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The 2nd International English Language Teaching Conference

ELT Profession: Challenges and Prospects
May 2-5, 2006
English Language Teaching Department
Eastern Mediterranean University
Famagusta, North Cyprus

 

The 2nd International ELT Conference

May 2

 

ROOM

 

HALL: SALAMIS

HALL: KANTARA

HALL: ST. BARNABAS

HALL: NAMIK KEMAL

09:00 - 13:30

REGISTRATION

14:00 - 14:10

Welcoming RemarksChair, Organizing Committee

 

 

 

14:10 - 14:20

Welcoming Remarks

Chair, ELT Department

 

 

 

14:20 - 14:30

Welcoming Remarks

Dean, Faculty of Education

 

 

 

14:30 - 14:40

Welcoming Remarks

Rector

 

 

 

14:40 - 14:50

Welcoming Remarks

Minister of  Education

 

 

 

15:00 - 15:20

COFFEE BREAK

15:20 - 16:20

 Plenary 1: Elaine K. Horwitz / Becoming an English Teacher: A Theoretical,Practical, and Personal  Journey The University of Texas, USA

 

 

 

16:20 - 17:20

Plenary 2: Brian Tomlinson / A Flexible Framework for Teacher Developed Materials

Leeds Metropolitan University, The U.K

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:20 - 17:35

COFFEE BREAK

17:35 - 18:05

CONCURRENT 1

Generating Standards for a Community

Eric S. Dwyer (Invited Speaker)

Florida International University, USA

Incorporating “Drama” into Emotional Intelligence in EFL Classes

M. Naci Kayaoğlu

Karadeniz Technical University,

Turkey 

Challenges and Issues in Using the World Wide Web as a Research Tool for Academic Writing

Elif Demirel 

Karadeniz Technical University ,Turkey

Reflecting on a Reflection Tool for Trainees: Mind Maps

Mutlu Işıl Ergün

Bilkent University, Turkey   

(40 Minutes)

18:05 - 18:45

CONCURRENT 2

Andragogical and Pedagogical Orientations of Adult ESL Learners

Tanju Deveci

Sabancı University, Turkey

(40 Minutes)

 

Story World: Building up Imaginative Thinking in Primary-School Children Learning English

Tuba Bada and Erdoğan Bada

Gundogdu College / Çukurova University, Turkey

40(Minutes)

The Effects of Web-Based Writing Workshops on Writing Apprehension

Nik Nurmi Adilah and Nik Mohd Adib

Sultan Zainal Abidin Islamic College,

Malaysia

Brain for Thought

Hande Işıl Mengü

Bilkent University, Turkey

(40 Minutes)

20:00

Opening cocktail and dinner : EMU Beach Club

Turkish Cypriot Folk Dancing – Famagusta Municipality Folk Dance Group

 

The 2nd International ELT Conference

May 3

 

ROOM

 

HALL: SALAMIS

HALL: KANTARA

HALL: ST. BARNABAS

HALL: NAMIK KEMAL

8:15-8:55

REGISTRATION

9:00- 10:00

Plenary 3: Cem Alptekin

Topical Structure Analysis of Student Compositions in English and Turkish

Bahçeşehir University, Turkey

 

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10:05:11:05

Plenary 4: Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken

Getting to the Heart of ‘Training’: Teachers’ Voices,Teachers’ Choices?

Sabancı University, Turkey

 

 

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11:05-11:30 

COFFEE BREAK

11:30-12:00

CONCURRENT 3

The Relationship between the Extroversion/ Introversion Tendencies of Iranian Undergraduates of English and their English Oral Reproduction

Abdullah Sarani and Reza Kafipour

University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran

Understanding other Cultures through 
Tele-Collaboration in EFL Contexts
Yasemin Bayyurt  and 
Nancy Susan Keranen 
Boğaziçi University,Turkey
 / Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

What does PLEVALEX Assess? Enhancing Washback Projections in the HIEO / HIELE

Project of Online Testing

Jesús García Laborda

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

 

Tech and Reflect: Building Your Professional Web Presence

Randy Gonzales and Edward Chaffin

UAE University, UAE

12:00-12:30

CONCURRENT 4

Assessing Intermediate College EFL Learners’ Multiple Vocabulary Knowledge

Yoshihiro Omura

Kinki University, Japan

Teaching the Autobiographical Essay:

 Real Voices, Real Stories

Christopher Horger

American University of Sharjah, UAE

(60 Minutes)

 

European Language Portfolio (ELP) in Practice: Promoting Process and Context Awareness

Hülya Yumru, Şehnaz Şahinkarakaş 
and Oğuz Kutlu

Çukurova University, Turkey

 

Teacher's Attitudes,Beliefs and Perceptions about EFL Educational Reform

Phyllis Wachob 

American University in Cairo, Egypt 

 

 

12:30-13:10

CONCURRENT 5

Content-based Teaching and

 Learning in Cypriot Context

Alev Tuğberk, Funda Dedeoğlu
 and Müsteyde Gökyay
Ministry of National Education 
and Culture, North Cyprus

Creating Opportunities for Independent Learning: Strategies, Challenges and Rewards 

Norhayati Mohd Ismail

National University of Singapore, Singapore

(40 Minutes)

Challenges for Initial Language Teacher Training Programmes in Romania

Camelia Marinela Tugui

University of Nottingham, UK

 

13:10-14:10

LUNCH

14:10-14:40

CONCURRENT 6

‘I Hate English but I Teach English’:

An Investigation of Turkish

Pre-Service EFL Teachers’

Attitudes towards

 English Language

Ali Fuad Selvi     

Middle East Technical University,

Turkey

The Role of Constituents in

Reading and Listening

 Comprehension and Speed

Ahmadreza Ashrafologhalaei

Imam Sadiq University, Iran

Can Reading be Taught more Effectively in an EFL Class?

Erol Kahraman

Çağ University, Turkey

Problems of Beginning Teachers: Uncertainties and Challenges of First Year EFL Teachers

Ayşegül Zıngır Gülten

Anadolu University, Turkey

 

14:40-15:10

CONCURRENT 7

The Leaders or the Louders”:

 A Case Study of Group

Dynamics

Babürhan Üzüm

Atılım University, Turkey

Combating Students' Difficulty

with English Spelling

Reima Al-Jarf

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

The European Language Portfolio and its Potential Benefits for Turkey

İlknur Pekkanlı Egel   

Uludağ University, Turkey

A Path through Journals- Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflections

Evrim Üstünlüoğlu

Izmir University of Economics, Turkey

15:10-15:40

CONCURRENT 8

EFL Students’ Perceptions

towards the Classroom

Practices in Speaking Classes

Sercan Sağlam and Özlem Kaya

Anadolu University, Turkey

Evaluation of Textbooks in Terms

 of Reading Passages

Mehmet Boyluğ

Şehit Şahin High School, Turkey

 

 

Project Work as an Experiential Learning Model and Self-Assessment

Şevki Kömür and Oya Büyükyavuz

Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey

 

 

 

Communication Strategy Use of EFL Speakers in Synchronous CMC Environment

Nur Eser Altun and Senem Yıldız

Boğaziçi University, Turkey

15:40-16:00

COFFEE BREAK

16:00-16:30

CONCURRENT 9

Language Learning Strategies

 of ELT Students

Sena Bundak

Eastern Mediterranean University,

North Cyprus

Pre-Service Teachers’

General and Specific

Beliefs about Authentic,

Commercial and

Teacher-Made EFL Materials

Nihat Polat

University of Texas , USA

English Language Teaching with an Electronic Concept Mapping

Vahit Sapar and Erdoğan Tezci

Balıkesir University, Turkey

Teaching CALL: Experience, Attitudes and Practice

Edward Chaffin and Randy Gonzales

UAE University, UAE

16:30-17:30

CONCURRENT 10

Teaching English as a Second

Language through Poetry: 

A Process Approach

Nicole Keough De Sousa
United Nations International School, USA

(60 Minutes)

  

Modality of Listening Passages,

Presence of Visual Advance Organizers

& Performance on Listening

Comprehension Tests

G. R. Kiani, S. A. Mirhassani

and S. Jalali

Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran

The Challenges of Curriculum Design for Teaching Tourism and Hospitality in a Japanese Language Program

Yuka Iwata

University of Guam, USA

Who’s Afraid of In-Service Teacher Training?: A Situation Analysis

Deniz Şallı Çopur   

Middle East Technical University, Turkey

(40 Minutes) 

16:00-16:30

CONCURRENT 9

Language Learning Strategies

 of ELT Students

Sena Bundak

Eastern Mediterranean University,

North Cyprus

Pre-Service Teachers’ General and

Specific Beliefs about Authentic,

Commercial and Teacher-Made

EFL Materials

Nihat Polat

University of Texas , USA

English Language Teaching with an Electronic Concept Mapping

Vahit Sapar and Erdoğan Tezci

Balıkesir University, Turkey

Teaching CALL: Experience, Attitudes and Practice

Edward Chaffin and Randy Gonzales

UAE University, UAE

17:45

FAMAGUSTA TOUR INCLUDING UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

20:00

EMU Tower Bar: Cocktail and Raffle

 

The 2nd International ELT Conference

May 4 

 

ROOM

 

HALL: SALAMIS

HALL: KANTARA

HALL: ST. BARNABAS

HALL: NAMIK KEMAL

8:15-8:55

REGISTRATION

9:00- 10:00

Plenary 5: Thomas S. Miller

Form Follows Function:An Argument

 for a Genre Approach to

 Teaching Academic Writing

The Public Affairs of The US Embassy in Cyprus

 

 

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10:05-11:05

Plenary 6: Kristina Smith 

Engaging Students in the

Reading Process

Pearson Longman, Turkey

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11:05-11:25

COFFEE BREAK

11:25-11:55

CONCURRENT 11

Emotional Intelligence-Friendly Class

Esen Metin Ölmüşçelik

Çankaya University,Turkey

“Error Detection” as a Device towards the Investigation of  Interlanguage

Massoud Tajadini

Kerman Azad University, Iran

Implementing a Low-Budget Independent Learning Center

Mona El Samaty

University of Sharjah, UAE 

 

Situations and Options in Classroom

 Management: Interventionism,

Non-Interventionism or Interactionism?

Erdoğan Bada and Bilal Genç

Çukurova University, Turkey

11:55-12:35

CONCURRENT 12

The Principles of Mediation

Theory and Student Attitudes

 in the Process of Learning

English as a Foreign Language

Sema Saltık 
European University of Lefke, 
North Cyprus

 

Bilingualism, and Sociolinguistic Functions of Code–Switching : The Case of an Iranian Turkish Speaker Family

Sanaz Maleknezhad

Az_Zahra University, Iran

Accelerated Neological Activity and Global English

Visnja Fara  

University of Zagreb, Croatia

(40 Minutes)

Language Teacher Competency or

 Teacher Language Competency?

Nurdan Gürbüz

Middle East Technical University, Turkey

 

12:35-13:05

CONCURRENT 13

Pre-University Students’ Beliefs about Language Learning

Fatma Galatyalı 

Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus

On the Relationship between Motivation and Language Learning Strategies

Mohammad Salehi

University of Tehran, Iran

Computer-Assisted Language Learning in Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Ercan Erkuş 

Yıldız Technical University, Turkey

Advising and Supporting Student

 Teachers: Perspectives from the

Cooperating Teachers and the

University Supervisors on the

Nature of Feedback Sessions

Sumru Akcan and Sibel Tatar

Boğaziçi University, Turkey

 

13:05-14:05

LUNCH

14:10-14:40

CONCURRENT 14

 

 

Retention of Collocations ( verb+noun )

 in English Preparatory Classes