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Day 3: Sunday 1 March Time Venue Activity 10.15 – 11.30 Various PARALLEL SESSION 1 continued Sumita Sarkar is a PhD student at Centre for Research in Education and Education Technology, Open University, UK. Her research interests are teacher education, constructivism, education quality and OERs. Sarita Pandey has been a lecturer at DIET, Lucknow for the last 17 years. She teaches Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Geography and Pedagogy. 11.00 – 11.30 102 Academic reading and writing in English: the theory and practice, Partha Sarathi Misra This paper focuses on the importance of teaching academic reading and writing in English for ensuring the quality of the professional growth of English teachers who often struggle hard to engage themselves with academic texts written in English. It also presents an analysis and a summary of the academic reading and writing experiences of a group of postgraduate students of Education of an Indian university who attended a course on academic reading and writing. Partha Sarathi Misra is a faculty member of Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He teaches ‘Academic Reading and Writing’ and ‘Curriculum Material Development in English.’ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 10.15 – 10.45 103 The usefulness of workshops in improving classroom teaching: a study of in-service English teachers, Vivek Agrawal The paper focuses on the usefulness of workshops in improving classroom teaching organized on campus or off campus for language. To find out the usefulness of these workshops, ten in-service ESL teachers were given a questionnaire. The utility of workshops will be studied through the analysis of questionnaire responses and classroom observations. The improvement in their classroom teaching will be observed by the tools and techniques used in their classrooms learned in workshops. Vivek Agrawal teaches at IPS College of Technology and Management, Gwalior, as an Associate Professor, and specializes in Communication Skills, ELT. 11.00 – 11.30 Interface between training and classroom practices: a study of British Council training on writing skills, Hitesh C. Bhakat This paper discusses the efficacy of British Council training on developing learner language skills in English. The paper is based on a research study conducted to assess the effectiveness of training on writing skills. The paper investigates the impact of training on learner learning outcomes and assesses teachers’ awareness in understanding transactional skills in classroom practices to maximize the training benefit and to improve the quality of English education. Hitesh Chandra Bhakat, Lecturer at the Regional Institute of English, South India, Bangalore, handles professional development, produces materials and undertakes research studies. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 66
Day 3: Sunday 1 March Time Venue Activity 10.15 – 11.30 Various PARALLEL SESSION 1 continued 10.15 – 10.45 104 A study on investigating the perception of task-based language teaching among ESL teachers, Malathy Bakeerathan Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT), one of the most influential branches coming out of Communicative Language Teaching, drives the learners to be engaged in meaningful acquisition of language. This paper aims at investigating the awareness and attitudes of teacher trainees towards implementing TBLT in their ESL classrooms. The forty teacher trainees involved in the study were following in-service training in a particular Teachers’ Training College in Sri Lanka. Malathy Bakeerathan is a lecturer at English Language Teaching Centre, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her research interests include TBLT. 11.00 – 11.30 Teacher education for all: analysing inclusivity in large-scale English language teacher education programmes in Bihar, Samathmika Balaji and Mrinalini Sen This paper aims to present an analysis of how inclusivity is placed in the current state policy for English language teacher education in Bihar. By examining available documentation of teacher education initiatives by Bihar state government via nodal educational agencies, the paper seeks to identify successful and unsuccessful attempts to ensure inclusivity, by presenting an assessment of its practical implementation in policy and practice and creating models for better policy management in teacher education. Samathmika Balaji is a Senior Teacher Trainer East India, British Council, Kolkata, and specializes in materials development for English language teacher education and teacher education projects management. Mrinalini Sen is Co-ordinator English Partnerships East India, British Council, Kolkata and specializes in teaching young learners and teacher education for primary and secondary school teachers. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 10.15 – 11.15 105 'Set the word itself against the word'. How Shakespeare uses vocabulary to unlock meaning and creative thought, John Gardyne Shakespeare worked at a time when modern English was in its formative stage. This interactive workshop explores how Shakespeare uses the basic building blocks of grammar, structure and vocabulary to explore meaning and nuance in spoken English in a way that can be accessed by students at all levels of competency and how teachers can share these concepts with their students. John Gardyne is Head of Drama and Performance at Trinity College London. He has spoken internationally at numerous events worldwide about the synergies between drama and language learning, including TEC13 and TEC14. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 67
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