The second Learn English in Wales conference will be held at Cardiff and Vale College International on Saturday 1 March 2014. Our keynote speakers will be Sam McCarter and Jeremy Harmer, who will also treat delegates to a musical performance!
The theme of this conference is ‘Promoting Best Practice in English Language Learning and Teaching’. We welcome proposals from ELT professionals and actively encourage TESOL/ TEFL trainees to present posters. We are delighted to announce that Jeremy Harmer and Sam McCarter will be our keynote speakers. The event will be supported by the following publishers: Macmillan Education, Cambridge, Pearson, Richmond and National Geographic/ Cengage Learning.
Please see the full programme for the day below, or submit a proposal to present at the conference.
Programme
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9.30 – 10.00 | Registration / Welcome, coffee |
10.00 – 10.40 | Gabriel Roberts (Cardiff Metropolitan University) ‘Just Try to Relax: case studies in pre-test anxiety’ |
Helen Connies-Laing (University of South Wales) ‘Overcoming the blank page: how to motivate students with FCE writing tasks’ |
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Sian Morgan (Cardiff and Vale College) ‘Technology in the Classroom’ |
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David Greenslade (Cardiff Metropolitan University) ‘The Money Lesson’ |
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10.45-11.25 | Ruth Humphreys (Herriott Watt University) ‘A scaffolded approach to building learner autonomy & extending practice’ |
Maria Sidaway (Cardiff Metropolitan University) ‘Using mobile phones in a learning environment: Friend or Foe?’ |
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Elizabeth Smith (WE-Bridge International) ‘Reading beyond the classroom’ |
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Tristan Francis (Peartree Languages) ‘The power of reflection’ |
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11.25 – 11.50 | Coffee, posters |
11.50 – 12.30 | Emma Lomax (CELT Cardiff) ‘Conversation strategies for the classroom… My turn or your turn?’ |
Jon Lishman (Swansea University) ‘EAP Feedback, Metacognitive Reflection and MediaWiki’ |
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Georgeta Bradatan (WE-Bridge International) ‘Voices in Pictures: Using images in a creative way in the EFL classroom’ |
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Neil Harris (Swansea University) ‘Refocusing a Pre-sessional Academic Writing Programme – from IELTS task 2 to EAP writing’ |
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12.35 – 1.25 | Lunch, posters |
1.30 – 2.30 | Sam McCarter ‘Developing IELTS Reading skills’ |
2.30 – 2.55 | Coffee, posters |
3.00 – 4.00 | Jeremy Harmer ‘So why do we need teachers at all?’ |
4.00 – 4.25 | Coffee, Posters |
4.30 – 5.00 | Round up panel discussion Q&A session with Sam McCarter and Jeremy Harmer |
5.00 – 6.00 | Live music from Vice Versa Jeremy Harmer and Steve Bingham provide the entertainment in this special St David’s Day performance |