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Day 3: Sunday 1 March
Time Venue Activity
10.15 – 11.30 Various PARALLEL SESSION 1 continued
10.15 – 10.45 106 Teacher educators’ attitudes and level of CALL use for EFL instruction:
a Yemen survey, Mohialdeen Alotumi
This paper examines teacher educators’ level of CALL use and the effect
of their attitudes on the level of CALL utilisation. The findings suggest that
teacher educators had a limited level of CALL use for EFL instruction and
they maintained positive attitudes towards the use of CALL. A correlation
analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between teacher
educators’ level of CALL use and their attitudes towards CALL. Greater
considerations are recommended for CALL utilisation.
Mohialdeen Alotumi is a PhD scholar at the English and Foreign
Languages University, Hyderabad. His Masters was in TESOL from Murray
State University, KY, USA.
11.00 – 11.30 A proposed vision for developing the teaching process in English
departments of Yemeni universities, Marwan Saeed Saif Moqbel
This paper sheds light on the teaching competencies required from a
university teacher and the importance of possessing them. It focuses on
the reasons behind the low quality of teaching in English departments of
Yemeni universities, offering a vision for improving the teaching process in
these departments. The paper may motivate Yemeni universities to rethink
about the terms of appointing new faculty members of English
departments and to start training the old ones in teaching.
Marwan Saeed Saif Moqbel teaches at Ibb University in Yemen. He has 12
years’ experience in ELT and has co-authored four research papers.
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10.15 – 10.45 201 Value of workplace learning in teacher education: reflecting on an inservice
training programme, Anisa Al Maskari
This presentation explores the workplace-learning tasks required in an inservice
teacher training programme, the Centre Associates Programme, in
Oman. It presents the nature of these tasks, rationale and the
requirements of fulfilling them. It also sheds light on how effective those
tasks are in enhancing classroom teaching performance from the point of
view of both participants and trainers. Implications for improving the
effectiveness of workplace learning tasks will be explored
Anisa Al Maskari is an in-service teacher trainer working for the MoE,
Oman. She holds an MA in TESOL (Teacher Education) from the University
of Leeds, UK.
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10.15 – 11.15 203 Teaching young learners: why one size doesn't fit all, Anagha Mukund
(British Council workshop)
This interactive workshop aims to:
a) raise awareness of different learner styles and
b) equip teachers and teacher educators with teaching techniques and
strategies required to plan interactive lessons which cater to different
learning styles in a Young Learner context.
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