30 November 2011, Wednesday 

5:30 – 6:30

Welcome Bruce C. Swaffield
Introductions Betsy Landerholm
Featured Speaker Dr. Edem Adubra, the Chief of the Teacher Policy and Development Section in the Division for Planning and Development of Education Systems at UNESCO.

6:30 – 8:00 Dinner Banquet

1 December 2011, Thursday

8:30 – 10:00

Panel: Celebrating Diversity Without Sacrificing Culture, Part I

Sandra Liliana Pucci* United States
Dale Taylor Qatar
Joaquin Villegas United States
Iris Guske Germany
Lucia Buttaro United States

9:45 – 10:10 Coffee available

10:10 – 11:40 Education Reform

The Importance of Integrated Schools to the Protection of Dignity and Equality: Lessons from the U.S. and South Africa Sharon Rush* United States

Competing Voices and Secret Subversives: Foreign, external, indigenous, international influences in educational reform Keith Young, John McKeown Turkey

Personal and Communicative Potential of Technically Oriented Young People
in the Globalized World Inna Atamanova, Sergey Bogomaz Russia

Autonomous Learning in an Imagined International Community: Model United Nations Lori Zenuk-Nishide, Donna Tatsuki Japan

Education Reform through Youth Media Advocacy: An interdisciplinary service learning approach James Kelly United States

11:50 – 1:00 Language Methods

The World Languages Classroom/Lab: Theory versus practice Adrián García* United States

Integrated Learning for an Integrated World: Facing the challenges of language education Serafina Filice Italy

Integrating Literary Texts into ELT Curricula Donna Tatsuki, Lori Zenuk-Nishide Japan

Thinking in English; Preparing students for global futures Majid Shatery Oman

The Varieties of English and the Other Factors Affecting Online Academic Listening Ability of EFL Students Supalak Nakhornsri Thailand

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 2:20 Thursday Keynote

Straight to the Heart of the Matter: Citizenship, connectivity and democracy Lorna Elle Shaw United States

2:30 – 4:00 Teacher Education

The Impact of Experienced Teacher Leadership on Pre-Service Teacher Education in the UAE Elizabeth Howard, Lauren Stephenson* United Arab Emirates

Educating Teachers of Immigrant Children: A cross-cultural study between Boston and Rome Deana Bardetti, Solange Lira United States

Levels of Burnout Among EFL Teachers in Poland Barbara Jaroszewicz Poland

Determining Your Teaching Style: The case of Saudi English language and literature teachers Aisha Al Hussain Saudi Arabia

Error Correction in the Foreign Language Classroom: Teachers’ practices, learners’ perceptions and language learning Mirosław Pawlak Poland

3:50 – 4:10 Coffee available

4:10 – 5:50 Language Analysis

The Challenge of Teaching English as a Second language in a Global World Sophie Papaianni* Italy

The Interplay of Language Anxiety and Pronunciation Learning Strategies Magdalena Szyszka Poland

Foreign Language Teaching Methodology in the Context of Sociocultural Distance Beatrice Demont Italy

A Study of Perceptual Learning Style Preferences of Thai EFL University Students of Science and Technology Disciplines Songyut Akkakoson Thailand

Stereotypes in a FL Classroom: Modifying negative attitudes to enhance FL learning Elżbieta Szymańska-Czaplak Poland

Willingness to Communicate in English as a Foreign Language: A cross-cultural investigation of Polish and Slovak university students Dagmara Galajda Poland

6:00 – 6:50 Research and Scholarship 

Christina Cartagena United States
Samantha Shehan United States
Vanessa Rubio United States
Melanie Wasson United States

6:50 – 7:30 Reception

2 December 2011, Friday

8:30 – 10:00

Panel: Celebrating Diversity Without Sacrificing Culture, Part II

Betsy Landerholm* United States
Wayne Landerholm United States
Ann Whitaker United States
Zaida Cintron United States
Lauren Stephenson United Arab Emirates

9:45 – 10:10 Coffee available

10:10 – 11:40 Language Skills

The Czech Republic Languages in Cyberspace: An evolutionary phenomenon for English as a second language Roberto Bergami* Australia Biagio Aulino Canada

The Relationship between Foreign Language Anxiety, Self-Efficacy and Foreign Language Attainment Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel Poland

Taiwanese High School Students' Attitudes towards Foreign Language Choice: A pilot study I-Sung Cheng Taiwan

Mother Tongue and Foreign Language Learning F. Özlem Saka Turkey

Expressing Emotions in the First and the Foreign Language: A cross-cultural study Liliana Piasecka Poland

11:50 – 1:00 Media and Technology

The Representation of Mathematics in Print Media: A semiotic perspective with educational implications Biagio Aulino* Canada

Analyzing the Patterns of Online Communicative Language on Facebook: A reconstruction of identity amongst the young Malaysians in a multilingual online communication setting Azianura Hani Shaari** Malaysia

World Language Education Students’ Intercontinental Blogging during Study Abroad Dana Webber United States

The Power of Online Social Networks for Management of Natural Disaster Crises in Developing Countries: A case study of Thailand Neunghathai Khopolklang, Roonkarn Musakophas Thailand

The Role of Social Media in Developing Technical Writing Irina Orlova** Latvia

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch

2:30 – 4:00 Teaching and Learning

Culture Sensitivity in Global Learning: A comparative study of TIME perceptions Danuta Gabrys-Barker* Poland

A Season of Discontent: First-year undergraduate Bahraini education students and the assessment status quo John McKeown Turkey

Influence of Aspirations and Materialism on Achievement Goal Orientations
Soontornpathai Chantara Thailand

The Effects of Global Learning: Teaching students about nations, continents and diversity utilizing cultural metaphors Michele Hinton-Riley, Paige Erickson United States

Impacts on Prosody: A second look at Vygotsky’s social constructivism Hasan Iravani Iran

3:50 – 4:10 Coffee available

4:10 – 5:25 Business and Entrepreneurship

Beyond Industry Placement: What happens after the VET business teacher returns to work? Annamarie Schuller*, Roberto Bergami Australia

Personal and Professional Development of Future Entrepreneurs in Higher Educational Environment Natalia Kozlova, Tatiana Levitskaya, Inna Atamanova Russia

Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Activities of Universities and How Students Can Become Involved as Part of Their Learning Curriculum Christian Wolf Germany

Teaching and Researching Selected Business Genres Pawel Zakrajewski Poland

Need for Terminological Precision of Management Terms in Serbian as a Prerequisite for Effective Accession to Membership in the EU Gordana Jakic Serbia

5:35 – 7:00 Across Cultures

A picture is worth . . . 1000 words! Anthony Mollica* Canada

How Language Learners Learn in Different Countries: A Case Study Binnur İlter Turkey

Drama in the Multicultural Classroom Lorie Annarella United States

The Current State of Issues Related to the Coverage of Children’s Rights in the Media, at Schools of Journalism, and Communication in Azerbaijani Universities Tarana Mahmudova** Azerbaijan

Global Citizenship and Human Rights Education Maria Pratas Portugal

Jewish Physicians in the Court of Cordoba’s Caliph: A sample of intercultural cooperation Pasquale Renna Italy

7:00 – 7:30 Closing Reception

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* Session chair
** Scholarship recipient

Other participants:

Loretta Baldassarri Italy
Rose Lee Hayden Italy
Bhikkhu Sunandapriya Bangladesh
Jeannine Swaffield United States
Barua Tapan Bangladesh
Suzanne Wheeler United States