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Joint Conference, 15th-17th April 2005, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh:

New Approaches to Materials Development for Language Learning

Stevenson College logoprogramme sponsored by Stevenson College Edinburgh   

Registered attendees: please use the round buttons beside the parallel sessions to indicate which you would like to attend (click the links to read more about each session). Once you have made your selections, enter your name and press the "Submit Choices to Conference Organiser" button at the bottom of this page.

Friday 15 April

13.00 - 14.40

Registration

14.40 - 15.00

Welcome

15.00 - 16.00

Plenary speaker - Eija Ventola - New Challenges for English Language Teaching Materials and the Classroom

16.00 - 16.30

Tea/coffee and exhibition

16.30 - 17.10

Defining Academic Genres: an approach for writing course design

Ian Bruce

Academic Tourism or Integrated Learning? Developing Pragmatic Awareness through university based Projects

Hania Salter-Dvorak

'IT skills' in EAP: making it more relevant

Paul Wickens

Materials for EAP: a corpus-based study of the use of reporting verbs

Hui-Ling Lang

 

Grammar for Writing: equipping international students to make the appropriate syntactical choices

Anne Pallant

17.20 - 18.00

A genre-based approach to curriculum design in EAP; assumptions, applications, reactions

John Wrigglesworth

BALEAP Research Forum

Paul Thompson

Synthesis: a blended learning approach to academic writing in a VLE

Nina Mcdermott, Mike McGarvey and Neil McLean

 

He can play the piano therefore he can speak Chinese

Sandra Cardew

Testing and teaching academic writing: exploring staff and learners' experiences

Siân Etherington

 

Saturday 16th April

8.30 - 9.30

Registration for Saturday-only attendance

9.00 - 9.40

Adjusting the Paradigm: A Theme-based Approach to EAP

Richard Bailey

Peter Sercombe

International Undergraduate Students' Academic Acculturation in Canada: the Challenges Ahead

Robert Berman

Janna Fox

Cheng Liying

From a risk to a comfort zone. Developing digital materials to enhance student experience

Monika Foster

Reading comprehension in ESP context: Examining the role of syntactic complexity of texts and syntactic awareness

Mohammad Alavi

Shiva Kaivanpanah

Citation and Plagiarism: something fishy or just a fish out of water

Lynn Errey

Scaffolding Approaches to Introduce Students to Academic Essay Writing at British Universities

Daniel Waller

 

9.45 - 10.45

Plenary speaker - Brian Tomlinson - Localising the Global: Matching Materials to the Local Context of Learning

10.45 - 11.15

Tea/coffee and exhibition

11.15 - 11.55

EAP Unplugged: Critical practices and materials in a globalizing world Graham Hall

Globalising or localising: culture in three young learners' textbooks

Shu-Chuan Liang

English for International Education - “Achieve IELTS”

Louis Harrison

Calvin, Hobbes and Co: Alternative routes to developing academic text skills

Gordon Dobie

 

Developing online materials for academic writing: Issues and Opportunities

Lynne Hale

Gillian Lazar

GrammarTalk: developing computer-based materials for the Chinese EAP student

Chuang Fei-Yu

Hilary Nesi

12.05 - 12.45

The Problem of Undergraduate EFL Paul Fanning

Expectations, Affect and Acculturation: approaches and materials for pre-sessional academic preparation courses

Fiona Cotton

From live lecture to online materials: developing listening skills and lexical and grammatical accuracy

Karen Nicols

Stella Harvey

'Meanings into Words'

George Woolard

'Doing' critical analysis in the EAP class

Lesley Campbell

Using 'Communities Of Practice' In Academic Writing Instruction In Japan

Alison Stewart

 

12.45 - 14.00

Lunch and exhibition

14.00 - 15.00

Plenary speaker - Ian McGrath - 'Textbooks, technology and teachers'

15.05 - 15.45

Developing materials for a genre-based approach to teaching academic writing

Douglas Bell

Voices in the head: Rethinking and redesigning EAP listening materials Tony Lynch

Sources for courses - past and present practice, future possibilities

Martin Millar

Basing EAP Vocabulary materials on corpus data

David Oakey

Developing critical awareness through case-based teaching.

Ann Smith

I know, therefore I teach: evaluating knowledge for teaching

Lee Knapp

 

Creating web-based materials: three individual experiences

Andy Gillett

Sandra Haywood

John Morely

15.45 - 16.15

Tea/coffee and exhibition

16.15 - 16.55

A framework for the selection and creation of EAP materials for pre-sessional students/courses Richard Hitchcock

Getting the most out of lectures - an integrated approach for low level learners

Munling Shields

Listening Theory into practice

Terry Phillips

Reporting strategies in academic writing: from corpus to materials

Cathy Benson

Jacqueline Gollin

Hugh Trappes-Lomax

Critical thinking in a Climate of Change

Iphigenia Mahili

An Integrated Approach to teaching Extended Writing in an Academic Context

Joan McCormack

Presenting ELMO: A flexible, learner-driven online English Language Learning Site

Robert Gilmour

Samantha Hague

17.05 - 17.45

Issues in the computerisation of the IELTS test

Sharon Jordan

Andrew Blackhurst

Training our students in listening

Sheila Thorn

Interactive whiteboards

Laurie Harrison

Reading out of class and the integration of other key skills

Fred Tarttelin

Developing Information Literate EAP Students: Materials And Methods For Teaching Academic Research

Jane Mandalios

TEFL Detectives & EAP student integration: investigatory techniques for TEFL trainees

Lesley Gourlay

The EASE Seminar Skills CD-ROMs: an interactive workshop

Tim Kelly

17.50 - 19.15

Baleap Business meeting

 

Sunday 17th

9.00 - 9.40

 

Content-Based Materials for an Academic Environment: Beyond the Boundaries

Aygul Mustafa

Jacqueline Einar

Interactive whiteboards

Laurie Harrison

Pronunciation and listening micro-skills materials for EAP students

Jonathan Smith

A critical mass? Using academic sources in EAP materials development

Steve Issitt

 

 

9.45 - 10.45

Plenary speaker - Peter Grundy - 'Optimality, Context and Materials in EAP'

10.45 - 11.15

Tea/coffee and exhibition

11.15 - 11.55

Teaching or coaching? Reflecting on roles and objectives in one-to-one EAP

David Catterick

University Challenge: an academic orientation and listening course for international students

Roger Smith

Jo Parsons

Integrating the use of Blackboard with classroom teaching: implications for staff and students

Clare McCullagh

Anne Pallant

“What words should we teach?”: A corpus-based perspective on the vocabulary of academic lectures

Paul Thompson

Hilary Nesi

An editing skills course: re-presenting ‘old tricks’ to appeal to students’ professionalism

Harriet Edwards

The development of on-line thesis writing guidelines: research student & supervisor perceptions

Diana Ridley

 

12.05 - 12.45

The Role Of TEEP As A Course-Driven Assessment Measure On A Pre-Sessional Programme

John Slaght

Bruce Howell

Developing Business English Textbooks Based on Processing Business Documents and Raw Economic Data

Ştefania Panaitescu

Re-usable online learning materials: pipe-dream or reality? Julie Watson

Vicky Wright

From Corpus to Classroom: Developing advanced-level materials for raising awareness of stance

Maggie Charles

Materials for How to Write from Sources

Diane Schmit

Academic writing in Fine Arts Practice

Erik Borg

 

13.00 - 13.15

Closing remarks

13.15 - 14.00

Lunch

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