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Conference Programme

09:00am – 9:30am

Registration (Ramphal Building, Campus, University of Warwick)

9:30am – 9:40am

Welcome Address

Prof Helen Spencer-Oatey

 

9:40am – 10:40am

Plenary

Dr. Regine Hampel (Open University)

Task design and learner engagement in a virtual learner environment

10:40 am – 10:50 am

Dr. Emma Smith

Research Skills Support

 

10:50am – 11:05am

Coffee Break

 

ELLTA

 

WACC

 

Room R1.04

Room R1.13

Room R0.14

Room R1.15

 

11:05am-11.35am

 

Maha Alghasab

(University of York)

 

EFL teachers’ roles in promoting students’ collaboration in online wiki collaborative writing activities

 

Timi Hyacinth

(University of Warwick)

 

Reflecting for Specific Purposes: a study of Nigerian English language teachers

 

Meilin Zhan

(University of Edinburgh)

 

Chinese Students’ English Names and English Native Speakers’ Interpretation

Samaneh Zandian

(University of Warwick)

 

Young Learners in Iran and their Understanding of Intercultural Issues

11.40am-12.10pm

 

Thi Mai Huong Nguyen

(University of Nottingham)

 

Changing Attitudes to Peer Learning in Initial Teacher Education in Vietnam

 

Kalina Saraiva de Lima

(University of Southampton)

 

 

Working Together towards Enhancing ESL Teaching

Mary Vigier

(University of Warwick)

 

 

Managing Interactive Processes in Multicultural Teams

Ani Hakobyan

(University of Oxford)

 

Willingness to Communicate across Cultures: understanding ‘Confucian confusions’

12.10pm-1.10pm

 

 

Lunch (main atrium)

 

1.10pm- 1:30pm

Poster Session (R0.12)

 

1.30pm-2.30pm

Plenary

Prof. Zoltán Dörnyei (University of Nottingham)

"Motivation and the vision of knowing a second language"

 

Paper Presentations

 

Room R1.04

Room R1.13

Room R0.14

Room R1.15

2.35pm – 3.05pm

Imen Ben Abda

(Higher Institute of Languages in Tunis )

 

Vowel clarity, Syllable structure and Speech rate as discriminating cues: Natural speech, F0 and Spectral inversion

Abdulqader Alyasin (University of Warwick)

 

 

English Language Curriculum Innovation: Attitude, Practice and Challenges in Syria

 

Jane Templeton

(Leeds Metropolitan University)

 

Size isn't everything: why small talk is not small fry

 

 

Irene Negri

(University of Warwick)

 

 

Feeling at home: how charities can help increase feelings of belonging and integration of refugees in the UK

 

3.10pm – 3.40pm

Elizabeth Pinard

(Leeds Metropolitan University)

 

Phonological Representation in Course Materials: Whose English?

Charalampia Karagianni

(King’s College, London)

 

Teaching Greek as an additional language in the mainstream classroom: Case study of two secondary classrooms

 

Geraldine Bengsch

(University of York)

 

Intercultural Communication in Tourism: language use in international hotel check-ins

Lou Harvey

(University of Manchester)

 

 

Where fiction becomes reality: A narrative of language learning motivation

 

3.40-4.00

 

Coffee break

 

4.00pm – 4.30pm

Askat Tleuov

(University of Bath)

 

 

Oral instruction in EFL classrooms: A teacher and student cognition perspective

Erkan Kulekci

(University of Warwick)

 

 

Revisiting ‘authenticity’ in English language classrooms

Gianna Hessel

(Oxford University)

 

Changes in English language proficiency, learner self-concept and L2 use anxiety as outcomes of participation in the ERASMUS programme

Panithira Thuruvan, Charo Sani Nordin, and Ch’ng Teik Peng

(University of Warwick)

 

‘We disagree!’ Pragmatics and Culture in the Teacher Training Classroom

4.35pm – 5.05pm

Mirat al Fatima Ahsan

(University of Oxford)

 

Teacher Education and Teacher Change – Myth or Reality? Voices from Pakistan

Roy Wilson

(University of Warwick)

 

 

The Pearson Test of English: Academic (PTE Academic) and Student Performance at University

Ejovi Annmarie Emarievbe

(University of Sunderland)

 

The Weakest Link: Examining the Middleman Issue in an English Language Teacher Education Programme

Liyuan Wang

(Coventry University)

 

 

 

Small group discussion skills in university business seminar classes: a case study of a 2+1 degree programme at a British university

5.10pm-5.40pm

Hanna Lee

(Leeds Metropolitan University)

 

The Korean EFL teachers' beliefs in relation to innovative English language

Anqi Wang

(University of York)

 

 

 

A Study of the Correlation between Language Learning Motivation and Language Learning Strategies

 

Zhen Hu

(Shanghai Second Polytechnic University)

 

Study on Developing Chinese college students' Pragmatic Competence in Intercultural Communication

 

5:40pm

End of programme: raffle and prize giving (main atrium)