereotypes in ELT: A Way and Ways
Radmila Popovic
Classroom Observations – Proactivity, Positivity, Praise
Allison
Perceptions of Instructional Technology and Their Impacts
Doll, Moore, Le Seelleur
Table-Turning: Student Generated Questions in Reading Classes
Abu-Hassan
Conference Room 2
(80)
Learner-Centred Instruction: What, Why and How?
Shehadeh
TESOL Transformed: From Job to Career?
McBeath
Investigating Emirati Students’ Attitudes Toward World Englishes
vandenHoven, Kennetz
Storytelling for Increased ESL Literacy
Malcolm
Conference Room 3
(80)
Evidence-Based Evaluation of Teaching
Davidson, Dowswell
Submitting Our Work for Publication
MacDuff, AlHayki
Target 4.5+: IELTS Reading and Writing Materials
McCarthy, Manson
Getting Published
Woll, Gobert, Al-Hamly, Coombe, Hoelker, Harrison, Olearski
Conference Room 4
(60)
Transformational Readership
Gobert
Border Crossings – Transiting School to College
Hatherley-Greene
Back to the Future
Kampman
Pursuing Professional Development: “Doing It Your Way”
Baba, Cozens
Conference Room 7
(80)
Scaffolding Students’ Writing in the CLIL Classroom
Murphy, Gillies
Investigating Arabic Speakers' Acquisition of English Vocabulary
Martin, Vogels, Young
Is IELTS Killing CLIL?
King
E-merging Environments and mLearning
Rea
F-GF-026
(40)
  A Metamorphosis of Texts for Better Comprehension
Makhlouf
Web 2.0 Impact on Motivation and Learning
Turner, VanArsdale
Harnessing the Internet for Academic Vocabulary Development
Hastings
F-GF-027
(40)
  Rater Reliability: Myth or Possibility?
Knight
Instruction and Assessment of Requestive Emails
Eslami, Eslami-Rasekh
Subject Knowledge Courses in Language Teacher Education
Aydarova, Roue
F-GF-003
(20)
L2 Teacher Identity in Opposing Contexts
Akbari
Improving Reading Age by Enhancing Vocabulary Aquisition
Atkinson
Managing Rapid Change in English Language Centres
Moid
Autonomous Learners All Round
Anwar
F-GF-033
(40)
Innovative Materials Showcase
TeachingEnglish: The British Council's Global Home for English Teaching Online
Noora AlSabah
Innovative Materials Showcase
Online Placement Testing
John Murray
Innovative Materials Showcase
Assessing Delivery of Courses for Quality Assurance
Ken Collins
Innovative Materials Showcase
Dissecting a Code-cracking Reading Program
Peter Viney
F-GF-034
(40)
Teaching Critical Thinking Through Academic Writing
Harrison
Technological Pedagogy: Ways and Means of Integration
Mathew
Cultural Content in Global ELT Textbooks
Ricks
CLILing Fields
Balloumi, Shaikh
F-GF-035
(40)
Using the ELT Course Syllabus Co-operatively
Ould Hende
Engage - Social Media in Professional Development
Lorincz
Independent Learning, Motivation and the Arabic Learner
McLaren, Burke
Student Publications as Job Training
Dalglish
F-GF-036
(40)
ELT Transformation in Oman: A Critical Perspective
Al-Issa
Reflective Teaching: Deepening Awareness in EFL/ESL Classrooms
Chami-Sather, Bourini
Internet Radio Resources for Listening and Speaking
Knowling
Hybrid Syllabus Design in EAP/ESP
Bozetarnik
F-GF-037
(40)
Lifelong Career Development
Ramirez, Rumptz
Vocabulary Enhancement Strategies for ESP Learners
Philips
From the Local to the Global
O'Brien
 
F-GF-038
(40)
English Through Soccer
March
From Talk to T.E.L.L.
Cozens
The Transformative TESOL Curriculum
Stanfield
Teamwork Dynamic: A Student Perspective
Guefrachi
F-GF-039
(40)
Successful Group and Pair Work Using OneNote
O'Bert
The AWL - Broadening Student Lexis in Writing
Brazier
Transformations in Instructional Materials: An Intercultural Outlook
Bennani
Music, Self-Perception and Language Learning
Radja
F-GF-040
(40)
Riding the Wave of Change – Transforming CLIL
El Gamal, El Gamal
Self-Directed Learning: A Need or an Option
Amdouni
Are You Too Reliant on a Coursebook?
Williams
Dubai Discussions
Business or Educational Outcomes, What Matters More in the TESOL World?
Moderator: Konrad Cedro
Lecture Hall 1
(100)
Evaluating and Re-Thinking Design of Online Content
Kennedy, Waters
Reading: The What, When, Where and How?
Rowe
Re-fuelling the Fun in ESL/EFL Classrooms
Ahmed
 

Friday, March 12, 2010

Venue 9:00-9:45 10:00-10:45 11:00-11:45 12:00-12:45 1:00-1:45 2:00-2:45 3:00-3:45 4:00-4:45
Convention Center Auditorium
(513)
Plenary
What keeps teachers going? What keeps teachers developing?

Susan Barduhn
Colloquium
Research in the Arab World
Kathleen Bailey & David Nunan
Colloquium
Research in the Arab World (continued)
Kathleen Bailey & David Nunan
Featured Speaker
Pedagogy for Autonomy in Language Education: a Re(ide)alistic Practice
Flávia Vieira
Annual General Meeting

Led by TESOL Arabia President

Josephine Kennedy

(Mulitpurpose Room)
YL SIG Session - ArtSpot English Performance
Young Einstein

Ends at 3 p. m.
  Plenary
Bilingual and Biliterate Capability: What ESOL Ultimately Should Involve

Joseph LoBianco
Blue Auditorium
(300)
LIT SIG Session
Writing and Performing Poetry
Andrew Wright
LM SIG Session: Building a Professional Development Portfolio for Teachers
Coombe, Quirke
Featured Speakers
Bringing Real Conversation Skills to the Classroom
Michael McCarthy & Jeanne McCarten
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Brooksbank, Coombe, Cedro
The Dubai Debates
Non-native speaker/native-speaker teacher, is it still a dilemma?
Les Kirkham, Michael McCarthy, Peter Viney, Radmilla Popovic, Ali Shehadeh, Christina Gitsaki
Conference Room 1
(80)
Authentic Assessment in Writing and Student Empowerment
Ali
Writing Fun-e-Folio for Fun Classes
Danilina
Using Webquests to Develop Writing Skills
Dowling
IELTS Preparation: Practical Guidelines for Teachers
Babaei
 
Conference Room 2
(80)
Building Reader Motivation in the CLIL Classroom
Al Yahyaei
Invited Speaker Workshop
Theatre through Drama
Lulu Bordalejo
Optimum Performance in Professional Organizations
Hoelker
Featured Speaker
The Corpus and the Classroom: Making Connections
Jeanne McCarten
“In Transit”. Learner-Led Transformations in TESOL
Southby, Durham
Conference Room 3
(80)
Is ESP the Trend of ELT today?
Li
Painless Peer Observation; Is It Possible?
Kennedy
Communication Comprehension Through Recognition and Modification
Life
Transforming Classroom Pronunciation – Guide for Arabic Learners
King
 
Conference Room 4
(60)
Authentic Teaching and Testing of Academic Writing
Spring, Davidson
No information!

Proposal ID: 227
But Books Are Boring!
Murray
Transformations en route to the Freshman Year
Rindfleisch, Robinson, Langille
Future Perfect: Transformational Leadership in TESOL
Sheik
Conference Room 7
(80)
Failures or Autonomous Learners?
Malcolm
Semiotics: Introducing ‘Signs’ into ELT Classrooms.
Palayoor
A New Direction in Assessment: Students’ Perspectives
Salah El-Din
Playing Video Games for ESL Writing Genres
McTaggart
MENAWCA - Annual Meeting
Lefort
F-GF-026
(40)
Transforming Assessment in the Classroom
Liutkus
Modeling Social Media in Groups, Communities, Networks
Stevens
Transformations in the Perceptions of Plagiarism
Solomon
Students' Preference and Oral Corrective Feedback
Al Naqbi
Optimizing Students’ IELTS Essay Writing Ability
Fazel, Bagheri
F-GF-027
(40)
Classroom Observation: An Opportunity or a Threat
Faraj
Targeting Hearts: Emotional Aspects of Teacher Supervision
Soykurt
The Poem as a Teaching Tool
Ryan Abu-Wardeh
DIY Tips for Teachers
Karaca, Karatal
Linguistic Inequalities in Pakistan: Contexts and Identities
Shamim
F-GF-003
(20)
“Attributional Retraining Approach” in Language Classes
Taymaz
Questions Please: Speaking Out with Lateral Thinking
Capper
Content-Based Instruction in Qatari Schools: Teachers’ Perspective
Ellili-Cherif
Changing the Students’ Views Towards Reading
Marrouchi
Effects of Pre-Reading Vocabulary Lists on Reading
Anjomshoa
F-GF-033
(40)
HCT Information Session
Nancy Hernandez
Innovative Materials Showcase
Knowledge Versus Skills in Language Testing
Caroline Browne
Innovative Materials Showcase
Teaching Life Skills
Steve Taylore-Knowles
Starting Writing Centers in High Schools
Hill, Lefort
Innovative Materials Showcase
Expansive Reading: Using High-tech and Traditional Resources
Robert Hill
F-GF-034
(40)
Transforming Your Professional Development
Fast, Virtue
Getting K-12 Students to Enjoy Reading Independently
Le Seelleur
Teaching Summarizing Skills: An Awareness Raising Approach
Hawash
Pairwork: Do You Rate or Slate It?
Tyers
Teaching Problematic Sounds Through a Multisensory Approach
Azaza
F-GF-035
(40)
Transforming Identities: Global English and Arabic Speakers
Dahan, Al-Issa
Critical Thinking in an ELT Classroom
Oktay
Course Content and Student Motivation
Ostrowska
Encouraging Extensive Reading
Murdoch
Task-Based Alternatives to P-P-P Lessons
Morrow
F-GF-036
(40)
Bilingual Education: Implications in Arabia
Jendli, Troudi
Student Attitudes to Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Kershaw
Enhancing Learner Autonomy in Conventional ESP Courses
Kershaw
Bottom-Up Speech Recognition in Listening Comprehension
Gao
Thematic Blogging for the New Generation
Unger Waigand
F-GF-037
(40)
Teaching Listening Using the Dictogloss Method
Vasiljevic
Dealing with Teacher Burnout
Abu-Rmaileh
Locus of Control and Male Emirati Learners
Flahive
Constructing Concept Check Questions in Grammar Classes
Nalakath, Kohnke
Response Journals Through Music and Video
Campa, A. Hassan
F-GF-038
(40)
Enhancing Writing Through VLEs in Secondary Education
Fayed
Information Literacy Skills among Moroccan Students
Belhiah, Druvenga, Koya
Teacher Action, Transforming Programs
Hurtubise
Increasing Learner Motivation Through the “Ideal Self”
Green
Using Newspapers in the Classroom: Personal Experience
Ali
F-GF-039
(40)
Speaking Beyond Lessons: Exploring EFL Oral Communication
Jamshidnejad
Touching the Communal Sense to Stop Cheating
Moghaddam
How Corpus Linguistics Can Aid Grammar Teaching
Boyle
Give Us More Clues! Lexical Inferencing Strategies
McGee
Influence of Culture on Approaches to Learning
Ali
F-GF-040
(40)
Trance-Formations for Transformations in TESOL
Alwan
Strategic Immersion: Planning for Teachers’ Language Use
Gillies, Murphy
Working Memory and Speaking in L2
Georgiadou
Scaffolding Advanced Literacy Learning
Waters
Writing Center Intervention: Some Hard Numbers
Roue, Aydarova
Lecture Hall 1
(100)
  Assessing Intercultural Competence
Liontas, Singhal
Dubai Discussions
Is the modern TESOL professional still an educator or just a trainer?
Moderator: Bill Kennedy
Native/Non-Native: Sociopolitical, Religious ELT Realities KSA
Al-Mohammed
Using Literature to Develop Critical Reading Skills
Tennent

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Venue 9:00-9:45 10:00-10:45 11:00-11:45 12:00-12:45 1:00-1:45 2:00-2:45 3:00-3:45 3:45-4:00
Convention Center Auditorium
(513)
Plenary
The transition from second language learner to language speaker: Understanding the psychology of language learning

Peter MacIntyre
Featured Speaker
Lexis, Speaking and the Non-Native Speaker
Hugh Dellar
Featured Speaker
Teaching Peace through English: Charting Pathways and Mapping Blind Alleys
Radmila Popovic
Featured Speaker
The Centrality of Stories and in Society and their Potential Centrality in English Language Teaching
Andrew Wright
Plenary Follow-up
Capacity, Opportunity and Desire: Ideas for a Model Using English
Joseph LoBianco
READ SIG Session
Getting Up to Speed in Reading
Peter Viney
Plenary
And in the end (...the love you take)

Jeremy Harmer
Closing Ceremony

Led by Conference Co-Chairs

Josephine Kennedy & Mashael Al-Hamly
Blue Auditorium
(300)
      The Dubai Debates
Do Western models of TESOL education have a place in the Gulf context?
Sufian Abu Rmileh, Hugh Dellar, Jeremy Harmer, David Palfreyman, Phil Quirke
L1 to teach L2: Contradictions and Complexities
Copland
Conference Room 1
(80)
Writing Centers: Who, What, and Why
Roue, Ghajar-Selim, Al Alami, Lefort, Holock, Hodges
       
Conference Room 2
(80)
Why Don’t They Understand Us Native Speakers?
Adams, Cubbins
Understanding Uses and Attitudes of Web 2.0
Gunn, Al-Ali
A Framework for Collaborative E-Learning
Sutton
   
Conference Room 3
(80)
Storytelling in Language Teaching
Kowalski
  From Boring to Booming: Transforming Classroom Reading
Amini Najafi
Threading Vocabulary across Content Areas
Walker, Herfort
 
Conference Room 4
(60)
Three Readers and Three Languages: Strategic Reading
Alsheikh
Blended Learning: A New Way Forward
Fletcher
Factors Affecting Reading for Understanding in EFL
Alsamadani
Invited Speaker Workshop
25 Ways of Using Any Text
Julia Dudas
Language Learning Strategies: Theoretical and Practical Advances
Al-Ghamdi
Conference Room 7
(80)
         
F-GF-026
(40)
         
F-GF-027
(40)
         
F-GF-003
(20)
Invited Speaker Workshop
Theatre through Drama
Lulu Bordalejo
Perspectives in Task-Based Learning
Sheik
Teaching Discoursal Awareness to Non-Native University Students
Al Sharoufi
Elaboration in English and Persian Academic Writing
Rahimpour
A Class Profile
Zimmermann
F-GF-033
(40)
Innovative Materials Showcase
Culture and Content in Global English
Lindsay Clandfield
Innovative Materials Showcase
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Sasan Baleghizadeh
Innovative Materials Showcase
British Council LearnEnglish Elementary Podcasts
Colin Hoy
Innovative Materials Showcase
English to Get Things Done Effectively
David Cato
 
F-GF-034
(40)
LI SIG Session
Promoting Autonomy in Language Education: Centering Teaching on Learning
Flávia Vieira
Expanding Reading with an Integrated Wiki
Jones
Transformations in English Grammar
Moore
Effectiveness and Challenges – Investigating CALL
Ashraf
Learning Disabilities in the ESL Classroom
Carlstedt
F-GF-035
(40)
Your Screen Will Look Like This
Lau, Lau
ESP SIG Session
Learning Styles and Business English Teaching
Julia Dudas
Stories with Transformations: Expanding Language and Knowledge
Hill
Lexis Teaching at a Turkish Private University
Nural
An Error Analysis Based Listening/Writing Method
Rega
F-GF-036
(40)
  Lesson Study: Professional Development for Teachers
Hassan
Bahraini Teachers’ Perceptions of Native Speakers’ Teaching
Al-Wadi
English L2 Peer Editing: Help or Hindrance?
Khawaja, Al Alami
 
F-GF-037
(40)
Learner-Enhanced Vocabulary Acquisition: Accelerating the Pace
Eide
Creative Language Projects for University Students
Hockersmith
  Accelerated Learning in ESL and ESP Settings
Mohamad
 
F-GF-038
(40)
Teacher Research in EFL: Beliefs and Practices
Mouhanna
Expanding Negotiation Skills
Caesar, Kim
Exploring ESP Teachers' Knowledge and Classroom Practices
Abedeen
Helping L1 Arabic Speakers Master ‘The’
Crompton
 
F-GF-039
(40)
Building Community Through Shared Practice in Reform
McKeown
Teaching Awareness and Use of Reading Strategies
Yphantides
Applications of Dictogloss Techniques in Summary Assignments
Malia
Global English, Social Transformations, and Linguistic Landscapes
Kennedy
 
F-GF-040
(40)
Developing an Effective Editing Signaling Scheme
Schneider
Transformation of a Writing Centre
Ruegg
Dialogic Spaces for Learning: Exploring Possibilities
Chandella
  Dubai Discussions
Is the government outcomes-based approach to education damaging to the TESOL profession?
Moderator: Mick King
Lecture Hall 1
(100)
READ SIG Showcase: The UAE Is Reading
Le Seelleur
TAE SIG Session: Preparing Students for IELTS Academic Writing
Christensen, Xhori
LIT SIG Showcase: Using Literature to Develop Critical Reading Skills
Tennent
LI SIG Showcase: A Look at the LI SIG
Cozens
 

IT Village

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Venue 12:00-1:45 2:00-2:45 3:00-3:45
F-GF-013
(20)
Beginner
Learning Vocabulary with Technology
Dodigovic
Beginner
‘Learner Independence’ with 1-2 Minute Videos (CLILL)
Horlings
Featured Follow-up
New Literacies: Some Practical Ideas
Gavin Dudeney
F-GF-014
(20)
  Beginner
Providing Additional Practice Opportunities in EAP Listening
Benedyktova, Leikute
 

Friday, March 12, 2010

Venue 10:00-11:45 12:00-12:45 2:00-3:45
F-GF-013
(20)
Intermediate
Unraveling the Online Collaborative Process
Premji, Acar
Beginner
Facilitate the Creation of Student-Made Podcasts!
Miller
Beginner
Digital Storytelling: From Theory to Practice
Kent
F-GF-014
(20)
Beginner
Reducing Plagiarism in the EFL Classroom
Newman, Abdul Hadi, Evans, Al-Deaibes
Beginner
Using Google as a Teaching Tool
Burkett
Beginner
Painless and Free: Web Tools for Vocabulary
Roney, Allan

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Venue 10:00-11:45 12:00-1:45
F-GF-013
(20)
IT SIG Session
Using Online Communities & Tools for CPD (Ends at 10:45)
Gavin Dudeney
Intermediate
Interactive Moodle Lessons for Effective Scaffolding
Vedrashko
F-GF-014
(20)
Beginner
Transform Your Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools
Burke
Beginner
Create and Utilize Online Quizzes in ELT
Elsayed