| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| F-GF-037 (40) |
Lifelong Career Development Ramirez, Rumptz |
Vocabulary Enhancement Strategies for ESP Learners Philips |
From the Local to the Global O'Brien |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Conference Room 1 (80) |
Writing Centers: Who, What, and Why Roue, Ghajar-Selim, Al Alami, Lefort, Holock, Hodges |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Conference Room 7 (80) |
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| F-GF-026 (40) |
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| F-GF-027 (40) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Venue | 12:00-1:45 | 2:00-2:45 | 3:00-3:45 |
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| 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 |
| Venue | 10:00-11:45 | 12:00-12:45 | 2:00-3:45 |
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| 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 |
| Venue | 10:00-11:45 | 12:00-1:45 |
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| 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 |