Programme

08:00 Registration Opens
09:00 Welcoming Address
09:15 Opening plenary
 

Students’ Language Learning Strategies: Theorising the Transition to English Medium Instruction Contexts

Prof. Emeritus Ernesto Macaro, Oxford University

 

10:00 Coffee break
10:15 First Concurrent Sessions
Room 202:

Teacher’s Beliefs and Practices of Vocabulary Teaching in EFL Classrooms, Melani Konca, MEF University

Classroom Code-switching in an EFL Context: Teacher’s Perceptions, Senior Lect. Md. Tahmid Ar Rabbi, East West University

Room 204:

Methods of Forming Professional Competence of Student-economists in the Process of Teaching English, Senior Lect. Nilufar Atashikova, Tashkent University of Information Technologies

21st Century Skills in ELT Classes, Lect. Murat Akbıyık, Kadir Has University

 

Room 201: (webcasts)

Effects of Social Well-being and Conscious Awareness on Language Learning, Lect. Murat Demirekin, Selçuk University

University Students’ Perceptions Regarding the Role of Motivational Factors on Their Academic Performance, Najwa Neda, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University & Asst. Prof. Mehdi Solhi, Istanbul Medipol University

 

11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Second Concurrent Sessions
Room 202:

 

Intercultural Communication Sensitivity of ELT Learners, Lect. Emin Gürkan, Istanbul Medipol University

 

Using English as a Medium to Enhance Students’ Cultural Awareness of Istanbul, Lect. Arev Babahan, Kadir Has University

Room 204:

 

The Critical Role of SEL in an SFL – Sustaining the Learning Organization & Combatting Student Retention, Asst. Director Özge Çoşkun Aysal & Asst. Prof. Donald F. Staub, Izmir University of Economics

 

How to Implement Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) into ELT Teacher Training Syllabus, Asst. Prof. Hidayet Tuncay, Istanbul Nişantaşı University

 

12:00 Lunch
13:00 Third Concurrent Sessions/Workshop
Room 202:

 

English Language Teaching in a Cultural Context and Academic Mobility, Assoc. Prof. Irina Shelenkova, Istanbul Medipol University

 

Is Fahrenheit 451 a Dystopia That Almost Came True?, Lect. Cansu Çiprut,

Istanbul Medipol University

 

Room 204: Invited Workshop

 

Cultural Competence in Translation

Prof. Onur Köksal, Selçuk University

 

13:45 Coffee break
14:00 Fourth Concurrent Sessions
Room 202:

 

The Use of Social Media to Promote EFL Learners’ Speaking and Writing Skills, Lect. Hatice Granados Fuquene, Istanbul Medipol University & Asst. Prof. Mustafa Polat, Bahçeşehir University

 

Integrating SEL into ESL Pronunciation,

Lect. Selçuk Bayram, Yıldız Technical University

Room 201: Webcasts

 

Exploring Classroom Management Orientation of Turkish EFL Teachers, Alp Buğra Öder, Bursa Uludağ University

 

The Use of Authentic Texts in Linguadidactics, Assoc. Prof. Nayira Ibragimova, Tashkent University of Information Technologies

 

14:45 Coffee break
15:00 Poster Presentations
Social Emotional Learning in an Online Language Classroom, Lect. Volkan Demirkan-Martin, Kadir Has University

 

A Digital Badging System to Facilitate a Supportive Learning Environment in an SFL, Asst. Prof. Donald Staub & Asst. Director Özge Coşkun Aysal

 

Triggering Students’ Interest in Digital Learning Environments, High Lect. Merita Ismali, South East European University

 

Digital Learning and Good Practices in Learning Language Methodologies, High Lect. Lumturie Bajrami, South East European University

 

Enhancing Thinking Routines in the ELT Classroom, High Lect. Shpresa Hasani, South East European University

 

15:45 Closing plenary
 

Practical Ways to Foster a Supportive Environment and Promote Social and Emotional Learning

Assoc. Prof. Aydan Irgatoğlu, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

 

16:30 Closing Speeches and Presentation

 

* Posters will be on display all day, but presenters will need to be with their posters and available for questions during the poster session.

* Lunch will be provided on campus and a gala dinner will be held in the evening for invited guests