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Message from the President

CREATING BRIGHTER FUTURESWITH AN ENLIGHTENED APPROACH TO

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERACY.

GET ENLIGHTENED.www.learninga-z.com

Dr Naziha Ali (EdD TESOL, University of Exeter, UK)President TESOL Arabia 2015-2016

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TESOL Arabia Leaders (February 2016)

Naziha Ali

Mohamed Azaza

Melanie Gobert

Fathi Ben Mohamed

Helene Demirci

Amr El Zarka

Mick King

Aymen Elsheikh

Suhair Al Alami

Amjad Taha

Nick Kavatos

Mohamed El Zamil

Bachar Lakhal

Paul Anthony Morley

James Buckingham

Konrad Cedro

Bridie Farah

Christina Gitsaki

Sahbi Hidri

Ola Abu Orouq

Zubaida Khan

Christine Coombe

Faiza Omar

Peter Davidson

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Organizing Committee

Dr Naziha Ali, Konrad Cedro, Dr Christina Gitsaki

Dr Christine Coombe, Mouhamad Mouhanna

Fathi Ben Mohamed

Marion Smith, Dr Naziha Ali, Fathi Ben Mohamed,

Phillip Ferzli, Chloe Burridge, Dr Suhair Al Alami, Susan Blanco

Maria Brown, John Langille

Trace Manuel, Paul Sirban

Sally McQuinn, Khalid Qaitbey

Helene Demirci

Mohamed Azaza, Dr Christina Gitsaki, Dr Sahbi Hidri, Mouhamad Mouhanna

Dear TESOL Arabia colleagues & friends,

Dr Naziha Ali Dr Christina GitsakiKonrad Cedro

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Food, Drink, and Transport Food and Drink

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• The Bar

• The Kitchen

• Miyako

• Al Dawaar

Transport

Public Transportmetro

Palm Deira

bus

taxi

Car Parking

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Making the Most

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Advance Consulting for Education, Inc.

Al Mutanabbi Bookshop

AmEnglish

AMIDEAST

BAE Systems Saudi Arabia

Black Cat Publishing

Cambridge English Language Assessment

Cambridge University Press

Career Skills Training

Collins

Diglossia

Excel Pixels Publishing & Distribution

Express Publishing

Garnet Education

Helbling Languages

Jolly Learning Ltd

Learning Land

Macmillan Education

Magrudy’s Education Services

Middle East Jobs

MM Publications

National Geographic Learning / Cengage Learning

Oxford University Press

Pearson Education

Sepren Bili_im ve E_itim Teknolojileri Tic. Ltd. _ti. (EnglishCentral)

Smart Book & Learning Souq

Smart Education & Alpha Publishing

Solution Tree

The British University in Dubai

Trinity College London

University of Exeter

Zayed University - Institute for Community Engagement

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Language, Culture, Communication: Individual, institutional, international

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Bio:

Andy Curtis

Hearing multilingualism

Bio:

Constantine Ioannou

Call for Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the 2016 TESOL Arabia Conference

Proceedings

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, May 31, 2016.

Generously sponsored by

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Globalization?

Bio:

Applied Linguistics

Claire Kramsch

Study Skills and Strategies:

these and how can students be encouraged to study

Bio:

Ernesto Macaro

Generously sponsored by

Generously sponsored by

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Teaching through culture:

Salah Troudi

Bio:

The International Journal of Bilingual and Multilingual Teachers of English

purposes: Challenges for language learners and teachers

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New Ways in Teaching Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary for Middle School

Students: Research-Based Lists and Strategies for Key Content Areas

Averil Coxhead

Generously sponsored by

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Generously sponsored by

Leadership

Bio:

An Exploration of

Managing the Language Classroom

Phil Quirke

Pronunciation: The Cinderella of ELT

Bio:

Adrian Underhill

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Key Questions for Building

Bio:

Researching Vocabulary: A Vocabulary Research Manual

Norbert Schmitt

Enhancing the Impact of In-Service Training

Bio:

Simon Borg

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Language Teacher Identities:

know, and why do we care?

Learning through a Second Language at University: Making the transition from learning to read to reading to learn

Bio:

Language Teaching Research TESOL Quarterly

International Journal of the Sociology of Language Analysing Learner Language

and Learning Research

Bio:

Gary BarkhuizenUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand

Dianne Schmitt

Generously sponsored by

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Body Exertion

Tammy Gregersen

Bio:

Capitalizing on Language Learner

Teacher Education

Cultural Change in the Arab Gulf: Natural Progression or Imperialist Plot?

Bio:

Neil McBeath

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Looking In, Looking Out: Expanding our vision

Language and Culture; the possibility of teaching

Bio:

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Independent Consultant,

Generously sponsored by

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Gary Pathare

Bio:

Headway Academic Skills Listening, Speaking and

Headway Plus Skillful

Training Language Teachers for 21st Century Learners

Bio:

Christel Broady

Generously sponsored by

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Generously sponsored by

EdTech Featured Speech:

The iPad: Pedagogical

limitations

Barraq Ali

Bio:

Using Corpora in the Language ClassroomGrammar and Beyond

Bio:

Northern Arizona University, USA

classrooms

The University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Bio:

Grammar Instruction

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Independent Learning Featured Speech:

Primary Students Developing Learner Strategies and Autonomy

Bio:SIG Session

Teaching through culture:

Salah Troudi,

Bio:

ESP Featured Speech:

Teaching EAP in China after the Gulf.

Christopher Martin Batten

Bio:

Synthetic Phonics made Jolly!

Christopher Jolly, Managing Director of Jolly Learning Ltd

Bio:

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TAE Featured Speech:

A Self-Licensing Tool for ESL Teachers in Arabia

Sadiq Midraj, Christina Gitsaki, Jessica Midraj & Christine Coombe

TTD Featured Speech:

English Medium Instruction:

Date: Focus on collaboration between the English specialist and the academic subject teacher

Ernesto Macaro, University of Oxford, UK

Bio:

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TESOL International Toastmasters Club

Friday, March 11

Crystal Ballroom B

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Job FairTESOL Arabia organizes the Job Fair as a service for our members and others

seeking employment. All candidates who

hours must be registered for both the

the main Conference registration desk.

Job Fair Hours

LM Featured Speech:

Producing Positivity in our Pupils: From Floundering to Flourishing in Language Learning

Tammy Gregersen, University of Northern Iowa, USA

Bio:

Capitalizing on Language Learner

Teacher Education

Young Learners Featured Speech:

A model of in-service teacher training

Jonathan Hadley & Mona El Halawany

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The Annual General Meeting

Crystal Ballroom, FridayMarch 11, 2016 • 1:30 - 2:30 pm

All TESOL Arabia members are welcome to attend.

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International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)

Date: Friday 11 March • Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm •

Organisers:Dr. Christina Gitsaki, AILA Executive Secretary

Presenters:• Fakhrah Al-Mamary • Amal Treki • Abeer Alamri

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Please note: This session will be conducted as a panel with a 3-hr slot.

Email: hmrajab@kau.edu.saTitle: EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Using Songs in Teaching Speaking to Tertiary Level Students in the Saudi ContextAbstract:

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Presenter: Fakhrah Al-Mamary

Email: fakra121@hotmail.com

Students in OmanAbstract:

Bio:

Presenter: Amal Treki

Email: at464@exeter.ac.uk

Abstract:

Bio:

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Presenter: Abeer Alamri

Email: 3beeralamri@gmail.comTitle: Intercultural Communicative Competence in Saudi ELT TextbooksAbstract:

Bio:

Email: natasha.rajabieslami@ccq.edu.qa Title: Professional Identity Adaptation of Native English Speaker ESL Teachers in the State of Qatar Contact ZoneAbstract:

Bio:

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Email: sayyedrashidalishah@gmail.comTitle: TESOL Classroom Observations: A boon or a bane?Abstract:

Bio:

Showcase Strand SessionsTitle Presenter Time & PlaceISE - Contemporary and Authentic Assessment of English

Adaptive Learning Finally Possible Through the Oxford

How to Implement Digital Learning in Your Classroom

TOEIC®, Today’s Advantage

Stop and Think: Enhancing Learning Through TEDTalks

Introducing IELTS Life Skills

and Fluency in English

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Special SessionsPanel DiscussionsThe Current Role of Hidden Curriculum in ELTThursday March 10 • 12:00 -13:00 • Crystal Ballroom BModerator: Racquel WarnerPanelists: Dr. Salah Troudi (plenary speaker),

MacBeath (featured speaker) and Dr. Rana Raddawi (featured speaker)

The hidden curriculum refers to the unintended lessons,

teachers and peers about intellectual, social, cultural and

understood that the hidden curriculum rivals the explicit

contexts

hidden curriculum

World Englishes Friday March 11 • 14:00 – 15:00 • Crystal Ballroom BModerator: Mick King

Developing Digital Literacy in a Cross Cultural Context Friday March 11 • 12:15-13:00 • Crystal Ballroom BPresenters: Colin Hoy, Dima Yousef and John Senior

all students. How students develop these skills depend on

Whose English?Saturday March 1213:00-13:45Crystal Ballroom B

Chat Show Thursday March 10 • 15:30-16:15 • Crystal Ballroom BChat show host: Mick King

TeachMeetSaturday March 12 • 10:00-11:30 • Shahrzad (1st Floor)

TESOL Quiz

Teams of three to four can enrol via the conference app and

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Professional Service AwardsThe TESOL Arabia Professional Service Award is intended for an ELT professional

the organization and on professional developmen tin the region.

Maria Brown

Dr. Mashael Al-Hamly

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Hinemoa Xhori

Sahbi Hidri

Salah Troudi

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Name: Abass, Folake

Name: Abdel Hakem, Adel and Said Chebbi

Name: Abdel Latif, Muhammad

Name:

SCHEDULE,

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Name: Abdulrahman, Nishad Chathamkulam and Shoba Prakash

Name: Abou Assali, Mouna and Plamen Kushkiev

Name: Abrahamyan, Marine

Name:

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Name: Abu-Hassan, Jenifah

Name:

Name: Abualsaud, Doha

Name: Abuyusuf, Shady

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Name: Ahmed, Fayaz

Name: Ahmed, Samra

Name: Al Ajmi, Ahmed Ali Saleh

Name: Al Alami, Suhair

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Name:

Name:

Name: Al Ghazali, Fawzi

Name: Al Hassan, Awad

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Name:

Name: Al Jahwari, Mohammed

Name: Al Kalbani, Amama

Name: Al Saidi, Faisal

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Name: Al Qahtani, Abdulaziz

Name: Al-Ahmadi, Nesreen

Name: Al-Ali, Sebah

Name: Al-Makhmari, Asila

Name: Aladawy, Mohammed

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Name: Alamri, Abeer

Name: Alaverdyan, Anna

Name: Alhusban, Hamdallah and Anil Belvadi

Name: Ali, Afrah

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Name: Ali, Barraq

Name: Ali, Holi

Name: Ali, Sally

Name: Alnajashi, Alaa

Name: Alnefaie, Dina

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Name: Alsabbag, Amany

Name: Alsheikh, Negmeldin

Name: Anwar, Muhammad Mansoor

Name: Apolonio, Aldrin

Concurrent Speakers

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Name: Argodale, Paul

Name:

Name: Avetisyan, Lilit and Karine Avetisyan

Name: Aydin, Belgin and Bulent Alan

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Name: Azizi, Afsaneh and Jafar Dorri

Name: Bahloul, Maher and Chirine Sinno

Name: Banicki, Andrea

Name: Bardakjian, Niery

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Name: Barrell, Ann

Name: Bashiri, Farid

Name: Batten, Christopher Martin

Name: Bayburdyan, Anna

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Name: Baza, Marwa and Iman Baza

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Name: Ben Mohamed, Fathi

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Name: Benaggoun, Jennifer and Faith Nightingale

Name: Benjamin, Paul

Name: Bloss, Susanna

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Name: Bordalejo, Maria Laura

Name: Bouhmama, Soumia

Name: Bozetarnik, David

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Name: Bradford, Amanda

Name: Brewington, Jerry

Name: Buckingham, James

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Name: Campion, Sarah

Name: Canbay, Mehmet Orkun

Name: Candel, Bjorn

Name: Carey, Matthew

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Name: Chadi, Mohammad

Name: Coelho, Daniela, Angélica Galante and Ana Luísa Pires

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Name: Coombe, Christine, Susanna Bloss and Konrad Cedro

Name: Corley, Brent

Name: Cotterall, Sara

Name: Coutinho, Marguerite

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Name: Crosbie, Susan

Name: Cugusi, Patrizia

Name: Cullen, Pauline

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Name: Darbinyan, Amalya

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Name: DeLory, Michael

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Name: Dillon, Anna

Name: Dobbs, Benjamin

Name: Dodigovic, Marina

Name: Donaghue, Helen and Jason Thompson

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Name: Dunne, Barry

Name: Dyab, Ashraf

Name: Dzyuban, Oksana

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Name: El Shawarby, Hala and Kamila Helmy

Name: El Zamil, Mohamed Ashraf

Name: ElNesr, Nesreen

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Name: Elgin, Marion

Name: Ertum Emirler, Seda

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Name: Estradas, Madeleine

Name: Fairley, Mariah and Heba Fathelbab

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Name: Hammad, Sally

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Name: Haroun, Mohamed and LaNesha Hammett

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Name: Hudson, Paul

Name: Hussein, Ali

Name: Ibrahim, Esther K.

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Name: Imrie, Andrew

Name: Iqbal, Javed

Name: Ishler, James

Name: Ismail, Sadiq

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Name: Jolly, Christopher

Name: Jones, Michael

Name: Jost, Dayna

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Name: Kandil, Magdi

Name: Karim, Khaled

Name: Kennetz, Keith and Kevin Carroll

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Name: Kershaw, Geraldine

Name: Keshish Hartoun, Lorik

Name: Khafagi, Noha and Carol Clark

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Name: Lawson, Shelley and Adam Arra

Name: Leung, Patrick

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Name: Nikolov, Nikolay

Name: Nirmala, Kavitha and Arya Alvernas

Name: O’Malley, Michael

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Name: Omer, Lubna

Name: Omer, Mutahar Unnisa

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Name: Osama, Seham

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Name: Pakzad, Mohammad Kazem

Name: Parrish, Michael

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Name: Patent, David

Name: Patsko, Laura

Name: Patterson, Kent

Name: Pavlakis, Christoforos

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Name: Piric, Almin

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Name: Shah, Inayat

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Name: Shimoda, Jody

Name: Shoaei, Fatemeh and Mohammad Alavi

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Name: Sturges, Jamie

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Name: Szczerbik, Agata and Geraldine Chell

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Name: Toriida, Marie-Claude

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Name: Zuercher, Kenneth

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Poster Sessions

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