Featured Sessions

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Note: This list of presenters is currently under development. A finalized list of featured sessions will be available closer to the conference date.

Concurrent Sessions HERE * Online Sessions HERE

 

Saturday Plenary Sessions

Charles Browne
“The NGSL Project: Corpus Tools to Help Transcend Borders, Build Bridges, and Make Connections in the 21st Century“
Vocabulary
(Plenary, 50 mins)

Jack C. Richards
“Connecting With Teachers’ and Learners’ Emotions in the Language Classroom“
Social Emotional Learning
(Plenary, 50 mins)
 

Sunday Plenary Session

Naeema B. Hann
“Language Teacher Networks: Values and Visibility“
Teacher Education / Professional Development
(ESBB Plenary Session, 50 mins)

Sponsored Featured Session

Charles Browne
“Principles and Activities for Critical Thinking Skills Development“
Creativity / Critical Thinking / 4Cs
(Workshop, 50 mins)

KOTESOL Featured Sessions

Kevin Kester
“Conflict, Peace, and Teaching in Higher Education: Reflections on an International Career in Korean Academia“
Peacebuilding / Peace Studies / Peace Linguistics
(Workshop, 50 mins)

“Peace Education as a Form of Global Citizenship Education in Universities in Divided Settings: Challenges and Prospects“
Peacebuilding / Peace Studies / Peace Linguistics
(Research, 25 mins)

Kara Mac Donald
“Connecting Across Borders: Creating Creative, Community Experiences for Students“
Culture & Cross-/Intercultural Perspectives
(Workshop, 50 mins)

Jocelyn Wright
“Comprehensive Peace and Compassionate Communication to Achieve Our Aims“
Peacebuilding / Peace Studies / Peace Linguistics
(Workshop, 50 mins)

“Peace Linguistics in Your Classroom?“
Peacebuilding / Peace Studies / Peace Linguistics
(Workshop, 50 mins)

KOTESOL Invited Session
David Shaffer
“A Half-Century of Blistering Change: South Korea“
Other Issues: Local Historical Context
(Talk, 25 mins)

ESBB Featured Sessions

John R. Baker
“Guiding Apprenticing Writers With Model (Mentor, Exemplar) Texts“
Writing
(Workshop, 50 mins)

Saiwaroon Chumpavan & Sirawich Tampanich
“Fostering Global Empathy by Bridging Cultural Divides With Technology and Storytelling“
Culture & Cross-/Intercultural Perspectives
(Research, 25 mins)

Gloria Shu Mei Chwo
“A Pilot Study on a General Education Center Course via Curation and VR Creation“
Content-Based Instruction / EMI / CLIL
(Research, 25 mins)

Biljana Čubrović
“Towards the Creation of an Amalgam English: A Phonetic and Attitudinal Case Study“
Pronunciation
(Research, 25 mins)

Tharwat M. El-Sakran & Khawlah Ahmed
“Variances in Faculty and Student Knowledge and Perceptions of ChatGPT“
Technology / Online Learning / AI / CALL / MALL
(Research, 25 mins)

Mzukisi Howard Kepe
“Computational Thinking and Communication Engineering Skills to Curb Plastic Pollution: An Inclusive Approach“
Critical Pedagogy/Perspectives
(Research, 25 mins)

Mukaddam Khaitova
“Empowering Identities: The Role of Phatic Labour in Transforming Language Education“
Student/Teacher Identity/Agency
(Research, 25 mins)

Theron Muller, Alaa Salem, & John Adamson
“Critically Rethinking Citation Bibliometrics: Understanding Faculty Publishing Trends Using Document Analysis“
Applied Linguistics / Second Language Acquisition
(Research, 50 mins)

Binu PM
“EFL Learners’ Experiences With ChatGPT and Its Perceived Impact on Self-Directed Learning“
Technology / Online Learning / AI / CALL / MALL
(Research, 25 mins)

Kuang-Yun Ting & Wen-Chi Vivian Wu
“Advancing Language Education Through AI-Enhanced Gamification“
Technology / Online Learning / AI / CALL / MALL
(Research, 25 mins)

Roy Pushpavilasam Veettil
“Reassessing the Status of English in Oman: Have the Circles Merged?”
Language Policy / World Englishes / English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
(Research, 25 mins)

Other Featured Sessions

Zhou Fei
“Innovative Approaches to Nurturing Global Citizenship Through English Teaching“
Culture & Cross-/Intercultural Perspectives
(Research, 25 mins)