The 3rd Asia TEFL International Conference Schedule
November 3rd (Thursday)
13:00~20:00 Registration (Lobby of China Resources Hotel)
16:30~18:30 Executive Council Meeting (Meeting Room at HEP)
19:00~21:00 Dinner for Executive Council Members & Invited Speakers
November 4th (Friday)
8:00~9:00 Registration (Lobby of China Resources Hotel)
9:00~9:45 Opening Ceremony (Convention Hall)
Opening/Welcoming Addresses
1. Vice-Minister of Education, China
2. Prof. Hyo Woong Lee, President of Asia TEFL
3. Prof. Liu Zhipeng, President of HEP
4. Prof. Yang Zhizhong, Representative of Asia TEFL in China
5. Prof. Liu Yuan, Executive Conference Chair
9:45~10:15 Special Invited Speech (Convention Hall)
China’s English Teaching Reform: Trends and Issues
Hu Zhuanglin, China Research & Development Center for Foreign Languages Teaching & Learning
10:15~10:30 Break
10:30~11:20 Keynote Speech (Convention Hall)
Reinventing Language Teaching
David Nunan, University of Hong Kong, China
11:20~12:10 Plenary Speech (Convention Hall)
From Communicative Competence to Intercultural Literacy
Claire Kramsch, UC Berkeley, USA
12:10~13:10 Lunch and Book Exhibition
13:10~13:35 Concurrent Sessions (19 rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of Presentation20F Meeting Room / Regine Hoffmann-Schwarz / Cultural Awareness and EFL Material on the Internet
18F Meeting Room / Yoshiharu Masuda, Pamela Davis / Volumetric and Durational Analysis of Breathing During Speech in Japanese and English
17F Meeting Room / Atsuko Kashiwagi， Michael Snyder， James Craig / Phonological Features of Nonnative Speech Leading to Miscommunication
16F Meeting Room / Young-ja Lee, Robert Schwab / The Music of English: Rhythm and Its Effects on Word Choice
VIP 13 / Jaekeun Lee, Eunsuk Jung / A Study of Vocabulary Teaching Methods on Improving English Learners’ Vocabulary Ability, Interest, and Self-confidence in Korean Elementary School
VIP 14 / Ayyob Jodairi / Teachers as Coordinators in Developing ESP Curriculum
VIP 15 / Ahmed M. Kandil / Journal Writing in the EFL Classroom
4F Meeting Room / Dairong Liu / Acquiring Negators in Double Negations, Tag Questions and Yes/No Questions in Terms of SLA: Chinese and Japanese Learners of English
VIP 12 / Sabiha Mansoor / Language and Gender in Higher Education
VIP 11 / Liu Ping,Huang Jun Feng / Case study of listening and speaking learning in a CALL environment
VIP 10 / Zhang Yanyan / Data-driven Learning: Applications and Implications
Function 6 / Kip A. Cates, Matthew Eng, Rebekah Hammer / The Asian Youth Forum: Promoting International Understanding Through English
Function 7 / Zhang Jufang / Strategies for Motivating Students in College English Classroom in China: Result of an Empirical Study
Function 2 / Md.Asad miah / Teaching English to the poor of Bangladesh: A success story
Function 3 / Athriyana Pattiwael / Repositioning Culture in ELT Classroom: Affirming Culture Contribution to English Language Teaching
Function 1 / Fan Weiwei, Lv Liang / Refection on English Inter-disciplinary Personnel—Research and analysis of 2001 E-F majors at HUST
Function 4 / Sakae Onoda / Exploring the relationship Between Learner’s Beliefs and Proficiency Among Japanese University Students
Ballroom A / Chen Jianping / The Impact of L1 Structure, Culture and Cognitive Experience on EFL Learning in the Chinese Context
Hua Xi Hall / Mohammad Shariati / Asians’ value for face, a Clue for the Selection of Learning Strategies
13:45~14:10 Concurrent Sessions (19 rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of Presentation20F Meeting Room / Huang Hui, Xiongying Tang / College English Multimedia-network Teaching Basing on Constructivism
18F Meeting Room / Abdullah Sarani / Use of Articles in Learning of English as a Foreign Language: The Case of Iranian Students
17F Meeting Room / Liu Chenyan, He Qiguang / Experimental Study on Computer-Assisted English Listening And Speaking Activities
16F Meeting Room / Alison Vinande / Powerpoint Grammar with a Cultural Bent?
VIP 13 / Amir Mahdavi-zafarghandi / Age Factor and L2 Fluency
VIP 14 / Amy Fenning / American Culture through Film: A Course for Non-native Speakers of English
VIP 15 / Mae-Ran Park / Exploring the Role of Visuals in EFL Coursebooks: A Korean High School English Textbook Case
4F Meeting Room / Jihyeon Jeon, Soyoung Lee / Korean Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in English
VIP 12 / Peter Medgyes / Paved with Good Intentions - Foreign Language Policy in Hungary
VIP 11 / Zhou Ming / Steps to Learning Managers
VIP 10 / Wen Zhisheng, Edward / An Investigation into Formulaic Sequences in Advanced EFL Writing
Function 6 / Young-in Moon / DCT Types Eliciting Interlanguage Pragmatic Ability for Low Proficiency Learners
Function 7 / Zhao Wen Huang Weizu Wang Boran / Technology-enabled English Teaching--- An Integrated Web-based English Learning System at NEU
Function 2 / Xiwen Xu / Language Learning Strategies and Cultural Beliefs: A Study on Chinese Students’ Changes from EFL to ESL Learning Cultures
Function 3 / Lillian L.C. Wong / Teacher education and development: helping teachers integrate information technology into language teaching
Function 1 / Paul Stapleton, Rena Helms Park / Evaluating Web Sources in an EAP Course: Introducing a Graded Scale for L2 Academic Writing
Function 4 / Wang Junxian / A Correlational Study of Affective Variables and Oral English Competence 情感因素与英语口语能力的研究
Ballroom A / 预留
Hua Xi Hall / Hoo-Dong Kang / Elementary English Teachers' Perception of and Preference for E-learning in Korea
14:20~14:45 Concurrent Sessions (20rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of Presentation20F Meeting Room / Peter Jakubowicz / Complexity Theory and Online Learning
19F Meeting Room / Ding Jie / Asynchronous and Synchronous Communication in College English Writing in Web-based Learning Environment
18F Meeting Room / B. Tasnuva Arafeen / Insight into Students’ Problem --- A Study of the English Foundation Course at the Tertiary Level in Bangladesh
17F Meeting Room / Tian Yuying / Have Authenticity Go with Task-based Methodology in College English Teaching
16F Meeting Room / Zhu Xiaoyan, Andrews, Stephen / How is novice English teachers’ PCK developed in the PRC?
VIP 13 / Seungbin Roh / Curriculum Research: Integrating “Currere” into teaching of culture in the Korean EFL Class (Focused on the lived experience, sociopolitical confrontations and the identity formation of individual human beings)
VIP 14 / David Anderson / Lights, camera, learning: Teaching autonomous learning in a Chinese EFL classroom
VIP 15 / Prateep Kiratibodee / The Relationships among Test-Takers’ Variables and CBT Reading Scores
4F Meeting Room / Zhang Qingzong / The Relationship among Learning Attribution, Language Learning Strategies and Learning Performance
VIP 12 / Yang Huizhong / Language Testing and Language Teaching
VIP 11 / Kilryoung Lee / A case of teacher strategy for Asian students’ reticence
VIP 10 / Li Qiong / A comparative study on the Content of English refusals by Americans and Chinese EFL learners
Function 6 / Zoya G. Proshina / Russian English: Status, Attitudes, Problems
Function 7 / Zhang Wenpeng, Chen Yun / A Study on Quality of CET Multiple-choice Items---Item Response Theory Approach
Function 2 / Kozo Yanagawa / The Effects of Provision of Item Stems and/or Answer Options on Multiple-choice Question Listening Comprehension Test Performance: The relevance to item characteristics
Function 3 / Susan Holzman / Bilingual Electronic Dictionaries: Bridges to Independent Foreign Language Reading
Function 1 / Liang Xiaohua / Children’s Language Acquisition in English Immersion
Function 4 / Arifa Rahman / EFL texts and human Values: A Case Study
Ballroom A / Wu Dingmin / A Tentative Consideration in Designing a Cultural-based Syllabus
Ballroom B / Andrew Bruske / A Focus on Academic English Interactions/Mosaic 4th Edition
14:45~15:05 Break
15:05~15:45 Featured Sessions (5 rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of PresentationVIP 12 / Tariq Rahman / Role of English in Pakistan
VIP 11 / Luo Lisheng / Challenges and Changes Facing College English Teaching in China at the Beginning of the 21st Century
VIP 10 / Joo-Kyung Park / Professionalization of TEFL in Korea: The Roads Ahead
Ballroom A / Galina Lovtsevich
Stephen Ryan / Raising Awareness of ELT Terms Among Teachers in Training
Ballroom B / Ganakumaran Subramaniam / Confronting Asian Concerns in Engaging Learners to Online Education
15:55~16:20 Concurrent Sessions (20rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of Presentation20F Meeting Room / Wang Keming / On Implicit Translation and Its Impact on the English Language Teaching
19F Meeting Room / Gilda Victoria B. Jacalan / Reflective Teaching and Teacher Development
18F Meeting Room / Dan Lu / Effects of Peer Feedback on. Hong Kong Students’ ESL Writing
17F Meeting Room / Min-hsun Maggie Su / Language learning Motivation in the Continuing Education Program
16F Meeting Room / Kozo Yanagawa / The effects of provision of…
VIP 13 / Ning Huiping / On Optimal Input in College English Teaching
VIP 14 / Wang Yuhuan / A Bilingual Teaching Research on International Business Practice Course
VIP 15 / Sun-Young Oh / A Corpus-based Study of Epistemic Modality in Korean Learners’ Written Interlanguage
4F Meeting Room / Brendan Keller Roy, Jody Marshall / Sewing the Seed
VIP 12 / Lin, Hsuan-Wen / Take Systems Thinking for TEFL Classes
VIP 11 / Gao Shuling, Wang Huiling / Learning English by Experiencing
VIP 10 / 预留
Function 6 / Patrick Dougherty / Using Graphic Organizers in the Language Classroom
Function 7 / Toshiaki Ozasa / Readability of the English Textbooks of China, Korea and Japan
Function 2 / Wu Chengyi / Blogs in TEFL: a New and Promising Vehicle
Function 3 / Jody Marshall, Pan Hualing / English, the internet seasoned with psychology- The perfect recipe for engaging students
Function 1 / Chika Sakamoto / Controlled Composition tasks with/without hints—in terms of TEFL to novice learners in Japan--
Function 4 / Huang Junsheng / Interactive Integration: Language Learning Strategies, Styles, and Tasks in the Chinese EFL Classroom
Ballroom A / Wu Shujing / A Survey into the Opinions …
Hua Xi Hall / Emi Fukasawa, Naoko Hosoda,Kameda,Yuki Noda / The comparison of Korean and Japanese English Textbooks and Their Effects on How Teachers Teach
16:30~16:55 Concurrent Sessions (20 rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of Presentation20F Meeting Room / Ryoichi Yamamoto / Designing an ‘English for Publishing’ Course with Computer Technology
19F Meeting Room / Paul Daniels / ESP and Project-based Learning
18F Meeting Room / Esmat Babaii, Hasan Ansary / A Cross-Disciplinary Study of Academic Book Reviews: Defining a Genre
17F Meeting Room / Yang Manzhen / Effect of Dictation Methods on a Dictation Test
16F Meeting Room / Zhang Jing / The Role of Context in Comprehension of Default Meaning
VIP 13 / Chitose Asaoka / Improving pre-service English Teacher Training in Japan: Students teachers’ perception
VIP 14 / Zhan Ju / Conception, Convention and Common Sense: Teaching “Thesis Writing” to Chinese Graduate Students in an English MA Program
VIP 15 / Song Yanan / Teachers’ beliefs about the L1 in their L2 teaching
4F Meeting Room / Matthew Peacock / Attribution ad Learning English as a Foreign Language
VIP 12 / Charlene Tan / Linguistic Pragmatism and Language Policy Changes in Singapore
VIP 11 / Mona Khabiri / A Study on the Relationship between EFL Teachers’ Learning Strategies, Teaching Practices, and Beliefs in Strategy Instruction
VIP 10 / Wang Qiang / An investigation into …
Function 6 / Jian Yang, Bing Liu / Lexical Borrowing in China English and Chinese Dialects
Function 7 / Kang Huimin / The Acquisition of Tense and Aspect by Hong Kong Secondary School Learners of English
Function 2 / Sakae Suzuki, Tazuru Wada, Takaaki Kumazawa / A Study on Japanese Secondary School Students’ Beliefs about English Learning
Function 3 / Rolando D. Dollete / The English Reading Competence of Freshmen Students in Public High Schools, Philippines
Function 1 / Zhang Hongwei
Wang Yuxin / A Practical Application with Multimedia Technique in Foreign Language Learning
Function 4 / Cai Changzhuo, Li Jing / Difference Analysis and Self-valuation of College English Faculty in Ethic and Remote Areas of China
Ballroom A / Mitsue Allen-Tamai / How do Young Second Language Learners Identify L2 Sounds?-Building a model of L2 phonological awareness
Hua Xi Hall / Jiang Qingxin / How to Enhance Learners’ Autonomy through Their Self-Conducted In-Class Presentation
17:05~17:30 Concurrent Sessions (20 rooms)
Room / Speaker / Title of Presentation20F Meeting Room / Wang Zhenfang / Integration of Education Technology and English Course
19F Meeting Room / Esther R. Hufana / Promoting Professional Development among English Language Teachers
18F Meeting Room / Nasrin Shokrpour / A survey of the students and interns? Problems in EFL
17F Meeting Room / Nora Anniesha Binte Hussin / Comparing Learner Discourse of Three Different Tools in Interaction in Second Language Acquisition
16F Meeting Room / Noriko Akiho-Toyota / The Reliability of the BVAT(Bilingual Verbal Ability Test), as applied to Japanese Bilinguals
VIP 13 / Jim McKinley / Learning English Writing in a Japanese University: Developing Critical Argument and Establishing Writer Identity
VIP 14 / Yuan Ye / A Preliminary Cognitive Linguistic-based Syllabus of EFL/ESL Teaching
VIP 15 / Yukiko Yabuta
Hiroyuki Obari / Effect and Influence of CASEC, a Computer Adaptive Test, in Japanese EFL Environment
4F Meeting Room / Fu Li / The promotion of learner autonomy at tertiary level in China---from the perspectives of a Chinese EFL learner
VIP 12 / B.S.PRAMEELA PRIADERSIN / Classroom Based Action Research
VIP 11 / Wu Zhongjie, Li Jingnan / The Impact of Technology-Enhanced Learning On L2 Instruction
VIP 10 / Sangmin Lee / Electronic Discussion Boards as a New Communication and Writing Space in EFL Classrooms
Function 6 / Hye-jin Huh / Integrating an On-line Education Program into the University System
Function 7 / Song Lei / Promoting Dynamic Assessment for Tertiary ELT: An Empirical study based on MI Theory and New Curriculum Standards
Function 2 / Sun Nailing / The training of listening strategies of Non-English Major Postgraduates
Function 3 / Robb Ross
Shaun Manning / Global Course Books: Are they helping or hindering the promotion of Intercultural Communicative Competence in L2 teaching and learning?
Function 1 / Gu Qiyi / Implicit and Explicit English Language Teaching in Chinese Primary Schools: An Empirical Study
Function 4 / Ali Akbar Jabbari / Acquisition of English Noun Markers by Persian Learners of English as a Foreign Language
Ballroom A / Cheng Xiaotang / Chinese EFL Teachers’ Job Burnout
Hua Xi Hall / Gordon Joyes, Zehang Chen / Researching on an Online Teacher Education Course
17:40~18:05 Concurrent Sessions (20 rooms)