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DAY 1
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

9.30am - 4.30pm

Associated Event - Symposium on Language in Immigration
at the Immigration Museum
Can we talk? Well, can we? Language: the great divide is the second symposium hosted at the Immigration Museum. The symposium will encourage active and ongoing networks and collaborative partnerships
and aims to share methodologies across disciplines in areas of language and culture, asylum seeker and refugee services including:
social intervention
anti-racism projects
applied theory in community practice
practical examples of services
project work and case studies

Keynote Address: Professor Joe Lo Bianco, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

IMMIGRATION MUSEUM
Old Customs House, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 Tel. 1300 130152
$80 early bird registration until 30 July, $100 thereafter.
Bookings to be made at: https://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/tickets/#

7.00 - 7.20pm

ACTA 2014 International Conference - Opening Ceremony
at Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
7.20 - 8.30pm Keynote Address: Doing school: Cross cultural encounters
Professor Viv Edwards, Professor of Language in Education at the University of Reading and Director of the National Centre for Language and Literacy
8.30 - 9.30pm REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION




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DAY 2

Wednesday 1 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre


STREAMS: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education / Indigenous education, Bilingual Education, Intercultural Education, Language planning, Refugee issues, Literacy/Low literacy learners, Special needs, Curriculum and materials, Pedagogy, Assessment,
Applied Linguistics/SLA, Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL), Teacher Education, English as International Language (EIL) / World Englishes.
KEY TO SESSIONS: 25-minute papers white, 60-minute workshops green, 60-minute symposia - yellow
From 8.00am REGISTRATION
8.55 -10.00am Keynote Address
Professor Chris Davison, School of Education, University of NSW
Room 105
Keynote Address
Professor Joe Lo Bianco, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Room 106
Parallel Sessions
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
10.05 -10.30am
Session 2.1

Yvonne Loong
Incorporating
learning and
reflection in a
video-recorded
job interview
project
Pedagogy
All levels
Nur Afifi
Islamic English
teacher education
Curriculum &
Materials
Adult
Anh Le
The Application
of the Australian
Core Skills
Framework to
Assessment in
the Skills for
Education and
Employment
program
Assessment
Adult
Inna Gvozdneko
& Enza Calabro
How can we
create a village to
raise
unaccompanied
minors to be
successful and
responsible
citizens?
Refugee Issues
Secondary, Adult
Elma Avdi &
Meaghan Leith
EAL and VET
policy in Australia
- Where to from
here?
Language
Planning
Language
planning
Adult
Ian Malcolm
Education in
Australian
English: The
challenge for
Aboriginal
English speakers
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
Primary,
Secondary
Machdalena
Vianty
Lessons in the
classroom:
Student
teaching's
reflections in
teaching English
to young learners
Teacher
Education
Primary
Huong Ngo
Motivation to
learn English in
higher education
in Vietnam: The
roles of
significant people
EIL / World
Englishes
Adult
Bimali
Indrarathne
Relationships
between learner-
generated
noticing of written
second language
input and working
memory capacity
Applied
Linguistics /
SLA
All levels
Sharon Pledge
Embracing and
Identifying
giftedness in EAL
Students
Special needs
All levels

10. 3011. 00am MORNING TEA
Paper Presentations 11.05 11.30 Workshops 11.05 12.05
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
11.05 -11.30am
Session 2.2

Thi Ha Nguyen
Feedback
practices in
writing skills to
pre-service
English teachers
in Vietnam
Applied
Linguistics /
SLA
Secondary,
Nigel Huckstep
Argument as
cultural capital
Curriculum &
Materials
All levels
Priscilla Clarke Pamela Murphy
Exploring the
Australian
Curriculum for the
diversity of learners
Curriculum &
Materials
Primary,
Secondary
Fiona Weibusch
Fostering
teacher-led
professional
learning in
tertiary ELT
settings
Teacher
Education
All levels

Claire Gorman &
Emma Nichol
Take a history
check - A
contrastive history
of EAL/D policy,
programs and
approaches across
states and
territories and on-
the-ground
implications
Karen Slikas-
Baber
Reading for
pleasure: more
than just a
distant
possibility?
Pedagogy
Adult

Zhariah Pilus
Attitudes of
Malaysian
university
students towards
six English
accents
EIL / World
Englishes
All levels
Alan Williams &
Janet Saker
Tasks for
assessing Oracy
in the EAL
classroom
Assessment
Primary,
Secondary
Jenny Barnett,
Kathy Rushton
& Sophia
Sabatier
Professional
Standards for
teachers working
with EAL/D
learners:
Exploring
strategies for
use
Jane Banks,
Helen Smith &
Bob Brown
A journey of hope
Curriculum &
Materials
Primary
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Wednesday 1 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre


Adult
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
Primary,
Secondary
Teacher
Education
Primary,
Secondary
11.35 -12.00pm
Session 2.3
Huy Hoa Ai
Chau
The spread of
English as an
international
language in the
expanding circle:
Its impact on
self-perception
and professional
identity of
Vietnamese
teachers of
English
EIL / World
Englishes
All levels
Marianne
Turner
What do you
prioritise?
Positioning EAL
pre-service
teachers for
future
collaboration
Teacher
Education
All levels

Samantha Disbray
& Gillian
Wigglesworth
Remote control
Language in
indigenous
education policy
and practices
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
All levels
Julie Marie
Ross
Hang on - Is this
a reading class?
Pedagogy
All levels.

Hyejeong Ahn
Attitudes of
South Korean
English teachers
to Inner Circle
Englishes: From
the powerful to
the weird
EIL / World
Englishes
Secondary, Adult

12.05 12.30pm
Session 2.4
Huong Nguyen
Graduate EFL
Teachers'
preparedness for
school teaching
and the
adequacy of
their pre-service
teacher
education
curriculum
Teacher
Education
Secondary,
Adult
Thu Ngo
How to become a
more critically
evaluative student
in an Australian
university:
Demonstrating an
approach to
enriching the
repertoires of
evaluative
resources in
English among
EAL/D and EFL
students
Pedagogy
Adult
Hora Hedayati &
S. Susan Merandi
Contents of a
professional
development CALL
course
TELL
Adult
Yupaporn
Piriyasilpa
Teaching and
assessing Thai
EFL students'
writing skills using
SFL genre based-
approach
Applied
Linguistics / SLA
Adult
Adriano
Truscott
Learning
Standard English
as an additional
dialect for
Aboriginal
English
speakers: What
does it look like,
feel like, sound
like?
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
Primary
Phiona Stanley
Native speakers,
intelligibility, and
culture crossing:
How native
English speakers
learn language
grading on
Cambridge
CELTA
EIL / World
Englishes
All levels
Iis Rodlyah
The global
spread of
English in
Indonesia:
Acceptance in
resistance
EIL / World
Englishes
All levels
Paul Wicking
Adapting the
European
Language
Portfolio to a
local context
Assessment
All levels
Joseph
Mwelwa &
Brenda
Spencer
The use of a
bilingual
resource in
English
literature
classrooms in
Zambia
Pedagogy
Secondary
Chien Khang Mai
English teaching
methodology in
Vietnamese
pedagogical
contexts: A
challenging issue
Applied
Linguistics / SLA
Primary
12.30-1.30pm LUNCH AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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Wednesday 1 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre


Poster Session 1: Fabiane Ramos - Teaching refugees in mainstream classes Refugee I ssues, Secondary
Poster Session 2: Natasha Moore - School -Community Partnership in a remote Aboriginal setting Aborigi nal & Torres Strai t I sl ander Educati on, Al l l evel s
Poster Session 3: Meg Cotter & Natashar Wills - EAL teaching Resource: Flying Fish Pedagogy, Adul t
Paper Presentations, Workshops & Symposium
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
1.35 -2.00pm
Session 2.5
David Fonteyn
The textual
metafunction:
Theme/rheme
and given/new as
an organising
principle for the
teaching of clarity
and style in
writing to ESL
students
Pedagogy
All levels
Paul Moyneux,
Anita Calore,
Aliani, Renata
Aliani, Janet
Scull & Louise
Holley
Bilingualism and
biliteracy in the
early years:
Reporting on a
longitudinal study
of a Karen-
English bilingual
program
Bilingual
Education
Primary
Jan Bailey
Catering for
EAL/D in
mainstream
English and an
externally
examined
curriculum
Curriculum &
Materials
Secondary
Margaret
Nutbean, Jane
Banks, Gay
Nicholls, Eliza
Costigan, Jenny
Pelle, Trish
Fattor & Patricia
Crane
SYMPOSIUM
Review initiative:
Addressing the
educational
needs of recently
enrolled refugee
students in
mainstream
classrooms (P-
10) school
outcomes
Refugee Issues
Primary,
Secondary
Viv Edwards
Doing diversity:
The marketing of
other languages

Chinh Nguyen
Navigating
spaces for
constructing
practice and
identity: A case
study of four
primary English
language
teachers in
Vietnam
Applied
Linguistics /
SLA
Primary
Jittima Choopun
Collaborative
reflection:
Improvement in
EFL teacher
teaching practice
Teacher
education
Adult
Geraldine
Davies, Janet
Saker & Michael
Michell
Tasks for
assessing writing
in the EAL
Classroom
Assessment
Primary,
Secondary

Sophia Sabatier
ACARA's EAL/D
teacher resource
Curriculum &
Materials
Primary,
Secondary
Izabela
Dziubinski
The Vocabulary
Village
Curriculum &
Materials
Adult
Zoe Hurley
The Triple Flip
TELL
Secondary, Adult
2.05 2.30pm
Session 2.6


Lucinda Murrell
'Taminmin, Our
story' - How a
rural Northern
Territory
comprehensive
public high school
is 'meeting the
challenge':
Aligning EALd
teacher
frameworks,
guidelines and
policy with
practice
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
education
Bunga Ayu
Wulandari
Indonesians
experiences of
learning English:
A narrative
inquiry towards
understanding
Indonesian
English teachers
Teacher
education
All levels
Anna Dabrowski
Supporting
English language
learners in the
International
Baccalaureate
Curriculum &
Materials
Secondary

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Wednesday 1 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre


Secondary
2.35 3.00pm
Session 2.7
Brenda Spencer
Code switching,
language
innovation and
national identity:
Learners'
responses in the
multicultural
South African
school setting
Intercultural
education
All levels
Machdalena
Vainty & Preti
Mahasari
Using directed
reading thinking
activity through
cooperative
learning to
improve fifth
graders reading
comprehension
Pedagogy
Primary
Jennifer Gordon
Readers' Theatre
for intercultural
language learning
Pedagogy
All levels
Helen Byrne &
Susan Creagh
Meeting the
challenge of
implementing the
National
Curriculum for
beginner EAL
learners: The
Milpera
experience, Part
1
Curriculum &
Materials
Secondary
TBA
Penny McKay
Award winner
presentation
Assessment

Shamsa Al
Rasheedi &
Amna Al
Muslamanai
Appraisal report
influence on
teachers' practice
Teacher
education
Adult
Leonard
Freeman
NAPLAN: A thin
veil of fairness
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
Primary,
Secondary
Michael Michell
Theorising the
construct of ESL
teacher
classroom-based
assessment
literacy
Assessment
All levels
Sathy Allen &
Ceridwen Box
Collingwood
English
Language School
- New Arrivals
Program:
Curriculum and
differentiated
learning
Pedagogy
All levels

3.00 - 3.30pm AFTERNOON TEA

Paper Presentations, Workshops and Symposium
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
3.35 - 4.00pm
Session 2.8
ACTA
Councilors
Meeting


Dulani
Suraweera
Employing focus
on form
instruction in an
English for
academic
purposes
classroom
Pedagogy
Secondary, Adult
Jacky Springall
& Liliana Hajncl
Please turn on
your phone
Literacy / Low
literacy learners
All levels
Wendy Collins &
Nico Lorenzutti
Extensive reading
in EAP: An
untapped
resource?
Curriculum &
Materials
All levels

Tim Watson
SYMPOSIUM
Beyond the bell
and the school
gate - EAL
student support
outside school
hours
Refugee Issues
Secondary
Helen Johnpillai
An exploration of
identity of English
language
teachers from
India and Sri
Lanka currently
teaching in
Australia
Teacher
education
Adult
Anna Bury
Reports - No
written
comments! A
case study -
Hoppers
Crossing
Secondary
School
Assessment
Secondary
Chris Davison,
Dennis Alonzo,
Geraldine
Davies &
Michael Michell
Development of
Assessment for
Learning (AfL) -
Infused EAL
curriculum unit
Assessment
Primary,
Naomi Todd
Theater for
English - A
participatory,
content based
course
Pedagogy
All levels
Clare Harris
Writing for learner
needs: No niche
too small?
Curriculum &
Materials
All levels
Marina Pearce &
Glenice Aiken
Exploiting student
use of media
technology to
enhance the
achievement of
curriculum
requirements for
independent
learning, spoken
outcomes and
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Wednesday 1 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre


4.05 - 4.30pm
Session 2.9
Shenita Kaweian
Student teachers'
beliefs and
practice toward
communicative
language
teaching in
Thailand
Teacher
education
All levels
Erika Hepple &
Margaret
Sokhhill
Experimenting
with claymation:
How can
multimodal
pedagogy assist
low-level literacy,
adolescent,
English language
learners?
Literacy / Low
literacy learners
All levels
Secondary also to address
diverse learner
needs
TELL
Secondary, Adult
4.35 5.00pm
Session 2.10
Cathy
Pappalardo &
Ingrid Woods
The challenges of
classification of
EAL/D students
with disabilities -
Profiling the
intrinsic disability
factors
Special Needs
All levels


Daniel Fan
Game-based
learning in
practice: Series
of Web2.0 tools
for language
teaching that are
user-friendly for
residential
programs and
distance learning
programs
TELL
All levels
Michele de
Courcy, Misty
Adoniou &
Ngoc Ba Doan
Accessing the
Australian
Curriculum -
Tools for
teachers of
EALD learners
Curriculum &
Materials
Secondary
Giuliana Mecoli,
Chrisitine
Durbridge,
Siobhan OBrien
Success in
literacy and
learning for EAL
students by
improving
teachers'
knowledge about
language
Teacher
education
Primary,
Secondary

Amanda Hiorth
Karen ESL
learners in
transition:
Investigating
student
experiences in
the move from
English language
school to
mainstream
secondary school
Refugee Issues
Secondary
Savitri Dias
Responding to
individual needs
of slow learners
in primary
classes through
Neuro Linguistic
Programming
Special needs
Primary
Suzana Stapar
Investigating
language, literacy
and numeracy
outcomes
through the social
capital paradigm
Literacy / Low
literacy learners
Adult
Judith
Rochecouste &
Rhonda Oliver
Embracing
plurality through
oral language
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
education
All levels


Minh Hue
Nguyen
Meeting the
challenges of the
EAL practicum:
Stories from a
non-native
preservice
teacher
Teacher
education
All levels
Madelina
Stefana Popan
Refugee issues -
Eritrean
Refugees
Refugee Issues
All levels
5.00PM NETWORKING


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DAY3

Thursday 2 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

From 8.00am REGISTRATION
8.55 -10.00am Keynote Address: Educating the global citizen: Policy and practice in Asian contexts
Professor Amy Tsui, University of Hong Kong
Room 105
Keynote Address:
Associate Professor Ester de Jong, University of Florida
Room 106
Parallel Sessions
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
10.05 -10.30am
Session 3.1
Amirullah
Amirullah, Bill
Eckersley &
Martin Andrew
Exploring
effective features
of bilingual
education in
Indonesian
universities:
Lecturers
perceptions
Bilingual
Education
Adult
Abbas Mehrebi
Boshrabadi &
Reza Biria
Managing
translator training
through hybrid
education: A
social
constructivist
pedagogy
approach
TELL
Adult
Tom Beck & Helen
Byrne
Developing Milpera
State High School's
pedagogical
framework: A plan
for English language
acquisition and
settlement
Pedagogy
Secondary

Arizio
Sweeting
The
paradoxical
predicament
of
pronunciation:
What is being
done about it?
Pedagogy
All levels
Ying Song
English and
China's economy:
English use and
English training in
IT service
companies in
China
EIL / World
Englishes
Adult

Jennifer Alford
Recontextualising
critical literacy with
senior high school
EAL/D learners:
From curriculum to
classroom
Pedagogy
Secondary


Inna
Gvozdneko &
Nune Joordan
Taking a
challenge in
explicitly
teaching thinking
language, skills
and strategies:
What is the
evidence for
impact on EAL
new arrivals and
teachers?
Pedagogy
Secondary
Pam Luizzi
Program
options for
supporting
newly arrived
primary EAL
students
Pedagogy
Primary
Claire Gorman &
Ranae
OHalloran
Exploring the
Capability
Framework -
Teaching
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander EAL/D
learners
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
Primary,
Secondary
Nurmala
Simbolon
Lecturers'
perspectives on
the practice of
English medium
instruction (EMI)
in an Indonesian
university
Bilingual
Education
Adult
Hiba Qusay
Abdul Sattar &
Maryam Farnia
A cross-cultural
study of Iranians
and
Bangladeshis'
perception of
criticisms
Intercultural
education
All levels


10. 3011. 00am MORNING TEA
Book launch
Paper Presentations, Symposium and Workshops
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
11.05 -11.30am
Session 3.2


Derya Duran
Exploring native
English teachers'
perceptions on
developing
intercultural
awareness: The
Turkish context
Intercultural
Education
All levels
Adriano Truscott
The state and
future of EAL/D in
Australia: What
can ACTA do and
how can it be
done?
Intercultural
Education
Primary
Denis Alonzo &
Chris Davison
Developing EAL
teacher's self-
reflective practice
Assessment
All levels
Shem
Macdonald
Exploring EAL
pronunciation
through who
we are and
what we say
Pedagogy
All levels
Jennifer
Hammond, Jane
Wallace, Jenny
Miller &Miranda
McCallum
SYMPOSIUM
Addressing the
needs of at-risk
EAL students
Literacy / Low
literacy learners
Cheewala
Badklang &
Udom Srinno
A preliminary
investigation of
an interactive
dialogue in a
Thai EFL
classroom: An
application of
Exchange
Structure
Thi Nguyet Le
Applying CALL
to enhance
intercultural
communicative
competence for
EFL learners in
Vietnam
TELL
Adult
Delsie Lillyst
Meeting the
challenge -
Guiding tracks:
Literacy and the
Aboriginal
Learner
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
education
Sharon Duff
Sing for English
Pedagogy
Primary,
Secondary, Adult
Jrgen Kurtz
Culture-sensitive
learning and
teaching in the
foreign language
classroom
Intercultural
education
Secondary, Adult
Jack Burston,
Androulla
Athanasiou &
Maro
Neophytou-
Yiokari
Blending ESAP
and CLIL in a
rehabilitation
sciences
programme
TELL
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DAY3

Thursday 2 October 2014
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

All levels
Analysis (ESA)
Applied
Linguistics /
SLA
All levels
All levels Adult
11.35 -12.00pm
Session 3.3
Ivano Buro
The value of
languages other
than English and
intercultural
education in
mainstream
classes
Intercultural
Education
Adult
Natjiree
Jaturapitakkul
Meeting the
challenge: The
development of
the Test of
English for Thai
Engineers and
Technologists
Assessment
All levels
Laila Al Rawahi
The effect of
online
collaborative
project-based
learning on EFL
learners'
language
performance and
attitudes
TELL
All levels
Shashinie
Wijayadharmad
asa
Integrating CLIL
in Sri Lanka to
meet the
language
challenges
Pedagogy
Adult
12.05 12.30pm
Session 3.4
Angie Nazim &
Emily Mason
Preparing
students for an
academic
presentation:
Maximising class
time
Curriculum &
Materials
Adult
Siriruk Foster,
Thao Le & Hoang
Boi Nguyen
Academic
adaptation of Thai
graduate students
in Australia
Intercultural
education
Adult
Susan Creagh
The relationship
between NAPLAN
performance and
English language
level, as measured
by the ESL
Bandscales
Assessment
Primary, Secondary
Mary
Johnston
Health English
as a Second
Language
(HESL)
Curriculum &
Materials
Adult
Howard Nicholas
& Donna Starks
Multiplicity: A tool
for learners and
teachers:
Understanding
learners
plurilingualism
Applied
Linguistics / SLA
All levels
Martin Andrew
Exemplifying
TESOL practices
informed by
critical pedagogy
Pedagogy
Adult

Rita Inderawati
The application
of peer comment
technique in
Facebook for
academic
paragraph
writing
TELL
All levels

Jacqueline
Widin, Adrian
Kelly & Andrew
Pyke
Academic
literacy practices
in diverse tertiary
settings
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
Education
Primary,
Secondary
Damira
Jantassova
The solution of
teaching English as
a foreign language
integrating with
Kazakh and
Russian languages
to students of
Kazakhstan
technical
universities
Bilingual
Education
All levels
Shawana Fazal
& Muhammad
Iqbal Majoka
Integration of
information and
communication
technologies in
communicative
grammar
translation model
for effective
teaching in L2
classrooms
TELL
Adult
Tran Nguyen
Innovative
language
teaching in
Vietnam:
Reflection on
practice
Pedagogy
Adult
12.30-1.30pm LUNCH


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Paper Presentations, Symposium and Workshops
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
1.35 - 2.00pm
Session 3.5
Alan Williams
(Chair)
EAL education
coordinators
meeting
Naomi Migliacci
Meeting the ELT
challenge in the
21st century:
Problem-based
learning
Curriculum &
Materials
All levels
Donna Torr, Susan
Creagh & June Fas
Meeting the
challenge of
implementing the
National Curriculum
for beginner EAL
learners: The
Milpera experience,
Part 2
Curriculum &
Materials
Primary, Secondary
Margaret
Nutbean &
Sara Ceddia
Catering for
the language
and literacy
needs of EAL
students in
mainstream
primary
classrooms
Pedagogy
Primary
Louise Stewart,
Anita Calore,
Nicole Owen,
Anita Windsor
Anne Marie
Lynzaat & Nathan
Chong
SYMPOSIUM
Literacy and
Language of
Science in
Mathematics
Professional
Learning Program:
Initial outcomes
and learnings
Teacher
Education
Secondary
Jacqueline Widin
& Caroline
Malthus
Imagining a new
tertiary community:
Exploring pre-
departure EAP
pedagogies
Curriculum &
Materials
All levels
Ivano Buoro
Staying the
course: Factors
affecting
retention and
completion in the
ESL classroom
Curriculum &
Materials
Adult
Britta
Schneider
Using corpora in
language
learning and
teaching
TELL
Adult

Janelle Ho &
Nick Connolly
The
development of
a computer-
adaptive test of
reading and
vocabulary for
EAL students
Assessment
Primary,
Secondary
Giuliana Mecoli
& Karen Strang
Supporting EAL
assessment and
reporting: Using
the DEECD EAL
video student
work samples for
speaking and
listening and
reading
Curriculum &
Materials
Primary,
Secondary
Lesley Cioccarelli
& Andrea Rivett
Expand your
professional
development and
connect with
teachers around
the world: Develop
a digital personal
learning network
(PLN)
Teacher
Education
All levels

2.05 - 2.30pm
Session 3.6
Rosemary Wette
Using concept
maps to trace
students'
knowledge growth
in an EAP writing
course
Pedagogy
Secondary, Adult
Alison-Jane
Hunter
Enabling higher
degree research
students to
achieve: Beating
the 10,000 hour
rule
Applied
Linguistics /
SLA
Adult
Xuan Thu Dang
& Phuong Dung
Le
Using the
UTAUT model to
investigate
language
teachers use of
ICT for lesson
preparation and
classroom
teaching in a
Vietnamese
university
TELL
Adult
Thuy Dinh
Academic writing
across cultures:
Implications for
teaching English
as an
international
language and
lexical
innovations
EIL / World
Englishes
Secondary, Adult

2.35 3.00pm
Session 3.7
Nakharoj
Inseesungworn
& Anamai
Damnet
Needs
assessment of an
intercultural
business
communication
training course of
Thai professions:
Management vs
non-management
perspectives
Intercultural
communication
Leila Iranmanesh &
Chris Davison
The impact of
formative
assessment in an
English writing
classroom in Iran:
From a critical
emotion theories
perspective
Assessment
Adult
Peter Harrold
Devising a
GAME plan:
Promoting
learner
autonomy with
iPads
TELL
All levels
Rooms in use to set up for plenary Iis Rodliyah
Meeting the
challenge of
learning English
as a foreign
language for
Indonesian
students in
translation class
Applied
Linguistics /
SLA
Adult
Len Unsworth
Meaning-making
at the
image/language
interface:
Foregrounding
multimodality in
teaching English
as a second
language
Curriculum &
Materials
All levels

Tabatha Kellett
Meeting the
needs of
students and
teachers in an
intercultural
community
Intercultural
education
Primary,
Secondary
Johanna Funk
& Cathy Bow
Second
language
acquisition in
online
communities
Aboriginal &
Torres Strait
Islander
education
All levels
Lisa Garrett,
Tricia Gates & Jo-
Ann Savvakis
Yin and Yang: the
fine balance in
effective refugee
education
Refugee Issues
Primary
Minh Hue
Nguyen
Understanding
pre-service
teaching for
quality EAL
teacher
education
Teacher
education
All levels

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Adult
3.00 - 3.25pm AFTERNOON TEA
Parallel Sessions
Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 104 Room 105 Room 106 Room 107 Room 108 Room 109 Room 110 Room 111 Room 112
3.30 - 3.55pm
Session 3.8
Geetha Nair
Providing EALD
students with
tools to compete
in today's world
Pedagogy
Secondary
Ram Giri
Diversity in the
classrooms:
Strategies that
work in multi-level
classes
Pedagogy
Adult
Mei French
Teacher
perspectives on
students' use of
their multilingual
resources
Intercultural
Education
All levels
Dennis Alonzo &
Chris Davison
An application of
Latent Trait
Theory in
evaluating
language teacher
assessment
literacy and
addressing
professional
development
needs
Assessment
All levels
I-Chun Lui
Use of online
projects effects
on the ELLs
communication
competence
TELL
All levels
Steven Quinn,
Cheryl Southin
& Margie
Pickersgill
Unaccompanied
minors in the
Victorian school
system -
Wellbeing,
welfare and
discipline: A case
study of Noble
Park English
Language School
Refugee Issues
Secondary, Adult
Michael
Atkinson
Regaining
meaning in the
neoliberal
classroom: The
facilitation of
dialogue within
inter-cultural
spaces
Intercultural
education
Adult
Lin Li
How much
spoken grammar
finds its way
through Chinese
college students
EIL / World
Englishes
Adult
4.00 5.00pm Final Keynote Address:
Belinda Duarte
Featured speaker on Indigenous issues in TESOL
Rooms 105 & 106


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DAY4

Friday 3 October 2014
City of Melbourne Site Visits

10.00-11.30am Site Visits
Indigenous Culture and Multiculturalism on
Screen: An Introduction to ACMI Resources
Dr Susan Bye, Education Programmer
ACMI
Federation Square, Melbourne
Exploring the resources of Museum Victoria
at the Immigration Museum as well as the
'Identity - Yours, Mine, Ours' exhibition
Jan Molloy
Immigration Museum
400 Flinders Street, Melbourne
A multicultural city of literature - Panel of
authors from Melbourne



11.30-2.00pm LUNCH & TRAVEL TIME (Own Arrangements)
2.00-4.00pm Site Visits
Film screening - exploring indigenous identities and voices at ACMI

ACMI
Federation Square, Melbourne