08:00 - 09:30

Registration – University Entrance Hall

09:30 - 09:45

Opening Speech: Assist. Prof. Dr. Hidayet TUNCAY

09:45 - 09:55

Opening: Welcoming Address, Rector Prof.  Dr. Ömer Asım SAÇLI

09:55 - 10:05

Orientation Briefing  &  Data show About İstanbul Arel University   

10:05 - 10:15

Music Recital: Merve TUNCAY

10:15 - 10:30         Break

10:30 - 11:30

Plenary: Prof. Dr. Özcan DEMİREL : CEFR - Based Language Testing
(University Conference Hall)

11:30 - 11:50         Break

11:50 - 12:50               CONCURRENT SESSIONS (1)

Rooms

Presenter(s)

Title of Presentation

B 1016

Mehmet DEMİREZEN

The Perception and the Permanent Importance of Junctures in Foreign Language Teaching

B 1014

Özge KARAOĞLU

To Be "E" or Not To Be "E"

B 1004

Anna BEILHARZ

Flowers from Frameworks: Nurturing Individual
Students' Potential within Structured Frameworks

B 1010

Suzan YILDIRIM

The Magic of the Videos

B 1001

Mark LIEBERMAN

Creating Scholars: A Methodology for Teaching
Academic Writing to Undergraduates

B 1002

Aynur KESEN

Expectations in the Foreign Language Classroom: Do Teachers really care?

B 1003

Olena BENEDYKTOVA

"Repetitio est madre studiorum!"  Designing Effective Review Activities

B 1010

İsmail Zeki DİKİCİ

The Use of Culture-specific Notions Through Communication Strategies Employed by Students of English at Muğla University

B 1015

Hatice ÇELEBİ
Gaele Morag MacFarlane
Seda GÜRDERE

False Friends: Do our students know "professional" and "profesyonel" are not the same?   (Discussion Group-SIG)

B 1019

Eda ÜSTÜNEL

Reflecting on Individual Learning Styles in English Language Classroom Practice

12.:50 - 14:00              Lunch: University Dining Hall

14:00 - 15:00

Plenary:  Susan DAVIES: Reliability and Validity: the Challenges in Assessing Speaking Proficiency                                                                             (University Conference Hall)

15:00 – 15:30      Break

15:30 - 16:10               CONCURRENT SESSIONS (2)

Rooms

Presenter(s)

Title of Presentation

B 1020

Nahid ZAREİ

Explorations on the Teachers' Roles in Grammar Classes in Iran

B 1010

Emine OĞUZ

From Seeds to Harvest

Call Lab

Hacer ŞİVİL

Cyber World is welcome in the classrooom

B 1001

Turan PAKER
Hatice ALTUN

Using Films as a Language Learning Tool in Preparatory English Classes

B 1015

Eda ÜSTÜNEL
Aynur KESEN

EFL Learners' Metaphors of Learning and Language Learning

B 1014

Tanju DEVECİ

Transformative Learning

B 1002

Nasreen HUSSAIN

Empowerment of Female Teachers and  PD: Balancing the Act

B 1003

Metin TİMUÇİN

Facts to consider for the sustainability of curricular innovations in TEFL context

B 1004

Angeline VIJAYARAJOO
Cynthia DOSS

Reader Response in Literature Classrooms

B 1008

İsmail H. ERTEN
İpek GÜNEY

Why do my students not want to speak? An Attempt to Understand Problems Experienced by Language Learners in Speaking Classes.

B 1019

Ülkü KÜÇÜKAKIN

An Analysis of Teachers' Beliefs and Institutional Factors in Creating "Speaking Opportunities"

16:10 – 16:30         Break

16:30 - 17:30

 Plenary:   Rod WEBB:  Getting Results in EAP   (University Conference Hall)

 18:00  Reception – Rector’s Welcome Cocktail

2nd  DAY                                                                 30th May 2009, SATURDAY 

09:30 – 10:30

Plenary:Paul SELIGSON: Facing your Fears - the ´F´ factor (University Conference Hall)

10:30-10:50                            Break 

                               10:50-11:30                     CONCURRENT SESSIONS (3)

Rooms

Presenter(s)

Title of Presentation

B 1003

Turan PAKER

Student Teachers' Anxiety Related to Teaching Practicum

B 1001

M. Naci KAYAOĞLU

Corpora to Compensate for Lack of Sixth Sense in Mastering a Foreign Language

B 1010

Nurgül ALTINKAYA

A Listening-Speaking Syllabus Designed for Faculty of Fine Arts Students

B 1014

Nesrin BAKIRCI

Becoming Aware of Classroom Realities: A Social Responsibility Project

B 1019

Mehmet Sercan UZTOSUN

Understanding Students' Preferences for the Use of Communication Strategies

B 1020

Elçin PETEK

Stress Factors and Coping Strategies of English Instructors Working at the Preparatory Schools of Universities

B 1004

Cynthia DOSS

Insights into L2 Reading of Hypertext-Cognitive Consequences

B 1011

Gencer ELKILIÇ
Selami AYDIN

Difficulties of Turkish EFL Students in Pronuncing Certain English Sounds Due to the Lack of Such Sounds in Turkish Language

B 1009

Hilal BÜYÜKGÖZE

How Can We Use Computer Applications To Teach Languages? Let’s Share ICT – Facilitated Activities

B 1002

Gülsüm ÖZEROL

What is CALL?: EFL Primary School Teachers’ Perceptions

11:30-11:50                   Break 

11:50 – 12:50

Plenary:   Kristina SMITH:  The Technological Future of ELT      (University Conference Hall)

12:50 - 14:00                  Lunch: University Dining Hall

                                14:00-14:40                        CONCURRENT SESSIONS (4)

Rooms

Presenter(s)

Title of Presentation

B 1004

Arif SARIÇOBAN
Pınar GÜRSES

Listening Activities and Strategies for Young Adults

B 1014

Hayrettin KENAN

Creative (divergent) Thinking and Language Dominance by an English-Turkish Bilingual Child

B 1011

Ece Zehir TOPKAYA
Çiğdem KİRAZLAR

Effects of a Diary Study on Teachers'  Reflective Practices and Their Attitudes Towards Teaching

B 1001

Hidayet TOK

Teachers' Beliefs of Self-Efficacy, English Proficiency, and Learning Strategies: A Case Study in Turkey

B 1002

Nurgül ALTINKAYA

Using website facility for assigning webquests to learners of English

B 1010

Duygu KORONCU

The Communicative Classroom

B 1009

Şeyda SANLI

English Teachers' Evaluation of Primary School English Course Books

B 1003

Zineb DJOUB

Portfolios Training for Autonomous Language Learning

B 1008

Feryal ÇUBUKÇU

Critical Thinking Strategies in English Reading Classes

B 1019

Yasemin KIRKGÖZ

Towards Developing a Dynamic EAP Curriculum

14:40 – 15:00           Break

15:00 – 16:00

Plenary:   Tom GODFREY: Eliciting and Drama Techniques in ELT: Developing Language Skills with a Focus on Creativity and ‘Whole Person Learning’                       (University Conference Hall)

Closing Remarks: Assist. Prof. Dr. Hidayet TUNCAY    University Conference Hall

Raffle and Presentation of Certificates      University Conference Hall

 1st Day    29.05.2009  Friday

Gülay  ERDEM

How Material Evaluation Contributes to the
Effectiveness of Language Teaching