Presenters

Adams, Joshua

Joshua Adams

Abstract

South Korea has long been known as a technological vanguard and innovative teachers in South Korea are quick to adapt to technology.  Many English Language teachers in South Korea struggle to find a way to integrate the various types of technology they use in the classroom.  Teachers often find themselves using one type of website as a class portal, another website for student blogs, and yet another for calculating student grades. This creates a virtual mess of papers on the teacher’s...

Adrienne Seo & Daniel Moonasar

(ELT and Culture) 2:00-2:45 pm Zoom

As English has become a lingua franca, the need for understanding and experience in cultures has increased. In conjunction with developing learner literacy, teachers can tap into this need to using multicultural children's literature. By exploring nontraditional populations in English literature, students can develop cross-cultural awareness. Many students' experiences of multiculturalism focus on differences, yet there should also be focus on the uniting similarities across...

Aki Siegel

(Concurrent Session) 

Aki Siegel, Hosei University
 

Abstract
This study investigates the authenticity of textbook topics in comparison to topics in English as a lingua franca conversations outside the classroom. Topics from 11 EFL/ESL textbooks and 37 hours of English conversations between Japanese and non-Japanese students from ten different countries were collected, categorized, and compared. Findings show a large discrepancy between the textbooks...

Alaric Naudé

Presentation (45 minutes)

Alaric Naudé, Suwon Science College, The University of Suwon
 

Abstract
Crossing borders is much more than just moving past a man-made barrier. The most powerful of borders has no walls, wires or security because the most difficult border to cross is the human mind, which can shut itself more tightly than a prison in the cruelest of dictatorships. With this seemingly impenetrable wall in place, how can the mind be crossed in order to make...

Alexander Nanni

(Concurrent Session) 

Alexander Nanni, Mahidol University International College
 

Abstract
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is gaining increasing recognition as an effective and engaging approach to teaching. This presentation introduces the theory behind PBL and explains its integration into the curriculum of an intensive English for Academic Purposes center at a Thai university. The process of integration, which was based on classroom action research,...

Ali Safavi

Highlighted • Room 101 • 10:00

Cross-cultural / intercultural communication • Young learners

Background knowledge of a given topic is one of the most important factors for young (and sometimes older) learners. In order to decode a given text, the reader must apply a combination of bottom-up and top-down processes such as word identification and phonetics but also they must bring their own background knowledge and ideas of the world to the text. Yet often in EFL education in Korea students are presented with culturally American centric texts...

Alkema, Bryan

Bryan Alkema

Abstract

Have you ever wondered why the words ‘don’t worry’ cause you to feel anxious, or  why some people say that latest K-Pop singer is ‘cool’ and others say he is ‘hot’, or why your girlfriend says everything is ‘fine’ when she’s clearly very angry? Speech Act theory offers a solution to these intriguing questions and more!

SA theory is a subset of the pragmatics-based approach to linguistics which puts forward the idea that every spoken utterance can be analyzed in three ways: the literal meaning...

Amanda Maitland

(Concurrent Session) 

Amanda Maitland, Jinan Foreign Language International Centre
 

Abstract
This is a workshop that focuses on demonstrating the theory of emotional literacy. Many classroom management techniques can be short term strategies to deal with fire fighting behaviour issues in the classroom. Emotional literacy strategies can be utilized at almost any age and offer a longer term solution. This workshop will demonstrate, and encourage...

Amanda Racy

Presentation (45 minutes)

Amanda Racy, Daegu University
 

Abstract
This presentation will include a brief walk-through of a project-based learning curriculum that was developed for a university level English Speaking and Listening class for first year English Education majors. The curriculum was designed to integrate language skills, research skills, culture, and technology, so that students can become more culturally-sensitive, well-rounded, and independent learners. An overview...

Ana Maria Flores

Workshop (45 minutes)

Ana Maria Flores, Nanzan University, Nagoya
 

Abstract
This presentation is about fashioning reading activities that have students do tasks using knowledge that is already within their experience, thereby increasing motivation. The presenter will demonstrate how folklores and folktales that pertain to the students’ native language and native culture are suitable to call upon the learners’ existing schemata. Furthermore, that implementing a course of study...

Andrea Rakushin Lee

Presentation (45 minutes)

Andrea Rakushin Lee, Konkuk University, Glocal Campus
 

Abstract
Getting students interested in writing may be a challenging task if they are not interested in studying English or do not see benefits in the activities that they are completing. It is important for students to understand the value of writing assignments by completing practical activities that can be useful in the real world. This presentation discusses six practical online...

Andrew Gallacher

(Concurrent Session) 

Andrew Gallacher, Kyushu Sangyo University (Japan)
 

Abstract
The Internet has provided language research with a number of useful tools. This presentation takes an in-depth look at three online programs that are particularly beneficial for the study of vocabulary use in writing. The presenter will demonstrate how Tom Cobb's Vocabprofile, Mark Davies' BYU-BNC concordancer, and ETS' Criterion writing software have been used to analyze...

Andrew Lerner

(SLA, NEST/NNEST) Webinar Library

In 2018, for my master’s dissertation in applied linguistics, I conducted action research that obtained quantitative data demonstrating Korean elementary students who learn English from native speaking English teachers (NETs) are more successful language learners than those who do not. My research was based on the hypothesis that NETs, as members of English-speaking language communities, strongly influence their students’ interest in English and are a significant source of...

Andy Curtis

Plenary Session
International Conference 2017

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Approximately 20 years ago, the Internet as we know it today, started to become widely accessible. As part of the ensuing technological transformation, Online teaching and learning was hailed as being the "pedagogical future," which would democratize education. Students anywhere in the world could learn anything they wanted or needed to know, finally free of the traditional constraints of space, time and money. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) heralded a...