Day 1 - Monday, November 18, 2013
Time / Room 1 / Room 2 / Room 3 / Room 4 / Room 5 / Room 6 / Room 7 / Room 8 / Room 9 / Room 108:00 - 8:30 / Parallel 1 / Watch-Think-Speak-Write: Teaching English Using Videos
Jenna Tan Ying Min / Distance Learners ' Participation in an Online Forum: An Interplay of Contextual Factors
Sadhna Nair &
Siti Hamin Stapa / "Of a Village Bomoh and the Lottery: Content Schemata Influence on Second Language Reading"
Amizura Hnaadi Mohd Radzi & Noor Hashima Abdul Aziz / Utilizing Poster To Promote Oral Communication Skills
Ive Emaliana / Engaging Students as a Stimulating Technique to Create Interest in the Novel
Maintaining Students' Fluency in Speaking English by Exhibition Examination
Khusnul Qhotimah / (Should ) I do what I belive or what I know? : A reflection on teachers’ classroom decision making
Santhy Hawanti / English Speaking Habits Of EFL Students
Chairuddin / The intersection between out-of-class language learning strategies and in class activities
Noor Saazai Mat Saad, Melor Md. Yunus & Mohamed Amin Embi / How useful are multimodal texts in motivating Vietnamese primary school children in learning English vocabulary?
Loc Tan Le / TM Lit (Thinking Maps in the Literature Classroom)
Sawaran Jit Kaur &
Enny Christina Binti Abdullah
Independent English language learning through the use of mobile apps
Nawal Mustafa / Listening Strategies Used by Iranian Learners and Their Relationship with Listening Proficiency in Advance and Intermediate Level
Madhieh Yahai & Maryam Hodaeian / Bridging the Text Using Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart
Nenny Djuhara Binti Johari / Engaging Students as a Stimulating Technique to Create Interest in the Novel
Puan Fauzia Bt Mohd Sultan / The Using of Casual Style in ELT for Young Learners "A Sociolinguistic Perspective"
Irene Debora Hutabara / An analysis of Interior monologue technique in Mcewan's "Atonement"
Lina Tri Astuty Beru Sembiring / Investigating The Learning Of Engineering And Technology Vocabulary Using Online Game
Zuraina Ali / A Needs Analysis Study on Iranian Post-graduate Students at a Malaysian University
Reza Vaseghi & Hamed Barjasteh / The Correlation Between Teachers’ Performance And Pupils’ Achievement At Elementary Schools In Palembang Based On Grade And Gender
Yusfardiyah / Why Pakistani Learners of English cannot differentiate between [v] and [w]?
Nasir Abbas Rizvi Syed
8:35 - 9:05 / Parallel 2 / Junior high school students' perception of classroom environment and their English Achievement
Rahmedia Alfi Rahmi, Chuzaimah Dahlan Diem / Reduction and achievement strategies use among Malaysian ESL learners
Tarsame Singh / Empowering Listening Skill Through The Utilization Of Prosody In Sentence Processing: A Pilot Study
Julia Madzalan / The effects of task complexity on the complexity of the written language production
Umi Kalsom Masrom & Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi / Debate across the Curriculum: A Pedagogical Tool to Develop Soft Skills
Eunice M. Aclan & Noor Hashima Binti Abd. Aziz / Exploring the self-efficacy beliefs among the high achievers in writing
Ilyana Jalaluddin / Reticent Students In The ESL Classrooms: How Much Do You Know Them?
Soo Ruey Shing & Goh Hock Seng / Using Webquest in Learning Grammar: Students' Perceptions in Higher Education
Ira Irzawati & Nur Asiah / Flipping theoretical training sessions on the pre service training programme
Bashira Putranti Lukman / Cultivating the Culture of Reading: an imperative for Language Learning
Abdelkader Ben Rhit
Research-based teaching in the English language classroom: Beyond the critical thinking
Karin Sari Saputra, S.Pd / Ehancing Reading Fluency Through Visual Inductive Model
Anwar Bin Zakaria / An Alternative Assessment in Psychological View: One Step Ahead Toward Students’ Learning Report Progress
Doni Alfaruqy / Exploring Students’ Perceptions of Utilization Electronic Dictionary for Mobile Phones in English Language Class
Nazifah Bt Hamidun / Students perception on language learning in a Blended-learning environment
Khairunnisa Binti Mohd Daud & Sharifah Raudzah Binti Syed Mahadi / Developing a Specialized Vocabulary Word List in a Composition Culinary Course through Lecture Notes
Nur Rasyidah & Mohd Nordin / Web-Based Resources in EFL Learning: An Enhancement of Students' Digital Literacy
Yunani Atmanegara,
Sherly Agustina & Desi Tiara / Malaysian English Literature: To Love or Ignore?
Na-Thinamalar Magiswary Nadarajan / Using Rasch Sub-Dimension Model as a De-Modularization Tool of the General and Specific Purposes Language Tests: An Upgrade Test Retrofit
Razieh Rabbani Yekta / Professional Development Needs And Demographic Variables Among Lecturers
Hoda Rezaeian
9:10 - 9:40 / Parallel 3 / Materials Development For Speaking Skills In Aviation English For Malaysian Air Traffic Controllers: Theory And Practice
Shamala Paramasivam / An Evaluation of Sohar University GFP Students’ Performance in Writing
Soufiane Rachid Trabelsi / Creative Tasks for Language Learning: Helping Learners to 'Stand a Head Taller Than They Are'
Tan Bee Tin
(F) / A Fine Grained Dialect Survey of Dreketi Fiji Hindi
Renuka Prasad / Teaching listening skills with songs: Not just wanna have fun
Amanakua Qistina Abdullah / Cultivating Creativity, Motivation And Engagement Through Stories in The Language Arts Classroom
Laysee Lee Gregory / The Effects of Embedding Information Technologies within ELT on EFL Learners' motivation and Interest
Shaker Mohammed / The Role of Social Media in EFL learning among Sudanese Students
El-Sadig Ezza, Abbas Bakheit & Mohammed Howary / Affecting Change: Towards quality in ELT in Sudan
Hala Nur / Bridging English Across Curriculum Through Creative And Interactive Task Based Learning
Sarva Brenda Letchumee
9:40 -10:00 / Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30 / Parallel 4 / Battle Of The Wordlords – A Fun Alternative To The Formal Debate
Loh Mei Lin & Rodina Kamaruddin
(F) / AmericanEnglish.State.Gov – A Free Materials Resource for Teachers
Dawn Rogier
(F) / EFL Learners' Negotiation of meanign through Different Communication Tasks
Samira Al Hosni / EFL for Palestinian Security Personnel in Workplace: Exploring Officers’ Motivation and Attitudes
Hussam A.Qaddomi / The Craft of Storytelling for Teachers and Students
Andrew Wright
(F-W) / Students Assignment For Poetry Understanding By Musical Poetry Project
Ely Nurmaily / The Effectiveness Of Song Technique In Teaching Paper Based Toefl (Pbt)’S Listening Comprehension Section
Heri Kuswoyo / Electronic “Guessing Game”: An Innovative Game for teaching Vocabulary to Young EFL Learners
I Ketut Trika Adi Ana &
Ni Made Ratminingsih / Effect of Graphic Organizers on the Writing Performance and Attitudes of Omani Grade Eight EFL Students
Badria Abdulaziz Al-Bulushi
10:35 - 11:05 / Parallel 5 / Types of questions Omani teachers use in Cycle One and Two Basic Education and their effectiveness for communicative language use
Shiekha Al-Shabibi / Making ELT Inclusive
Widad Al-Hashmi
John Eliezer / One text, multi Tasking Meeting the Mixed-Ability Challenge
Dulip Sing a/l Ranjet Singh / Read Answer and Understand
Jeganathan Maliga / Problems of English language Acquisition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Khadijah Bawazeer / Instant Fiction: An Assortment Of Creative Writing Activities For The Classroom
Vernon Daim & Noor Omar
11:10 - 12:10 / Plenary One: Playing Emily Gan
Pearlly Chua
12: 15 - 13:00 / Opening Ceremony
13:00 - 14:00 / Lunch
14:05 - 14:35 / Parallel 6 / Space Science for English - An E.T. at Space Camp : CPD & Reflection
Rodney Tan Chai Watt / Bringing Back the Magic – Creating Creative Teachers and Learners’
Anne Goodith White
(F-W) / Thinking Again About Language Learning
N.S Prabhu
(F) / Training English teachers in dialect English speaking countries: Case studies, The Bahamas, Jamaica, and Belize
George Iber
(F)
/ Classroom-based skills work with Dominoes
Alan Maley
(F) / Poetry, the way to developing creative writing skills
Wee Kok Seng
(W) / Using a song and story to enhance English Language Learning
Loke Khoon Ee
(W) / Playing around with children's literature
Mina Patel
(W) / Teaching with Popular and Rock Music in the English Language Classroom
Natalie Hudson
(W) / Teaching Critical Thinking of Secondary School Students
Wong Yao Hing &
Salomy Sumithra Krishna
(W)
14:40 - 15:10 / Parallel 7 / Opening Argumentative Dialogues: Use of Debate in the Omani EFL Classroom
Tausiff Sultana
15:15 - 16:15 / Plenary Two: Writing and Performing Jazz Chants
Carolyn Graham
16:20 - 16:50 / Parallel 8 / Developing a Theme-based Language Course For Front-Line Staff
Madam Sharifah Amani Bte Syed Abdul Rahman / Encounters with Learner Autonomy: The Good, the Bad and the Lonely
Normah Ismail / The Comparative Effect of Electronic Portfolio and Paper Portfolio on EFL Learners' Writing and Autonomy
Mahsa Soltani / Incorporating Forums To Enhance Critical Thinking Skills In The ESL Classroom
Rohayu Mohd. Yunos, Normah Ismail, Noor Hanim Rahmat, & Sharifah Amani Syed Abdul Rahman / Vocabulary Learning Strategies Of Secondary School Students In Salatiga, Indonesia
Gusti Astika / Blog experiment in language supervision: Students’ responses
Mohd Sallehhudin Abd Aziz / A study on Textbook Representation of Prepositions
Norwati Roslim / How Extrinsic Motivation Affects Academic Performance
Phallin Lay / Law of Attraction: Mantra for Successful Language Learning
Christine Arthur / Emily of Emerald Hill by Stella Kon
“An evening Of Scenes”
Pearlly Chua
(F)
Advanced Booking Required
The Dilemmas of Malay ESL Teacher Trainees: A Case Study of Malay ESL Teacher Trainee in Sarawak.
Norsarihan bin Ahmad & Hamzah bin Omar / The effect of writing strategies training on ESL learners' writing performance
Mimi Estonella binti, Mastan, Puan
Nooreing Maarof &
Mohamed Amin Embi / Postgrads’ Attitude toward Statistics in English Language Learning and Teaching Research
Vahid Nimehchisalem / Summing Up an Extensive Reading Class: A Reflective Note
Endang Setyaningsih, S.Pd., M.Hum / Boring presentations ? Pecha Kucha to the rescue
Puvaneswary Murugaiah / The impact of teachers' methodology on undergraduate students' grammatical problems in the MUET Extended writing
Puan Khatipah Binti Abdul Ghani / Planning and Teaching in Rural University Classroom Using Process Oriented Drama Approach
Azhariah Rachman / Beliefs about Learning English as a Second Language among Native Groups in Rural Sabah, Malaysia
Hariharan Krishnasamy, Arsaythamby Velo, &Fui Lu / Foregrounding In Literary Texts:: Investigating ESL Learners; Responses To Imagery, Rhythm And Novelty In L2 Story
Khairul Husna Abdul Kadir
16:55 - 17:25 / Parallel 9 / Self-regulation Strategy Use in Learning Vocabulary of Selected Iranian EFL Postgraduate Students in University Putra Malaysia
Uranus Saadat / An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between FLRA and Reflective Thinking
Seyit Ahmet Çapan &
Rumeysa Pektaş / Focus Framework: Presentation and Evaluation of Lexical Content in ELT Materials
Abdolvahed Zarifi / The effects of Implicit and explicit teaching of vocabulary glosses on computerized reading tasks
Karim Shabani / Emerging Early Reading for the 4th Graders through Shared Reading Method
Erlina Hamid &
Tri Susilawati, S.Pd / Understanding Primary Teacher's Beliefs and Practices Regarding Written Corrective Feedback
Umaimah Mohd Idris / Assessments in Outcome Based Education (OBE).....the reality
Kavita Renganathan / Using Directive Feedback To Improve Students’ Writing Skills: A Case Study Of English Department Students
Rina Febrina Sarie / Oral Corrective Feedback And Acquisition Of The Regular English Past Tense Inflection
Abdul Fattah Abd. Ghani &
Bee Eng Wong
Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Students’ Perception of Using a Blog in a Blended Learning Environment
Zahra Shahsavar / A Reason to Write: student journals in the English classroom
Rahmah Hj Sayuti / Power Point Presentation Assisted Instruction and Grammar Proficiency
Shirley Frigillano / Poem Recitation As A Strategy To Reduce Anxiety In A Blended Learning Public Speaking Classroom
Zailin Shah Hj Yusoff / A Study of Thai Students Working In Asymmetrical Pairs In An English Classroom
Wuttipol Khirin / TESL Trainees’ Profile and Their Approaches to Learning
Jurina Ibrahim / Peer-Mentoring Program And Academic Atmosphere Towards Writing Achievement Of The Students
Sri Endah Kusmartini &
Tiur Simanjuntak / Negotiating Identities while Performing Friendship in Facebook
Lai Yuh Ying &
Yap Ngee Thai / Outdoor Class Project: The Potential Benefits To
Foster Efl Students’ Language Proficiency
Indah Fajaria
17:30 - 18:00 / Coffee
F= Featured Speaker F-W= Featured Speaker’s Workshop W= Workshop P-W: Plenary Speaker’s Workshop
Day 2 - Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Time / Room 1 / Room 2 / Room 3 / Room 4 / Room 5 / Room 6 / Room 7 / Room 8 / Room 9 / Room 108:00 - 8:30 / Parallel 10 / Teaching Poetry in the ELT classroom: The what and how of it
Punyashree Panda / Unnerved by un-tiger-ish? Suffixed words and language proficiency
Madhavi Gayathri Raman / The Influence of Teachers’ Schema in Teaching Reading on Students’ Understanding
Putri Basmalah / Inductive And Deductive Grammar Teaching
Norzilawati Binti Ghazali / Communication Strategies in ESL Contexts
Lidya Ayuni Putri S.Pd. / Personal Problems And English Teachers - Are They Always Bad?
Muhd Khudri Bin Johari
Nur Zaimah Binti Jamil / Use Of Task Based Learning For Teaching Poetry
Aesheila Theesmas / The Teaching Of Oral Skills To Young Learners:
Teachers’ Belief And Practice
Rohamizar Ezatie Mohamed / Using WebQLM to Enhance Performance in Argumentative Writing
Tan Ooi Leng Choo,
Tan Kok Eng / What Makes A Good Technical Report: Higher Education
Teacher And Students’ Perspectives
Swi Ee Cheah & kok-Eng Tan
Tackling the Challenges of the Contemporary ELT Classroom: Teaching English to Students of Professional Courses
Minakshi Prasad Mishra / Contextual Strategy to Engage Language Learners
Christianus I Wayan Eka Budiartha / Young Learners’ Sight Words, Reading Habit, and Literacy Skills: Effectiveness of Informational Text Structures during Read-Aloud Strategy (ITSDRAS)
Chuzaimah Dahlan Diem & MLS, ED.D.
Diemroh Ihsan / Contemporary Children’s Literary Texts In Primary Schools: Literature that ‘speaks’?
Che Ton Bt Mahmud &
Hasimah Bt Ja'afar / Stretching the Rubber Band: Stress Level among Student Teachers
Zuriati bt Sabaruddin / Creating personal learning environments via blogs
Pramela Krish / Investigating international graduate students ‘needs in academic writing course
Sedigheh Shakib, Kotamjani
Habsah Bt Hussin &
Parastoo Babashamsi / Investigating Demotivational Factors in Learning English: The Case of Pakistani Undergraduates at Balochistan University by K.Sarojani Devi Krishnan Zahid Pathan
K.Sarojani Krishnan / The Implementation of the Phonics Method In the new Standards-based English Language Primary Curriculum (SBELC)
RABINDRA DEV PRASAD,
NOOREINY MAAROF, &
HAMIDAH YAMAT @ AHMAD / Word List Creation for Dummies: Using Word List Creator 1.0 ©to Develop a Customized
Engineering Word List at University Level
Ng Yu Jin,
Chong Seng Tong,
Yee Chiew Ling @ Vivian,
Lee Yi Ling,
Mohd Ariff Ahmad Tarmizi, &
Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi
8:35 - 9:05 / Parallel 11 / Grabble: Scream and Grab
Amin Din
(F) / Checklist Analysis of Oman’s Basic Curriculum EFL Textbooks Series
Christopher Denman &
Rahma Al-Mahrooqi / Creative Writing and Creative Performance
Dai Fan
(F) / Tracing Multiculturalism In Lat’s Cartoon Using Cartoon For Authentic Learning
Chang Siew Juen / Multi-word Verbal Constructions in Singapore English
TAN Siew Imm / STRIPping down sound features: meaning making through suprasegmentals
Stephen Hall
(F-W) / The Function of Hyperreal Technological Impacts in Mohsin Hamid’s Moth Smoke and Reluctant Fundamentalist
Afshan Moin / The Preferred Teaching Approach And Method For Second Language Learners In Multicultural Environment
Reshminder Kaur / Mentoring Primary School English Teachers in Malaysia
Michael Hughes / A Multiple Intelligences Approach to Literature that Develops Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Intelligence through an Enriching Exploration of Contemporary Fiction
Indranee Liew
9:10 - 9:40 / Parallel 12 / Muslim Attitude towards English and Native Speakers of English: A revision of Rahman’s Responses
Christopher Denma / In/credulous (un)predictability: Opening minds in the ELT classroom
Muhammed Shahriar Haque / Integration of Language Skills and Culture in English Language Teaching: Rationale and Implications for Practice
Emira Derbel / Teaching English to Speakers of Fiji Hindi
Salesh Kumar / The influence of a Fijian of Part-Europeans on English acquisition: A case study of Wainunu-i-caxe
Ana Kitolelei / English for Teaching
Piyachat
(F) / Promoting Reflective Practice through the Mechanics of Writing in Personal Blogs
Wan Najmiyyah Wan Md Adnan &
Norashikin Mohd Mokhtar
9:40 - 10:00 / Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30 / Parallel 13 / Drawing simply and quickly
Andrew Wright
(F-W) / English Communication Skills and Employability in the Arabian Gulf: The Case of Oman
Rahma Al-Mahrooqi & Victoria Tuzlukova
(F) / Engaging poetry using multimedia
Moomala Othman / Malaysian Student Demotivation in Learning English: The Impact of Conscientiousness
Sylvia Mei-Ying Dinius / Moving beyond the Monologue!
Ain Nadzimah Abdullah
(F) / The mobile phone in ELT
Ebinezar John / The Neglected World of the Workplace Trainer
Marwa Elshafie / Bare necessities: Nouns, verbs and proficiency
Vijaya / Med-ELT Students’ Assignment Shock at Universitas Tanjungpura
Ikhsanudin
(F) / The Narrator, The Yam, And The Knife – Gender Stereotyping In Selected Nigerian Folktales
Bridget Anthonia Makwemoisa Yakubu
10:35 - 11:05 / Parallel 14 / Problems Encountered by Prospective English teachers in writing a Thesis in the Foreign Language
Luh Putu Artini / Correlation between low-proficiency in English and negative perceptions of what it means to be an English speaker
Andrew Williams & Kavarljit Kaur Gill / Romancing thinking in the language classroom
Aida Azlina Hj Mohd Bee / Media For Group Work Activity In Teaching Reading For The Fifth Grade Students Of Elementary School
Putu Kerti Nitiasih &
Ni Wayan Surya Mahayanti, / Enhancing Competency in English: The Covert Approach a Complimentary to the Overt Approach in Teaching Grammar
Hussein Islam Abdullah &
Parilah M. Shah / Rhythm and spaces through autoethnography: Dancing to one’s own drum across cultures
Stephen Hall
(F) / Genre Diversity: Understanding & Using Comprehension Strategies To Activate Reading & Learning
Indranee Liew
11:10 - 12:10 / Plenary Three: ‘A Way of Happening, a Mouth’: Literature’s Survival in the English Curriculum
Paul Hullah
12:10 - 13:10 / Plenary Four: They don't care about the vocabulary, they care about the characters
Jan Blake
13:10 - 14:10 / Lunch
14:15 - 14:45 / Parallel 15 / The Power Of Music And Poetry
In The Language Classroom
Carolyn Graham
(P-W) / “Cultural Product Wrapped In English Language?” Cultural Aspect Of English As A Lingua Franca: An IndianView
Ujjaini Sinha Roy / Public Speaking from the Toastmasters Perspective
Umi Kalthom Abdul Manaf
(F) / Voices of Silence in EFL Classrooms
Kokitboon Fukham / Second language learning and guise motivation, side issues at elementary
level in Govt schools in Kashmir India
N.A. Mir / Effects of 3D Talking Head Mobile Phone Application in Improving English Pronunciation among Tertiary Level Students: An Overview
S.Kogilathah / Summary Writing Skills In The 21st Century
Ainan Binti Sulaiman / Review of Assessment Methods for Reading Disorders in Malaysia
Parameswari Shunmugam,
Muthusamy K.A, &
Azian Abdul Kadir / Assessment Literacy of EFL Teachers: An Emerging Issue
Hossein Farhady
(F) / Factors that Affect Teacher Trainers' Attitudes towards Blended Learning Adoption in Teacher Training Institutes
Cheok Mei Lick,
N.Baratithasan, &
RM.Rajendran
14:50 - 15:20 / Parallel 16 / The effect of Weekly quizzes on the learning achievement of Saudi EFL learners
Muhammad Umer Azim / The Academic Word List: Does One Size Fit All Disciplines?
Thomas Nygren / Reflection By English Teachers Regarding Bumpy Moments In Teaching
Nur Zaimah Binti Jamil &
Muhd Khudri Bin Johari / The Charm of Storytelling
Wei Li / Engaging Thai University EFL Students through Computer –Mediated Communication
Wilaichitra Nilsawaddi / Yes, I Speak English!
Lim Ai Ling / Multiple Intelligences: Concept and Praxis in the ESL Classroom
Revathi Srinivas
15:25 - 16:25 / Plenary Five: Poetry As Performance
Paul Cookson
16:30 - 17:30 / Parallel 17 / The Way That You Teach It: Literary Texts for Lower-Level L2 Learners
Paul Hullah
(P-W) / How To Encourage Students To Speak
Jaib Singh
(W) / Make A Difference
T.Navaratnam
(W) / Phonics Fairy in 10 minutes
Noor Azmira Amran &
Syaliana Jamaludin
(W) / Discover and be enchanted: Transforming Language Arts through puppetry
Chng Bee Ee
(W) / Once Upon An i-Time
Shakina Rajendram&
Mallika Vasugi G.
(W) / Write Something Interesting for a Change
Alan Maley
(F-W) / Enhancing early literacy through a systematic phonics scheme
Chew Lay Kean
(W) / Vocabulary Learning With and Without Technology
Kerrin Burnell
(W) / Classroom Management: Prevention is Better Than Cure
Faisal Al-Saidi
(W)
17:30 - 18:00 / Coffee
18:00- 19:00 / A Programme of Stories and Poems
Andrew Wright & Alan Maley
Venue: Room 1
F= Featured Speaker F-W= Featured Speaker’s Workshop W= Workshop P-W: Plenary Speaker’s Workshop