7.Let’s ‘Grammar’ with and from Systemic-Functional Linguistics Demonstration Room 7 English grammar teaching in EFL classes should be neither challenging nor frustrating, but fun with and from Systemic-Functional Linguistics (SFL). Approaching teaching from such a perspective helps students internalize and use grammar meaningfully and purposefully in contextualized discourses. To use such an approach improves students’ language intelligibility and performance. Presenter: Jorge LEMOS SHLOTTER 8.Fostering the learning of research genres in higher education Research paper Room 8 Mastery of a foreign language is a priority for personal and professional development. At university, ESP courses should enhance the teaching and learning of research genres. Thus, this presentation informs about an on-going research project related to empirical informative abstracts conducted at the School of Political and Social Sciences, UNCuyo. Presenter: Jorge SÁNCHEZ 9.Metacognitive and cognitive processes in lesson planning Research paper Room 25 This presentation will show the results of a study on metacognitive and cognitive processes that occur in the mind of pre-service EFL teachers when planning a lesson. This knowledge will eventually allow to determine better ways to support and improve our students’ higher order thinking skills. Presenters: Marcela QUINTANA & Lucia RAMOS Friday, June 8, 2018 – 14:30 -16:00 10.The modern language classroom: how technology changes teachers’ roles Workshop Room: School Auditorium Internet and free access to language learning software does not replace language teachers, but it does mean that the teacher’s role changes. What are skills that learners cannot get online? This presenter will provide techniques to incorporate production, critical thinking, and social skills into lessons to stimulate learner autonomy. Presenters: Anna McCOURT 11.Plan B, Your Back Pocket Activities When Technology Fails Workshop Room Salón AMICANA The goal is to create communicative, back-up lesson plans for a classroom with no technology. The participants will be grouped to develop lesson plans in a collaborative round-robin pairing of receptive and productive skills, which can in turn serve as a model lesson plan sharing exercise in any context. Presenters: Lia BRENNEMAN & Maria Victoria MUÑOZ 12.Brain-Based Learning: building a bridge between Neurosciences and Education Workshop Room 7 Knowing how the brain works is essential for teachers to select strategies and design activities that go hand in hand with how students’ brains learn. In a fun way, using a variety of interactive activities, this workshop will bring teachers closer to a very wise way of teaching. Presenter: Nylia Elena MONTÉ 13.Lead to believe. Believe to teach Workshop Room 8 Teachers are visualized as commanders in charge. They are in a position to lead but not always aware of it. During this workshop, attendants will be able to discover the leader they carry inside and how to help students find the one inside themselves. Presenter: Elsa ACETO
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