Manchester Programme

Monday 13 April
Session 3.4 : 1435-1520
Exchange 2
1435-1505
40 audience
Talk
AL, RES
Getting to grips with anxiety: from understanding to classroom
practice
Christina Gkonou (University of Essex) & Mark Daubney (School of
Education and Social Science - Leiria Polytechnic Institute)
Anxiety is deemed an important emotion in language learning and
teaching. But are language educators fully aware of its wide-ranging, yet
subtle, influence on learners and teachers in the classroom? Using data
from our different research projects, this talk explores what anxiety is, its
influence on classroom practice, and suggests strategies for teachers to
implement in their own contexts.
e, le, s, t,
a
Exchange 3
40 audience
Workshop
TD
Innovated interactions - how to elevate and redefine speaking
activities
Nihal Yildirim & Sally Ghalayini (Istanbul Bilgi University)
With its personalized approach to speaking practice, this workshop offers
the audience a practical look at speaking activities especially useful in the
production of the newly-learned language. Using a variety of interaction
patterns in the classroom, we will inspire the new speaking techniques and
spice up speaking activities for any classroom.
e, le, a
Exchange 4
40 audience
Workshop
LT
Principles for meaningful technology integration
Maria Victoria Saumell (Instituto San Francisco de Asis)
This presentation aims to analyse the complex issue of technology
integration for language learning and developing a set of principles that
can aid teachers in the decision-making process of integrating new
technologies in different contexts, with a strong focus on pedagogical
implications. It will include a description of existing models and the
principles, with examples of tools and students’ work.
e, le, p, s,
t, a
MONDAY
Exchange 5
40 audience
Workshop
EAP
Neurodrama in ELT - planned with the brain in mind
Alicja Galazka (University of Silesia)
In this practical workshop, participants will learn how to use different
drama strategies, such as hot-seating, freeze frame, thought–tracking and
conscience alley, for making a brain-friendly lesson and helping students
to understand their own minds. The brain learns first through imitation and
mimicry and through imagined as well as real experiences.
e, 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
Please note that some presenters have requested a maximum audience size.
Therefore, please check the audience a
size in the left-hand column of each entry.
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