Manchester Programme

Sunday 12 April
Session 2.2 : 1145-1215
Central 5
80 audience
Talk
TD, LAMSIG
Day
The Chimp Paradox and a stress-free life
Diarmuid Fogarty (INTO Manchester)
Two years ago, I read Dr Steve Peters' book The Chimp Paradox. By the
time I'd finished reading it, my stress had dissipated and my life had
improved. This talk will run through my experience and highlight key
features of this immensely successful mind model in the hope that
teachers and managers who are stressed will benefit from hearing it.
e, le, p, s,
t, a
prodprom
Central 6
50 audience
Talk
EAP
Academic writing for students of economics: for and against
Svetlana Petrovskaya (Plekhanov Russian University of Economics)
The increased academic mobility of Russian students of economics has
revealed the necessity to offer a course in academic writing, this being a
rather challenging area in developing relevant language skills. This
session will present arising culture-based issues, with focus on strategies
for preparing students for Writing 1&2 IELTS (Academic module) and for
writing extended essays.
e, t
Central 7
80 audience
Talk
TD, RES SIG
Day
Towards initiating YELTA
Nagm-Addin
Saif (Technical Industrial Institute & Al-Saeed University)
In the absence of any formal professional association for EFL teachers in
Yemen, this talk will report on qualitative research findings on how
teachers perceive the idea of setting up a Yemeni English Language
Teachers’ Association (YELTA). It will help the researcher to develop a
constitution for the intended association, its objectives and its major
professional concerns.
e, le, p, s,
t, a
SUNDAY
Central 8
80 audience
Talk
MaWSIG Day
Free and fair ELT: for writers, publishers and teachers
Katherine Bilsborough (Freelance
Freelance) & Chuck Sandy (iTDi
iTDi)
Find out what happened when a group of ELT writers got together to
address the problem of illegal ELT downloads. Recognising a need for free
ELT materials, we decided to launch a platform for sharing, with emphasis
on legality and quality. ELT Free and Fair Facebook page was born in June
2014 and is an exciting adventure for all involved.
e, le, p, s,
t, a
e = experienced audience
le = less-experienced audience
p = primary teaching
s = secondary teaching
t = tertiary teaching
a = adult teaching
prodprom = promoting a particular book or product
pub = speaker is representing or sponsored by a publisher but is not focussing on a particular book or product
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