Program

Day 1- Saturday, December 14

Room

B13 Ibn Khaldoon

B13 Ibn Khaldoon

Welcome address by the President, Qatar University
Keynote address by the Dean of General Studies, Qatar University
Speech by the Director, Foundation Program, Qatar University
Plenary - Awad Ibrahim, 

Critical thinking, curriculum studies, and generation Z in our language classrooms

B13 - 117

Research: Revisiting the Wug Test

Nathaniel Lotze

Research: Social-context mechanisms to motivate ESL students

Sabah Sabbah

Workshop: Formative assessment techniques and technological tools
Walaa Kshanh

Workshop: Instructional strategies for developing critical thinking skill
Raeesa Ali

Workshop: Error correction as a learning opportunity, not a mistake
Rouba Saba & Naglaa Mazeed

Teaching Tip: Breaking the sound of silence
Fannie Daou

Research: The puzzle of indirect questions in English
Amer Ahmed & Iryna Lenchuk

Research: L1 as a cultural tool to facilitate L2 learning: A Theoretical and Practical Insight
Dhafir Kasassbeh

Research: Students' reflections of process-based writing: Strengths and weaknesses
Orkun Canbay

Workshop: Developmental supervision for professional growth of teachers

Nimeh Zaytoun

Workshop: M-Learning: An effective tool in language learning
Abderrahim AitBara

Workshop: Facilitating and cultivating learner motivation in the classroom
Rachel Finnie

Workshop: Phonics: Road to the code
Mouza Almannaei

Research: Resilience as part of TESOL professional development
Mick King & Mohammed Aladawy

Research: Artificial Intelligence in Education
Nara Avtandilyan

Research: Developing learner writing autonomy through strategy training
Samira Moussaoui

Panel: Disabilities and Special Needs in the Foundation Program
Enita Barrett (moderator), Sarah Campion, Benjamin Kohler, Fatma Jalalah, Jessica Westbrook, Orkun Canbay

Research: Student-Teacher responsibilities in English studies: An empirical analysis of Arab student and English faculty perceptions

Kashif Raza

Teaching Tip(s): Learning beyond worksheets: Helping young children
Patti Tatum

Teaching Tip(s): Developing critical thinking skills and peer feedback through practical brainstorming technique
Karima Ben Abbes

Research: Improving 21st century skills by infusing critical thinking into writing
Tareq Boudjadar

Research: Gender issues and ESL materials: A continuing struggle?
Kirankumar Ramachandran

Research: Multimodality and EAP: A case study of aligning assessment to digital curriculum

Ahlem Tabib

Workshop: Practical classroom ideas
Sanjeev Kumar

Workshop: Write On - writing activities for all levels
Justin Kernot

Workshop: Teaching college students to think critically about themselves
Giovanni Espinal

Workshop: Applied behavior analysis in the classroom
Shariffah Azzaam

Research: Teachers become teacher-researchers: Developing through exploratory research
Nafiye Aktekin

Research: Framing first-year university students' writing strategies
Mehdi Riazi

Featured* Panel: Incorporating translingual pedagogy into EMI programs in the Gulf
Sara Hillman (moderator), Peter De Costa, Zohreh Elslami, Aymen Elsheikh, Dudley Reynolds

Workshop: Practical strategies and ICT tools in the classroom

Dalia Sakr

Workshop: Corpora in the classroom: Research-based language learning
Mastoor Al Kaboody

Workshop: Variety or calamity? Lesson designs that work
Ersoy Ucar

Workshop: It is time for Pecha Kucha: Do it in style!
Oksana Kharlay

Workshop: Using virtual reality in the language learning classroom
John Allan

Research: Evaluating university students’ deduction making skills

Mohammad Din

Research: 10 student activities for the first 10 minutes of class
Conan Kmiecik

Day 2- Sunday, December 15

Room

B13 - 117

Orkun Canbay (moderator), Aaron Monroe, Abir Ahmed, Easton Phidd, Muhammed Syed, Randy Briones, Naima Sarfraz

B13-110

Workshop: Adding 21st century skills to your classroom
Ryan Brendzy & Glenn Tucker

B13-203

Workshop: Using TBL to move from story reading to story writing
Fajer Al-Rashed

B13-204

Workshop: Teacher motivation = Learner motivation
Elizabeth Zeidan

B13-230

Workshop: Researching language teacher ane emotions
Peter De Costa

B13-303

Workshop: Class management: Strategies and techniques
Hala Ismail

B13-203

Workshop: Leveraging force multipliers in the classroom
Alaeddin Halwani, Fatma Jalalah, Fatma Alyan

B13-204

Workshop: Using “Lesson Study” to develop students’ learning
Fatima Salem & Bochara Khalifa Medeni

B13-230

Workshop: Barriers to adult learning
Wedad Maatouk

B13-117

Featured* Research: Collaborative writing and L2 learners' group work attitudes
Mansoor Al-Surmi

B13-303

Teaching Tip: Stir and settle activities
Shamsa Rushaidi

B13-117

Workshop: Using evaluation rubrics to enhance students critical thinking skills
Chris Stryker & Naima Sarfraz

B13-110

Workshop: Thinking does matter- teaching inferencing strategies in reading
Tasneem Hasan

B13-203

Workshop: Critical thinking about critical thinking
Christopher Graham

B13-204

Workshop: Classroom management styles and strategies
Jency George

B13-230

Workshop: Student motivation and critical thinking: Insights from professional coaching

David Finfrock

B13-303

Workshop:  Paraphrasing Circles

Jerry Brewington & Andrew Imrie

B13-117

Featured* Leadership: The art of team building in the workplace
Mohammad Manasreh

B13-110

Workshop: Providing digital corrective feedback
Anwar Alfetlawi

B13-203

Workshop: Student empowerment
John Allan & Marla Becking

B13-204

Workshop: Challenges and recommended approaches to teaching Mathematics to ELL students
Sammani Abdullahi

B13-230

Workshop: Approaches to SLA through self-awareness of personality traits

Karla Krause & Tammy Brians