24th Annual International Convention

"Teachers, Trends, Techniques: A world of Change

10th-12th February 2017 ACT, Thessaloniki, Greece
FRIDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2017
Starting time: around 21:00 Pre-Conference Plenary with Prof Sugata Mitra
The future of Learning
Bissell Library
SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2017
9:15-10:15 REGISTRATION (continuing throughout the weekend)
Seferis Room Elytis Room Dimoula Room Ritsos Room Polydouri Room
10:30-11:00 OPENING CEREMONY
Bissell Library
11:00-12:00 PLENARY with Ms. Marisa Constantinides
Creative Teaching Creative Learning
Bissell Library
12:15-13:00 CLIL: opportunities Learning English Gamified Activities to Teach EFLtalks - teachers teaching Learning Technologies
and challenges through the mind and Vocabulary teachers - The Teachers' in Foreign Language
Dimitris Primalis the body Ioanna Ntaidou Video Glossary Teaching:
(Greece) Danny Singh (Greece) Rob Howard Student Engagement
45' (WS) (Italy) 45' (WS) (Poland) at Its Best!
45' (WS) 45' (T) Dr Paschalia Patsala
& Thanos
Hatziapostolou
(Greece)
45' (WS)
13:15 14:00 PLENARY with Prof. Sugata Mitra
The beginning of the future
Bissell Library
 LUNCH BREAK
14:00- 14:30
14:30-15:00 Teaching an Original Preparing 21st century Research in Practice How children learn English Getting Parents
Video-Based Lesson citizens of the world in Milena Tanasijevic through storytelling Involved
in an EFL Classroom the English classroom (Serbia) Effrosyni Biziri Yiouly
Jake Delatolas Maria Vlachopoulou 30 (T) (Greece) Vezergiannidou
Saveris (Greece) 30' (T) (Greece)
(Greece) 30' (T) 30 T
30' (T)
15:10-16:10 PLENARY with Mr. Leo Selivan
Misapplied Linguistics
Bissell Library
16:15-17:00 Fun Grammar A Story to Tell Use of Trendy Terminology in the Rockin and Talkin for Microsoft in
Games Narrative in ELT Flipping Classroom! Pre-adolescents: Education: Brining
Aphrodite Gkiouri Sofija Ljiljak - Joan Macphail & Angeliki Content and Integrated Technology into your
(Greece) Vukajlovic Apostolidou Language Learning classroom.
45' (WS) (Serbia-Representative (Greece) Monica Varsakopoulos Vanessa
of ELTA Serbia) 45' (WS)
(Greece) Antondiadou
45' (WS) 45' (WS) (Greece/ Cyprus)
45 (T)
17:00 - 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30-18:15 From Teacher to TED Talks. Do It The English in the kindergarten: a The importance of being Theater in Education
Manager ( in ELT) Other Way. Beyond the world of change and emotions (an) Ernest (Peer-Assessor) Georgia Psarra
Bobby Zlatkov message. Zhivka Ilieva & Desislava Galina Velichkova (Greece)
(Bulgaria) Eftychis Kantarakis Terzieva (Bulgaria- Representative of 45' (WS)
45' (WS) (Greece) (Bulgaria) BETA Bulgaria)
45' (T) 45' (WS) (30) (T)
18:15-19:00 MOVING IMAGES - Despina Vardaki Travel and Marvel with Transform your students
exploiting short Elpiniki Psomataki Learning Stations into creative innovators of
films to enhance (Greece) Despina Karamitsou the language
creativity and 45 (WS) (Greece) Theodora Bogiou
communication Title to be announced 45' (T) (Greece)
Magdalena 45' (T)
Wasilewska
(Poland)
45' (WS)

19:30-22:00 Performance by Luke & Friends of Us and Them by David Campton

Social
Programme
Buffet Sponsored by
Musical Performance by Maria Theologidou & Vasilis Nakos
 TESOL Macedonia-Thrace, Northern Greece 24th Annual International Convention
"Teachers, Trends, Techniques: A world of change
SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2017
9:30 -10:00 REGISTRATION (continuing throughout the weekend)
Elytis Seferis Dimoula Ritsos Polydouri

10:30-11:15 Mr Holistic Vs Mr. Using Children's Picture Explore & Imagine: Google Implementation and Its The Way That
McNugget A love story Books in the ESL/EFL Arts & Culture in Education Evaluation of You Say It:
during the grammar Classroom Dimitris Tzouris Emotional Awareness Developing Verbal
wars David Gibson (Greece) projects And Non-Verbal
Marisa Constantinides (Greece) 45' (T) Anastasia Panidou & Communication
(Greece) 45' (WS) Alexandra Valtzidou Skills
45 (T) (Greece) Express
45' (WS) Publishing
Natassa Manitsa
(Greece)
45' (WS)

11:30-12:30 PLENARY Prof. Marina Mattheoudakis

ELT in Greece: What has actually changed?
Bissell Library
12:30-13:00 BREAK
13:10-13:55 Teaching Reading to Is Summer School Fun in Affect for Better Effect Teaching English to Performing Street
Dyslexic Learners of All the Sun? Angelos Bollas Refugees in Theater in ELT class
Ages Vicky Papageorgiou & (Greece) Thessaloniki: From Efi Tzouri &
Daniella De Winter Cathy Salonikidis 45' (WS) despair to hope. Dimitra
(Israel) (Greece) Vicky Sarantidou Christopoulou
45' (T) 45' (WS) Dr. Luke Prodromou (Greece)
(Greece) 45' (WS)
45 (T)
14:00-14:30 Healthy Little Eaters and Micro-blogging as The Roles of The EFL How inclusive can EFL Aiming for a better
the pouch of happiness homework: Building a Teacher in the Modern classrooms be for and brighter future
Spyridoula Kokkali community of online Globalized World dyslexic students? through
(Greece) storytellers Marijana Matic Olga Christodoulou collaboration and
30' (T) Zoi Tsiviltidou (Serbia) (Greece) mutual support of
(Greece) 30' (T) 30' (T) school owners and
30' (T) teachers alike
Board of PALSO
Northern Greece
Natalia
Anyfantaki
Korina
Papadopoulou
Varvara
Karakitsou
(Greece)
30' (T)

14:30-15:00 LUNCH BREAK

15:10 - 15:55 Writing in L2 From And you call it art?!?! Robert Frosts poem Fire Pictures into Words
Grammatical Mistakes Storytelling, Creative and Ice: a Drama Approach Aleksandra
to Lexical Opportunities writing, critical thinking for EFL students Jevtovi
Leo Selivan and more! Despina Kalaitzidou (Serbia)
(Israel) Hanna Ziba (Greece) 45' (WS)
45 (T) Monika Izbaner 45' (WS)
(Poland
Representatives of IATEFL
Poland)
45 (T)
16:00-17:00 Annual General Meeting Please attend
Talk Show Games One Step beyond and Designing Teaching Less is More: Putting
17:10-17:55 Tatjana Janci they lived happily ever Materials to Confront Memory to Work
(Serbia) after. Modern-Day Slavery Dr Lindsey Shapiro-
45' (WS) Angeliki Voreopoulou Margarita Kosior & Steinberg
(Greece) Despoina Sarantidou (Israel- Official
30' (T) (Greece) Representative of
45 ETAI)
45' (WS)
18:15-19:15 Coffee Break at Bissell Library Sponsored by Pinewood School
Guitar Performance by Pinewood Students Thanasis and Grigor Ylli
Panel Discussion based on questions from the audience
with Dr Marina Mattheoudakis, Marisa Constantinides, Leo Selivan
and Dr. Luke Prodromou as chair of the panel
Bissell Library
19:15-19:30 CLOSING REMARKS
WS workshop T talk

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