Under the patronage of

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The UAE Deputy Prime Minister

Abu Dhabi University (ADU) &
The International Association for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Special Interest Groups (ELTM/TDSIGS)

present

Hilton Hotel, Abu Dhabi
January 27-28, 2007

Delegate Registration

THE PATRON’S Official Opening and Welcome Address

Keynote Address:
Prof. Dr Reynold Macpherson, Chancellor and CEO, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Plenary Session: When were Candles Obsolete?
Jeremy Harmer, UK

Plenary Session: Learning as Leading, Leading as Learning
Adrian Underhill, UK

Concurrent Session 1:

Reflective Teaching: What Do You See?
Cindy Gunn, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Setting Standards - An Introduction to Cambridge ESOL Exams and the Importance of International Recognition
Craig McWilliam, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, UK

Materials Development in Response to Change… Or is it the other way round
Salam Affouneh, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Awareness of Six Emerging Technologies for Successful Managing Change in ELT
John Allan, College of the North Atlantic, Qatar

Role of Peace Education in English Language Teaching
Elizabeth A. Reber-Rider, Zayed University, UAE

From Boardroom Decisions to Classroom Practices: Experience from an Intensive English Programme
K C Lee, Happy Goh, National University of Singapore

Changing Scenario in ELT and Teacher Education Programmes: A Race against Each Other? Meenalochana Inguva, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

The Management of Change on a Masters Degree in TESOL
Christopher Shaw, University of Essex, UK

Plenary Session:
Motivation: The Key to Inspiration and Innovation
George Pickering, UK

Concurrent Session 2:

Understanding Self and Others: The Impact of ‘Western’ and ‘Arab’ Values on Leadership and Management
Andrew Thomas, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Accommodating Visually Impaired Learners in EFL Classes Lucy Mardel-Ferreira, British Council/Tamkeen, UAE

Using Technology to Make Teachers’ Lives Easier: Activities for Recycling Vocabulary
Melanie Gobert, Abu Dhabi Women’s College (HCT), UAE

Nord Anglia and the Public Private Partnership: Challenge, Change and Opportunity
David Singleton, Helen Kavanagh, Nord Anglia Education Development Services, UAE

Explicit Instruction and the Acquisition of English Passive Forms
Masoud Rahimi Domakani, Shahrekord University, Iran

Promoting Academic Integrity in a Changing World
Paul MacLeod, Petroleum Institute, UAE

The Management of a Process of Curriculum Change in a Large University School of English Language
Dr John O’Dwyer, Bilkent University, Turkey

Collaborative Action Research for English Language Teachers
Dr. Aziz Khalil, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Concurrent Session 3:

Changing Places: Piloting a Change Programme for
School Teachers
Anne Wiseman, Eilidh Hamilton, British Council, Bahrain

What is Everybody Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing About? The Next Generation TOEFL Test
Mary Corrado, AMIDEAST, UAE

Beyond Survival: A Critical Thinking Group Exercise Adapted for the Computer-Centered Writing Classroom
Jerald Cumbus, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Evaluation of INSETT Project
Esmira Rahimova, Gulara Aliyeva, Tarana Bayramova, British Council, Azerbaijan

Finding Anchors Amidst the Seachanges of ELT: A Perspective
Dr Tausiff Sultana, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Enabling Change: Teacher Education and Distance Learning - Closing the Distance
Steve Terry, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Student Feedback on Teaching and Learning: Principled Instrument Design, Data Interpretation and Informed Change
Mark Harrower, Al Ain Men’s College (HCT), UAE

Changing Course: A Case Study of Managing Change in the ELT Curriculum
Jill Morris, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Plenary Session:
DREAM Management: Involving and Motivating Teachers
Phil Quirke, HCT, UAE

Concurrent Session 4:

GOTEVOT English Curricula Development Project
Dr Abdulkarim Alnujaidi, General Organisation for Technical Education and Vocational Training, and Maureen Franks, British Council, Saudi Arabia

Autonomous Language Learning in EFL Classroom: Rejection and Procrastination Dr Yahya Al-Khoudary, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Blogging in English Language Teaching, An Overview
Ahmed A. Moustafa, The Institute of Applied Technology, UAE

Widening Horizons Ð Broadening Experience
Jan Reid, Alison Currie, CfBT, UAE

What Makes an Effective Manager in Our Ever Changing Educational World?
Tom Le Seelleur, Petroleum Institute, and Dr Christopher Dixon, Abu Dhabi University, UAE

Helping Teachers to Manage Change Through Their Performance Management and Professional Development
Kate Harris, British Council, UAE

Global English and the Construction of Local Identities Fatima Badry American University of Sharjah, UAE

Building Communities of Reflective Professionals for Effective Educational Change Ginny Rowlands, British Council, Bahrain

Plenary Session:
Managing Change in ELT: People … the Ghost in the Machine
Liam Brown, British Council, UK

Concurrent Session 5:

Whose Culture, Whose Rules
in the EFL Classroom?
Dr Ali Shehadeh, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Managing Change in
Curricular Alignment: Finding the Skill “Threads”
Throughout a University
English Program
Gerriet Arthur Janssen, University of the Andes, Colombia

Observing Experienced Teachers: What Happens
When One Experienced
Teacher Has To Observe Another?
Rosalind Balp, Abu Dhabi Women’s College (HCT), UAE

Using Pragmatic Maxims for Teaching and Assessing Academic Communication
Roger Nunn, Petroleum Institute, UAE

Newton and the Laws of Grammar: Science in the Language Classroom
Laura Lau, Richard Lau,
Petroleum Institute, UAE

Teachers and Teaching: Enabling or Impeding Change
in the Classroom and
Staffroom
Dr Jenny Farrell, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE

Managing Change through Transformational and
Distributed Leadership Perspectives
Dr Lauren Stephenson, Zayed University, UAE

Getting it Right! English for the UAE Work Environment
Mabel Lahlou, University of Sharjah, UAE

Plenary Session:
Alone Together in
Development and Change
Dr Deniz Kurtoglu Eken, Sabanci University, Turkey

PANEL DISCUSSION AND
OPEN FORUM:
Debate on the conference
issues with the
Plenary Speakers

CLOSING CEREMONIES

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