The Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2023

EVENT

The 8th Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2023

ONLINE | Saturday 10 June 2023

09:00 - 17:00 (UK time)

2 Plenaries

Presented by Claudia Ferradas and Chris Roland.

Various Breakout Sessions

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.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

The 2023 online event took place on Saturday, 10 June, and included plenaries from Claudia Ferradas and Chris Roland alongside various breakout sessions covering:

English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

Young Learners (YL)

Innovation and Technology (IT)

Teacher Education (TE)

You can view the full programme below:

09:00 - 09:15	Registration
	Introduction - Welcome and Orientation

09:15- 10:00	Breakout session 1:
	ESP: The Benefits and Limits of Highly Specialised ESP Courses in a Global Context, Vicky Chan
	Young Learners: Developing Self and Peer Assessment Skills in Younger Primary Students, Anna Bejshovcova
	IT: Using Short Films as a Tool to Promote Multicultural Literature Elements: Analyses of Teacher Candidates' Works, Kee Li Li
	TE: Building a More Conscious Practice through Teacher Coaching, Lola Reeves Garay
	TE: ChatGPT, Other Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Implications of GenAI for Teacher Education, Peter Bannister

10:00 - 10:15	Refreshment Break

10:15- 11:00	Breakout session 2:
	ESP: 21st Century Skills: A Win-win Approach to Syllabus and Curriculum Design for ESP Students, Temur Shamsutdinov
	Young Learners: ‘Desirable Difficulty’ in the YL Classroom - What, Why and How, Laura Jane McWilliams
	IT: Metaverse: The Future Avatar of Language Learning, Vyomakesisri T
	TE: Cultivating Changemakers, Harry Waters
	TE: Teaching Pragmatics in the EFL Classroom. Why and How?, Svetlana Gritsenko

11:00 - 11:15	Refreshment break

11:00 - 11:15	Pop up Presentation – Working with Trinity: New Developments, Alison Castle Kane

11:15 - 12:00	Breakout session 3:
	ESP: Animated Short Films in Language Classes: Why and How?, Jokha Al Hosni
	Young Learners: Exploring the Power of Digital Storytelling: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Digital Storytelling Techniques, Manuela Kelly Calzini Letizia Cinganotto
	IT: Chatbots in Reading Classrooms: EFL Learners' Attitudes, Dr. Mashael Kareem Alshammari
	TE: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Cs in 21st Century Skills: Infusing SEL and JEDI Moving Forward, Anastasia J. Khawaja
	TE: Developing Teacher Cognitions: Maximising the impact of in-service CPD courses, Ben Beaumont

12:00 - 12:45	Refreshment break

12:45 - 13:30	Plenary 1:
	Deconstruct Your Own Teaching! Chris Roland

13:30 - 13:45	Refreshment break

13:45 - 14:30	Breakout session 4:
	ESP: ESP or EAC: Teaching Media Literacy in War Time, Oksana Torubara
	Young Learners: Investigating the Effectiveness of the Feedback Loop on Second Language Writing Accuracy among Young Learners, Tuana Lopez Ibarra
	IT: Developing Linguistic Confidence through International Student-led Networks, Ekaterina Bozdogan
	TE: From Theory to Practice: Incorporating Intercultural Language Teaching in Your Classroom, Cecilia Nobre
	TE: Teaching Together: The Power of Professional Collaboration in the ELT Sector, Emilia Pittelli

14:30 - 14:45	Refreshment break
	Pop up Presentation - Regent's University

14:45 - 15:30	Breakout session 5:
	ESP: Comparisons with Exemplars: More Autonomous Students and Less Workload for Teachers, Karina Cicero
	Young Learners: Inspiring Inquiries: How to Design an Inquiry Project for Primary Learners, Michelle Worgan
	IT: Artificial Intelligence in ELT: Utopia or Dystopia? An Exploration of AI’s Role in ELT and the Implications for the Future, Mark Osborne
	TE: Fostering Professional Development through Reflective Practice, César Bizetto
	TE: Overt Teaching: Setting Yourself Up for Success with Effective Aims & Objectives, David Byrne Mark Heffernan

15:30- 15:45	Refreshment break

15:45 - 16:30	Plenary 2
	Developing Mediation Skills with Creative Texts, Claudia Ferradas

16:30 - 16:45	Closing comments and farewell

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The Future ofEnglish LanguageTeaching Conference

EVENT

The 8th Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2023

ONLINE | Saturday 10 June 2023

2 Plenaries

Various Breakout Sessions

Truly International

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Breakout session 1:

Breakout session 2:

Breakout session 3:

Plenary 1:

Breakout session 4:

Breakout session 5:

Plenary 2

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