Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Rod Ellis

Rod Ellis is Research Professor in Curtin University (Australia), visiting professor at Shanghai International Studies University and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of the University of Auckland. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has written extensively on second language acquisition and task-based language teaching. His most recent (co-authored) book is Task-based Language Teaching: Theory and Practice (2020) published by Cambridge University Press.

Liz England

With an academic career anchored in the United States and on five continents, Dr. England has a career-long focus on designing, implementing and evaluating face-to-face language teacher education programs (mostly English but Arabic language teaching, too). Recently, she has enjoyed contributing to hybrid and virtual pre- and in-service teacher education projects (mostly post-graduate) for universities, ministries, and private and government agencies. She has led projects in 30 countries with many in the Middle East and North Africa. Author of many books, chapters, and journal articles, her recent research focuses on career path development and she has published the first book on the subject in 2019, TESOL Career Path Development: Creating Professional Success. New York: Routledge - Taylor & Francis.

Jeremy Harmer

Jeremy Harmer is a teacher, trainer and writer with many years of experience. He offers talks and training all over the world. Among his many titles are The practice of Language Teaching (Pearson), 50 Communicative Activities (Cambridge University Press), Jetstream (Helbling), and three graded readers for Cambridge. Away from ELT, Jeremy is a practising musician, singer and songwriter.

Featured Speakers

Gabriel Diaz Maggioli

Dr. Gabriel Díaz Maggioli is a teacher who applies the lessons learned in the classroom to his roles as teacher educator, researcher, and writer. He is Academic Advisor to the Institute of Education at Universidad ORT Uruguay. Gabriel is President of IATEFL and a former member of the Board of TESOL

Joyce King

Joyce Kling PhD is TESOL International Association president for 2022-2023. She is an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, where she teaches second language teacher education courses to pre-service and in-service teachers. Over the course of her career, she has worked as an ESL & EFL teacher, program director and administrator, teacher trainer, researcher, materials developer, author, and consultant. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics, with a focus on English-medium instruction (EMI), from the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include EMI, teacher cognition, and language testing and assessment.

Rana Khan

Rana Khan holds a master’s degree in English Literature and Business Administration. She has extensive teaching experience and has also served on the Conferences Professional Council, TESOL International Association as chair (2021). Rana is currently the president of TEFL Kuwait and is working as Academic Coordinator to the Intensive English Program, Algonquin College, Kuwait.

Lawrence Jun Zhang

Lawrence Jun Zhang, PhD, is Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL and Associate Dean of the, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand. His teaching mainly involves supervising 18 fulltime PhD students in Education (Applied Linguistics/TESOL) and delivering courses in systemic functional linguistics in language education. His major interests are in learner metacognition and teacher education, with particular reference to L2 reading/writing and ESP/EAP. He has published extensively along these lines in leading SSCI-indexed international journals. He is also a popular plenary/keynote speaker at over 20 conferences around the world.

Mehmet Orkun Canbay

Mehmet Orkun Canbay received his Ph.D. in Language Teaching. He is a Lecturer in English at Qatar University in the Foundation Program, where he also serves as the Chair of the Academic Excellence and Professional Development Committee. He has presented his research and given workshops at international conferences. His main research interests are based on L2 Writing, Written Corrective Feedback, Learner Engagement, and Memory Systems. In his most recent research study, he examines the use of Artificial Intelligence Writing Assistants in text production in Higher Education.