34th
Annual International
TESOL France Colloquium
20 - 22 November 2015
Sharing English Through Excellence
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Welcome!
Welcome everyone to TESOL France's 34th Annual Colloquium!
Sharing knowledge, experience and best practices in English language teaching in France is always a wonderful
occasion to gather together. TESOL France is proud to offer you an international conference with many speakers
and poster presenters from all over the world.
Welcome to our Plenary Speakers!
We are honored to welcome Kari Smith from the University of Bergen in Norway, Mark Hancock, who features his
ELT practices on hancockmcdonald.com, and our own local ELT consultant at Linguaid, Andrew Wickham. As each
comes with their own special perspective, we can expect to be challenged and reflective regarding our own
practices.
Poster sessions & networking
We are pleased to present to you five posters displayed in room E200, where you can meet the presenters during
dedicated poster sessions and at coffee breaks, which are also opportunities for making new friends!
Thank you to our sponsors!
ETS Global has kindly sponsored our very own conference bags. Pearson has kindly offered to sponsor regional
activities as we try to support our expanded regional activities. Linguaid has kindly offered to sponsor our local
Plenary Speaker, Andrew. We are very thankful for this support as we continue to build links in the ELT world.
Visit the stands!
We are very pleased to welcome Attica, Black Cat-CIDEB, British Council, Cambridge English Language Assessment
and Cambridge English University Press, EnglishWaves, ETS Global, Express Publishing, Franco-British Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, Helbling Languages, Macmillan Education, National Geographic Learning, Oxford University
Press, Pearson, Pilgrims, Rosetta Stone, TPRS Witch, Usborne Books/Educreate and Vocable.
Time for fun and networking are also on the agenda as we bring some new and exciting activities. We hope you will
take advantage of these moments as well as those with the presenters. Try to reach out to new people at the
conference.
What’s the same this year?
You got it: have you hugged a volunteer today? Everyone on the team, the Executive Committee and the
volunteers who help us during events take time out of their very busy teaching schedules to make TESOL France
the success that it is today. Show your appreciation by giving each of us a hug. And if you like getting hugs, why
not join the team!
Saturday Night Debate!
Come watch the a rousing, humorous debate starring the students of Telecom ParisTech. Come shout “hear hear!”
or “shame”! May the best team win! Motion: This house believes that ignorance is bliss! The students are from the
1st-year and 2-year Debate Classes of Bethany Cagnol and Nathan Arthur.
Come to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY during the conference on Saturday in Thevenin at 12:45-13:45.
It is your opportunity to see and hear first-hand how we are moving ahead and throughout France, how we are
trying to adapt to the challenges around us and improve in the way we are trying to lead the association to be the
kind of association who listens and acts on the needs of ELT teachers and learners in France as well as connect to
our parent organizations and international partners.
Come to our local branch events! If you enjoyed this event, we encourage you to attend local workshops in the
seven regions of TESOL France. Read more information on your region in this programme.
Have a fantastic time at the conference!
-All the dedicated TESOL France volunteers-
PROGRAMME GUIDE
• Acknowledgements: page 5
• TESOL France: page 7
• TESOL France Regions: pages 8 & 9
• Exhibitors: pages 10-12
• Restaurants in the area: page 13
• Map of the area: page 14
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Map of the venue: page 15
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: PAGES 16 & 17
Poster presenters: page 18
Evening Events: page 19
Plenary speakers: page 21
Speaker abstracts: pages 23-30
WIFI ACCESS FOR THE COLLOQUIUM
WIFI Networks: Telecom invité or EDUROM (the latter is known to work best)
Username: telecom151120-2001
Password: TFVRBLWh (NB: password is case-sensitive)
Each room is also equipped with a high-speed ethernet cable connection. No password required. Simply hook up
your computer and wait for the connection. Speakers, we recommend using the ethernet cable connection if you need
internet during your talks.
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Acknowledgements
TESOL France would like to thank the following people and
organizations for their help and support.
Colloquium Team
Colloquium Chair: Bethany Cagnol
Speakers Chair: Rosemary Bénard
Plenary Speakers Chair: Debbie West
Stand Coordinator: Gillian Evans
Catering Chair: Dianne Chen
Printed Programme:
Csilla Jaray-Benn & Bethany Cagnol
Proposals Committee:
Ros Wright (chair)
Dianne Chen, Csilla Jaray-Benn,
Colin Mackenzie, and Jane Ryder
Logistics:
Yvonne Chappell
Wojtek Koszykowski
Colin Mackenzie
Christina Rebuffet-Broadus
Other wonderful volunteers for this event
Rakesh Bhanot
Christine Boateng
James Keppie
Neil McCutcheon
Josette Molle
Emilie Nagel
Bunmy Rolland
Elise Ryst
Margherita Sforza
Alexei Stanger
Anna Tataurova
Telecom ParisTech Support
Erik Anspach
Vera-Françoise Dickman
Lela Losq
Technical Assistants:
Nathan Arthur (chair)
Dounia Boughalem
Nesrine Kortas
Jean Lepeudry
Ariane Robineau
Nassima Tounsi
Colloquium Sponsors
TESOL France Executive Committee
President: Debbie West
Joint Vice-President: Jane Ryder
Joint Vice-President: Csilla Jaray-Benn
Treasurer: Bethany Cagnol
Secretary: Laurence Whiteside
Membership: Bethany Cagnol
Teaching Times Editor: Christina Rebuffet-Broadus
Events & Logistics: Wojtek Koszykowski
Past President & Advisor: Ros Wright
TESOL France Bordeaux: Dianne Chen Segui
TESOL France Grenoble: Csilla Jaray-Benn
TESOL France Ile de France: Debbie West
TESOL France Lille: Gillian Evans
TESOL France Lyon: Christine Mintcheva
TESOL France Nantes: Colin Mackenzie
TESOL France Strasbourg: Jane Ryder &
Yvonne Chappell
TESOL France Toulouse: Rosemary Bénard
TESOL France Jobs List
Denny Packard
New Improved Website
Designers:
BLWorks.net
Jeanne Fichoux
Baudouin Lamourere
Webmaster: Bethany Cagnol
Our Institutional Members (as of 2 November 2015)
•Araxi Formation Langues
•British Council Paris
•Business Class Language Solutions
•EDHEC Business School
•ESIEE
•INP Grenoble
•IUT2 Grenoble
•International School of Paris
•Metaform Langues
•Université Catholique de Lille
Our Affiliates
Gold Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
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Debbie West
(President &
Ile de France
Coordinator
Dianne Chen
Segui (Bordeaux
Coordinator)
Jane Ryder
(Joint Vicepresident &
Strasbourg Cocoordinator)
Christine
Mintcheva (Lyon
Coordinator)
Csilla Jaray-Benn
(Joint Vicepresident &
Grenoble
Coordinator)
Bethany Cagnol
(Treasurer,
Membership,
Website & Past
President)
Laurence
Whiteside
(Secretary)
Gillian Evans (Lille
Coordinator)
Colin Mackenzie
(Nantes
Coordinator)
Yvonne Chappell
(Strasbourg Cocoordinator
Christina Rebuffet- Ros Wright (Past
Broadus (Teaching President &
Events)
Times Editor)
Rosemary Bénard
(Toulouse
Coordinator)
Wojtek
Koszykowski
(Events)
TESOL France operates through an Executive Committee of puts in place a jointly organized nationwide Speaker Tour
volunteers responsible for organizing events, publications event in September. Previous speaker tour speaker was
and membership.
Jonathan Marks.
You can contact your regional coordinator or find information
TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) on local events at the TESOL France website: www.tesolFrance, an affiliate of TESOL Inc. and IATEFL, is a non-profit france.org
organization of teachers of English in France. Its purposes
are to stimulate professional development, to disseminate Annual membership
information about research, books and other materials Individual: €49
related to English language teaching, and strengthen Benefactor: €55
instruction and research. We regularly organize high-quality Student, unemployed, retired: €27
events which are opportunities to keep up-to-date with Institutional: €173
current trends in teaching, share knowledge and experiences
and to meet and network with other teachers.
Your membership is valid for 12 months from receipt of your
We also have correspondents in the different sectors payment.
(primary, university, etc.) who keep us informed of the
preoccupations and needs of their sector.
TESOL France membership includes:
• Workshops and discussion groups
Membership is open to anyone involved in the English • Spring Day
Language Teaching (ELT) industry, both in France and • Annual Colloquium
abroad. Our members include teachers, lecturers, teacher • Quarterly magazine, The Teaching Times
trainers, academic managers, researchers, authors, • Leadership opportunities with our Executive Committee
publishers, testing agencies, company founders and • Access to the weekly Jobs e-List
institutions.
Online & Social Media
TESOL France operates through seven branches outside the Blog: http://tesolfrance.blogspot.com
Paris and Ile-de-France area to ensure a national identity on Twitter: @TESOLFrance
a local level to our association and to bring new ideas to Hashtag: #TESOLFr
teachers who might not attend the annual colloquium. Each Facebook: TESOL France
region holds four workshops or swap shops per year and
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TESOL France Regions Flashback
Bordeaux
2015 has been an active year for the Bordeaux region, with 3 events held before the summer. In January,
we invited Teri Weichart and Judy Dubois to speak about the TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading
and Storytelling) teaching method. In April, we held our first meet and greet, which featured a panel of local
teachers with an informal discussion centered around work ‘beyond the role of the ‘vacataire.’ May saw us
inviting Nicole Stich, who showed teachers how to organize digital spaces for community sharing and
personal organization. We have two more events to round out the year: an informal ‘meet and greet’ in early
November and a swap shop about Google Apps on 5 December.
Grenoble
Teachers in Grenoble decided to focus on the theme of creativity and motivation in a two-part workshop
series, which started with one workshop in December 2014 and was continued with a workshop by Chaz
Pugliese in March discussing the relationship between creativity and motivation presenting many hands-on
creative ideas. Grenoble teachers took a major part in organising the TESOL France Spring Day in Lyon on
Innovation and creativity in language learning with Russell Stannard and Eugene Schaefer. In June, we
invited Andrew Wickham to present and discuss how the ‘Réforme de la formation’ impacts teachers in their
profession. A follow-up workshop on this theme was led by Andrew Spraggins, who talked about combining
testing and teaching with main focus on BULATS. This year was concluded with a Swap Shop in November,
sharing common challenges we face as teachers.
Lille
TESOL France’s youngest region was established in December 2014 and our dynamic and dedicated team
have put in place seven events so far. We had workshops on ‘Tried and tested educational technology tools
for the Classroom’ with Jeremy Levin and Amber Ogborn in March and in May, on ‘Grammar and Learning
Approaches’ with Chad Langford and Michael Markey and discussed ‘Warmers, fillers and speaking
Techniques’ with With Wojtek Koszykowskia, PhD candidate in April, had a workshop on Improvisation
techniques led by Peter Dyer in June, we shared practices on listening skills at a Swap Shop and discussed
issues of how to develop ESP materials in a workshop led by Ros Wright in October.
Lyon
The Lyon region hosted and organised the TESOL France Spring Day in 2015 on the theme of creativity
and innovation in language teaching with Russell Stannard and Eugene Schafer. This event was coorganised by TESOL France and IDRAC Business School in Lyon, which was the venue for the one-day
event. The Lyon region has an average of 20 to 25 people who attend our workshops and we have a stable
venue for all events. We have established a partnership with Decitre that continue to publicize our events
regionally and nationally.
Nantes
So far this year, the Nantes region has had two events. In March, a workshop on how to get feedback from
your students and so develop your teaching, led by Colin Mackenzie and in April, a workshop on the theme
of ‘Doing more with less, getting the most out of your textbook’, led by Dave Grant.
Strasbourg
In Strasbourg this year we started the year with a meeting to launch an experimental mentoring programme
for newly arrived trainers to our city. Our focus then turned to the impact of the new ‘Réforme’ legislation on
our profession with a talk by Andrew Wickham. This was closely followed by an inspiring session a month
later by Dobrina Ramphort from Toulouse on how to make sense of French bureaucracy when setting up as
a trainer. For the autumn we are kicking off with a workshop on useful techniques for making your teaching
more student-centred by Simon and Alina Brooks and ending the year with a talk by our favourite ELT
trainer motivator, Carol Bausor from Lyon, who will be urging us to go out there and sell our skills better.
Toulouse
After a pause of several months, Toulouse welcomed the new regional coordinator, Rosemary Bénard, at an
event in April, which featured a talk on engaging grammar activities and a collaborative session on sharing
teaching challenges. An informal meet-up in the centre of the city in July was followed by a workshop on the
reform of the professional training system in late August. In the first week of November we had an informal
gathering. Our events are publicized via the local Guild of English Teachers and on the local Facebook
forums and around 20 people come along to share ideas, learn new ones, meet new people and network.
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TESOL France Regions & Events
TESOL France Bordeaux: Dianne Chen Segui
TESOL France Grenoble: Csilla Jaray-Benn
TESOL France Ile de France: Debbie West
TESOL France Lille: Gillian Evans assisted by Jeremy Levin
TESOL France Lyon: Christine Mintcheva
TESOL France Nantes: Colin Mackenzie
TESOL France Strasbourg: Jane Ryder & Yvonne Chappell
TESOL France Toulouse: Rosemary Bénard
You can contact your regional coordinator or find information on the TESOL France website: www.tesol-france.org
TESOL France Annual General Assembly
November 22nd 2015,
12:45-13:45
Venue: Telecom ParisTech
All members are welcome!
TESOL France Paris: Theme TBA
December 12th 2015,
14:00-17:00
Venue: Telecom ParisTech
Room: 316
TESOL France Bordeaux: Google Apps Swap
Shop
December 5th 2015, 9:00-12:00
Register: http://doodle.com/poll/kibr9xeayd853qcd
Venue: Association Bordeaux USA
38, Allées d'Orléans, (Place des
Quinconces) 33000 Bordeaux
TESOL France Lyon: Theme TBA
December 12th 2015,
9:00-12:00
Venue: ILTC , 28 avenue Guérin,
69628 Villeurbanne.
TESOL France Strasbourg: How to sell yourself better
as an English language trainer
December 5th 2015,
14:00-16:00
Venue: Ecole Grandjean, 8 rue de Londres, Strasbourg.
TESOL France Grenoble: Using Graded
Readers and Video in the Classroom
January 16th 2016,
9:00 - 12:00
Speaker: Katie Cospito (Black Cat-CIDEB)
Venue: IUT2 Grenoble, 2 Place Doyen Gosse,
38000 Grenoble
TESOL France Toulouse: Theme: TBA
December 5th 2015,
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
TESOL France Paris: Theme TBA
January 30th 2016,
14:00-17:00
Venue: Telecom ParisTech
Room: 316
TESOL France Nantes: The Flipped Classroom
January 2016,
Venue: TBA
Exhibitors
ATTICA la librairie des langues
11 rue Boussingault, 75013 Paris
www.attica.fr
Local bookshop; vente de matériel d'enseignement des langues.
British Council France
9 rue de Constantine, 75007 Paris, France
Website: www.britishcouncil.fr
Main Activities: English teaching, English Language Exams, Cultural projects.
Black Cat-CIDEB
Address: Via Inverigo, 2, : 20151 Milan, Italy
Website: www.blackcat-cideb.com
Main Activities: Graded readers at all levels; unabridged
literature; Cambridge and Trinity exam preparation
materials; civilization books; e-books; IWB material. Also
available in French, Spanish, Italian and German.
News for 2015/2016:
Keep an eye out for
Black Cat–CIDEB at
CANOPÉ events this
year across France. Contact our representative Katie
Cóspito to arrange a school visit, for information on our
books, to sign up for our free newsletter, or to request
your 2016 catalogue, when available. Don’t miss our
series editor, Rob Hill, and his talk on using Shakespeare
in a modern classroom on Saturday at 11:15.
Cambridge English University Press
Address: 103, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France, Ph:
+33 (0)1 70 91 72 20
Website: www.cambridge.org/elt
Main Activities: Cambridge English combines the specialist
international expertise of the sister organization within the
University of Cambridge: Cambridge English Language
Assessment – the global leader in English Language
assessment and Cambridge University Press – the leading
publisher in learning material.
News for 2015/2016: Super Safari, Eyes Open, Empower,
Testbank, Prepare, First for Schools Trainer, First Trainer,
Advanced Trainer, Essential Grammar in Use – 4th edition.
Cambridge English Language Assessment
Address: 80, rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris, France, Ph:
+33 (0)1 45 49 37 70
Website: www.cambridgeenglish.org/fr/
Main Activities: Cambridge English combines the specialist
international expertise of the sister organization within the
University of Cambridge: Cambridge English Language
Assessment – the global leader in English Language
assessment and Cambridge University Press – the leading
publisher in learning material.
News for 2015/2016: Business English Certificate (BEC)
and BULATS tests are now eligible for CPF trainings.
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/fr/exams/businesscertificates/bec-cpf/
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/fr/exams/bulats/bulatscpf/
Zoë Vobořilová
EduCreate English Books for Children / Usborne Books
Website: org.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/zoesenglishbooks
Facebook: EduCreateEnglishBooks
Tel: (00420) 737 69 0000
EnglishWaves
Address: 23, rue Auguste Vitu, 75015 Paris, France
Website: www.englishwaves.fr
Main Activities: French radio station that talks about France, 100% in English, 24/7 – news
and variety of general interest programmes – option to listen at normal speed or slow
speed, pedagogical activities on the website.
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Exhibitors
ETS Global – TOEIC & TOEFL Tests (Gold Sponsor)
Address: 43 rue Taitbout, 75009 Paris, France
Website: www.etsglobal.org
Main Activities: ETS Global B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of ETS, is the international arm of ETS that brings ETS expertise
to educational and business communities around the world. A non-profit organisation, ETS advances quality and equity in
education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS develops, administers and
scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® General and Subject
Tests and The Praxis Series™ assessments — in more than 180 countries, at more than 9,000 locations around the world.
Express Publishing
Address: Liberty House, Greenham Business Park, RG19 6HW Newbury,
Berkshire, United Kingdom
Website: www.expresspublishing.co.uk
Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Address: 2, rue de la Bourse, 75002 Paris, France
Website: www.diplomes-fbcci.org / www.best-tests.org
Main Activities: Examinations & tests in business and professional English.
News for 2015/2016: We are launching 2 new BEST tests: Hospitality (aimed at the hotel
sector) and Healthcare (aimed at a range of health sector professionals). The specialized
BEST tests will be available in an online format as of January 2016. The BEST tests are now on the RNCP inventory and
eligible for CPF funding for certain branches.
Macmillan Education
Address: Chaussee d’Alsemberg, 842, 1180 Bruxelles, Belgium
Website: www.macmillanenglish.com
National Geographic Learning
Address: Cheriton House, North Way, SP10 5BE Andover, UK
Website: www.ngl.cengage.com
News for 2015/2016: The second edition of Outcomes is complete and we currently have stock of the Pre-Intermediate,
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels. Our brand new series Keynote, paired with TED Talks, is now released, and we
currently have stock of the Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels!
Helbling Languages
Address: 1A Pope Street, SE1 3PR London, United Kingdom
Website: www.helblinglanguages.com
Main Activities: Helbling Languages was set up in 2005 by Lucia Astuti and Markus
Spielmann, two publishers with many years of international experience in the ELT world.
Their vision was to found a new forward-thinking publishing company in order to offer
supreme quality and cutting edge ELT materials to teachers and students all over the
world. The company has got main offices in the UK, Austria, Italy, Germany and Mexico, as
well as an extensive distribution network worldwide. Helbling Languages’ mission is to
promote global understanding and communication between speakers of different languages, by providing teachers and
students with innovative teaching materials of the highest possible quality. Helbling Languages follows the latest
developments in technology and applied linguistics offering the ELT community publications developed with a new approach
and a fresh look at things – in two words “high quality” in all aspects of the product.
News for 2015/2016: Jetstream – 6 level series for adults; Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate levels
are available now, while Upper Intermediate and Advanced levels will appear in 2016.
Sure – 4 levels series for young adults / teenagers. All four levels are available (Beginner to Intermediate).
Readers; three series of graded readers Primary, secondary and adults.
Oxford University Press
Address: 23 rue de la Roule, 75001 Paris, France
Website: www.oup.com/elt
News for 2015/2016: English File 3rd edition Advanced, New Headway 4th edition
Advanced, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Navigate all levels, Online Oxford
Teaching Academy
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Exhibitors
Pearson (Bronze Sponsor)
Address: Immeuble Terra Nova II 15 rue Henri Rol Tanguy, 93100 Montreuil, France
Website: www.pearsonelt.com; www.pearson.fr
Main Activities: At Pearson, we take learning personally. Our courses and resources are available in print, online and through
multi-lingual packages, helping people learn whatever, wherever and however they choose. Pearson is the world’s leading
learning company. Our education imprints combine 150 years of experience with online support for every learner. We provide
education and assessment services in over 75 countries. Products such as MyLabs are changing education practice
worldwide. Our aim is to make a measurable impact on people’s lives through learning, by focusing on learner outcomes.
Every day our work help learning flourish, and wherever learning flourishes, so do people.
News for 2015/2016:
Primary: Our Discovery Island, Big English
Secondary: Move It!, Live Beat
General English: Speakout 2nd edition (January 2016)
Assessment: Méthode Complète pour le TOEFL, Gold (updated for the new 2015 FCE)
Testing: PTE General & PTE Academic, LCCI qualifications
Online Labs: TOEIC Lab, TOEFL Labs, IELTS Lab, Progress, PEI, MyEnglishLab Reading & Writing
Readers: New branding!
Pilgrims
Address: Suite 1b, Orchard House, Orchard Street, CT2 8AP Canterbury, UK
Website: www.pilgrims.co.uk
Main Activities: Teacher Training courses in UK and overseas, Humanising Language
Teaching Magazine www.hltmag.co.uk
Rosetta Stone
Address: 14 rue du Fort de Saint Cyr, 78180 Montigny le
Bretonneux, France
Website: www.rosettastone.fr
Main Activities: Rosetta Stone® est leader mondial dans les
solutions technologiques pour les formations et pour
l’apprentissage des langues étrangères, destinées aux
particuliers, à l’enseignement primaire, secondaire et
supérieur, aux administrations et aux entreprises.
Nos solutions interactives et modulables ont déjà été
utilisées par plus de 12 000 entreprises, 9 000 organismes
publics, 22 000 établissements scolaires et des millions
d’apprenants dans plus de 150 pays.
Nos solutions Rosetta Stone® Language Learning Suite
offre un apprentissage linguistique disponible en tout lieu et
à tout moment, via Internet ou sur votre appareil mobile, qui
répond aux besoins de formation de vos employés, qu’ils
soient débutants avec des compétences limitées ou
apprenants intermédiaires et avancés désireux d’acquérir
les compétences linguistiques liées à leur secteur d’activité.
Le portefeuille de solutions comprend :
- Rosetta Stone® Foundations
Disponible en 24 langues et conçue pour les apprenants de
niveau débutant ou intermédiaire, Rosetta Stone
Foundations favorise la participation des apprenants en
développant systématiquement les
compétences linguistiques de bases
grâce à une méthode et une structure
pédagogique prédéfinies.
- Rosetta Stone® Advantage
Conçue pour tous les niveaux de
compétences et proposée en neuf
langues, Rosetta Stone Advantage propose une solution
complète qui permet aux apprenants de sélectionner leurs
propres ateliers et parcours d’apprentissage selon leurs
intérêts spécifiques.
- Rosetta Stone® Advanced English for Business
Conçue pour que les apprenants en langue anglaise, de
niveau intermédiaire ou avancé, améliorent leurs
compétences en communication professionnelles sur leur
lieu de travail, Rosetta Stone Advanced English for
Business est un programme d’apprentissage dédié aux
responsables et aux cadres dirigeants qui ont besoin d’un
complément de formation en anglais.
- Rosetta Stone® Custom Solutions
Un service qui dispense un contenu personnalisé et des
options d’apprentissage pour que les apprenants
bénéficient d’un apprentissage personnalisé adapté à vos
besoins professionnels.
TPRS Witch
Address: “Trémisat” 47130 Port Sainte Marie, France
Website: http://tprs-witch.com
Main Activities: Training in Comprehensible Input methods for foreign language teachers
News for 2015/2016: International TPRS Workshop in Agen, France. July 25th - July 30th 2016
Vocable
Address: 56 rue Fondary, 75015 Paris
Website: www.vocable.fr
Main Activities: Magazines Vocable English Edition (Vocable Vocable German and
Spanish). Digital platform for teachers. New application: Vocable.
News for 2015/2016: Dec. 10th 2015: new formula magazine
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Those of you wishing to continue your Parisian experience are encouraged to wine and dine at the following
restaurants in the area. Bon appétit!
RESTAURANT
ADDRESS
CUISINE
Simply supermarket
204 rue de Tolbiac
75013 Paris
Take-away sandwiches, salads,
drinks and other groceries
l’Arome Antique
55 rue Barrault
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 88 42 34
Pizzeria
including takeout
*Le Circus
204 Rue de Tolbiac
75013 Paris Tel: 01 53 80 20 04
Wide range of traditional French
cuisine.
A la Bonne Cave
11 rue de l’Espérance
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 80 82 48
Traditional French
* Auberge de la Butte
8 rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 80 32 47
Traditional French
(reservations recommended)
* La Montagne d’Or
211 rue de Tolbiac
75013 Paris Tel : 01 45 88 31 92
Chinese
Chez Papa
27 rue de la Colonie,
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 88 30 98
Traditional French regional cuisine
and enormous salads
L'Auberge Berbère
39 rue Daviel
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 80 68 52
Moroccan cuisine from the Berbere
region
Café Fusion
12, Rue de la Butte aux Cailles
75013 Paris Tel : 01 45 80 12 02
Fusion
Café du Commerce
39 rue des Cinq Diamants
75013 Paris Tel: 01 53 62 91 04
Traditional French cuisine and curry!
Chez Gladines
30 rue des Cinq Diamants
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 80 70 10
Cuisine from the Basque country
Les Cailloux
56 rue des Cinq Diamants
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 80 15 08
Italian
* La Pentola
198 bis, rue de Tolbiac
75013 Paris. 01 45 88 88 83
Tandem
10, Rue de la Butte aux Cailles
75013 Paris Tel : 01 45 80 38 69
Wine bar
(specialist in organic wines)
Chez Paul
22 rue de la Butte aux Cailles
75013 Paris Tel: 01 45 89 22 11
Traditional French haute cuisine
Pizzeria
including takeout
* Also open on Sunday
Parlez vous français?
For dessert...
Comme dessert...
More bread, please. Encore du pain, s'il vous plaît.
A table for two (four).
Une table pour deux (quatre).
That was delicious.
C'était délicieux.
Could I have the menu?
Est-ce que je peux avoir la carte?
The bill, please.
L'addition, s'il vous plaît.
I am a vegetarian.
Je suis végétarien(ne).
Is service included?
Do you have...?
Est-ce que vous avez...?
Est-ce que le service est
compris?
One/Two of these, please.
Deux comme ça, s'il vous plaît.
For starters, I'd like...
Comme entrée, je prendrai...
For the main dish...
Comme plat...
There's a mistake in Il y a une erreur dans
this bill, I think.
l'addition, je crois.
Where are the
toilets?
Où sont les toilettes?
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Map of the Area
METRO
METRO
Direction:
Place
d’Italie
METRO Direction:
avenue
d’Italie
& Metro
Tolbiac (7)
TESOL France Venue
46 rue Barrault
75013 Paris
Handy addresses in the area
PRODUCT
ADDRESS
SHOP NAME
Paper products, note cards,
226 rue de Tolbiac
Librairie Papeterie
Pharmacy / Chemist
229 rue de Tolbiac
Pharmacie La Butte aux Cailles
Cash machine
224 rue de Tolbiac
CIC
Telephone accessories
221 rue de Tolbiac
Image Photo Express
Post Office
216 Rue de Tolbiac
La Poste Tobliac
Supermarket
204 rue de Tolbiac
Simply Market
Photocopier
219 rue de Tolbiac
Office Supplies (& colour printing)
92 avenue d'Italie
Office Debot
Computer accessories (& other
electronics, books, Apple products etc.)
30 avenue d'Italie
Fnac (in the Place d’Italie
shopping center)
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Map of the Venue
Upper Level Rooms
Additional restrooms
on upper floors
vending
machines
Thevenin
• Registration
• Poster Session
• TESOL France
Administration
Lower Level Rooms
Additional exit: 49 rue Verignaud
Saphir
Rubis
Emeraude
Opale
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Friday, November 20th
Registration opens at 15:30. Please arrive early to avoid long queues. Registration will also continue throughout the conference.
15:30-17:00
Registration, Networking, Coffee, & Visiting Stands and Posters
17:00-18:15
Opening Plenary with Andrew Wickham. The Lipstick, the Pig, the Cloud and the Silver Lining
Rooms:
18:30 - 19:30
Session A
Room: Thevenin
Thevenin
Estaunie
B310
B312
B316
Opale
Zoltán Rézműves
Culture to Culture: Sowing
the Seeds of Creativity
IntC
Hala Hadba
A Model for Reflective
Teaching
TTD
Gary Anderson
Testing 1-2-3. Formal,
informal and learningoriented
AL + TEST*
Angelos Bollas
The Use(s) of Twitter in ELT
Classrooms
TECH + SPEAK
Rachael Harris
Practical Ideas for Specific
Learning Difficulties
YA + PRIM
Katie Moran
Action Research: Improving
oral presentations
HE + TTD
Cocktail dînatoire in the lobby
19:30 - 20:45
Saturday, November 21st
Registration opens at 9:00am and continues throughout the day. Please arrive early to avoid long queues.
ROOMS
Thevenin
Estaunie
B310
B312
B316
Opale
Rubis
Emeraude
Saphir
TIMES
10:00-11:00
11:15-12:15
Session B
12:15-13:30
LUNCH
12:45 - 13:45
AGM
13:30 - 14:00
Plenary Session with Kari Smith. Room: Thevenin - Teacher Learning in Communities of Practice
Dr. Linda Gerena
Building
vocabulary
through literature
GV
Robert Hill
Resetting, retelling
and revisiting
Shakespeare
Jennie Wright
HOT (high-order
thinking) listening tasks
YA + AL*
LIST & TTD
Gilberti & Soriero
Bravo! From page to
stage for Increased
fluency
TTD + DRAM
Jeremy Levin
Socrative: A simple yet
powerful classroom app
TECH + MAT
Catarina Pontes
Pronunciation teaching
can - and should - be
fun!
Pr + SPEAK
James Chamberlain Gregory Cadars
Memory, Meaning and
EF Challenge:
Method (revisited)
Worldwide Speech
Competition for
Students*
(presentation in French)
TTD
There are several restaurants near the venue, though we suggest grabbing a quick sandwich. Service can be slow on Saturday afternoon.
IN THEVENIN: TESOL FRANCE’S ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME! COME MEET THE TESOL FRANCE TEAM IN PERSON!
Poster Session, coffee & visiting stands
14:00 -15:00
Session C
15:15 - 16:15
Session D
Mark Hancock
Ellis & Ibrahim
Richard Osborne
Catherine Buon
Alex Monceaux
Kat Robb
Catherine Morley
Pronunciation
games for France
Teaching children
how to learn
The world is my
classroom
Effective scoring rubric
design
Deepening content
knowledge via Problem
Based Learning
Reflective Video
Teaching advanced
writing
Pr + SPEAK
PRIM + TTD
AL
TTD + WRITE
HE + TTD
SPEAK + TECH
WRITE
READ*
AL + GV
Dennis Davy
Arar & Wrzesinska
Graciela Alchini
Janine Bray-Mueller
Alicja Galazka
Tom Ratican
Annie Altamirano
Under African
skies: Englishspeaking Africa
YA + IntC
Why standardised
tests matter
Collaborative
experiences in
business English
BE + AL
Quality teaching has
(and must have) its
price!
WCond
Using drama to
improve creative
writing in ELT
DRAM + WRITE
Chionopoulou &
Kantarakis
Teaching the new
genres of today's
English
WRITE + ESP
We don't teach
English, we teach
people
MLev
Joanna
Naporowska
Music therapy in
teaching very
young learners
PRIM
TEST + ESP*
*Promoting a particular book or product.
Are you ready to Vlog"?
Your students are!"
TECH + MAT
George Kokolas
Explore the World,
Expand the Mind
Alina Brooks
Concept checking
questions revisited
Saturday, November 21st continued
ROOMS:
Thevenin
Estaunie
B310
16:15 - 16:45
Poster Session, coffee & visiting stands
16:45 - 17:45
Alivertis &
Doonan
Opening an eye
on the world
Session E
18:00 - 19:00
Session F
YA
Jane Revell
Use it or lose it!
TTD + AL
19:00 - 20:00
20:00 - 22:00
Louisa Dunne
B312
Rebuffet-Broadus
& Wright
How does L1 affect Challenges of unscripted Introduction to selfIELTS? What's online
language
publishing for ELT
to help
trainers
TEST + HE*
LIST + AL
MAT + TECH
Greg Williams
Damian Corcoran
Joel Josephson
B316
Opale
Rubis
Georgios Chatzis
Brian Gabriel Major
The'Phalange' Effect:
Meaning, anything or
nothing
PRIM
Dan Frost
Interactive writing correction
activity
Simon Brooks
Using guided
discovery with
authentic materials
WRITE + TECH
Vedrana Vojkovic Estatiev
TTD + GV
Martin Goosey
Teaching and
assessing prosody
effectively
Pr + LIST
Feedback to engage
students
Annie McDonald
One-to-one language Ted Talks in class: Overtraining vs coaching
used and underexploited
TTD
AL + HE
Video: A basic tool
for language
learning
YA
TECH + WRITE
Emeraude
Saphir
Jedrek Stepien
The art of the
conversation
Igor Gavilán
Multi-story: My lesson
Creativity is a
has your narrative
powerful key to ELT
productivity
PRIM + TTD
MANGT
SPEAK + AL
Affaf Zemouli
Turn taking in
conversation
cross-culturally
SPEAK
Cocktail dînatoir, Poster Session & Visiting Stands
Evening Entertainment: A rousing, humorous debate starring the students of Telecom ParisTech. Come shout “hear hear!” or “shame”!
Motion: This house believes that ignorance is bliss!
Sunday, November 22nd
ROOMS
9:00-10:00
Thevenin
Estaunie
B310
B312
B316
Opale
Rubis
Emeraude
Saphir
Agnieszka
Brzozowska
Maria Cyrankowska
Judith LogsdonDubois
Comprehensible
input strategies for
all teachers
TTD
Anna Varna
Networking Breakfast in the Lobby
10:00-11:00
Nikki Unsworth
Sue Thomas
Phil Thompson
Whalon & Puton
Session G
I feel good
The listening workout
Speaking English
musically
YA + AL
Fr + LIST
Around the year in
eight(y) Google
doodles
YA + AL
11:15 -12:15
12:15-12:45
SPEAK + Pr
Art for adults:
Chocolate teapot?
ESP + AL
Life changing stories
YA + AL
Closing Plenary with Mark Hancock. How to Talk Like a Teacher Room: Thevenin
Closing Ceremony and Prize Draw. Please give us your feedback forms and badges to qualify for the prize draw.
*Promoting a particular book or product.
AL: Adult Learners
BE: Business English
DRAM: Drama-based Lessons
ESP: English for Specific Purposes
Fr: French Learners
GV: Grammar & Vocabulary
HE: Higher Education
IntC: Intercultural Issues
LIST: Listening Skills
MANGT: Classroom Management
MAT: Materials Design and Publishing
MLev: Multilevel Classroom
Pr.: Pronunciation
PRIM: Primary School Learners
READ: Reading Skills
SPEAK: Speaking Skills
TECH: Technology in the Classroom
TEST: Testing and Assessment
TTD: Teacher Training & Development
WCond: Working Conditions
WR: Writing Skills
YA: Young Adult Learners
*Promoting a particular book or product
Open up your brain!
Neuroscience in the
language
classroom
TTD + MANGT
Posters will be displayed in Room E200 throughout the Colloquium with special poster sessions included in the programme. Please
visit them. Presenters will be happy to meet you!
Lilianna Edilyan: Grammar & Vocabulary in Task-Based Instruction
This paper describes a task-based lesson that integrates grammar and vocabulary. The lesson is extended into a long-term project by
breaking students into groups that consider options for developing a village. Groups complete and present the project. The project includes
processes for students to report and receive feedback on the quality of their work, and make revisions. Groups present their projects and the
"village council" decides which project is the most effective.
SoHee Kim: The Effective Multimodal Model in Blended Learning
Since many online educational tools support the use of multimodal model, there is great potential that various media types can be applied in
blended learning. Moreover, English learners can react differently to a diverse type of media based on their language proficiency, preferred
learning styles and computer skills in blended learning environment. It introduces effective teaching strategies and techniques for using
multimodal model in blended learning to improve English learner's proficiencies.
Mark Hancock: Mark's Chart
This is a poster of a new phonemic chart which I have developed for English Language Teaching. It features a model of vowel sounds based
on concentric rings, with vowel length shortening towards the centre. I will be available to explain the chart and discuss any issues arising.
Renée Zelden & Eileen Ariza (Florida Atlantic University Miami-Dade College): Integrating Technology with Language Arts for ELs
The presenters show innovative and creative ways teachers can implement cooperative technological strategies that students can manipulate
to create and present topics in poetry, literature, and modernized Shakespeare blogs. Using students' affinity for social media, we show
Wiki's celebrative writing platform, Voki avatars, TedEd, podcasts, window video movies, Moocs, Powtoon, etc.) to expose students to
material that is relevant and connected to real life.
Jim Wright (Pilgrims, UK): Are you BEING the teacher you really want to BE?
There's one relationship from which all other relationships flow, it's the one relationship we're guaranteed to have for all our lives – yet it's the
one we probably focus on the least – the relationship we have with ourselves! This poster is about YOU and some simple strategies we can
all use every day to access the real superhero hiding inside of us. Nearly all teacher training focuses on the DOING of teaching – here we'll
look at the feelings and who we're really BEING and how that BEING can inspire and motivate us, our students and the people around us.
Evening Events
GUIDED DISCOVERY
Paris By Night (free walking tours)
tours
Would you like to see Paris by night and not get
lost even if you don't speak French? Perhaps
you've come to the conference alone and hope
to make new friends? Or perhaps you just fancy burning some
calories among other ELT professionals? Join the walk!
Wojtek Koszykowski used to be a Paris tour guide and wants
to show you famous landmarks and discover secret places
which only locals know about.
Meeting point: Main entrance of the venue. 46 rue Barrault.
FRIDAY:
Leaving at 8pm sharp. Route: 5km: Butte-aux-Cailles, Place d'Italie, rue Mouffetard, Panthéon,
Sorbonne, Quartier Latin, Notre Dame, Cité, Hotel de Ville, Centre Pompidou and Les Halles.
Halles
SATURDAY:
Leaving at 8pm sharp. Route 4km: line "6" to Trocadéro, Eiffel Tower, l'Arc de Triomphe,
Champs-Elysées, Marché de Noël and Concorde.
If you get tired, there will be many metro stations on our way and Wojtek help you get on the right train. Each
route finishes in a place where you can find direct metro lines to all districts of Paris.
Saturday: 20:00
A ROUSING AND HUMOUROUS DEBATE!
starring the students of Telecom ParisTech
Come shout “hear hear!” or “shame”!
Room: Thevenin
Keynote
`
Keynote is a brand new four level series that teaches
English through the power of inspired communication
and features TED Talks from some of the world’s most
respected and thought-provoking professionals.
For more information please visit NGL.Cengage.com/keynote
or email Marianne.Kuyper@cengage.com
Plenary Speakers
Friday, November 20th: 17:00 - Room: Thevenin
The Lipstick, the Pig, the Cloud and the Silver Lining
9 months into the Professional Training Reform in France, the immediate impact on language training is
becoming clearer:
- business failures among language schools have doubled
- language training turnover has fallen between 15 and 30%
- state-funded training has become hard to access and bound in red tape
- small schools and independents are under threat
1) Why has this happened? Was all the hype around the reform merely lipstick on the Pig?
2) How dark is the cloud hanging over teachers? Does it have a silver lining?
3) What is the medium and long term impact on language training, in the light of the overall market trends?
4) What are the opportunities, what are the risks?
5) What you can do to avoid the showers and take advantage of the sunny intervals
Andrew Wickham has had a variety of roles in the language training business – a former language trainer, director of studies
and language school founder and manager, he has also directed large blended learning projects, run the language training centre
of a major multinational and carried out a variety of consultancy assignments for schools, companies and institutions. He is also
the author of “Le Marché de la Formation Langues à l’heure de la Mondialisation”, a market study that has become the
reference for the profession in France. He is particularly concerned by the challenges faced by teachers in a market that is
becoming industrialised and technology oriented.
Saturday, November 21st: 10:00 - Room: Thevenin
Teacher Learning in Communities of Practice
Teachers working in isolation are a well-known phenomenon in the research literature on teachers’
professional development and learning. In this presentation I will first discuss the concept of teacher
learning before illuminating the many benefits of breaking out of the isolation by creating school based
communities of learning. A case of a three-year long research and development project aimed at
developing teachers’ assessment competence will be presented in support of the argument.
Kari Smith’s (Professor, Ph.D.) main research interests are teacher education, professional development,
mentoring novice teachers and assessment for and of learning. She worked as a school teacher for 18
years, before she became a teacher educator. She has acted as the Head of Teacher Education at the
University of Bergen, where she is the founder and Head of the research group; Professionalism in Teaching. Currently, Prof.
Smith is the Head of the Norwegian National Research School in Teacher Education (NAFOL) at the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology. She is active in the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI),
previously as the Coordinator for the Assessment and Evaluation SIG (1) and currently as the Coordinator for Teaching and
Teacher Education SIG 11. Prof. Smith has published numerous articles, book chapters and books. She has given invited talks
in Australia, New Zealand, China, USA, Dubai, Korea, Panama, Singapore, South America, Europe, Israel and Norway.
Sunday, November 21st: 11:15 - Room: Thevenin
How to talk like a teacher
We teachers have a characteristic way of talking, which we can easily identify, even out of context. So
what are the features that make it so distinctive? In this session we will look, with the help of a little
comedy, at some aspects of teacher talk and classroom interaction. We'll reflect on why we talk that way,
and how helpful it is in terms of learning. By the end of the session, we will all know how to talk like a
teacher, and maybe also how not to.
Mark Hancock started teaching English in 1984. He's worked in Sudan, Turkey, Britain, Brazil and
Spain. In 1996 he completed his Masters in Teaching English with Aston University. He's written books including
Pronunciation Games and English Pronunciation in Use (CUP), and with Annie McDonald he's written English Result (OUP),
Authentic Listening Resource Pack (Delta, forthcoming) and created the ELT resources website www.hancockmcdonald.com.
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on an independent and proficient level in English across
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ETS, an industry leader in English-language assessment for over 60 years, designed the TOEIC
tests to measure workplace English skills. Test questions are based on real-life situations that
are relevant to global organizations and familiar across cultures. In fact, more than 14,000
organizations in 150 countries rely on the TOEIC tests to hire, promote and place people with
the right English skills.
PENSEZ-VOUS QUE
TOUT EST POSSIBLE ?
Ce concours invite les élèves du monde entier à
trouver une réponse créative et argumentée à la question
“Pensez-vous que tout est possible ?”
Inscrivez vos élèves avant le 31 mars 2016 et aidez-les à
enregistrer leur discours pour convaincre le jury.
Vos élèves et vous remporterez peut être l’un des nombreux
lots comme la participation à notre Forum EF Youth Leadership
à Rio de Janeiro en Août 2016
www.ef.com/efchallenge
Centres Internationaux de Langues
Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Graciela Alchini (ITESM, Campus Puebla) (Mexico) - Collaborative experiences in Business English
Themes: Business English, Adult Learners
Saturday, Session D. Room B310
Collaborative learning provides students with unique opportunities to learn and practise a language, as it gives learners a real need for
communication and it creates a safe environment . This technique can increase its value in the Business English class , for students will
also develop the abilities they will need as business people. In this session we will briefly cover the characteristics of collaborative learning
and analyse its special benefits in Business English learning.
Julia Alivertis & Jeffrey Doonan (TESOL Greece) - Opening an eye on the world
Theme: Young Adult Learners
Saturday, Session E, Room Thevenin
‘This small, this Great World!’ (Odysseus Elytis, Axion Esti) EFL teachers generally focus on the development of the four skills: Reading,
Writing, Listening and Speaking. But is enough attention paid to the development of Critical Thinking? This workshop aims to show how
incorporation of the 'Daily News' into class can include this much needed skill into teaching, while allowing learner autonomy, in an effort to
enable students interpret and perhaps even change the world surrounding them.
Annie Altamirano (TESOL-Spain) - We don't teach English, we teach people
Theme: Multilevel Classrooms
Saturday, Session D, Room Emeraude
EFL teachers know that they're teaching more than just English. One of those things is values. But how do we teach them? In this
presentation, I will propose some guiding principles for incorporating values education in our classes and explore ways in which values can
be taught from an early age. Teachers will discuss what values need to be taught in their teaching situation and design activities they would
like to implement in their lessons.
Gary Anderson (Cambridge University Press) (France) - Testing 1-2-3. Formal, informal and learning-oriented
Themes: Adult Learners, Testing
Friday, Session A, room B310
Using examples from Cambridge English Empower which combines engaging classroom material with assessment validated by Cambridge
English Language Assessment, we'll review the differences between formative and summative assessment and look at Learning Oriented
Assessment which via a Learning Management System offers personalised practice pathways to help teachers guide their learners.
Fadila Arar & Joanna Wrzesinska (ETS Global & TESOL France Gold Sponsor) - Why standardised tests matter
Themes: Testing, English for Specific Purposes
Saturday, Session D, Room Estaunie
What are the most widely used criteria to admit international students, how can institutions determine which candidates have the best
profiles for their programmes? How can recruiters make sure applicants have the right English-language skills? We will focus on
standardized tests for admissions and recruitment, looking at why they are so widely accepted. We will describe how ETS tests are
developed, how secure, valid and fair they are, and what a test score can say about a candidate's profile.
Angelos Bollas (Greece) - The use(s) of Twitter in ELT classrooms
Themes: Technology in the Classroom, Speaking Skills
Friday, Session A, Room B312
Most of us use Twitter for our own CPD and consider it to be the most beneficial tool available. Could we 'transfer' the benefits of using
Twitter in our lessons? How could we use twitter to boost our learners' performance?
Janine Bray-Mueller (France) - Quality teaching has (and must have) its price!
Theme: Working conditions
Saturday, Session D, Room B312
The most visible point on a pyramid is the single stone perched on its apex. Below are rows of heavy, look-alike stone blocks. Many
freelance teachers hope to find the next student just around the corner -- and forget the rows of look-alike pyramid stone blocks that are
akin to rows of look-alike teaching businesses. Do you choose to become a pyramid base-stone of sameness or do you choose to gain
visibility and put your teaching service right at the top of the pyramid?
Alina Brooks (UK) - Concept checking questions revisited
Theme: Adult Learners, Grammar and Vocabulary Development
Saturday, Session C, Room Saphir
Concept Checking Questions (CCQs) are great - when they work. At the same time, they can also be tremendously irritating and confusing
for students (and the teacher!) when done badly. In this session we will take an in-depth look at CCQs, considering what makes a good
CCQ (and why CCQs don't always work), the mechanics of creating useful CCQs and also alternatives to traditional ways of concept
checking.
Simon Brooks (UK) - Using Guided Discovery with authentic materials
Theme: Teacher Training and Development, Grammar and Vocabulary Development
Saturday, Session E, Room Rubis
For learners to be able to function well outside the classroom, they not only need to become more independent, but need to do so by
processing the language they are exposed to and working out rules for themselves. In this session there will be a practical focus on
discovery of grammar for participants, as well as discussion on the pros and cons of using Guided Discovery along with how we can best
help our students to become autonomous learners.
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Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Agnieszka Brzozowska (Poland) - Art for adults: Chocolate teapot?
Theme: Adult Learners, English for Specific Purposes
Sunday, session G, Room Opale
Is doing art activities in a class of adult learners as useful as a chocolate teapot? Possibly, as they are time-consuming and it remains
unclear if they really provide sufficient value for adult learners. As a teacher, I enjoy the delightful benefits of miscellaneous art activities to
satisfy the distinctive needs of my students and primarily boost their motivation and independence.
Catherine Buon (Armenia) - Effective scoring rubric design
Themes: Teacher Training and Development, Writing Skills
Saturday, Session C, Room B312
Scoring rubrics are widely used to standardize grading in large ESL programs in hopes of saving time when marking students' papers.
However, some programs have stopped using rubrics because of concerns. Rubrics, even carefully worded, cannot possibly account for all
features of writing. The presentation will focus on the benefits and pitfalls associated with the use of scoring rubrics; how to choose the right
kind and how to design a scoring rubric.
Gregory Cadars (EF Education First) (France) - EF Challenge – Worldwide Speech Competition For Students
Saturday, Session B, Room Saphir
The EF Challenge is an international speech competition that encourages students from all around the world to present their ideas on
language learning, communication, and education. All participants will write and record speeches that answer the question: “Do you believe
nothing is impossible?” The goal of the speech is to present ideas and concepts that inspire and engage the audience. Prizes: As we all
know, nothing is impossible for EF, so we have amazing prizes for the EF Challenge 2016: 20 students will participate in the EF Youth
Leadership Forum 2016 in Rio, Brazil - and that’s only the beginning! Website: www.ef.fr/efchallenge
James Chamberlain (Germany) - Memory, meaning and method (revisited)
Theme: Teacher Training and Development
Saturday, Session B, Room Emeraude
Much has happened since Earl Stevick published his seminal Memory, Meaning and Method in 1976. We have learned a lot more about
how memory works, teachers have become adept at helping learners to construct meaning, and new methods have been developed (often
as a reaction to advancements in technology). This talk is an invitation to revisit Stevick's work and to apply his ideas to our teaching and
learning situations nearly 40 years later. My intention is to offer an opportunity for reflection.
Georgios Chatzis (Greece) - The 'Phalange’ Effect: Meaning, anything or nothing
Theme: Primary learners
Saturday, Session E, Room B316
Sometimes students can develop an unhealthy obsession to know every word they come across. In such a context, meaning, or rather lack
of it, in a form of an unknown word, can distract students to the point that they miss the gist. There are also cases that an unknown word
may be the cause of students producing incorrect structures. While identifying the root of the problem, the 'Phalange’ Effect, a word that
can mean anything or nothing, aims to remove the impact of unknown vocabulary from the equation.
Damian Corcoran (France) - TED talks in class: Over-used and under-exploited
Themes: Adult Learners, Higher Education
Saturday, Session F, Room B310
The number of Internet resources available to the language teacher has mushroomed, but it seems one resource is getting used much
more than any other. TED is a regular feature in the language classroom, but how far is it just another teacher talking, to whom students
have to passively listen. This talk will look at ways in which teachers can exploit these Internet talks to motivate students, increase
interaction, and improve language skills.
Maria Cyrankowska (IATEFL Poland) - Life changing stories
Themes: Adult Learners, Young Adult Learners
Sunday, Session G, Room Rubis
Stories are memorable because they are emotional, meaningful and engaging. They have been with us since early childhood motivating,
encouraging and inspiring us. During the talk I will present some of the stories I use with university students to teach them English but also
to help them grow, be happier and lead a more fulfilling life. Storytelling is a powerful tool to connect, teach and entertain. It would be a
waste not to use it in the classroom.
Dennis Davy (France) - Under African Skies: English-Speaking Africa
Themes: Young Adult Learners, Intercultural issues
Saturday, Session D, Room Thevenin
Providing practical ideas for teaching English-speaking Africa via geography, history, language variation, literature, music, art and cinema,
this presentation shares suggestions for helping students improve their English and develop their cultural awareness by studying poems,
songs, stories, films and biographies of English-speaking Africans. Participants will receive a pack of Africa-related teaching materials, with
maps, songs, stories, poems, and lists of films and famous Africans.
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Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Louisa Dunne (British Council) (France) - How does L1 affect IELTS? What's online to help
Themes: Testing, Higher Education
Saturday, Session E, Room Estaunie
This workshop will look at student performance in the IELTS test worldwide, through analysis of score averages. We will consider how
geographical location, L1 and other factors may affect these scores. Drawing on participants' own experience of IELTS preparation, with
students of various nationalities we will define the support needed, and map this to online IELTS resources.
Gail Ellis & Nayr Ibrahim (British Council) - Teaching children how to learn
Theme: Primary Learners
Saturday, Session C, Room Estaunie
This talk will discuss the theoretical and methodological concepts of learning to learn in the Primary English Language Teaching
classroom. It will show how teachers can apply the plan do review routine systematically and explicitly to activities and lessons in order to
help children learn how to learn and to gradually become aware of their own learning preferences and differences.
Dan Frost (France) - Teaching and assessing prosody effectively
Themes: Pronunciation, Listening Skills
Saturday, Session F, Room B316
The biggest problem for most of our learners is understanding spontaneous English speech. Listening is an active process and teaching
pronunciation to improve comprehension is beneficial. But what should we teach? How should we teach and assess it? The biggest
problems are linked to prosody, i.e. stress and intonation, and effective work in this area brings results fast. In this presentation, I will share
some practical aids and activities to assessing and teaching prosody to French learners.
Alicja Galazka (Poland) - Using drama to improve creative writing in ELT
Themes: Drama Techniques, Writing Skills
Saturday, Session D, Room B316
In the practical workshop participants will learn how to use selected drama strategies such as hot- seating, freeze frame, thought -tracking
and conscience alley for stimulating creative writing. Drama can help to write by the presence of tension, the degree of engagement, time
for incubation and strong sense of purpose.
Igor Gavilán (Spain) - Creativity is a powerful key to ELT productivity
Theme: Classroom Management
Saturday, Session F, Room Emeraude
I intend to line up a mare magnum of ideas to create the optimum environment for creativity to flourish. Keywords such as brainstorming,
motivation, flexibility, originality, risk-taking, problem-solving and acquiring knowledge will be travelling companions all throughout this
interactive stroll in the sunshine of creativity. Albert Einstein said: “Creativity is more important than knowledge”, so, let's be creative!
Dr. Linda Gerena (USA) - Building vocabulary through literature
Theme: Grammar and Vocabulary
Saturday, Session B, Room Thevenin
How can teachers build vocabulary using award winning children's literature? In this talk, using samples of award winning children's
literature, the presenter will model student centered, active participation strategies and activities that will help build vocabulary in a variety
of grade and language proficiency levels. Participants will engage in and practice activities that are research based and have been shown
to build and increase vocabulary in language learners.
Ellen Gilberti & Patrice Soriero (USA) - Bravo! From page to stage for increased fluency
Themes: Teacher Training and Development, Drama Techniques
Saturday, Session B, Room B316
Contemporary plays are written to mimic authentic speech, incorporating nuances such as pauses, floor-holding techniques, and
redundancies. Through audience participation, teachers will learn to guide their students through the process of analyzing and performing
scenes from these plays, and to enable students to reproduce the sounds and body language they observe while watching and listening to
videotaped performances.
Martin Goosey (British Council Madrid Young Learners) (Spain) - Multi-Story: My lesson has your narrative
Themes: Primary Learners, Teacher Training and Development
Saturday, Session F, Room Rubis
Are your YLs completely absorbed and participatory? Great kids' classes are clearly structured, but learning to re-imagine your lessons as
stories - with beginning-middle-end and built-in problem resolution - quickly engages learners through a completely different motivational
dynamic. Here, real results exemplify experimentation with narrative classes from a new YL teacher training programme. You'll watch
video interviews with teachers, see the plans, then try it yourself!
Hala Hadba (Qatar) - A Model for reflective teaching
Theme: Teacher Training and Development
Friday, Session A, Room Estaunie
This paper looks at the dynamics of applying a reflective Teacher Model in a teacher training program. This model aims to elicit trainees'
responses on their beliefs on reflective teaching, promote discussion and consider application of the reflective teacher model.
Consequently, the ultimate goal is encouraging teachers to build and continue as reflective participants who can look critically at their own
work in consideration of of the educational environment in which they work.
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Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Mark Hancock (UK) - Pronunciation Games for France
Themes: Pronunciation, Speaking Skills
Saturday, Session C, Room Thevenin
We will look at features of pronunciation which are relevant for French learners of English. These will include vowels, consonants, spelling
patterns, word stress, rhythm, tonic stress and connected speech. Each feature will be explained and demonstrated with an example game.
Rachael Harris (France) - Practical ideas for Specific Learning Difficulties
Themes: Young Adult Learners, Primary Learners
Friday, Session A, Room B316
While many of us are familiar with statistics concerning students with learning difficulties this doesn't help us to help our students. This talk
will look into ways of recognizing SpLD and will present simple, usable ideas that will help not only certain students, but everyone in the
classroom. We will focus on dyslexia - which obviously causes most difficulties in the language classroom but will also look at other
difficulties including dyspraxia, ADHD, etc.
Robert Hill (Black Cat - CIDEB) (Italy) - Resetting, retelling and revisiting Shakespeare
Themes: Young Adult Learners, Adult Learners
Saturday, Session B, Room Estaunie
'Shakespeares' rather than 'Shakespeare'! Shakespeare's plays are often reset (keeping Shakespeare's words, but set somewhere else in
time and place) and retold (reset, and with the plots and words adapted). We will explore resetting/retelling Richard III, Romeo and Juliet,
Hamlet, Macbeth and others, and examine some film versions of them. Some reference will be made to Black Cat's Reading Shakespeare
series of graded readers.
Joel Josephson (European Union funded project) (UK) - Video: a basic tool for language learning
Theme: Young Adult Learners
Saturday, Session F, Room B312
Video for ALL - a European Union funded project brings together all current methodologies, ideas and innovative practices to teach and
learn languages by integrating digital video. It includes experts in multiple video technologies with language and teacher training specialists.
http://videoforall.eu/
Eftichis Kantarakis & Vicky Chionopoulou (Greece) - Are you ready to Vlog"? Your students are!"
Themes: Technology in the Classroom, Materials Design and Publishing
Saturday, Session D, Room Opale
A form of log using online video. What a free tool to implement in your EFL classes, both receptively and, more importantly, creatively!
Students creating their own Vlogs! 21st Century skills developed in a fun and effective way. Getting multiple exposure to topics that interest
children was never easier. See the effects on writing and speaking while improving students’ critical thinking. Let us try and show you how
to lead your students to creating their own Vlogs and improving their knowledge and their self-esteem.
George Kokolas (Express Publishing) - Explore the World, Expand the Mind
Saturday, Session C, Room Emeraude
How much do we know about the amazing world we live in? What about the Earth’s peoples and cultures? The animals, the plants, the
lands and the oceans? Science, Biology, Geography and History answer these questions through CLIL readers in an exciting & thrilling
way. “Explore our World CLIL Readers” offer a remarkable lifetime learning experience; they expose learners to real use of the language
and prepare them for life outside the classroom.
Jeremy Levin (France) - Socrative: a simple yet powerful classroom app
Themes: Technology in the Classroom, Materials Design and Publishing
Saturday, Session B, Room Opale
The goal of this workshop is to show a few ways in which the Socrative student response app can be used in the language classroom.
From quizzing, races, live polling, to peer feedback, Socrative is a powerful technological tool that not only livens up classes, but also
makes life easier for teachers. Socrative is free and can be used on any device with an internet connection and you don't have to be a tech
whiz to use it.
Judith Logsdon-Dubois (France) - Comprehensible Input strategies for all teachers
Theme: Teacher Training and Development
Sunday, Session G, Room Emeraude
Any teacher, whatever their public, methodology or philosophical approach to teaching can use comprehensible input techniques. We will
share and explain strategies such as Circling that can be used by teachers everywhere, with all types of students, for greater effectiveness.
Brian Gabriel Major (Canada) - Interactive Writing Correction Activity
Themes: Writing Skills, Technology in the Classroom
Saturday, Session E, Room Opale
The presenter will review a peer correction activity and participants will have the opportunity to apply the technique to correct authentic
student writing. The purpose of the activity is to illustrate a writing activity in which students peer correct and edit a video story, which they
have all seen.
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Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Annie McDonald (UK) - Challenges of unscripted language
Themes: Listening Skills, Adult Learners
Saturday, Session E, Room B310
The characteristics of spoken discourse seem to pose special difficulties for the unschooled ear of students at B1/B2 level wanting to
understand authentic audio texts. In this workshop, we'll review and classify these characteristics according to the following types speaker-generated, listener-oriented or interaction driven, before trying out some classroom listening activities.
Alex Monceaux (USA) - Deepening content knowledge through Problem Based Learning
Themes: Higher Education, Teacher Training and Development
Saturday, Session C. Room B316
This presentation defines Problem Based Learning (PBL), illustrates, and then demonstrates a sample PBL class to enhance student
content knowledge and language fluency. Both student and teacher roles will be delineated and the basic PBL steps will be introduce,
followed by a discussion of effective problem scenario creation, methods for student problem analysis, and present ways identify
shortcomings, apply knowledge, and find solutions. Last, there will be a hands on component.
Katie Moran (France) - Action Research: Improving Oral Presentations
Themes: Higher Education, Teacher Training and Development
Friday, Session A. Room Opale
This presentation recounts how a teacher-researcher endeavoured to make a classroom-based exploratory/action research project
sustainable. Building upon positive outcomes from two initial cycles of research aimed at improving oral presentations, the teacher and
students created tools to transmit ideas and experience to participants in the third cycle. The beneficial learning experiences for the
students and the teacher will be s, hared with the aim of opening a dialogue with the audience.
Catherine Morley (The British Council Spain) - Teaching Advanced Writing
Theme: Writing Skills
Saturday, Session C, Room Rubis
Do your students groan when you mention the word writing? Or do you simply always set writing for homework then give it back with a
grade or comment? This session will look at ways of engaging your B2+ level students in the writing process and helping them to notice
the different organisation and conventions of specific genres, practising them in a personalised context and using their own ideas.
Joanna Naporowska (Poland) - Music therapy in teaching very young learners
Theme: Primary learners
Saturday, Session D, Room Saphir
It has been proved that music enhances language learning and it is now present in all modern coursebooks for young and very young
learners. I would like to present introduction of rhythm and melody in the English classroom as a great way to teach words, language
chunks and whole sentences. Just as music therapy can help patients or handicapped children, its elements are useful to teach young
learners, as they facilitate remembering words or phrases and improve child's phonological awareness.
Richard Osborne (France) - The world is my classroom
Theme: Adult Learners
Saturday, Session C, Room 310
This talk aims to challenge the role of the traditional classroom in modern adult Business and General English teaching. I will present
practical examples on how to take your class out into the real world and exploit natural learning opportunities, as well as how to manage
the potential uncertainty that awaits.
Catarina Pontes (Cultura Inglesa São Paulo) (Brazil)
Pronunciation teaching can - and should - be fun!
Themes: Pronunciation, Speaking Skills
Saturday, Session B, Room Rubis
In this workshop, practical ideas on how to work with pronunciation (both at segmental and supra-segmental levels) will be shared and
analysed. Participants will try out the suggested activities, discussing possible adaptations for their contexts. This exchange aims at
broadening their pronunciation teaching repertoire, helping them create a bag of ideas that can be easily resorted to in their lessons.
Tom Ratican (English Language Institute, University of Florida) (USA)
Teaching the new genres of today's English
Themes: Writing Skills, English for Specific Purposes
Saturday, Session D, Room Rubis
Audience members will learn how to help French students better achieve communicative goals in 21st century English by using genre as
a guide. Authentic texts in English will be provided to illustrate this practice, and a sample email lesson plan used at the University of
Florida will serve as a springboard for session activities. Participants will leave with plans they can use immediately in their classrooms.
Christina Rebuffet-Broadus & Ros Wright (France & UK) - Introduction to self-publishing for ELT trainers
Themes: Materials Design and Publishing, Technology
Saturday, Session E, Room 312
Who and what is involved in a self-publishing project? If you have never self-published but are considering it, this talk will give you the
basics. If you have some self-publishing experience but want to expand your knowledge, you'll learn about invaluable tools and resources
for ELT self-publishers. Find out step-by-step what you need to consider, what you can gain, and what challenges you may face when
beginning a project, from planning to writing to publishing and marketing.
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Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Jane Revell (Helbling Languages) (France) - Use it or lose it!
Themes: Teacher Training and Development, Adult Learners
Saturday, Session F, Room Thevenin
Memory is a vital part of learning anything, and, essentially, it's a question of practice. Our memory is like a muscle: the more we exercise
it, the better it works, and the language classroom is a great place to do just that.
Zoltán Rézműves (Hungary) - Culture to culture: sowing the seeds of creativity
Theme: Intercultural issues
Friday, Session A, Room Thevenin
When we talk about culture, we usually mean two different things: the culture, or lifestyle of English-speaking countries on the one hand,
and the arts and other forms of cultural expression on the other. What role does either form of culture play in learning English? How can we
develop cultural awareness and integrate creativity in our classrooms?
Kat Robb (Spain) - Reflective Video
Themes: Technology in the Classroom, Speaking Skills
Saturday, Session C. Room Opale
In this talk I present strategies for developing oral skills using video to scaffold the learning process. I discuss the creation of video
specifically using mobile devices, and the importance of self-reflection. I also demonstrate how I have implemented this myself in different
teaching contexts and the conclusions I have drawn.
Jedrek Stepien (Poland) - The Art of the Conversation
Themes: Speaking Skills, Adult Learners
Saturday, Session E, Room Saphir
Conversations are the flesh of each and every L2 class. How to turn them into real, educative talk-shows attractive for the students? How to
avoid controversy, yet be engrossing? How to avoid bias and create a true convivial atmosphere of sharing knowledge and points of view?
The answer lies in... questions. This highly practical presentation offers an insight into 4 types of educative questions that elicit the
language from the speakers and spark conversations of unprecedented quality.
Sue Thomas (Paris) - The listening workout
Themes: French Learners of English, Listening Skills
Sunday, Session G, Room 310
We will look at the role of active listening in the learning process, and how we can use the idea of a listening workout to teach people to
become better listeners. Alfred Tomatis, an internationally known French E.N.T. physician, said that "the voice does not produce what the
ear does not hear". We know that training for a sport involves various different kinds of exercises, and in the same way training to hear the
spoken word involves a variety of different exercises.
Phil Thompson (Centro de Idiomas Macarena) (Spain) - Around the year in eight(y) Google doodles
Themes: Young Adult Learners, Adult Learners
Sunday, Session G, Room B312
There's a plethora of materials available for Halloween, Christmas and Easter, but what about the rest of the year? Using the ubiquitous
Google Doodle we'll look at some fun activities, which will engage your students and also raise their cultural awareness. There are ideas
from quick, 5-minute warmers, longer speaking tasks to full-blown class projects for different ages and levels.
Nikki Unsworth (Centro de Idiomas Macarena) (Spain) - I Feel Good
Themes: Young Adult Learners, Adult Learners
Sunday, Session G, Room Estaunie
This workshop demonstrates a variety of activities through which teachers and their students can get to know each other, focus on
similarities while accepting differences, share, work and have fun together. This all helps create and develop a supportive classroom
community and positive learning environment, where students want to express themselves in a second language.
Anna Varna (Belgium) - Open up your brain! Neuroscience in the language classroom
Themes: Teacher Training and Development, Classroom Management
Sunday, Session G, Room Saphir
Do teachers need to become neuroscientists? How can I tell the difference between neuroscience and neuro-nonsense? Will the speaker
really open up my brain? If reading the title of this presentation made your brain fire up with questions then you should come to find more
about it! I will talk about how emotions dominate our brain, the importance of stress or the lack of it in a classroom and how we can improve
our memory retention. It will be a playful and humorous presentation and we will see in practice how rewards, food and possible scarves
can help us learn!
Vedrana Vojkovic Estatiev (Belgium) - Feedback to engage students
Themes: Technology in the Classroom, Writing Skills
Saturday, Session F, Room Opale
The talk will present the various modes of instructor feedback employed on an online L2 writing skills course for university students of
communication science. The aim of the talk is to demonstrate the range of options available for feedback in an asynchronous online
environment. Various online tools will be presented along with their advantages and drawbacks. These include less interactive ones, such
as podcasting and screen-casting tools, as well as the ultimate interactive tool Kaizena.
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Speakers
Session A: Friday 18:30 – 19:30
Session B: Saturday 11:15 – 12:15
Session C: Saturday, 14:00 – 15:00
Session D: Saturday, 15:15 – 16:15
Session E: Saturday, 16:45 – 17:45
Session F: Saturday, 18:00 – 19:00
Session G: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:00
Melinda Whalon & Beth Puton (France) - Speaking English Musically
Themes: Speaking Skills, Pronunciation
Sunday, Session G, Room B316
As experienced ESL teachers, we noticed that the overriding desire of our high-level students was that their spoken English be as
effective as their spoken French. Combining our vocal skills, ESL supports and our own teaching experience, we have developed a
series of vocal exercises to increase an English speaker's power, range and confidence. A notation "system, which is easy for any level of
learner to apply, further reinforces our techniques.”
Greg Williams (The Language Network) (France) - One-to-one language training vs coaching
Theme: Teacher Training and Development
Saturday, Session F, Room Estaunie
Many language schools have been using the term "coaching" for mere face-to-face or one-to-one English lessons usually in a business
context and sold as a premium product. But what is coaching really? Is it the same as training? And if not, how do they differ? Do you
need special training to become a coach? Can coaching techniques be applied to language training?
Jennie Wright (Germany) - HOT (high-order thinking) listening tasks
Themes: Listening Skills, Teacher Training and Development
Saturday, Session B, Room B312
When listening, learners need to do more than just remember and repeat facts. They also need to respond and react while processing,
evaluating and analysing information. To prepare learners for this multi-tasking, this workshop contains a selection of high-order thinking
tasks to make our listening sessions more stimulating, going beyond traditional comprehension tasks, whilst developing learners' critical
thinking skills.
Affaf Zemouli (France) - Turn taking in conversation cross-culturally
Theme: Speaking Skills
Saturday, Session F, Room Saphir
Students of English are often unaware that the organization of talk, just like its content, is important to successful communication. Turn
taking is a conversational feature that may differ cross-cultures, which may lead to misunderstanding; therefore, having enough
knowledge about how it works in the target language may help achieve successful communication. The present research aims at
investigating students' behaviour during conversations in Oral Expression classes with regard to taking turns.
Programme design by: Bethany Cagnol (2015)
Printed by: Canon France Business Services S.A.S
Image credits: Cover photo 2014: http://bit.ly/1iyzZ7V
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35th
Annual International
TESOL France
Colloquium
18-20 November 2016
Reaching new heights in ELT
Plenary speakers:
Harry Kuchan
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Péter Medgyes
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