The event will take place online, on Saturday 15 June 2024. We will have plenaries from Judit Kormos, and Danny Norrington-Davies & Richard Chinn, alongside various breakout sessions covering:
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
Young Learners (YL)
Innovation and Technology (IT)
Teacher Education (TE)
You can now view the full programme below:
09:00 - 09:15
Registration
Introduction - Welcome and Orientation
09:15- 10:00
Breakout sessions 1
ESP: Peer Score Presentation in Non-English Department Classes: Investigating Students Perceptions to Boost Confidence - Rizky Amelia
YL:Developing Young ESL/EFL Learners’ (Creative) Writing Using a Balanced Approach - Anita E. Gregoriades
IT:Towards a More Effective Extensive Speaking Scheme Using Microsoft Flip - Keir Thomas, Steven Chak
TE: Definitely More than What Catches the Eye: Exploring and Understanding Teachers’ Intuitions
- Akshay Kumar
TE: Teachers’ Reactions to Student Feedback: How Do We Go Through It? - Ana Paula Biazon Rocha
10:00 - 10:15
Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:00
Breakout sessions 2
ESP: Language Policing: Lessons from the Translanguaging Indian Classroom-Chris Alvin. A
YL: The Interplay of Instinct and Grammar in English Language Learning: A Study of Non-Native Young Learners - Fazri Ramadhan
IT:Single Parent Educator's Guide: Empowering Teaching Excellence with AI Integration - Aida Sahutoglu
TE:Enhancing Teacher Skills through Scaffolded Video Reflection - Cecilia Nobre
TE: Transformative Pathways: Nurturing Inclusive Teacher Development for Tomorrow - Ali Caszadeh Mataki
11:00 - 11:15
Refreshment break
11:00 - 11:15
Pop up Presentation
Friend or Foe? Teacher Attitudes to Artificial Intelligence - Martin Oetegenn, Trinity College London
11:15 - 12:00
Breakout sessions 3
ESP: Multimodal Learning Strategies in Medical and Science Education- Anna Machura
YL:Developing Listening Skills at B1 (and beyond!)- Ben Crompton
IT:Immersive Learning Technologies as Antidotes to Speaking Anxiety- Dr Prajna Pani
TE:Exploring an Innovative Tool in Promoting Inclusive Teaching and Learning - A Workshop on Pedagogical Translanguaging - Dr. Raees Unnisa
TE:The Importance of Teacher Trainers Fostering Well-being in the Teachers They Train: Should We Be Doing More?- Lucy Shakespeare
12:00 - 12:45
Refreshment break
Forum: Professional Discussion Open Session- Coalition of Language Education
12:45 - 13:30
Plenary 1:
Digital Inclusion in the Language Classroom
-Judit Kormos
13:30 - 13:45
Refreshment break
13:45 - 14:30
Breakout sessions 4
ESP: Teaching English for Academic Purposes
through Projects - Joyce Vieira Fettermann
YL: Under the Impact of Technology: Attitudes of Teachers and Young Learners Toward English Vocabulary- Tuğçe Vural
IT: ‘Artiemotional' Intelligence- Mariana Hidalgo
TE: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in ELT: Empowering English Teachers - Liliana Vidal
TE: The Future of English Language Teaching: Innovating Teacher Education Programmes-
Gabriela Kleckova, Tereza Havrankova
14:30 - 14:45
Refreshment break
14:30 - 14:45
Pop up Presentation
Learn about Regent’s School of English -
Maria Perdiki, Regents University
14:45 - 15:30
Breakout sessions 5
ESP: Debating Gender Gap Issues in the STEM EAP Class - Anila R. Scott-Monkhouse
YL: Four Must-Dos for Successful Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning in Primary Education - María Luz Etchegaray
IT: Teaching Speaking: Brain-Friendly Classroom with GenAI - Ganna Tashchenko
TE: Current Trends in English Language Teacher Education- Susan Dawson, Gary Motteram
TE: Mind your Language: Developing Plurilingualism Awareness, Translanguaging and Critical Citizenship in ELT- Eugenia Carrion Canton
15:30 - 15:45
Refreshment break
15:45 - 16:30
Plenary 2
Creating an ‘Emergent Language Culture’ in a Teaching Team - Danny Norrington-Davies & Richard Chinn
Covering English for Specific Purposes, Young Learners, Technology and Innovation and Teacher Education.
Truly International
The free online conference is open to English language professionals around the world at all stages in their career.
Meet the Plenary Speakers
Judit Kormos
Judit Kormos, Professor of Second Language Acquisition at Lancaster University, specializes in cognitive processes in additional language learning. Her work, including the book Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences, explores dyslexia's impact. Kormos has contributed to studies on the accessibility of language tests for young learners and played a pivotal role in award-winning EU-sponsored projects. As lead educator for the Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching MOOC on FutureLearn, she conducts global workshops on inclusive language teaching.
Richard Chinn
Richard Chinn works on MA and BA programmes at King’s College London, and pre and in service teacher training courses at International House London. His professional interests are in classroom interaction, language teaching methodology, and teacher development. He is co-author of the book Working with Emergent Language published by Pavilion ELT.
Danny Norrington-Davies
Danny Norrington-Davies is a teacher and teacher-trainer working at International House London. His interests in ELT are emergent language, grammar, materials design, and creativity. He enjoys speaking at conferences, and his first book, Teaching grammar: from rules to reasons was published by Pavilion ELT in 2016. He is the co-author of the book Working with Emergent Language, also published by Pavilion ELT.
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