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Day 1: Friday 27 February
Time Venue Activity
14.00 – 15.15 Various PARALLEL SESSION 2 continued
14.00 – 14.30 103 The effect of the feedback-discussion-reflection-revision cycle on
tertiary level writing performance, Shree Deepa
In this presentation I will talk about a study on the feedback-discussionreflection-revision
cycle on tertiary level writing performance. This paper
examines such a task done with students of the integrated masters’
programme at the University of Hyderabad. Both quantitative and
qualitative analyses demonstrate that when teacher feedback is coupled
with peer discussion and reflection, writing skills are enhanced.
Shree Deepa teaches at the Centre for English Language Studies,
University of Hyderabad. She is currently interested in the study of
including blind-visually-impaired students into mainstream education and
improving techniques of teaching English at the tertiary level.
14.45 – 15.15 The impact of final outline and self-assessment rubrics in the
composition writing of the English language teacher trainees,
Karunathevy Sivaji
This paper reports on the effect of the strategic employment of two
rubrics – a final outline format and a self-assessment tool at the pre- and
post-levels respectively of academic written composition sessions for
nineteen ELT practitioners. The comparison of pre- and post-test marks
and a questionnaire revealed a positive impact on their performance.
Karunathevy Sivaji is Senior Lecturer at the ELTC, University of Jaffna, Sri
Lanka and visiting teacher trainer at the Open University. She has an M.A in
English and TESL, and is currently pursuing a PhD.
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14.00 – 15.00 104 Utilizing tablets and one-to-one coaching to develop teacher practice
for the creation of audio-visual OER, Lina Adinolfi and Snehal Shah
In this paper we describe an initiative in which Indian teacher educators
utilized tablet-based observations and one-to-one coaching to enhance
English language teachers' classroom practice in preparation for the
creation of audio-visual OER for use in a large-scale professional
development programme in India. Drawing on a range of data, we examine
the nature of the teacher-teacher educator partnerships forged and the
immediate and longer term effect of this intense collaborative initiative on
improving classroom practice.
Lina Adinolfi, Lecturer, OER Academic, TESS-India, The Open University,
UK
Snehal Shah, Senior Academic AV Production, TESS-India, The Open
University, UK
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14.00 – 15.00 105 Q and A session, Rod Bolitho
This is your chance to ask any questions you may have about this
morning’s keynote address.
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