Manchester Programme

Saturday 11 April
Session 1.4 : 1505-1535
Exchange 9
240 audience
Talk
RES, TD
Research and teaching: bridging the gap
Patsy Lightbown (Oxford University Press)
Teachers interested in developing their classroom practice can gain
insights from research but the perceived 'teacher-researcher gap' can be
hard to overcome. With reference to studies investigating this from both
teacher and researcher perspectives, we will discuss how the Oxford Key
Concepts for the Language Classroom is intended to bridge the gap.
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prodprom
SATURDAY
Exchange 10
100 audience
Talk
TTEd, TEA
Getting it right: how to rate writing
Sibylle Plassmann (telc
– language tests)
Rating learners’ writing skills is a constant challenge for English teachers.
This talk explores some methods of quality control and aims to encourage
teachers and coordinators to work on calibration regularly. Starting from
the background of large-scale examinations, viable ways for small-scale
rating within a (language) school will be examined and practical examples
provided.
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Exchange 11
150 audience
Talk
LAM
Rolling enrolment: what do teachers and students think?
Jenny Johnson (Eastbourne School of English)
Monday in a UK language school: new students arrive, are tested and
placed in already existing classes. How do teachers manage this process?
How do new and current 'old' students react? I present their views and
ideas from a survey, and consider how academic managers can help
ensure that rolling enrolment is as smooth and trouble free as possible.
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AL = Applied Linguistics
BE = Business English
EAP = English for Academic Purposes
ESAP = English for Specific Academic
Purposes
ES(O)L=English for Speakers of Other
Languages
ESP = English for Specific Purposes
GEN = General
GI = Global Issues
LA = Learner Autonomy
LAM = Leadership & Management
LMCS = Literature, Media & Cultural
Studies
LT = Learning Technologies
MaW = Materials Writing
MD = Materials Development
PRON = Pronunciation
RES = Research
TD = Teacher Development
TEA = Testing, Evaluation &
Assessment
TTEd = Teacher Training & Education
YLT = Young Learners & Teenagers
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