Day 1

Day 1 (7th November) Program**

Room 1, Room 2, and Room 3

Room 4, Room 5, and Room 6

11:00 - 12:30	Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session Inauguration address by the President, Qatar University Welcome address by the Dean, Deanship of General Studies, Qatar University Plenary by Stephen Krashen, Three issues in language acquisition and use Watch live on YouTube at this link. For English translation, use this link.
Room	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3
1:00 - 1:30	Language Teacher Development in Qatar: Research and Pedagogy Kashif Raza Dudley Reynolds Mick King Irene Theo Sara Hillman Recording*	The Importance of Repurposing John Allan	The Effectiveness of Spaced Practice: Using Technology in Learning Vocabulary Muna Muqaibal
2:00 - 2:30	Learning by Doing: Project-based Learning Nara Avtandilyan	Alternative Assessments in Everyday Classroom Practices Afroza Tina
3:00 - 3:30	Featured Speaker Caring for Language Learners in a Virtual Environment Shelly Sanchez Recording*	The Why and How of Using Multicultural Children's Literature Adrienne Seo & Daniel Moonasar	Learning Model: Learner’s Voice and Choice Saba Batool
4:00 - 4:30	Featured Speaker From Standards to Competencies: A Steady Shift Towards Implementing 21st Century Skills in our English Classrooms. Shaikha Al Rumaihi	Alternative Techniques in Language Teaching and Assessment Samira Moussaoui	Leadership Skills: A Tool for Team Building Shivender Rahul & Purnima
5:00 - 5:30	Featured Speaker Living and Learning Online in a Post-Pandemic World Andy Curtis	Refocusing Our Teaching Efforts in the Age of COVID-19 Matthew Carey	Collaborative Support Networks for Professional Development in Latin America Sonia Díaz
6:00 - 6:30	Featured Speaker How to Integrate Academic Language Learning with Subject Area Topics Deborah Short Recording*	Reality Pedagogy and the English Language Classroom Khawla Badwan	Managing Learner Needs on a Virtual Platform Rana Khan

11:00

12:30

Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session

Inauguration address by the President, Qatar University

Welcome address by the Dean, Deanship of General Studies, Qatar University

Plenary by Stephen Krashen,

Three issues in language acquisition and use

Watch live on YouTube at this link.

For English translation, use this link.

Room

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

1:00

1:30

Language Teacher Development in Qatar: Research and Pedagogy

Kashif Raza
Dudley Reynolds
Mick King
Irene Theo
Sara Hillman

Recording*

The Importance of Repurposing

John Allan

The Effectiveness of Spaced Practice: Using Technology in Learning Vocabulary

Muna Muqaibal

2:00

2:30

Learning by Doing: Project-based Learning

Nara Avtandilyan

Alternative Assessments in Everyday Classroom Practices

Afroza Tina

3:00

3:30

Featured Speaker

Caring for Language Learners in a Virtual Environment

Shelly Sanchez

Recording*

The Why and How of Using Multicultural Children's Literature

Adrienne Seo & Daniel Moonasar

Learning Model: Learner’s Voice and Choice

Saba Batool

4:00

4:30

Featured Speaker

From Standards to Competencies: A Steady Shift Towards Implementing 21st
Century Skills in our English Classrooms.

Shaikha Al Rumaihi

Alternative Techniques in Language Teaching and Assessment

Samira Moussaoui

Leadership Skills: A Tool for Team Building

Shivender Rahul & Purnima

5:00

5:30

Featured Speaker
Living and Learning Online in a Post-Pandemic World

Andy Curtis

Refocusing Our Teaching Efforts in the Age of COVID-19

Matthew Carey

Collaborative Support Networks for Professional Development in Latin America

Sonia Díaz

6:00

6:30

Featured Speaker

How to Integrate Academic Language Learning with Subject Area Topics

Deborah Short

Recording*

Reality Pedagogy and the English Language Classroom

Khawla Badwan

Managing Learner Needs on a Virtual Platform

Rana Khan

Room	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6
1:00 - 1:30	Cognitive Styles: A Decisive Factor in Online Teaching Sabah Sabbah	Engage Your Students: Yes, You Can! Abir Ahmed Recording*	Introducing Critical Thinking into a Language Programme Richard Harrison Recording*
2:00 - 2:30		Using Technology in Early Childhood to Enhance Learning Patti Tatum Recording*	How to Use Technology Effectively in English Classrooms Leidy Villamizar Castrillon Recording*
3:00 - 3:30	Transfer of Writing Skills across Academic Subjects Mondher Chaabane Recording*		Student Orientation Materials for Successful Virtual Learning Nisreen Anati
4:00 - 4:30	Creative EAP Jeremy Phillips Recording*	Developing Communicative Language Competence Daniel Morris	Technology-Enhanced Peer Feedback in the EAP Classroom Panagiota Tzanni Recording*
5:00 - 5:30	Assessing EFL College Students’ Achievement in Two Vocabulary Learning Methods Islam Fadhil Abdulsahib Recording*	Enjoy Creating the Thinking Classroom Naglaa Mahmoud Mazeed Abdelmaugood Recording*	Formative Assessment Tools for Online Classes Alaeddin Halwani Recording*
6:00 - 6:30	A Corpus Driven Pattern Grammar Analysis of COVID-19 Keywords Roy Randy Briones Recording*	Online Vocabulary Logs, Explicit Learning, and Computer Assisted Language Learning in EFL Classroom Azar Tajabadi	Using Google Sites for Creating E-Portfolios in the EAP Classroom Iryna Lenchuk & Amer Ahmed

Room

Room 4

Room 5

Room 6

1:00

1:30

Cognitive Styles: A Decisive Factor in Online Teaching

Sabah Sabbah

Engage Your Students: Yes, You Can!

Abir Ahmed

Recording*

Introducing Critical Thinking into a Language Programme

Richard Harrison

Recording*

2:00

2:30

Using Technology in Early Childhood to Enhance Learning

Patti Tatum

Recording*

How to Use Technology Effectively in English Classrooms

Leidy Villamizar Castrillon

Recording*

3:00

3:30

Transfer of Writing Skills across Academic Subjects

Mondher Chaabane

Recording*

Student Orientation Materials for Successful Virtual Learning

Nisreen Anati

4:00

4:30

Creative EAP

Jeremy Phillips

Recording*

Developing Communicative Language Competence

Daniel Morris

Technology-Enhanced Peer Feedback in the EAP Classroom

Panagiota Tzanni

Recording*

5:00

5:30

Assessing EFL College Students’ Achievement in Two Vocabulary Learning Methods

Islam Fadhil Abdulsahib

Recording*

Enjoy Creating the Thinking Classroom

Naglaa Mahmoud Mazeed Abdelmaugood

Recording*

Formative Assessment Tools for Online Classes

Alaeddin Halwani

Recording*

6:00

6:30

A Corpus Driven Pattern Grammar Analysis of COVID-19 Keywords

Roy Randy Briones

Recording*

Online Vocabulary Logs, Explicit Learning, and Computer Assisted Language Learning in EFL Classroom

Azar Tajabadi

Using Google Sites for Creating E-Portfolios in the EAP Classroom

Iryna Lenchuk & Amer Ahmed

*Password: QU-Conf-5

** Schedule is subject to change