The Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) 2021

2021 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME*

9:45 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 10:10	Introduction - Welcome and orientation
10:15 - 11:00	Breakout sessions 1: ESP: Translation and the ESP classroom, Panagiota Frytzala YL: "A tale never loses in the telling": Challenging hegemonic worldviews and decolonizing the EFL classroom, Erika de Freitas Coachman and Izabelle da Silva Fernandes IT: Enriching language development at all levels with inclusive, global resources, Adam Scott TE: Revisiting teacher language proficiency and the native speaker, Khanh Duc Kuttig TE: Lessons learned. Teaching & learning in the online/hybrid classroom, Aga Gurbin
11:00 - 11:15	Refreshment break
11:00 - 11:15	Pop up session What's new at Trinity?, Alison Castle Kane
11:15 - 12:00	Breakout sessions 2: ESP: ELT and climate change, where next? Christopher Graham YL: Moving towards a culturally responsive learning experience for the whole child through social-emotional learning in ESL classrooms, Sonali Priyadarsini Sahoo IT: Avoiding an overload: (Re)discovering the Cognitive Load Theory in ELT, Diana Bauducco TE: How can socially constructed knowledge held in communities of practice be reliably assessed? Lessons from TESOL assessment development, Richard Harris TE: Adapting and extending your coursebooks to avoid boredom, Carmen García-López and Raquel González-Gómez
12:00 - 12:45	Refreshment break
12:45 - 13:30	Plenary 1: Lessons from Disruption, Silvana Richardson
13:30 - 13:45	Refreshment break
13:45 - 14:30	Breakout sessions 3: ESP: Making memes matter: Internet memes as an effective tool for skill development and learner engagement in ESP, Mark Nicholas Glasford YL: The power of storytelling: How to engage students emotionally, imaginatively, intellectually and playfully, Manuela Kelly Calzini IT: The Online English Café: Expanding opportunities for refugee learners through free online resources, Jane Mandalios and Susan Stetson-Tiligadas TE: Teacher competencies for the modern classroom, Chris Farrell ESP: Communication skills - A road to employability for young people, Catherine Sercombe

14:30 - 14:45	Refreshment break
14:30 - 14:45	Pop up session Learn, teach and inspire with the English language centre at Regent's University London, Emilia Kruszewska
14:45 - 15:30	Breakout sessions 4: ESP: Integration of L1 tests to promote L2 vocabulary retention, Thatha Molli YL: Understanding multi-competence and translanguaging, Ande Pradeep IT: Implementing digital cultural heritage in teaching, Ivana Štiglec TE: The story of impact: Lessons learnt and feedback on training teachers to teach online, Ben Beaumont TE: The gap between perception and achievement, Peter Lahiff
15:30 - 15:45	Refreshment break
15:45 - 16:30	Plenary 2: Swings and Roundabouts: Where we've been and where we're going, Scott Thornbury
16:30 - 16:45	Closing comments and farewell