The Future of
English Language
Teaching Conference

9:45 - 10:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:10

Introduction - Welcome and orientation

10:15 - 11:00

Breakout sessions 1:

ESP: Translation and the ESP classroom, Panagiota Frytzala

YL: "A tale never loses in the telling": Challenging hegemonic worldviews and decolonizing the EFL classroom, Erika de Freitas Coachman and Izabelle da Silva Fernandes

IT: Enriching language development at all levels with inclusive, global resources, Adam Scott

TE: Revisiting teacher language proficiency and the native speaker, Khanh Duc Kuttig

TE: Lessons learned. Teaching & learning in the online/hybrid classroom, Aga Gurbin

Refreshment break

Pop up session

What's new at Trinity?, Alison Castle Kane

Breakout sessions 2:

ESP: ELT and climate change, where next? Christopher Graham

YL: Moving towards a culturally responsive learning experience for the whole child through social-emotional learning in ESL classrooms, Sonali Priyadarsini Sahoo

IT: Avoiding an overload: (Re)discovering the Cognitive Load Theory in ELT, Diana Bauducco

TE: How can socially constructed knowledge held in communities of practice be reliably assessed? Lessons from TESOL assessment development, Richard Harris

TE: Adapting and extending your coursebooks to avoid boredom, Carmen García-López and Raquel González-Gómez

Refreshment break

Plenary 1:

Lessons from Disruption, Silvana Richardson

Refreshment break

Breakout sessions 3:

ESP: Making memes matter: Internet memes as an effective tool for skill development and learner engagement in ESP, Mark Nicholas Glasford

YL: The power of storytelling: How to engage students emotionally, imaginatively, intellectually and playfully, Manuela Kelly Calzini

IT: The Online English Café: Expanding opportunities for refugee learners through free online resources, Jane Mandalios and Susan Stetson-Tiligadas

TE: Teacher competencies for the modern classroom, Chris Farrell

ESP: Communication skills - A road to employability for young people, Catherine Sercombe

Refreshment break

Pop up session

Learn, teach and inspire with the English language centre at Regent's University London, Emilia Kruszewska

Breakout sessions 4:

ESP: Integration of L1 tests to promote L2 vocabulary retention, Thatha Molli

YL: Understanding multi-competence and translanguaging, Ande Pradeep

IT: Implementing digital cultural heritage in teaching, Ivana Štiglec

TE: The story of impact: Lessons learnt and feedback on training teachers to teach online, Ben Beaumont

TE: The gap between perception and achievement, Peter Lahiff

Refreshment break

Plenary 2:

Swings and Roundabouts: Where we've been and where we're going, Scott Thornbury

Closing comments and farewell