TESOL Arabia reserves the right to change this schedule at any time up to and including the conference days. Please refer to the latest version of the schedule for the most current timings and session information.
Last updated: February 3, 2012
| Venue | 10:00-10:30 | 10:30-11:15 | 11:30-12:15 | 12:30-1:15 | 1:30-2:15 | 2:30-3:15 | 3:30-4:15 | 4:30-5:15 | 5:30-6:30 |
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| Auditorium (300) |
Opening Ceremonies Opened by His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mubarek Al Nahayan Led by Conference Chairs Christine Coombe & Beth Wiens DMC Auditorium |
Plenary A Call: For Active Interventionist Teaching Jim Scrivener DMC Auditorium |
Featured Speech Rags to Riches: A Story of Abu Dhabi Mohammed Al Fahim |
Featured Speech Teaching Writing in EFL Contexts Paul Matsuda |
Featured Speech ESL Theater - Theory and Effective Practice Paula Wilson |
Plenary Introducing NLP Jane Revell DMC Auditorium |
Featured Speech Developing Effective Leadership Skills and Strategies Rubina Khan |
Dubai Discussions Rethinking Teacher Evaluation Peter Davidson, Salah Troudi, Amanda Howard, John O'Dwyer, and Mick King |
Plenary Achieving Excellence through Intercultural Awareness Joe McVeigh DMC Auditorium |
| L115 (100) |
LLLA SIG Session Dynamic Idiolect: Moving Beyond a Stereoscopic View with Multiple Languages Robert Ackland |
Olé! Transferring Life-Skills to the ELT Classroom Pathare |
LM SIG Session Pedagogical Leadership for Life Skills in ESOL John O'Dwyer |
TESOL Arabia Publications Gobert |
READ SIG Session Addressing Both Language Acquisition and Literacy in the Classroom Nancy Mullins & Andrea Stairs |
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| L217 (50) |
Empowering L2 Learners Through Educational Technology Burke |
Aiming at Proactively Effective Life Skills Education Sancheti |
Immersion Language Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities Ben Bennani |
Featured Speech The TexTESOL V-Yakut TESOL Partnership: 2008 - 2011 Natalya Alexeeva & Zarmeena Emelyanova |
Using Self-Assessment Tools with Arab Young Learners Azaza |
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| E204 (50) |
Cultural Border Crossings – An Update Hatherley-Greene |
Interactive Writing Activities for Fun and Learning Klassen |
The Circle of Life Skills Demirci |
Touchstone/LMS at PYP-KSU: Opportunities and Challenges Alghamdi , Alabbad , Alshwairkh |
Semantic Prosody Awarness: A Neglected Classroom Phenomenon McGee |
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| F227 (30) |
Developing Life Skills through Project Work Rizk |
Avoiding Classroom Distraction Ensures Improved Students’ Skills Khafagi |
Fostering a Positive Attitude to Learning Philips |
CLIL for English Language Instructors Traylor-Adkins |
MOODLE Course for Masters of Physics Shamsutdinova |
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| F226 (30) |
Reversing Summer Slippage Davidson |
Microteaching Experience in an English Education Program Ismail |
Savvy Classroom Management Techniques McClane, Qadry |
Grammar: What Our Students Need to Know Collinson |
Benefits of Action research in the Classroom Berry |
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| F224 (30) |
Screencasting to Support Reading Instruction Stieglitz |
EFL Professionals' Perceptions on Research and Leadership Waller |
Creating a Reading Culture in the Classroom Gobert |
Engaging Students Through Content-Based Oral Presentations Mallek Bahloul, Riordan |
Implementing Differentiated Instruction in Language Learning Classrooms Palmer, Elkoussy |
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| F223 (30) |
Students Attitudes towards Graded Readers at AUD El Kahla |
Decolonizing Graded Readers for Elementary School Students Hernandez |
IELTS Pedagogies: A Teacher Professional Development Program Gitsaki, Bourini |
Developing Critical Thinking Skills through Mindfulness Gray |
Effective Psychology: Win Learners’ Hearts and Minds Mustafa |
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| F220 (30) |
Examining Out-of-Class Learner Autonomy and Motivation Kocatepe |
How Inter-cultural Intelligence Makes Better Educators Shammas, Devitt, McLeod |
Task-Based Language Assessment: Components, Development, Implementation Shehadeh |
UAE Teachers' Attitudes to Communicative Language Teaching Litz, Litz |
Back to the Future: Study and Life-Skills Baba |
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| F219 (30) |
Investigating High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Plagiarism Bou-Mehdi |
Vocabulary Enrichment: From Latent to Active Patil-Gaikwad |
Extensive Reading: Does it Work? Imrie |
Leave It to Spell-Check McLaren, Burke |
Vocabulary Recognition Tests as a Placement Tool Roche, Harrington |
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| F214 (30) |
Teaching in a Multicultural Environment Abdulkhakimova |
Balancing Your Course with Nation's Four Strands Morrow |
Televised Presidential Debates: A Metadiscourse Analysis Alavi-Niya, Jalilifar |
The Power of Literature within EFL Contexts Al Alami |
Is Student Evaluation of Teachers Worth It? Guefrachi |
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| F213 (30) |
How to Start a Writing Center Lefort |
Keyboarding as a Barrier to English Gondree |
Mentees’ Perceptions of Their Mentors’ Roles Mabloul |
Teacher, Speak More Slowly Kripps |
Using Technology in ESP Classes: A Case Study Rabb Khan, Al-Asmari |
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| F211 (30) |
Creating Class Websites in the EFL Classroom Rutherford |
Falling Behind: Sharing a Reading Intervention Programme Kinuthia, Murphy |
Consciousness-Raising in Suprasegmental Features on Learners’ Listening Safar |
CAP: An Educational Path to Life Skills Langgay, Qa'dri |
Toastmasters Speaking Techniques as Fun Classroom Activities Sheetz, Alkire |
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| F208 (30) |
Increasing Language Engagement: The Digital Accuracy Resource Bidal, Priest, Anandappa, McCoy |
Individual Differences in Private Speech Nasrollahi Shahri |
CEFR: One Size, Fit All? Barnawi |
ESP or EAP for Business Related Courses? McLarty |
| Venue | 8:30-9:15 | 9:30-10:15 | 10:30-11:15 | 11:30-12:15 | 12:30-1:15 | 1:30-2:15 | 2:30-3:15 | 3:30-4:15 | 4:30-5:15 | 5:30-6:30 |
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| Auditorium (300) |
Plenary We're All in this Together -- Aren't We? Jeremy Harmer DMC Auditorium |
Featured Speech Roads and Realities of Teacher Trainers Josephine Clark Kennedy |
Featured Speech Global Trends in English Language Learning and their Implications for English Language Teachers Rosa Aronson |
TD SIG Session Legitimate Talk in Feedback Conferences Fiona Copland |
Annual General Meeting Opened by Rosa Aronson Led by TESOL Arabia President Les Kirkham DMC Auditorium Poster Sessions to be held outside DMC Auditorium from 1:30 - 2:15 immediately after the Annual General Meeting |
Featured Speech The New Attitude for ELT Culture Hector Ramirez |
Plenary Teacher Effectiveness in ELT: Empirical and Practical Perspectives Christine Coombe DMC Auditorium |
Featured Speech Teaching the Art of Life Steve Taylore-Knowles |
Dubai Discussions The TESOL Educator of the Future Marian Engin, Josephine Kennedy, Jim Scrivener, Fiona Copland, and Racquel Warner |
Plenary Taking TEA into the 21st Century Dave Allan DMC Auditorium |
| L115 (100) |
IT SIG Session Facebook Nation: Social Networks & ELT Nicky Hockly |
MENAWACA Open Meeting Led by Jodi Lefort |
TESOL Affiliate Leader Session VENTESOL: Empowering English Language Teaching in Venezuela Luisa Cristina Alvarez |
LI SIG Session Principles and Procedures in the Autonomy Classroom — Developing Lifelong Learning Skills Lienhard Legenhausen |
Dubai Forum Grammar: Time to Go Back to Basics? Moderated by Christopher Morrow |
ESP SIG Session Contextualizing English for Specific Purposes Z.N. Patil |
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| L217 (50) |
Bringing Extensive Reading into the Classroom Noel |
Creativity in the Classroom with Alice AlKhayat |
The Eight Stages in Conducting Qualitative Research Flahive |
A Model Bi-literate Classroom for Young Learners. Hilton |
Establishing Reading Theaters in Iraq National Plan Rentz |
Reading Speed and Comprehension through Reading Software Mohamed, Al Semari |
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| E204 (50) |
Effects of Planning on Writing Task Performance Abdi Tabari |
Students' Views on Working in Small Groups Murdoch |
Achieving Excellence in Doing Qualitative Research Alwan |
Kids Read Cameron, Monteith |
Foreign Language Anxiety among Emirati Students Lababidi |
How To Teach Life Skills Taylore-Knowles |
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| F227 (30) |
New Ideas for Achieving Excellence in Speaking Jamshidnejad |
A Critical Thinking Framework: 10 Red Flags Karagianakis |
Help! My English Teacher is an Alien! King |
Intercultural Literacy in EFL Teachers’ Professional Development Miled, Jendli |
Learning Through Filmmaking: A Constructivist Approach Mezghani |
Writing Better Items for Quizzes and Tests Dessoir |
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| F226 (30) |
Thinking Critically in English: Challenges and Opportunities Belhiah |
Shared Writing in Arab Young Learner Classrooms Al Zadjali, Etherton |
Life Skills for the Classroom and Work Ozdeniz, Landers |
Semantic Mapping Increases College Students' Reading Comprehension El Naggar |
Redefining Your Professional Development Using IT Buckingham |
Examining Teachers’ Perceptions of Classroom-based Language Assessment Estaji, Khatib |
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| F224 (30) |
Fostering Cultural Fluency for a Globalized World Lieb |
Using Textbooks in a Blended Learning Environment Sayadi, Bouslema |
Teaching English Through Visual Images and Art Frank |
Investigating Students’ Main Learning Style Preferences Ali |
Learning2gether through Wiki-based Worldwide Teacher Professional Development Stevens |
The Coursebook and Beyond Mann |
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| F223 (30) |
Reflective Portfolios in Omani Foundation Programmes Ptak, Al Kaabi |
The Act of Balancing an Effective Class Mosher |
English for Occupational Purposes; Skills for Life McBeath |
Computers that Listen: Can They Assess Speech? Dodigovic |
Route to ELT Leadership: Student, Teacher, Leader Onat |
English Language Proficiency Exams: Useful and Valid? Cheng |
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| F220 (30) |
TOEFL iBT Independent Writing Problems and Solutions Redwan |
Laxman’s Cartoons and Grammar Teaching Patil |
Study Abroad: Life Transformations Through Language Toth, Boatner, Abu-Malik |
Exploring Foreign Language Anxiety in Saudi Arabia Al-Saraj |
Promoting Students’ Self-assessment Skills for Effective Learning Kershaw |
Assessing Language Proficiency: Investigating University Admissions Practices Moos |
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| F219 (30) |
Questioning: A Tool for Encouraging Critical Thinking Hassan |
Betty or Veronica? Acquisition Through Comics Adan |
Emotional Intelligences and Reading Strategy Use Alavi |
The Impact of INSET on Teacher Development Al Ghafri |
Making Most out of the Digital Camera Bahloul |
Content Validity of Armenia’s High-stakes English Test Poghosyan |
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| F214 (30) |
Guided Reading for Second Language Learning Ali |
Speaking Enhancers for Teachers and Students Nowlan |
Addressing English Pronunciation Difficulties among Emirati Undergraduates Parker |
Activities for Better Pronunciation Oddy |
Getting Quiet Students to Speak ElHadad |
Saudi EFL Majors Vocabulary Learning Strategies Alyami |
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| F213 (30) |
Emirati Learners’ Attitudes and Motivation towards English Brewster |
Why Don't Your Group Activities Work Well? Simpson |
Integrating Culture into Curriculum Al-Toni |
Promoting Learners’ Positive Affect through Peer Evaluation Moussaoui, Mebarki |
The Significance of English Learners' Socioeconomic Heterogeneity Zare-ee |
Autonomy Between Technical Support and Learners' Beliefs Al Ghazali |
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| F211 (30) |
Teacher-initiated CPD Communities in the UAE Ali Jafri |
What Are the Seven Powers of Questions? Hoelker |
Professional Growth through Shared Reflection Abou-Assali, M. Santos |
Online Peer Feedback in Writing Class Aloud |
Preparing Students for IELTS Speaking El-Zamil |
Does [Content + Language] = Increased Proficiency? Cruikshanks |
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| F208 (30) |
Dubai Forum IT for IT's Sake? Peter Davidson and James Buckingham |
Can Online Dictionaries and Corpora Benefit Writing? Alharbi |
Breaking the Monotony for Students and Teachers Vestri, Knowling |
Errors of Choice Awad |
What Comes Next? After-reading Activities Hill |
Noticing: When Learning Takes Care of Itself Al Saidi |
| Venue | 8:30-9:15 | 9:30-10:15 | 10:30-11:15 | 11:30-12:15 | 12:30-1:15 | 1:30-2:15 | 2:30-3:15 | 3:30-4:30 |
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| Auditorium (300) |
Plenary The Fifth Skill Rod Bolitho DMC Auditorium |
TESOL Arabia 20 x 20 Powered by PechaKucha Moderated by Rehab Rajab |
TESOL Arabia 20 x 20 (continued) Powered by PechaKucha Moderated by Rehab Rajab |
Research SIG Session Developing Research and the Researcher: The Case for Mixed Methods in TESOL Investigations Fiona Copland |
TAE SIG Session Impact of Large-scale Literacy Testing on Second Language Students Liying Cheng |
Plenary The Meaning of Retirement in the TESOL World Andy Curtis DMC Auditorium |
Closing Plenary Teaching Vocabulary: Research Findings and Practical Classroom Considerations Keith Folse Conference Closing Led by Conference Chairs Christine Coombe & Beth Wiens |
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| L115 (100) |
Young Learners Development Course Teaching for Life: Old and New Methods of Teaching in the Primary School Classroom Fiodhna Gardiner-Hyland |
Young Learners Development Course Ideas with an Impact: Prompting Language Usage at Multiple Levels with Multiple Tools Hector Ramirez |
Young Learners Development Course Language in Action in the Early Years Katrina Sinclair & Graeme Law-Davis |
Young Learners Development Course Integrating Your Primary Curriculum with Communication Tasks Moderated by Christopher Morrow |
Dubai Forum Observation: Just How Useful Is It? Moderated by Mary Mayall |
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| L217 (50) |
Supporting 21st Century Learning in Different Ways Bowler |
Workshop Prosody: Making Sense of the Word and the World through Oral Reading Fluency Robert Ackland |
Workshop Classroom Research in Autonomous Language Learning Lienhard Legenhausen |
Featured Speech Teaching and Assessing Oral Skills: Towards the Whole Learner Luisa Cristina Alvarez |
Teachers' Thinking in ELT Classrooms Akbari, Coombe |
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| E204 (50) |
Remodeling Your Own Learning Environment! El Miniawi |
Setting Up an Effective Extensive Reading Programme Herdon |
College Students’ Perceptions of Effective Teaching Al-Issa |
A Square Peg in a Round Hole Burns |
ASL, the Missing Modality to Learning English Allen |
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| F227 (30) |
Mismatch: Globalization & the Native Speaker Complex Hodgson |
Increasing Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Plagiarism Qayyum |
Engaging in a Globalized Society: Creating Initiatives Gephart |
Meeting Learner Needs on Short Courses O'Neill |
Why Did OBE Fail in South Africa? Northover |
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| F226 (30) |
Reflective Reading: A Survival Guide Pulpea |
Language Strategies and Life Skills: Mirrored Goals Gregersen |
Syllabus Design, Appropriate Texts and Materials Development Woodfall |
Taming the IELTS Beast Obee |
Syntactic Errors in Armenian Learners’ Spoken Production Ghazaryan |
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| F224 (30) |
Exam Anxiety: A Students’ Perspective Velica |
Self Regulated Language Learning and Learning Outcomes Sewell |
A Technological Twist on Plagiarism Lanteigne |
Storytelling: Motivating Students and Building Rapport Kabesh |
Using Scaffolding to Improve Critical Thinking Skills Sallay |
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| F223 (30) |
From Reading to PowerPoint and Beyond! Hill |
Critical Pedagogy in the Arab World Troudi, Raddawi |
Draft Specific Scoring & Teacher Feedback Azizi |
How to Promote Teachers’ Psychosocial Competence Rezaei |
Motivating Masses: Student-Generated Materials in Classes McRae |
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| F220 (30) |
Teachers’ Attitudes towards CALL: A GCC-wide Study Etedali |
Kaizen Muse Inspired Life Changes Hiasat |
Changing Roles in EAP Writing Walsh |
Speech Acts: Intercultural Pragmatic Fluency Achieved Nureldeen |
Differentiation in CLIL: Cooperative learning in action Hrynczak, Al Quraan |
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| F219 (30) |
Critical Thinking Use in the Content Area Abu-Rmaileh |
Super Strategies for Cross-Curricular Challenges Payne, Prinsloo, Awad Al Nuaimi, Hilal Al Damarki |
Making the Best of Testing Cornerstones Kulakova, Reutska |
Classroom Interactions: Struggles in Multiethnic Settings Rauf |
Developing Empathy through Literature in ESL Classrooms Ismail |
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| F214 (30) |
The Power of One Le Seelleur |
Innovations in Postgraduate Eduation: Blended Paradigms Revised Butler, Dougherty |
How to Create a Culture of Blended Learning in Your School Ryan |
Using Email and Summary Tasks in Proficiency Sugiyama, Roman |
Developing Students’ Critical Thinking through Reading Stories Hafez |
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| F213 (30) |
Assessing Gender-Stereotyped Attitudes among Qatari Students Eslami |
Self-Regulated Strategy Development: Helping Struggling EFL Writers Abatayo, et.al. |
Differentiated Instructions: One Size Does Not Fit All! Alaali, Sabooni |
Corpus Linguistics for Improved Vocabulary Assessment Carey |
Promoting CALL Teaching via Social Media Tools Benzari |
| 11:30-12:45 | 1:00-2:15 | 3:30-4:15 | 4:30-5:15 |
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| Beginner Teaching English with Twitter Blanco |
Beginner Yes – Everyone Can Glog :-) Sarıgül Aydoğan |
Beginner ‘Excel’lent Vocabulary Word Lists Titcomb |
Beginner On-line Corpus in L2 Writing Class Al-Belushi |
| 9:30-10:45 | 11:00-12:15 | 1:30-2:15 | 3:30-4:15 | 4:30-5:15 |
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| Intermediate Alternative Assessment Using Web 2.0 Tools Atesok |
Beginner A Workshop on Avatars Parsaiyan, Nami |
Beginner Teaching English with Serious Online Games Patent |
Beginner Developing Students’ Skills through Interactive Online Programs Nostas, Pearson |
Intermediate Using VoiceThread to Create Student Presentations Bessette |
| 9:30-10:15 | 10:30-11:15 | 11:30-12:45 | 1:00-2:15 |
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| Beginner Making Online Learning Work in Your Courses Baran |
Intermediate Introduction to Using an Online Corpus Baghestani |
Intermediate Teacher ePortfolios: A Vehicle for Reflection Moustafa |