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Monday 13 April<br />
Session 3.7 : 1725-1830<br />
Exchange<br />
Hall<br />
1725-1755<br />
500 audience<br />
Talk<br />
LA<br />
How to improve speaking proficiency in learners<br />
Justin Noppe (Wimbledon School of English)<br />
The aim of this presentation is to present the concept of the skill of<br />
speaking as a mostly automatic process rather than a thought-about<br />
creation of lexis and grammar adjusted to fit each other. This presentation<br />
is for anyone looking for insight into teaching the speaking skill and offers<br />
some practical ideas for learners.<br />
e, le, a<br />
Exchange<br />
Hall<br />
1800-1830<br />
500 audience<br />
Talk<br />
EAP<br />
Worlds without: English language learners' speaking activities outside<br />
the classroom<br />
Simon Williams (University of Sussex)<br />
Although internationalisation and the internet have made it easier for<br />
English language learners to interact with target language speakers, when<br />
on UK university pre-sessional courses most continue to practise speaking<br />
with other students or with shop assistants. I'll discuss this and the fact<br />
that those with previous intercultural experience participate in a greater<br />
variety of situations regardless of fluency or accuracy.<br />
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Exchange 1<br />
1725-1810<br />
80 audience<br />
Workshop<br />
PRONSIG<br />
Day<br />
Exchange 2<br />
1725-1755<br />
40 audience<br />
Talk<br />
LT<br />
The ear of the beholder: helping learners understand different accents<br />
Laura Patsko (St<br />
George International, London, UK)<br />
The use of English as an international lingua franca means learners will be<br />
exposed to a wide variety of accents, both native and non-native. How can<br />
teachers prepare them to cope with such diversity? This workshop features<br />
practical tasks, informed by relevant theory, which participants can try out<br />
in their own classrooms.<br />
Digital and physical classrooms: a smooth C21 blend<br />
Sharon Hartle (University (<br />
of Verona Language Centre, Italy)<br />
C21 learners have specific needs in a digital community that goes beyond<br />
geographical boundaries. This presentation looks at those learners,<br />
teachers and methodologies that cater for our learners’ needs helping<br />
them to become independent language users by working online and F2F.<br />
We explore blended learning that includes social media, blogs and wikis:<br />
breaking out of the classroom.<br />
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e, t<br />
MONDAY<br />
e = experienced audience<br />
le = less-experienced audience<br />
p = primary teaching<br />
s = secondary teaching<br />
t = tertiary teaching<br />
a = adult teaching<br />
prodprom = promoting a particular book or product<br />
pub = speaker is representing or sponsored by a publisher but is not focussing on a particular book or product<br />
Please note that some presenters have requested a maximum audience size.<br />
Therefore, please check the audience size in the left-hand column of each entry.<br />
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