VIII ANNUAL FORUM
Thursday, 3 December 2009 ~ Trilussa Palace Hotel, Rome, Italy
8:30 to 9:00 Check-in (Lobby Level)
9:00 to 9:30 Opening Ceremony in Belli Room (Lower Level)
9:45 to 10:45 Sessions A/B
Session A (Exploring Cultures, Part I) Belli Room
“Italian-Canadian, Italian-Australian and Italian Adolescent Speech: A contemporary analysis” Roberto Bergami, Biagio Aulino (Session chair)
“A Fulbright Hays Group Study Project: Language, culture and social transformation: Jamaican perspectives—A development project” Jade Stanley, Elizabeth Landerholm, Joaquin Villegas
“Cultural Globalization: Philosophical aspects of sociocultural influences” Ann Whitaker
Session B (Language Skills, Part I) Nievo Room
“Spanish in the United States: Demographic changes, language attitudes and pedagogical implications” Lucia Buttaro (Session chair)
“Understanding Sentence-Based Error Identification Tasks as Means to Assess EFL Learners’ General Listening Proficiency” Hirokatsu Kawashima
“Multilingual Societies and the Potential of Foreign Language Immersion Programs” Sandra Liliana Pucci
10:45 to 11:15 Coffee Break (Lobby Level)
11:15 to 1:00 Sessions C/D
Session C (Technology) Belli Room
“Building Another Bridge With 21st Century Strategies: Using technology to improve literacy levels in non-native language learners” Zaida A. Cintron (Session chair)
“Building Bridges for Student Success in the Online Community” Benita Fox, Caroline Westerhof, Jacob Anschel Kaltenbach, Michele Hinton Riley
“Building Teams in Global Distance Education Courses” Maria Mitchell, John P. Russo
“Digital Divide among Thai Elderly People” Siriwan Anantho
Session D (Media and Entertainment) Nievo Room
“Entertainment Values vs. News Values for Cultural Thresholds: Case study of television channels in Pakistan” Shahid Waseem (Session chair)
“Toward the Anthropo-ethics Through Film: How to perceive the world as our common homeland” Lukas Jirsa
“Zoological Parks as Vehicles for Cross-Cultural, Ethnographic Communication” Howard Walters
“E-Kid Starter: The Beginning of edutainment for kids” Hanafizan Hussain
1:00 to 2:30 Lunch (Top Floor)
2:30 to 4:00 Sessions E/F
Session E (Globalization) Belli Room
“Thinking Globally: The development of a food and culture course sequence in a department of communication studies” Arthur Lizie (Session chair)
“Seeing Through Other’s Eyes: Samoa, Europe and the Ethnic Image” Mikhail Fiadotau
“Creating a Common Vision for Community through Shared Practice in Educational Reform—a Middle East perspective” John A.G. McKeown
“Globalization, ‘International’ Universities, and the English Language: What Does the Future Look Like?” Al Lehner
“Cultivating Partnerships in Education: Programs that work” Yvette Valdez
Session F (Teaching and Learning, Part I) Nievo Room
“Internationalizing the Curriculum in Teacher Education” Elizabeth Landerholm (Session chair), Dana Dorais
“Implementing Innovative, Interactive Technologies among Teacher Candidates to Enhance Understanding of the Impact of Cultural Diversity on Learning, and Its Implications for an Interdependent World” Inez Heath, Diane Judd
“Infusing English Language Learners Issues in Preparation Programs for In-service and Pre-service Teachers” Joaquin Villegas
“Improving Reading for Middle School English Language Learners” Lauren Stephenson
“The Role of E-Learning at University Level: Independent learning or lack of human contact?” Vanessa Leonardi
4:15 to 6:00 Sessions G/H
Session G (Contexts and Texts) Belli Room
“Language Education in Australia: Programming for the future” Penelope Johnstone (Session chair)
“Building Bridges between Texts: From intertextuality to intertextual reading and learning—Theoretical challenges and classroom resources” Jina Kalogirou, Vasso Economopoulou
“On Oppositism: Practical approaches to teaching innovation and critical thinking to scientists and engineers” Jessica Mudry, Robert Danisch
“Factors Influencing Pronunciation in Language Learning” Tarana Mahmudova
“Multiple Intelligence and Language Proficiency: Is Linguistic Intelligence Psychologically Real?” Hasan Iravani, Nadereh Hojabr Zare
Session H (Religion and the Self) Nievo Room
“Calling Back Body, Mind, Spirit and Nature: An integrative holistic multi-cultural training for traumatic stress reduction” Regina Hess (Session chair)
“Anthropology of Emotions in the Educative Interplay: Some considerations in curricular program development” Nieva Discipulo
“Coexistence Ethics: A necessary curriculum in modern education system” Hakan Olgun
“Formation of Muslim Self and the School Textbooks in Iran” Tea Pitiurishvili
6:00 to 6:45 Welcome Reception (Lobby Level)
Friday, 4 December 2009 ~ Trilussa Palace Hotel, Rome, Italy
9:00 to 9:25 Keynote Address by Michael Sweet (Belli Room)
9:30 to 10:30 Sessions I/J
Session I (Teaching and Learning, Part II) Belli Room
“Bridging Affectivity and Language Success: Appraisal systems in foreign language instruction” Danuta Gabrys-Barker (Session chair)
“Bridging the Pedagogical Gap: Effective cross-cultural instruction for English language learners” Alfonso Nava
“Crossing Classroom Borders: Creating cultural bridges and connecting curriculum at Portland Community College” Melody McMurry, Cynthia Thornburgh
Session J (Communication) Nievo Room
“Language and Culture—The selected problems of international business communication” Aleksandra Radziszewska (Session chair)
“Studying Representations of Gender Roles and Sexual Orientations in Film” Ali Nihat Eken
“Learning Through Linguapax Asia: The UNESCO Linguapax Project" Frances Fister-Stoga
10:30 to 11:00 Coffee Break (Lobby Level)
11:00 to 12:45 Sessions K/L
Session K (Language Skills, Part II) Belli Room
“Language Learning through Content: What can help university students develop their communicative competence in a professional field?” Inna Atamanova (Session chair), Sergey Bogomaz
“Enabling Our Students to Flourish: Establishing opportunities for flow in the EFL classroom” Penelope Murdock
“Goal Setting for Learning English Language of EFL Students” Napaporn Srichanyachon
“Science Learning through Second Language Acquisition” Sofia Papaianni
“English Dictionary for Muslim Learners: Is there a need?” Khairiah Othman
Session L (Exploring Cultures, Part II) Nievo Room
“Crossing Borders between Schools and Cultures over Continents: A road to global education” Pamela Burns (Session chair), Lia Bartolomei
“Developing Cultural Linguistic Competence as a Way of Questioning Stereotypes and Enhancing Second Language Learning” Elzbieta Szymanska-Czaplak
“The Contribution of the McNair Scholars Program to Participants’ Intellectual Development” Kimberly Sanborn, Jade Stanley
“Thai Civil Society and the Media Reform Movement” Monwipa Wongrujira
“Professor Silpa Bhirasri’s Influential Role in the Organizational Culture of Silpakorn University” Sarocha Kesaro
12:45 to 2:30 Lunch (Top Floor)
2:30 to 3:45 Sessions M/N
Session M (Leadership and Business, Part I) Belli Room
“One Step, Two Step, Three Step, Four: The language of silence in the discourse of sufficiency of women’s work in leadership positions in higher education” Lorna Bell-Shaw (Session chair)
“Building Bridges through Industry Placements: Perceptions from Malaysian academics” Roberto Bergami, Annamarie Schuller, Jason Cheok
“Organizational Intelligence: Attitudes and habits of Hispanic entrepreneurs in the process of decision-making and business performance” Angel Resto Gallardo
Session N (Art and Literature) Nievo Room
“Learning to Read a Painting” Lorie Annarella (Session chair)
“Awakening in the Voice: The dynamism of the Dalang” Maszalida Hamzah
“Teaching Alice Walker’s Now Is the Time To Open Your Heart as an Activist’s Call for Global Citizenship” Agnieszka Lobodziec
4:00 to 5:45 Sessions O/P
Session O (Leadership and Business, Part II) Belli Room
“Worming Our Way to the Future: Organic, Local Food Productions at the ‘China Price’” Beth Jorgensen (Session chair)
“Creative Capitalism: A new approach for Market-based social change at a wrong season” Shakespeare M. Binza
“Cultural Literacy Needs for Global Business: Changing the Paradigm” Irfan Ahmed
“Assessment of Intercultural Competency Development of Employees of Multinational Corporations through Company-Sponsored Programs and Business Schools” Christian Wolf
“Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets at Secondary Schools” Mario Allegra
Session P (Teaching and Learning, Part III) Nievo Room
“Teaching Writing to Undergraduate Students: Top 20 Writing Flaws” Silvia Ammary (Session chair)
“The Planning Process of a First Generation Mexicana Teacher in a Bilingual Social Studies Classroom in the United States” Alberto Lopez-Carrasquillo
“Trainee Teacher Beliefs about Teaching and Learning: Does it affect their use of ICT?” Melanie Pope
“What Teacher’s Skills in the Post-SSIS Training System Era in Italy: How close are we to Europe? Reasoning from the foreign language point of view” M. Antonietta Marongiu
“Spiritual Dynamics Involved with Overseas Student Teaching: A qualitative analysis” Michael Firmin
“Predictors of Test Anxiety in an EFL Class” Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel
5:45 to 6:45 Closing Reception (Lobby Level)