7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference on language learning technologies 25-27 April 2014 Come, join us, for this annual highlight, a 3-day web conference for language educators.  Some 74 presenters in 66 sessions are going to present, discuss and conduct

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 7am GMT, 8am London, 9am Paris, 4pm Tokyo, 3am New York Google Drive offers excellent opportunities for mobile and/or online computer sharing of documents between students and teachers. This presentation will introduce a new

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 7:30am GMT 8:30am London, 9:30am Paris, 4:30pm Tokyo, 3:30am New York I often hear these comments when I view commercially produced video clips of classes with teachers. When I ask the teachers why they

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 8am GMT, 9am London, 10am Paris, 5pm Tokyo, 4am New York This session is all about you! We would like to do some 'speed-networking' and an informal chat to find out what you are

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 8:30am GMT, 9:30am London, 10:30am Paris, 5:30pm Tokyo, 4:30am New York Teacher training in EFL context so far has been very much influenced by theories which are not always from research in EFL context.

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 9am GMT. 10am London. 11am Paris, 6pm Tokyo, 5am New York The vast majority of teachers in Asia are not here at the Virtual Round Table. Actually, even with some of the most wired

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 10:30am GMT, 11:30am London, 12:30pm Paris, 7:30pm Tokyo, 6:30am New York Since creating the fantasy documentary “My Avatar and Me”, Bente Milton, film director and founder of Skandha Media, Denmark, has not stopped walking

Room AVALON World Clock Sun 11:30am GMT 12:30pm London, 1:30pm Paris, 8:30pm Tokyo, 7:30am New York In my presentation I'll share my experience in teaching an advanced level academic writing course taught to EFL students majoring in Linguistics. I'll focus on

Room MERLIN Livestream World Clock Sun 11:30am, 12:30pm London, 1:30pm Paris, 8:30pm Tokyo, 7:30am New York Writing task is quite challenging for young learners to accomplish. Some teachers even have difficulty to assign this task and have the students finish the

Room MERLIN World Clock Sun 12pm GMT, 1pm London, 2pm Paris, 1pm London, 2pm Paris, 9pm Tokyo, 8am New York Evrim Uysal: Helping Learners Overcome Oral Assessment Phobia   Oral assessment and how to prepare for it has always been a

Room TRISTAN World Clock: Sun 12pm GMT 1pm London, 2pm Paris, 9pm Tokyo, 8am New York Pinar Ayber: ifeedback It is essential to encourage learners to take the lead role in their own learning journeys. Giving effective feedback is one way

Room AVALON World Clock: Sun 12pm GMT, 1pm London, 2pm Paris, 9pm Tokyo, 8am New York While technology has opened up new worlds of learning for ELLs, some students may be sitting down at a computer for the first time in

Room MERLIN World Clock Sun 12:30pm GMT 12:30pm London, 1:30pm Paris, 8:30pm Tokyo, 7:30am New York Sylvia Guinan: Interactive Storytelling for Brain-Friendly Exam Preparation The presentation will show fun, creative ways to help students learn phrasal verbs and other language chunks through

Room TRISTAN World Clock Sun 11:30am GMT 12:30pm London, 1:30pm Paris, 8:30pm Tokyo, 7:30am New York This session will focus on showing on the OpenLanguage app is designed to improve traditional language textbooks and the classroom experience. It will demonstrate how

Room TRISTAN World Clock Sun 12:30pm GMT, 1:30pm London, 2:30pm Paris, 9:30pm Tokyo, 8:30am New York Managing diverse learning needs in today’s multilingual classrooms is one of the greatest pedagogic challenges facing teachers. Given the difficulties the language of school presents

Room AVALON World Clock Sun 12:30pm GMT, 1:30pm London, 2:30pm Paris, 9:30pm Tokyo, 8:30am New York This presentation will show you a University experience with 30 future Primary teachers from Spain currently doing a Master’s Degree for The Use of ICT

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 2pm GMT, 3pm London, 4pm Paris, 11pm Tokyo, 10am New York This session applies connectivist and multiliteracies approaches to exploring recent developments and issues in open learning, and how these might apply to more

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 2:30pm GMT, 3:30pm London, 4:30pm Paris, 11:30pm Tokyo, 10:30am New York The  IATEFL Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest group (YLTSIG)  is tremendously  pleased  and excited to invite you to join  its EVO  session

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 3:30pm GMT 4:30pm London, 5:30pm Paris, 12:30am Tokyo, 11:30am New York Moodle for Teachers EVO 2014 (M4TEVO14) online workshop will take place on a Moodle website called Moodle for Teachers (M4T) and on WizIQ for content sharing, live

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 4pm GMT, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 1am Tokyo, 12pm NYC We discuss the Crafting the ePerfect eTextbook Open Online Course that took place Jan to Feb 2014. In 5 weeks, over 500 teachers from 50+

Room AVALON World Clock Sun 5:30pm GMT, 6:30pm London, 7:30pm Paris, 2:30am Tokyo (Mon.), 1:30pm New York GRGPS- Spread Literature into the world Our common passion for teaching and literature led us to explore using the latter to facilitate the former.

Room MERLIN Livestream World Clock Sun 5:30pm GMT 6:30pm London, 7:30pm Paris, 2:30am Tokyo (Mon), 1:30pm New York The aim of this talk is to show how TechnoPlus English, the multimedia language learning program for students of Engineering, is currently being

Room TRISTAN World Clock: Sun 5:30pm GMT; 6:30pm London; 7:30pm Paris; 2:30am Tokyo (Mon); 1:30pm New York One of the best ways to motivate students is to publish their work. However, it is not always possible due to the physical conditions of the classrooms or

Room TRISTAN World Clock: Sun 6pm GMT, 7pm London, 8pm Paris, 3am Tokyo (Mon), 2pm New York What is the future of ELT materials design and development with new and emerging technologies? A thought-provoking look at the future of materials design

Room AVALON World Clock: Sun 6pm GMT, 7pm London, 8pm Paris, 3am Tokyo (Mon), 2pm New York Blending Technology and Realia in 1:1 iPad ESL Classroom EFL teachers have always brought a variety of real objects (realia) to the classroom

Room MERLIN Livestream World Clock Sun 6pm GMT 7pm London, 8pm Paris, 3am Tokyo (Mon), 2pm New York Using video in the classroom means meeting the learners’ expectations of being entertained and trained for real life communication at the same time.

Room MERLIN World Clock 6:30pm GMT, 7:30pm London, 8:30pm Paris, 3:30am Tokyo (Mon), 2:30pm New York   How (or possibly how not) to self-publish your own app In September 2013 I had an idea for an app. My aim was to

Room AVALON World Clock 6:30pm GMT, 7:30pm London, 8:30pm Paris, 3:30am Tokyo (Mon), 2:30pm New York Teacher will show how 2nd grade bilingual students are using GAFE tools in a 1:1 iPad classroom to maximize student learning in the cloud. The

Room TRISTAN World Clock 6:30pm GMT, 7:30pm London, 8:30pm Paris, 3:30am Tokyo (Mon), 2:30pm New York I share the passion for using songs in my ELT lessons with many teachers. I do not share the same passion for using gap fill

Main Venue ARTHUR World Clock Sun 8pm GMT; 9pm London; 10pm Paris; 5am Tokyo (Mon); 4pm New York ELTons PANEL Nominees- Lizzie Pinard, Sean Banville, Nicky Hockly, Paul Driver, & Jennifer Verschoor/ Moderated by Shelly Terrell Check out the exciting projects and innovation which are up

Main Venue ARTHUR World Clock Sun 11:30pm GMT 12:30pm London, 1:30am Paris, 8:30am Tokyo (Mon), 7:30pm New York KEYNOTE by Shelly  Sanchez Terrell Byte-Sized Narratives: The Impact of Mobile Devices on Learning & Communication All around the world, millions share the narratives

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream World Clock Sun 9pm GMT 10pm London, 11pm Paris, 6am Tokyo (Mon), 5pm New York Want to make language teaching videos that your students can view out of the classroom? You can! I’ll be sharing some tips

Main Venue ARTHUR Livestream Sun 10:30pm GMT, 11:30pm London, 12:30pm Paris, 7:30am Tokyo (Mon), 6:30pm New York It is probably true that gamification, the adding of game elements to non-game contexts, can be used most effectively with young learners. In this

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