Programme 2025

Time

Information

09:00–09:15

Registration

Introduction — Welcome and Orientation

09:15–10:00

Breakout sessions 1

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Programme Update - this session has been cancelled and the slot will remain free in the schedule.

YOUNG LEARNERS

Gamification and storytelling in English classrooms: empowering young learners as digital narrators

— Joseph Yaw Dawson

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Debate for a connected world: preparing Thai EFL students for the challenges and opportunities of the IoT age

— Wes Harven Guillemer Maravilla

TEACHER EDUCATION

Empowering second-stage career changers in ELT: stories, strategies, and community building

— Suzannah Redmond

10:00–10:15

Refreshment break

10:15–11:00

Breakout sessions 2

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Writing at university in the digital age: aligning institutional expectations with student needs and abilities through effective language assessment

— Alina Reid

YOUNG LEARNERS

Reflective writing as dialogue: fostering teen agency and subjectivity in English language learning

— Daniela Rothwell

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Hands-on with generative AI: personalising ELT materials for different learners and contexts

— Fajarudin Akbar

TEACHER EDUCATION

Comparing multiple-choice and open-ended items in listening tests: implications for testers and teachers

— Andrew Fleck

11:00–11:15

11:15–12:00

Breakout sessions 3

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

From politics to podcasts: teaching ESP to professionals with public-facing roles

— Marina Yesipenko

YOUNG LEARNERS

Leveraging translanguaging strategies to support planning: towards a more inclusive CEFR for emergent bilingual ESL writers

— Nirajana Bardhan

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

AI and ethics in ELT: tools, tasks, and transformative pedagogy

— Ali Caszadeh Mataki

TEACHER EDUCATION

Where we’ve been and where we need to go: targeting skills and knowledge for effective teacher education

— Ben Beaumont

12:00–12:45

Refreshment break

12:45–13:30

Plenary 1

“It’s about human relationships”: teachers and researchers working together for better second language education

— Masatoshi Sato

13:30–13:45

Refreshment break

13:45–14:30

Breakout sessions 4

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Real-world growth: blending youth work and ELT for holistic, vocational language education

— Karen Elaine Waites

YOUNG LEARNERS

Empowering bilingual learners: teaching English to non-native speakers in dual-language classrooms

— Ilda Veliraj

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Innovative student-podcasting activities to enhance both communicative competence and 21st century skills

— Enock Mbenza

TEACHER EDUCATION

Beyond checklists: building deeper reflection in initial teacher training

— Cecilia Nobre

14:30–14:45

14:45–15:30

Breakout sessions 5

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Language in action: elevating communicative competence in ESP through activity-driven instructional design – a gamified learning approach

— Mahendra Dattatraya Shete

YOUNG LEARNERS

Reflective students, lifelong learners: exploring practical strategies for self-reflection and using exit tickets to deepen learning and student engagement

— Elena Ostashchenko

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Humanising English language teaching: ChatGPT as a reflective partner

— Plamen Kushkiev

TEACHER EDUCATION

5 tools for feeding forward: moving emergent language beyond the moment

— Emma Meade-Flynn

15:30–15:45

Refreshment break

15:45–16:30

Plenary 2

Helping students mediate communication in the global world

— Chia Suan Chong

16:30–16:45

Closing comments and farewell