Manchester Programme

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Poster presentations
Poster 5
Saturday
1710-1740
GI
Poster 6
Sunday
1145-1215
MD, YLT
Global perspectives, local incentives
Fernanda Benedito (University Agostinho Neto)
Contacts between the Western and Southern civilizations resulted in changes in cultural
and economic configurations worldwide. This poster presentation discusses the cultural
implications of those configurations in EFL in an African context. We will analyse
critically the case of the Angolan educational system, focusing on explicit and implicit
curricula. Results of a survey conducted with Angolan students will be presented.
Using English picture book storytimes to build confidence in ELL
Diane Nancy Brown (Sapporo University)
This poster reports on a classroom-based research project at Sapporo University,
Japan. Students used English picture books as a means to present self-prepared
English language and culture teaching materials to young learners in their community.
This project helped build students' confidence in ELL, while aiming to develop 21st
Century skills needed for students and members of the community.
Poster 7
Monday
1130-1200
EAP
Poster 8
Saturday
1710-1740
EAP, LA
Poster 9
Sunday
1145-1215
LAM
The impact of podcasts on learners' listening comprehension
Saliha Chelli (Biskra University)
Many Algerian students find difficulties in understanding spoken English because of
various reasons. This poster reports on a quasi-experimental research carried out in a
high school in Algeria. It aims to demonstrate the impact of adequate podcasts on
developing learners’ listening comprehension. A number of pedagogical implications
based on the findings will be presented.
ELT in mixed-ability groups in Moscow 'Tsaritsyno' School 548
Olga Chinareva (State Autonomous Educational Institution 548 'Tsaritsyno')
Learning and teaching the L2 in mixed-ability groups is a real challenge for both a
learner and a teacher. In this poster, I try to share our experience with other school
teachers. I'll show how to organize an individualized approach to every student in large
mixed-ability groups and assess objectively their academic performance and the
development of 21st Century skills.
Apprentisys - managing student payment, attendance, assessment and more
Carol Cregg (SEDA College)
Juggling student data is one of the big challenges of academic administration and
schools are often left with a number of databases for agents, payments, attendances
and assessment. This poster presents Apprentisys, the first software system
specifically designed for the unique needs of English language schools, unifying the
business and academic side of your school in one user-friendly product.
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