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Day 3: Sunday 1 March<br />
Time Venue Activity<br />
10.<strong>15</strong> – 11.30 Various PARALLEL SESSION 1 continued<br />
10.<strong>15</strong> – 10.45 G04 Ref<strong>res</strong>her courses in English: their role in ensuring quality in ELT,<br />
Prithviraj Thakur<br />
Ref<strong>res</strong>her courses are mandatory for the career advancement of college<br />
and university teachers in India. This p<strong>res</strong>entation aims to discuss how<br />
effective the ref<strong>res</strong>her courses in English have been in the professional<br />
development of English teachers at college and university level.<br />
Prithviraj Thakur teaches English at the G. S. Science, Arts and<br />
Commerce College, Khamgaon, Maharashtra. His inte<strong>res</strong>ts are ELT, teacher<br />
development and translation.<br />
11.00 – 11.30 A Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on using corpus in ELT<br />
classrooms: an evaluation, Vijayakumar Chintalapalli<br />
This paper discusses the findings of a Faculty Development Programme<br />
(FDP) on the viability of incorporating corpus-based language teaching<br />
(CBLT) materials and methods in teaching English in <strong>tec</strong>hnical institutions.<br />
The data collected with the help of a questionnaire, a checklist, and a<br />
<strong>res</strong>earchers’ journal from 30 experienced professors of English are<br />
analysed to evaluate the possibility. Implications for the practical<br />
application of CBLT with regard to materials, task types and methodology<br />
are p<strong>res</strong>ented.<br />
Vijayakumar Chintalapalli is an assistant professor of English in VIT<br />
University, Vellore. He has a PhD in ELE from the EFL University,<br />
Hyderabad.<br />
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10.<strong>15</strong> – 10.45 G05 Using assessment criteria to develop argumentative essay writing,<br />
Sruti Akula<br />
A study using assessment criteria as pedagogic tools to develop<br />
argumentative essay writing was conducted with higher secondary school<br />
learners. This study observed that assessment criteria can become<br />
effective pedagogic tools to foster learner autonomy and enhance learner<br />
awareness about the featu<strong>res</strong> of the genre. The approach adopted and<br />
other ways and contexts in which assessment criteria can be used will be<br />
discussed for teachers to experiment in their classrooms.<br />
Sruti Akula is doing a PhD in English Language Education at The English<br />
and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. Her areas of inte<strong>res</strong>t are<br />
academic reading, teaching and writing.<br />
11.00 – 11.30 Observation and reflection: study in the engineering context,<br />
Venkateswara Udayakumar<br />
This study investigates the importance of collaborative action <strong>res</strong>earch in<br />
teaching English at the tertiary level in engineering colleges. The study<br />
focuses on language teachers and their role in observing, reflecting and<br />
tackling the problems of the learners in the language classrooms. The<br />
p<strong>res</strong>ent study was conducted at Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India.<br />
Nine faculty members from three different engineering colleges<br />
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