Program Book NileTESOL 2018 Final Jan-3

NILETESOL22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
EXCELLENCE:
STUDENTS &
EDUCATORS IN
PURSUIT OF
LIFE-LONG
LEARNING
JANUARY 23 & 24, 2018
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
NILETESOL
22NDANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
JANUARY 23 & 24, 2018
NILETESOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2017-2018)
Ahmed Samir Alexander Lewko (President)

Amal Abou-Setta Amira Salama
Eman Youssef Ghada AbulHassan
Hanan Fares Jon Parnham
Kamila Helmy Maha Hamed
Mai Magdy Maria Arruda
Mariam Osman Mayssa Hashad
Muhammad Khalil Omaima Ayoub (In-coming President)
Rania Jabr Ruth Petzold
Sanaa Makhlouf
NILETESOL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (2017-2018)
Afaf Mishriki Amani Demian (In-coming Co-chair)

Ebtihal El Badry Heba Fathelbab
Mai Magdy Mariah Fairley
Mariam Osman (Conference Co-chair) Rania Jabr (Conference Co-chair)
Sanaa Makhlouf (In-coming Co-chair) Susanne Rizzo
Omaima Ayoub
NileTESOL website: www.niletesol.org

Conference website: http://niletesol.org/niletesol-conference-2018/
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WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Fellow NileTESOL Conference Attendees and Colleagues,
I wish you a warm welcome to the NileTESOL 22nd Annual Conference. The theme,
“Excellence: Students and Educators in Pursuit of Life-Long Learning” is a very appropriate
one. NileTESOL-sponsored events throughout 2017 have demonstrated the excellence of
NileTESOL members as well as their commitment to on-going professional development. This
conference kicks off our continued dedication for 2018. Of course, the conference that we will
enjoy and learn so much from would not have been possible without the dedication of the
Conference Organizing Committee, led by both Rania Jabr and Mariam Osman. Their tireless
efforts started almost immediately after the 2017 conference and continued throughout the
year. We all truly appreciate all the work they completed regarding the planning and organizing
required in order for all of us to enjoy this event. Co-sponsoring this event with NileTESOL is
The School of Continuing Education at the American University in Cairo. The central role it
plays for the conference, both logistical and financial, is crucial to allowing this conference to
be held year after year at the amazing New Cairo campus.
I also want to express my appreciation to the partners and sponsors of this conference. They
include the American Regional English Language Office, the British Council, AMIDEAST,
the International Language Bookshop (ILB), Cambridge University Press (CUP), Nahdet Misr,
Compass Publishing/Leaders, IDP Education IELTS, International House Cairo, MM
Publications, Oxford University Press (OUP), and Pearson Education. I strongly encourage
everyone to stop by their booths at any time during this year’s conference to learn more about
their offerings and to keep them in mind for your teaching needs throughout the coming year.
Of course, a conference would not be worthwhile without speakers and sessions that inform
our practice as ELT professionals, and I am certain this year’s conference will not disappoint
its attendees. We are very fortunate to have very well regarded plenary speakers, including Dr.
Robert Switzer, Dr. Lobna A. Youssef, Mr. Nicholas Peachey, and Dr. Vivian Leskes. Their
talks and workshops promise not only to inform our practice as professionals but also to
challenge us to take more responsibility for our own professional development. This
conference also offers the opportunity for NileTESOL members and other ELT professionals
to show case their work and research. As in prior years, we will all be able to attend
presentations and workshops along with 20x20 presentations. I am also looking forward to the
Lightning Talks, which is a new kind of presentation debuting this year. We will also have the
chance to see the work of the different Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at both the general SIG
session as well as the Testing and Assessment SIG session.
I also encourage you to attend the General Assembly on the second day of the conference at
1:00 pm. We will honor the 2017 RELO-NileTESOL Mentor Trainers and vote for
representatives for a number of open board seats. Please come and make your vote count!
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On a final note, we all know that it is very important to improve ourselves professionally in
order to help our students become better communicators with English. As we re-acquaint
ourselves with old friends and network with new colleagues, let us all reflect on how important
it is that we also improve our own communication with each other. This conference is only
worthwhile if we continue the professional relationships we start here. I hope that we will also
be disseminating what we learn in the contexts where we teach on a day-to-day basis. This
allows us to build strong bonds together while encouraging a constant “flow” of PD within our
profession, which leads to new and notable ideas later on. Inspiration that starts at this year’s
conference leads to new teaching in our classrooms, which then in turn becomes presentations
at next year’s conference!
I wish that you would learn new things, network with new people, and bring back home many
new ideas for the year ahead. Have a wonderful time at this year’s NileTESOL Annual
Conference, 2018!
Sincerely,
Alexander M. Lewko
NileTESOL President 2017-2018
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WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Dear colleagues, fellow NileTESOL members, and conference attendees,
On behalf of this year’s conference organizing committee, it is with great pleasure that we
welcome you to the 22nd annual NileTESOL conference under the theme of “Excellence:
Students and Educators in Pursuit of Life-Long Learning”.
Putting together a conference of this magnitude does not happen without the collegial
cooperation and support from our partners and sponsors representing many organizations, both
local and international, and the dedication of many volunteer members of NileTESOL serving
on the conference organizing committee, who have done an excellent job of initiating,
planning, and coordinating these diverse efforts. It is their indefatigable commitment and
collective effort over the course of the past year, which is responsible for what will hopefully
be the excellent conference we are inaugurating today.
We hope you will enjoy attending the numerous opportunities for professional development
offered over the coming two days and have an excellent conference experience!
Mariam Osman and Rania Jabr

Co-chairs
NileTESOL Conference Co-chairs, 2017-2018
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
MR. NICHOLAS PEACHEY

Digital Tools and Practices for Autonomous Teacher Development
January 23rd Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 10:00-10:45 am
We now live in an age where technology is disrupting and creating change in almost every
part of our personal and professional lives and at a much faster rate than ever before. In order
to keep up with this level of change and ensure that we continue to stay relevant as teachers,
we need to take responsibility and control of our own professional development and ensure
that the skills and knowledge we develop are relevant to our specific career stage and context.
In this session, I will share some tools and practices that will enable teachers to take control
of their development and ensure that the development they get meets their own personal needs.
DR. VIVIAN LESKES

Lifelong Learning: Taking Responsibility for Our Professional Development
January 23rd Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 2:00-2:45 pm
In this presentation, we consider why teachers need to pursue professional development.

Together we reflect on the nature of our pedagogical training. The world and the students whom
we were trained to educate have gone through rapid transitions. We need to examine both our
teaching and students’ learning when we reflect on the pedagogical methodology we employ.
Classroom teachers are the experts in understanding their students’ obstacles for learning.
Hence, we must take an active role in our own professional development, basing our inquiries
on the needs of our students. In this plenary we look at a model for creating our own
professional development projects that are relevant to our students’ needs.
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DR. LOUBNA YOUSSEF
English on the Nile: Empowering Students to Conduct Research and Tell their Story
January 24th Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 9:00-9:45 am
In the "interactive" classroom of the twenty first century, the student cannot play the role of
the recipient. If the purpose of teaching English in Egypt is communication in the most widely
used language in the world today, the student has to learn to tell his own story and contribute
to human knowledge. This is only possible through training students to read, conduct research
and communicate a story with a purpose orally and in writing. The curricula of teaching
English in Egypt requires radical revision to reflect the changes in society, address what
linguists call “mother language interference” and create an awareness that students should not
simply be recipients in learning a foreign language, but productive in contributing to the
Egyptian/Arab culture.
DEAN ROBERT SWITZER

Lifetime Learning in the Age of (Mis)Information
January 24th Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 12:00-12:45 pm
Although it as long held that language was merely the "clothing" that we dress our thoughts in,
in order to share them with others, it is more commonly held today that language and thought
are essentially one. What follows from this is not only that to teach language is to teach critical
thinking, but also that, in the vast webs of linguistic interchange that we call Social Media, we
need to be on guard not only against debased language but debased - and dangerously
misleading - thinking as well.
The teaching of English, from the intensive programs for incoming students to the honing of
the skills of our senior and graduate students is at the heart of AUC's commitment to an
American-style Liberal Arts education - an approach that has often not been well understood,
but that has never been more useful (and arguably, more urgently needed) than in today's world.
In this talk, I show how English language instruction at AUC, and our Liberal Arts curriculum
more generally, contribute to developing the vital skills and attitudes that enable and support
lifetime learning in our graduates.
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NILETESOL COLLOQUIUM
DEVELOPING STUDENT VOICE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
January 24th Bassily Hall – Conference Center 3:00-4:45 pm
In our ever-changing world, students need to become independent learners armed with life-
long learning skills that will help them face the challenges of the 21st century. Therefore, the
mission of educators is to help learners become autonomous by showing them ways to elicit
their own inner voice. This empowerment is a key element for students’ success and
independence, and most importantly, it encourages them to develop their own voice. Suresh
Canagarajah (2016), award winning author and TESOL expert in World Englishes,
translingualism and writing, explains that while many agree that voice is essential to effective
writing and speaking, current language teaching practices often do not address this need. He
asserts that research into voice and the development of voice pedagogy both require far more
intensive focus than they have been traditionally given in the past. Hence, there is a need for
educators to find successful strategies to help develop students’ voice, making them better
equipped with key tools that will help them face the challenges of the 21st century.
This colloquium will address the following questions:
 How can we define the term “student voice”?

 How can educators help students have a voice?
 What is the importance of developing student voice?
 What are the components/criteria for lifelong learning?
 What is the relationship between lifelong learning and developing students’ voice?
Each panelist will give a brief presentation then respond to the audience.
PANELISTS:
 Doris Jones (Discussant)

 Mai Magdy (Moderator)
 Dr. Nicholas Peachey
 Dr. Loubna Youssef
 Dr. Robert Switzer
 Dr. Vivian Leskes
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NILETESOL SPECIAL EVENT
PANEL DISCUSSION
Promoting Teacher Agency through Professional Learning Communities
January 23rd P 022 (CC) 11:00-11:45 am
Agency has become a significant topic within current educational development discourse, but
the focus has mostly been on developing student agency. Less addressed but equally important
is the emerging topic of teacher agency. Calvert (2016) defines teacher agency as “the capacity
of teachers to act purposefully and constructively to direct their professional growth and
contribute to the growth of their colleagues.” One way to enhance teacher agency is the
Professional Learning Community (PLC), which is a framework that promotes collective
ownership of professional development. A PLC is a group of teachers that come together of
their own volition to identify a problem they would like to address, conduct research, pilot
solutions, and engage in an ongoing reflection process. Implementing PLCs in educational
institutions helps minimize professional isolation and encourage teacher collaboration and
sharing of experiences and insights within an institution.
This panel discussion attempts to address some of the issues involved in developing teacher
agency and establishing PLCs. Panelists will start by focusing on the following questions, and
then invite participants to join the conversation, sharing experiences of their efforts for
intentional collaborative professional development.
The panel discussion will address the following questions:
1. What is teacher agency and why is it important?

2. How can educational institutions help promote teacher agency?
3. What are some guiding principles for setting up a PLC?
4. What are some challenges and solutions to creating and maintaining a PLC?
PANELISTS
 Ebtihal El-Badry (Moderator)
 Fatma Abdelrahman
 Heba Fatehelbab
 Mariah Fairley
 Suzanne Rizzo
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NILETESOL LIGHTENING TALKS EVENT
January 23rd Waleed P071 12:00-2:00 pm
What is a Lightening Talk?
A lightning talk session is when short 20-minute presentations are given one after another in
which the presenters illustrate their ideas or research. Each talk is accompanied by a brief
PowerPoint. Several presentations happen sequentially in the same room with the audience
hearing one presentation at a time. At the end of the presentations, a brief period for questions
is given. This type of session gives the audience a chance to attend multiple presentations.
This event is moderated by Amani Demian & Afaf Mishriki.
Presentations
Kariman Bahgat Natural Reader: A Creative Text to Speech Software
“Natural Reader” is a free, engaging, and guiding program for teaching the reading skill. It is
useful for school, university, and ESL students. Participants will know how to use the program
and engage their students during reading classes.
Nesma Hassan Enliven Your Classroom Using Contemporary Talk Shows
The presentation gives an insight on the benefits of using authentic materials in classrooms.
The aim is to raise students’ cultural awareness and address the four learning skills using
American talk shows. The presenter will utilize contemporary talk shows to demonstrate their
effectiveness in a classroom leading to life-long effect.
Ragia Youssef “Teach Towards the Test; I, HERE, Perceive That As Best”
The talk presents the findings of a paper investigating the change of EFL experienced teachers’
classroom teaching practice in response to the ecological expectations of a teaching context in
Saudi.
Sally Abd El-Wahab Empower Students' EFL Skills through Voscreen
Integrating Voscreen, a free innovative website, into EFL classroom is intended to get rid of
monotony, develop different language skills simultaneously, and encourage autonomous
learning. Voscreen is based on environmental language acquisition. This session will help you
identify how to use Voscreen to enrich students' listening comprehension, communication,
grammar, and vocabulary.
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Samir Omara Towards Effective Professional Learning Communities
This session helps participants to focus on the concept, characteristics, and benefits of
professional learning communities (PLCs) that help to develop life-long learning and
excellence. It helps them to share how effective PLCs are built and how they are kept growing
and sustainable, too.
Tamir Ismail Tapping into MOOC Learning - A Modern, Integrated,

Personalized Form of CPD For Teachers
Not sure how to pronounce ‘MOOC’? As long as you are using one, it does not really matter.
Teachers are busy and stressed, yet a hunger for accessible and needs-focused CPD persists.
This presentation will explore how British Council Egypt has tapped into the power of an
Early-Years MOOC – or Massive Open Online Course – to support our busy PSGN teachers.
The result? Digitally-engaged and positively-impacted teachers better able to help our
youngest of learners.
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NILETESOL 20 X 20 EVENT
January 24th Waleed P071 2:00-2:45 pm
What is a 20X20 Event?
This is an event where speedy presentations are given by professionals in the field of education
to encourage innovative professional development ideas. Presenters will be given seven
minutes to speak on a subject accompanied by 20 auto-advancing slides. Each slide is displayed
for 20 seconds.
This event will be moderated by Rania Jabr, Senior Instructor II at the American University in
Cairo, who has been conducting 20x20 sessions in international conferences and has included
this new tech tool in academic English language classes to teach both content and language
skills.
Session 1: Introduction
Title: What is a 20 x 20 Presentation? Rania Jabr - Event Coordinator
Session 2: 20 x 20 Presentations
Ahmed Metawee Approach for Selecting Tools for Your

Classroom
Schools must use technology that empowers teachers; however, they rightly reject educational
technologies that divert their attention from instruction. The best education technologies
enable teachers to do more with fewer resources. Communication platforms like Twitter,
Facebook, or Tumblr enable dynamic communication with students. Teacher-empowering
technologies include mobile apps that grade written student work and provide lesson plan
databases. School systems need to aggressively track what works for their teachers and put all
other unworkable technologies aside. The over-arching objective is to examine whether
technology enhances language learning. The first phase is a systematic review of research into
technology-based English language teaching.
Esraa Abuel-magd Comics to Build English Language Skills
The session intends to introduce the MakeBeliefsComix.com site as a tool to enhance reading
and writing skills as well as facilitate self-expression and storytelling. Moreover, it will include
activities to improve the aforementioned skills in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere.
Rania Jabr 5 Golden Rules for the Successful Language
Learner
Learner success is ensured when following these simple but practical must dos. These allow
the learner to not only study but live the language. Implementing these as habits in your class
will boost your students' confidence and set them apart.
Samir Mohamed Omara Keys to Develop Life-long Learners
Can 21st century students be developed into life-long learners? This 20 X 20 presentation
helps participants to go through the concept and benefits of life-long learning. It will help them
develop the needed skills for life-long learning.
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NILETESOL TEASIG EVENT
January 24th Waleed Hall P071 10:00-11:45 am
Presentations
Ahmed Samir & Combat the Fear of Professional Writing!

Ahmed Shalaby
The presentation will orient the audience on how to acquire the skill of writing professionally
for various purposes through tackling several milestones from embarking upon the essence of
writing to the final touch-up. By the end of the presentation, the audience will perceive the
basic aspects of professional writing.
Amira Serageldin Ahmed Most Effective Tried Methodologies in Teaching Young

Learners
The presenter will share her experience of applying Play-based Learning. She will display an
introduction to the strategy. Then, she will present the Toolkit, which is a box of games and
teaching aids. Audience participation is welcome.
Eman EL Difrawy Total Physical Response (TPR): A New Perspective to the

Language Learning Approach
The Total Physical Response (TPR) activities are to develop learners’ foreign language skills
and knowledge through using movement/physical activity to teach language. TPR responds
favorably to the Learners’ need to be physically active, to learn by doing, and to learn language
in meaningful communicative contexts and a stress-free atmosphere.
Hesham Mohammed Teaching Approaches PPP, TBL, ESP, PBL in Different

Learning Environments
PPP, TBL, ESP, PBL are different teaching approaches used in English language classes.
Choosing the convenient approach in English language classes differs based on the learners’
needs, curricula, classroom environment, resources, and other factors. This presentation
provides teachers with some ideas, effective techniques and recommendations regarding the
use of the Internet and available technological resources. Even with the minimum resources,
these approaches can be used to motivate learners’ interaction inside and outside the
classroom.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 2018
Rooms 9:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
Bassily Auditorium
P007
Oxford Pearson
Compass Vanessa Esteves Rob Dean
Publishing/Leaders
James Hall Using Digital Learn to Read; Read
Content As a to Learn Using
Teaching Phonics Springboard for a Graded Readers in
Plenary Motivated Learning the Language
with Fun! Plenary
Experience Classroom
Nicholas Peachey
Vivian Leskes
Digital Tools and
Mary Cross Opening Ceremony Practices for Cambridge Lifelong Learning:
Autonomous ILB University Press Taking
Teacher and Responsibility for
Development Eli Ghazel Nahdet Misr Our Professional
Development
Bassily Hall Designing Blended Hisham Al Saghbini
Learning Using Bassily Hall
Available Using Technology in
Technology Assessment:
Challenges and
Opportunities
P019
Nadine Aboulmagd
&
Yasmine Salah El- Nicholas Peachey
Doris Jones Nadia Fadel
Din
Culturally Sustaining
Tech Tools for No More Spoon Feeding: Motivate and
Pedagogies and Data In Pursuit of Life- Language Inspire Lifelong Learners
Visualization Long Learning: Development
ePortfolios in an
EFL Context
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Rooms 9:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
P020 RELO
Jonah Moos
Ahmed Salim
Susan Esnawy &
Student-Centered Samar Magdy
Corpora Activities EAP Listening: What Abdelfatah
for Improved about Lectures?
Academic Writing There's More to
TCLP Than Just
Travelling!
P022 MM Publications
AMIDEAST
Panel Discussion Gregg
Sotiropoulos Mariam Rayan
Promoting Teacher
Enhancing Students’ Professional
Plenary Agency through Plenary
Higher-Order Development Skills
Professional for Novice and
Nicholas Peachey Learning Thinking Skills Vivian Leskes
(HOTS) in the ELT Experienced EFL
Communities Teachers
Digital Tools and Classroom Lifelong Learning:
Opening Ceremony Practices for (PIONEER) Taking
Mohamed Shafik Autonomous MM Publications Responsibility for
Gabr Teacher Gregg Our Professional
SCE
Development Sotiropoulos Development
Waleed Emad Ali
Bassily Hall “Alone We Can Do Bassily Hall
So Little; Together Sharpening Your
We Can Do So Professional
Much.” - Helen Teaching Skills
Keller
(Full Blast Special
CP07 (Jameel)
Alexander Lewko Linda Ghattas Muhammad Khalil

& Mona Mersal
Muhammad Khalil Create a Generation Ways of Teaching
IELTS for Life-Long (TEASIG)
of Avid Readers! A
Linking Assessment to Learning Outcomes
NileTESOL and You Challenge? Language Learning
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Rooms 9:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
CP08 (Jameel) Alia Hamad Noha Khafagi

&
Hossam Attiah Life-Long Learning Ayman Serag
Rasha Abdel Haliem
Secured through Integrate Technology
Life Through a Lens: Spontaneous and Assessing ESL Large Classes: Tips and Best
in Your Classroom
Using Visuals (to Planned Practices
Successfully!
Enhance Learning) Communication
in the Classroom Skills
CP09 (Jameel)
Muhammad
Tayyab Rahman
Hesham Mohammed
Process Writing - A
Plenary Plenary
Form of Formative The 6 C's of English Language Learning
Nicholas Peachey Assessment to Vivian Leskes (Non-Educators Self-Assessment)
Improve Writing
Digital Tools and Skills Lifelong Learning:
Opening Ceremony Practices for Taking
CP13 (Jameel) Autonomous Responsibility for
Asmaa Mikdam
Teacher Our Professional
& Mariah Fairley
Development Mayada Zaki Development
Entesar Sarhan
& Hanaa AbdelGhany
Bassily Hall Strategies for Bassily Hall
Designing Online Sherine Omar
Developing Effective ESL Powerful Poster Packs
Courses: Interaction
Exploration of Classroom
and Identity
Culture in an EFL Discussion Skills
Setting
C101 (Jameel) Dina Abul Magd
Deena Mansour Elizabeth Arrigoni
& Applying Content Maha Zakaria
Tasony Hanna and Language The Growth Mindset
Integrated Learning Remarkably Fun Activities for the English
Flip Your Classroom Classroom: Creating
in Reading for Class
Whatever You Teach Life-Long Learners
Writing Teaching
Approach
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Rooms 9:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
C102 (Jameel)
Diana Van Bogaert Harry Haynes
Jon Parnham Amany Dergham
Developing a Life- HOPES – Addressing &
Tips, Tools and Samah Maghawry
Long Learning Plan the English Needs of
Techniques to Use on
Using a Force Field Syrian Refugee The World Cafe
Your CPD Journey
Analysis Students
C103 (Jameel)
Fatma
James Conder Abdelrahman Omneya Ghada Elkoussy
Abdelhamid &
Perceptions of Karen Palmer
Peer Observations: A Using Podcasting As
Plenary Little Help from My Egyptian ESL Plenary
a Multi-Modal Bring the Text to Life: Practice Reciprocal
Friends Teachers of Teaching
Nicholas Peachey Educational Tool Vivian Leskes Teaching
the Target Culture
Digital Tools and Lifelong Learning:
C104 (Jameel) Opening Ceremony Practices for Taking
Rasha Abdel Nesreen ElNesr
Autonomous Responsibility for
Teacher Haliem Julie Ciancio Our Professional
Development Mobile Learning… Development AyatulRahman Wafik
ESL Flipped The Flipped the Magnetic
Bassily Hall Classroom and Classroom to Compass of Virtual Bassily Hall Promoting Life-long Learning through
Learning Promote Life-long Inspirational Student Autonomy in English Mania
Achievement: Case Learning Autonomous
Studies Learners
C105 (Jameel)
Mahmoud Heikal
El Zahraa Lotfy Rasha Anwar
Roqaya Bedeir
I Wanna Know What Guided Discovery: A Bridge the Gap:
Students Really EFL Speaking Skills in a Flipped Classroom
Grammar Sound Like a Native
Know: Eliciting with Office 365
Discovering Guide! Speaker
Techniques
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Rooms 9:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
C108 (Jameel)
Hala Helal
&
Hatem Enan
&
Mohammed Abdel-Maksoud
Change Management
C109 (Jameel)
Kimberly Chilmonik
Plenary Plenary Empowering Future Leaders with Oral
Presentation Skills
Nicholas Peachey Vivian Leskes
Digital Tools and Lifelong Learning:

C116 (Hatem) Autonomous Responsibility for
Development Development
Deena Mansour
Eman EL Difrawy
Bassily Hall Bassily Hall
Business Writing: Time to Catch up with the
Developing Critical Thinking Skills
21st Century
C117 (Hatem)
Alice Ramalho
Incorporating Games and Songs into the

Early Years’ ESL Classroom
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C118 (Hatem)
Dalia Ahmed
&
Hoda Amin
Visual Thinking Strategies in EFL Speaking

Classrooms: A practical Approach
C120 (Hatem)
Plenary Nora Moen Plenary

Nora Moen
Nicholas Peachey Fan Subbing As a Maha Hassan Vivian Leskes
New Technique for Post-course Activities for an Everlasting
Digital Tools and Are You a Fair Tester? Lifelong Learning:
Language Lifelong Language Learning Process
Autonomous Learning Responsibility for
Development Development
Waleed Hall P071
Bassily Hall Bassily Hall
Lightening Talks
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 2018
Rooms 9:00 – 9:45 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
Bassily Auditorium
P007
ILB MM Publications
Pearson
Alex Warren Eglal El Gamal

Rob Dean
Active Listening
Making An Impact – Grammar Practice Is
Using MM
Developing Successful Boring – Or Is It?
Products)
21st Century Teens
Plenary
Plenary Colloquium
Loubna Youssef
Mary Cross Robert Switzer Bassily Hall
English on the Nile: General Assembly
Empowering Lifetime Learning in ILB
Cambridge
Students to Conduct University Press the Age of Bassily Hall
Research and Tell and (Mis)Information Alex Warren
Their Story Nahdet Misr
Bassily Hall The Power of TED –
Bassily Hall Peter Lucantoni Creating 21st
Century Thinkers
Future Learners
Need Learning
Strategies
P019 Ebtihal El Badry

&
Vivian Leskes Maged Habashy
Designing a Professional Development
Task Based
Project
Learning: Successes
and Challenges
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Rooms 9:00 – 9:45 10:00 – 10:45 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 1:00 – 1:45 2:00 – 2:45 3:00 – 3:45 4:00 – 4:45
P020
Compass
RELO Oxford
Publishing/Leaders
Ruth Petzold Vanessa Esteves

James Hall
Language
What Do You Know Using CLIL in the
Production
about RELO? 21st Century
P022
Plenary
Plenary
Loubna Youssef
Robert Switzer
English on the Nile: General Assembly Colloquium
Empowering Lifetime Learning in
Mohamed Shafik Students to Conduct the Age of Bassily Hall Bassily Hall
Gabr Research and Tell (Mis)Information IDP
IDP
Their Story
Bassily Hall Anna Hasper
Anna Hasper
Bassily Hall
IDP Support
Enhancing IELTS Listening through Focusing
Products for IELTS
on Pronunciation
Test Takers
CP02 (Jameel)
Mustapha Raafat
Hanaa AbdelGhany
"Don't Hate, Integrate" One Size Does NOT

(Utilizing Cellphones in TEFL) Fit All!
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CP07 (Jameel)
Afaf Mishriki Hala El Shawarby
& &
Sanaa Makhlouf Amani Demian Kamila Helmy
The Interactive Teaching and Collaborative

Curriculum: From Writing: An
Learning Amidst
Process to Product
Digital Distraction Enhancing
Technique
CP08 (Jameel)
Hala Said Alexander Lewko

& Tamir Ismail
Heba Said Three Corpus-
Plenary Influenced Online Assessing Your
Differentiation: Tips Plenary
and Strategies for Tools for Academic Assessments
Loubna Youssef
Teaching Mixed Writing Instruction
Robert Switzer
English on the Nile: Level Classes General Assembly Colloquium
Students to Conduct the Age of Bassily Hall Bassily Hall
CP09 (Jameel) Research and Tell (Mis)Information
Their Story Nora Moen
Bassily Hall
Hala Ahmed Mobile Applications
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As a New Trend for
Make It Authentic; Make It Real!
Post-Courses
Activities
CP13 (Jameel) Heba Fathelbab

& Hosam Darwish
Sara Amin Maraih Fairley
& Writer-Reader
Augmented Reality in Susanne Rizzo Interaction: Writer's
ELT: Scope and
Stance in English L1
Applications ePortfolios:
and L2
Focusing on the
Learning Journey
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C101 (Jameel)
Fatma Rasha Abdel
HebatAllah
Abdelrahman Haliem
Mohamed
Teacher! Can We Sustaining Language
Activities to Enhance
Have a Quiz on Learner Motivation
Digital Literacies
Kahoot Today, Via Reflection: Case
and Language Skills
Please? Study
C102 (Jameel) Salama Shihibah
Ghada Elkoussy EFL University

& Students and
Plenary
Karen Palmer Instructors Attitudes
Plenary
Loubna Youssef towards Integrating
Five Visual Active Learning Strategies to
Robert Switzer Facebook in English
English on the Nile: Engage Your Students
General Assembly Language Teaching Colloquium
Empowering Lifetime Learning in and Learning
Students to Conduct the Age of Bassily Hall Bassily Hall
C103 (Jameel) Research and Tell Maha Abulmaged (Mis)Information
Their Story & Rabail Qayyum
Bassily Hall
Mariam Ennara
Bassily Hall Improving ELT
&
through Process
Noha Mahmoud
Enneagram – A
Design Research
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Project
Developing Writing Skills for Life-long
Learning
C104 (Jameel)
Mona Hassanein Maha E Elkiki
Mastering the Magic of Connecting Words Flip Your Students'

for a Lifelong Fluency World
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C105 (Jameel) Mohamed Elzoghby

Silvia Elias
Tamer Darweesh Using Storytelling
Innovative Based on
Techniques in Integrating Visualization for
Teaching Literature: Technology into Developing EFL
Creating an Students' Learning Creative Writing of
Enjoyable Class Preparatory School
Students
C108 (Jameel) Raghad Dwaik
Marwa AlNagheya
Challenges Facing Dina El-Ayek
Autonomous Lifelong Using A Corpus for
Plenary The Impact of
Professional the Retention of
Android Apps on the Plenary
Loubna Youssef Development (CPD) Authentic
Self-learning Process
among English Collocations
Robert Switzer
English on the Nile: Teachers General Assembly Colloquium
C109 (Jameel) Students to Conduct the Age of Bassily Hall Bassily Hall
Research and Tell Mohamed Abdel (Mis)Information
Ahmed Abdelhafez
Their Story Mageed Bassily Hall Meriam Morkos
Developing
Bassily Hall Teaching Evidence- University Students’ Using Blended
Based Reading Employability Skills Learning to Teach a
Comprehension through Learning- Language
through SSCR Oriented Assessment
C116 (Hatem)
Sarah Shehattah Doha Mohamed
Ahmed Gendy
Learning Language, Teachers As
Assessment and What
Learning Culture: Learners: A Journey
to Assess
Challenges and Tips of Self-Observation
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C117 (Hatem)
Nermine Kotb
Miral Mohsen Rania Helal
Project Work: Young
Creating a Culture of Teacher Leadership:
Learners' Magic
Long Life Learners Considerations for
Potion for Life-Long
at Schools Policy and Practice
Learning
C118 (Hatem) Elizabeth Arrigoni

Plenary Sally Abd El-
Wahab &
Plenary Tamir Ismail
Loubna Youssef Rasha Halat
Online Dynamic
Robert Switzer
English on the Nile: Assessment for Let's Go Extensive General Assembly A Bridge to ILACE Colloquium
Empowering Developing Listening through the Use of Lifetime Learning in 2018 – Exploring
Students to Conduct Comprehension Technology the Age of Bassily Hall Egypt’s International Bassily Hall
Research and Tell Skills of Engineering (Mis)Information Language
Their Story Students Assessment
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PRESENTATIONS
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9:00 – 10:00 Bassily Hall
Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Dr. Ehab Abdel Rahman AUC Provost
Dr. Ghada Elshimi Interim Dean of Academy of Liberal Arts,

AUC
Dr. Robert Switzer Interim Dean of the School of Humanities and

Social Sciences
Mr. Alexander Lewko President, NileTESOL
Dr. Mariam Osman Co-Chair, NileTESOL Conference, 2018
Mrs. Rania Jabr Co-Chair, NileTESOL Conference, 2018
1 10:00 45 Minutes Plenary Bassily Hall

Digital Tools and Practices for Autonomous Teacher Development
Nicholas Peachey Freelance teacher trainer, materials
writer, blogger and consultant
We now live in an age where technology is disrupting and creating change in almost
every part of our personal and professional lives and at a much faster rate than ever
before. In order to keep up with this level of change and ensure that we continue to
stay relevant as teachers, we need to take responsibility and control of our own
professional development and ensure that the skills and knowledge we develop are
relevant to our specific career stage and context. In this session, I will share some
tools and practices that will enable teachers to take control of their development and
ensure that the development they get meets their own personal needs.
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2 11:00 45 Minutes Publisher P007

Workshop
Teaching Phonics with Fun!
James Hall Compass Publishing/Leaders
In this fun and interactive workshop, we will examine easy and fun ways to teach
phonics in the classroom. The workshop will be hands on, so attendees should come
prepared to interact, play, dance, and have a lot of fun. Attendees will leave this
workshop with a firm understanding of phonics teaching and with many great
activities they can use in the classroom.
3 11:00 45 Minutes Publisher Mary Cross

Workshop
Designing Blended Learning Using Available Technology
Eli Ghazel ILB
Learning experiences that students are provided with, along with the feedback and
support that they get, underpin most of their learning. However, students may have
up to eight different subjects on any given school day. The question is how can these
students switch their focus and their thinking from one subject to another every fifty
minutes on average? What is more, how can the fifty minutes allocated to each class
period be used more efficiently and effectively to provide each student with a
profound learning experience? When switching from one subject to another during
a school day, a student may have difficulty refocusing his or her thinking. It could
take up to twenty minutes for these students to finally start focusing and by that time
it is too late for them.
Blended learning, using available technology, may be one of the solutions that could
take into account the different levels of the students, the speed at which they can
work, and a provision of a “focus point” to help them kick-start each class period
faster.
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4 11:00 45 Minutes Presentation P019

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies and Data Visualization
Doris Jones English Instructor
AUC
This presentation examines the growing significance of “culturally sustaining
pedagogies” that claims today’s classroom instruction must be more than responsive
of and relevant to the cultural and linguistic practices of our students. Such instruction
also seeks to expand upon our students’ linguistic competencies while also allowing
teaching and learning to achieve greater relevance and responsiveness to language,
literacies, and cultural practices across disciplines. In a recent case study involving
the use of the “Egypt Data Portal” an open-source data analysis tool developed by
Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, students in the CORE
Seminar course “Now You See It” were asked to critically interrogate the assumption
“Egypt is not an information society.” In doing so, students were further tasked with
identifying a topic, composing a research question, and choosing relevant variables
based on the topic chosen. The results fostered a broader sociopolitical consciousness
along with a newly formed academic acumen of student empowerment.
Simultaneously, the project catalyzed opportunities to create viable criteria that can
be used to develop strategically planned assignments and teaching techniques using
the “Egypt Data Portal” and other resources that can build culturally sustaining
pedagogies.

Student-Centered Corpora Activities for Improved Academic Writing
Jonah Moos English Instructor
Applied Linguistics Department
Saint Michael’s College
The online tools for inquiry-based learning of collocations and other vocabulary
usage are free and readily accessible. While most educators are now familiar with
these tools, learners need a few easily mastered skills to become lifelong learners.
This session demonstrates activities to teach those skills.
6 11:00 45 Minutes
Panel P022
Discussion
Promoting Teacher Agency through Professional Learning Communities
Ebtihal El-Badry (Moderator)
Fatma Abdelrahman
Heba Fatehelbab
Mariah Fairley
Suzanne Rizzo
The panel discussion will address the following questions:
1. What is teacher agency and why is it important?
2. How can educational institutions help promote teacher agency?
3. What are some guiding principles for setting up a PLC?
4. What are some challenges and solutions to creating and maintaining a PLC?
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7 11:00 45 Minutes Publisher Mohamed

Workshop Shafik Gabr
“Alone We Can Do So Little; Together We Can Do So Much.” - Helen Keller
(Full Blast Special)
Gregg Sotiropoulos ELT Consultant and Teacher Trainer,
MM Publications
Cairo Book Center
In English language classrooms, students and teachers work together in order for
students to achieve their goals. However, cooperation is beneficial not only between
students and their teacher, but when it takes place among the students as well. Yet,
many of us actually neglect to incorporate teamwork activities in our lessons. This
presentation aims to underline the importance of implementing teamwork activities
in ESL classrooms. Additionally, it hopes to explain and provide solutions to any
possible challenges that may occur when using teamwork activities in the classroom.
8 11:00 45 Minutes Presentation CP07 (Jameel)

NileTESOL and You
Alexander Lewko English Instructor
The American University in Cairo
Muhammad Khalil Professional Development Committee,

Chair, NileTESOL
Do you want to know more about the opportunities, especially for Professional
Development, that NileTESOL offers its members? Would you like to help organize
and host a PD event in your location? Join the President of NileTESOL and the
Professional Development Committee Chair for answers to these questions and
more.

Life Through a Lens: Using Visuals (to Enhance Learning) in the Classroom
Alia Hamad Instructor
AUC
Hossam Attiah Senior Instructor

AUC
This presentation highlights how images, movies, and photo blogs were used in
seminar and research writing classrooms, and more importantly, how they were
received by students. In this 45-minute session, the presenters will walk you through
the inspiration behind the tasks, the task descriptions, and assignment prompts given
to the students.
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Designing Online Courses: Interaction and Identity
Mayada Zaki Educator, English Instructor and PhD
researcher
This presentation aims at guiding instructors of English to designing their own online
English course. Thus, the presenter will first display a variety of platforms and
websites that can be used, strategies and ideas required for attracting online adult
learners, and tools that can enhance the learners' interaction and sense of identity in
the online context. Finally, the presentation will include interactive activities that can
enhance the involvement of the attendees in planning an interactive online course.
11 11:00 45 Minutes Presentation C101 (Jameel)

Flip Your Classroom Whatever You Teach
Deena Mansour Assistant Lecturer
The British University in Egypt
Tasony Hanna Instructor of English and Translation

AUC
Is the flipped classroom approach restricted to specific fields? Many educators have
a misconception that the flipped classroom is not applicable in some fields. Practice
proved that this approach can be effectively customized to many academic fields.
Firsthand experience from translation classrooms is shared displaying benefits,
discussing challenges, and suggesting solutions.
12 11:00 45 Minutes Workshop C102 (Jameel)

Developing a Life-Long Learning Plan Using a Force Field Analysis
Diana Van Bogaert Director of the Legal English Training
Unit
AUC
If you are serious about life-long learning, it is useful to have a plan. This hands-on
workshop introduces Kurt Lewin’s “force field analysis” concept and applies it to
achieving life-long learning ideals. Participants will leave with their own completed
FFA and a versatile planning tool for use in other settings.

Peer Observations: A Little Help from My Friends
James Conder Senior Teacher Trainer
British Council/Al Azhar
This presentation is an investigation into how peer observation is an invaluable and
lifelong tool in teacher development for liberating ideas from colleagues, validating
your own approach, or even for feeling good about how much better you do
something. This presentation considers how to get the most out of a peer observation.
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ESL Flipped Classroom and Learning Achievement: Case Studies
Rasha Abdel Haliem English Lecturer
The Higher Technological Institute
The flipped classroom is an innovative pedagogical approach that focuses on learner-
centered instruction. This presentation aims at showing how the ESL flipped
classroom was used to enhance the academic achievement and attitudes of ESL
students towards studying ESL in different classes. Questions and sharing views are
welcome throughout the session.

I Wanna Know What Students Really Know: Eliciting Techniques
Mahmoud Heikal Teacher of English and teacher trainer
National Institutes
Eliciting is considered as a powerful diagnostic tool that provides teachers with key
information about what learners know or do not know. So, this presentation tackles
what 'Elicitation' is, its principles and advantages; then, discusses some eliciting
techniques for ESL teachers concerning vocabulary, grammar, and ideas.
16 11:00 90 Minutes Workshop C116 (Hatem)

Developing Critical Thinking Skills
Eman EL Difrawy Lecturer
Ahram Canadian University
When learners think critically and get used to systematically applying their thinking
skills, they will go through positive learning experiences and use the language
creatively and communicatively, and they will gradually learn to enjoy more
challenging tasks. As a result, their self-confidence will grow. In this workshop,
attendees will be introduced to critical thinking activities.
17 11:00 45 Minutes Presentation C120 (Hatem)

Fan Subbing As a New Technique for Language Lifelong Learning
Nora Moen Instructor
AMIDEAST
Have you ever tried translating your favorite movie? This 45-minute presentation
will help you know about "Fansubbing", (fans for fans translation), and how it can
be of great benefit to language learners. The presentation focuses on Fansubbing
definition, history, software, the extremely linguistically beneficial practices, and
teacher tips for usage.
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Workshop
Using Digital Content As a Springboard for a Motivated Learning Experience
Vanessa Esteves Oxford
Oxford University Press has a wide offer of digital content that teachers can use to
engage students; the focus is on being motivated to learn rather than how to use this
digital platform and how to use these available materials to teach English and several
language areas, like vocabulary, grammar and reading.

In Pursuit of Life-long Learning: ePortfolios in an EFL Context
Nadine Aboulmagd Online Content Developer
AUC
Yasmine Salah El-Din Senior Instructor II

AUC
ePortfolios, combined with a learner-centered approach to teaching and learning,
along with the ongoing technological advancement of the 21st century, have
contributed to an overall reflective and engaged student learning experience. The
presenters will discuss innovative, pedagogical, and technical ways instructors and
technologists can integrate ePortfolios in their contexts.

EAP Listening: What about Lectures?
Susan Esnawy Senior Instructor
AUC
EAP students can usually manage to understand sentences and short conversations,
but what about lectures? They need to listen critically and take good notes. Extended
listening skills and activities to enable university students to understand and make
use of the information later for studying or research paper writing will be presented.
21 12:00 45 MinutesPublisher P022

Workshop
Enhancing Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in the ELT
Classroom (PIONEER)
Gregg Sotiropoulos ELT Consultant and Teacher Trainer, MM
Publications, Cairo Book Center
Higher-order thinking skills combine critical thinking and problem-solving skills,
therefore cultivating them should be an ELT teacher’s priority. Not only does higher-
order thinking boost students’ intellectual development, but it also enhances
language acquisition and promotes students’ progress. In this presentation, teachers
will be introduced to ways through which they can incorporate more higher-order
thinking tasks and activities in their classrooms. This presentation will also explain
how this can be facilitated through Pioneer.
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22 12:00 45 Minutes Presentation CP07

(Jameel)
Create a Generation of Avid Readers! A challenge?
Linda Ghattas English Instructor and Co-founder of
Everise Education
AUC
According to a report issued by UNESCO, an average Arab reads far less than a book
a year. So, it is quite challenging for us educators to get our students to not only read
but actually become jealous readers. This presentation will provide you with
methods, creative ideas, encouraging reading material, and classroom and homework
tasks to help you on your journey to creating life-long readers. Let us help our
students reach the top of the list!

"Life-long Learning Secured through Spontaneous and Planned
Communication Skills"
Noha Khafagi Senior Instructor II
AUC
In this demonstration, the presenter will discuss the oral abilities the students need
and must perfect in order to deliver content to an audience not only in their language
classes and their academic careers but also in the workplace. The presenter will share
the activities and steps that she followed to foster her students' "spontaneous" oral
communication and help them give "planned" oral presentations.

Exploration of Culture in an EFL Setting
Asmaa Mikdam Full-time lecturer
Faculty of Alsun, University of Aswan
Entesar Sarhan Access Program Coordinator

E-ERA
Sherine Omar EL Instructor

AMIDEAST
This presentation aims at helping the audience to develop their ability to define, learn,
and teach critical thinking and intercultural competence. They will develop an
increased understanding of experiential learning, further develop their ability, create
lesson plans, which integrate cultural learning, and reflect on and critically analyze
their lessons.
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Applying Content and Language Integrated Learning in Reading for Writing
Teaching Approach
Dina Abul Magd English Instructor
AUC
The main aim of this presentation is to suggest stimulating ways to integrate reading
and writing for better pieces of composition. The suggested methods could serve
those who have access to technological tools in the classroom and those who do not.
The current presentation also attempts to link the English course to the students’ other
disciplinary courses to be able to have a more positive perspective towards the
foreign language class and realize its significance.

HOPES – Addressing the English Needs of Syrian Refugee Students
Harry Haynes Regional Project Manager
HOPES
HOPES is an EU-funded Higher Education project providing better access to HE for
Syrians in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The
background to the crisis, the hurdles to higher education, and the innovative blended-
learning English Access courses that the project offers will be discussed.

Perceptions of Egyptian ESL Teachers of Teaching the Target Culture
Fatma Abdelrahman Visiting Instructor
AUC
This study is concerned with investigating the perceptions of Egyptian ESL teachers
of teaching aspects of the target culture, particularly speech acts inside the classroom.
In addition, the study analyzes the speech acts material in the “Hello!” textbook,
which is used in all Egyptian governmental and national private schools.

The Flipped Classroom to Promote Life-long Learning
Julie Ciancio Dean, College of Education
Westcliff University
The flipped classroom utilizes blended learning to revitalize interaction and shift
responsibility to students, who read, watch video lectures, and prepare for interaction
before class, consequently, optimizing opportunities for authentic development and
mastery in class through practice, asking questions, and interacting, thus augmenting
confidence and solidifying command of the content.
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Guided Discovery: A Grammar Discovering Guide!
El Zahraa Lotfy Teacher
British Council
Constantly, teachers seek practical ways to teach grammar, especially with the
increasing density in our classrooms. In this presentation, participants will be
introduced to an effective classroom tool that builds autonomy. They will experiment
with, criticize, and discuss some possible adaptation for it.
30 12:00 90 Minutes Workshop C 120 (Hatem)

Are You a Fair Tester?
Maha Hassan Founder/Teacher Trainer
Teaching ESL Hub
Are you responsible for setting monthly and annual exams? Does this cause you a lot
of stress? What tools do you use to help you? Join us to find out about successful and
practical online and offline tools that can ease your mission! Not only that but to help
you develop your students' learning and language development.
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31 12:00 120 Minutes Event Waleed Hall

P071
Lightening Talks
Kariman Bahgat Natural Reader; A English Instructor
Creative Text to Speech Canadian International
Software College
Nesma Hassan Enliven Your Classroom English instructor
Using Contemporary AMIDEAST
Talk Shows
Ragia Youssef “Teach Towards the English Language Instructor
Test; I, Here, Perceive AUC
That As Best”
Sally Abd El-Wahab Empower Students' EFL Teaching Assistant
Skills through Voscreen Arab Academy for Science,
Technology, and Maritime
Transport
Samir Omara Towards Effective Head of Professional
Professional Learning Development
Communities Teachers First Project
Tamir Ismail Tapping into MOOC Senior Teacher
Learning - A Modern, British Council
Integrated, Personalized
Form of CPD for
Teachers
A lightening talk session is when short 20-minute presentations are given one after
another in which the presenters illustrate their ideas or research. The talk is
accompanied by a brief PowerPoint. Several presentations happen sequentially in the
same room with the audience hearing one presentation at a time. At the end of the
presentations, a brief period for questions is given. This type of session gives the
audience a chance to attend multiple presentations.

Workshop
Learn to Read; Read to Learn Using Graded Readers in the Language
Classroom
Rob Dean Pearson
Do your students enjoy reading? Do they jump for joy when we ask them to read a
text? The answer to these questions is often a resounding ‘no!’ With the important
skill of reading, many learners find themselves stuck in the cycle of frustration,
where they lack the motivation to read, leading to little being read and as a result a
failure to develop the skill. This session will aim to move learners towards the cycle
of growth, where they feel motivated to read, and as a result develop the skill more
effectively and end up wanting to read more. We will look at the role of graded
readers in this process, and show through a series of highly practical classroom
approaches and activities that developing the reading skill can in fact be
collaborative, interactive, effective – and even fun.
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Workshop
Using Technology in Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities
Hisham AlSaghbini Cambridge University Press and
Nahdet Misr
Assessment is indeed the heart of the learning process. However, it remains very
much attached to qualifications assessment and reporting achievement, driven by
institutional and societal aspirations and tensions, such as accountability and
economic wellbeing. Yet, the need for assessment to account for the knowledge,
skills, dispositions and attitudes necessary to equip learners for a changing and
increasingly digital world is also increasingly acknowledged. It is also recognized
that technology shifted the paradigms of assessments and made it more accessible.
This session focuses on how technology and digital assessment in particular improve
the effectiveness of the process of knowledge. It critically examines the role of
technology enhanced assessment and the numerous risks and challenges involved.
34 1:00 45 Minutes Workshop P019

Tech Tools for Language Development
Nicholas Peachey Freelance teacher trainer, materials
writer, blogger and consultant
Over the last ten years, the Internet has made available an abundance of free web
based and downloadable tools that can help us to help our students develop their
language and communication skills, but how do we decide which ones work for
our students? During this workshop, I will introduce a number of useful free tools
and look at how we can use them to support the language learning and teaching
process.

There's More to TCLP Than Just Travelling!
Ahmed Salim RELO
Samar Magdy Abdelfatah
This session shares with participants the importance of life-long learning. As an
example, we describe the impact of our participation in the U.S. Embassy’s Teachers
of Critical Languages Program and explain how to apply. We also include practical
activities and resources to inspire love of life-long learning in our classrooms.
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Workshop
Professional Development Skills for Novice and Experienced EFL Teachers
Mariam Rayan AMIDEAST
The presentation mainly focuses on surveying the professional development skills
that novice and experienced EFL teachers need in order to advance in their careers.
For novice teachers, the focus will be mainly on how to give a successful demo
lesson and to work in teams to achieve educational objectives. For experienced
teachers aiming to get managerial positions, the different roles played by educational
leaders will be discussed with a special focus on mentoring and supervision.
Attendees will also be introduced to different resources they can use for professional
development on their own.

Sharpening Your Professional Teaching Skills
Waleed Emad Ali SCE
Every stage in a teacher’s professional life requires sharpening and nourishing of
knowledge and skills to meet the ever demanding and challenging career.
AUC/SCE/Career Development Department offers a series of diplomas and
certificates in the field of teaching English as a second language. In this session,
participants will be introduced to the newly offered Professional Diploma in
Teaching English as well as all other teaching certificates offered by the department.

Ways of Teaching IELTS for Life-Long Language Learning
Muhammad Khalil Professional Development Committee,
Chair NileTESOL
The IELTS is a widely acknowledged test, which examines the skills of language.
However, some IELTS instructors tend to focus on the score of their candidates who
become only band-oriented. This poses a danger to the process of language learning
and shatters anyone's hope for a stronger language proficiency level.

Integrate Technology in Your Classroom Successfully!
Ayman Serag Senior computer support specialist
AUC
In these days, various classroom technology tools are widely available in many
educational places. In this presentation, I will explain what classroom technology
integration is and why technology integration is essential in the classroom. Moreover,
I will provide suggestions, tips, and hints for classroom technology use catered to the
needs of various student levels and available facilities.
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Process Writing - A Form of Formative Assessment to Improve Writing Skills
Muhammad Tayyab Rahman Deputy Country Exams Manager
British Council
Process writing is a form of formative assessment, which adopts the implementation
of structured classroom-based tasks oriented around the natural stages of writing.
This process provides multiple opportunities for provision of feedback on learners'
writing in a motivating manner. Process writing covers prewriting, drafting, revising,
and editing by learners, whereas teachers provide various types of feedback (content-
focused feedback and form-focused feedback) at different stages of this process. This
is successfully implemented in the preparatory year program in one of the prestigious
universities in Saudi Arabia. The result of the surveys evidenced that teachers and
learners found it very useful for improving writing skills in a motivating way by
integrating teaching, learning and assessment in one process.

Strategies for Developing Effective Classroom Discussion Skills
Mariah Fairley Senior Instructor
AUC
Students often find it difficult to participate effectively in class discussions, so
teachers may find themselves at a loss as to how to help them. This presentation will
demonstrate several practical techniques that teachers can use to help students
develop and improve their discussion skills. Handouts will be provided.

The Growth Mindset Classroom: Creating Life-Long Learners
Elizabeth Arrigoni Senior Instructor
AUC
Too many students, when faced with errors or failure, react by moving on and
focusing their efforts on the next task, leading to missed learning opportunities and
decreased motivation. This session explores how adopting a growth mindset
approach in the EFL classroom can increase student engagement, learning and
motivation.

Tips, Tools and Techniques to Use on Your CPD Journey
Jon Parnham Head of English for Education Systems
Egypt
British Council
How can teachers identify areas to focus on for their own continuing professional
development (CPD)? What can teachers do to get started on their CPD journey? In
this interactive talk, we will look at a variety of resources educators can use to embed
CPD in their professional lives.
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Using Podcasting As a Multi-Modal Educational Tool
Omneya Abdelhamid Instructor
AUC
Podcasting is a multi-modal teaching tool with which students learn and express
themselves through auditory and visual methods. During this presentation, the
presenter will share the several podcasting activities teachers can use with their
students. The presenter will also demonstrate the various online tools students can
use to create their own podcasts.

Mobile Learning…. the Magnetic Compass of Virtual Inspirational
Autonomous Learners
Nesreen ElNesr EFL Supervisor
MOE
Mobile learning is the inspirational new gateway for learners to receive information.
It replaces bulky textbooks allowing learners to learn virtually. In this presentation,
participants will determine its definition, benefits, and challenges of usage. The
session will be concluded by utilizing different Mobile applications to engage
learners.

Bridge the Gap: Sound Like a Native Speaker
Rasha Anwar English Teacher and Teacher Trainer
AMIDEAST
In this presentation, the presenter will introduce effective and fun techniques that will
assist attendees into making their learners sound like native speakers. The presenter
will further demonstrate that just like you can’t learn dancing by reading about it,
you can’t learn pronunciation by just listening or reading about it.
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Lifelong Learning: Taking Responsibility for Our Professional Development
Vivian Leskes English Language Specialist with the US
Department of State, and Professor
Emerita of ESL at Holyoke Community
College in Massachusetts
In this presentation, we consider why teachers need to pursue professional
development. Together, we reflect on the nature of our pedagogical training. The
world and the students whom we were trained to educate have gone through rapid
transitions. We need to examine both our teaching and students’ learning when we
reflect on the pedagogical methodology we employ. Classroom teachers are the
experts in understanding their students’ obstacles for learning. Hence, we must
take an active role in our own professional development, basing our inquiries on
the needs of our students. In this plenary, we look at a model for creating our own
professional development projects that are relevant to our students’ needs.

No More Spoon Feeding: Motivate and Inspire Lifelong Learners
Nadia Fadel Academic Coordinator
AMIDEAST
Are you the type of teacher who spoon-feeds your students? Do you find it difficult
to motivate learners? This hands-on workshop will guide attendees on how to turn
traditional textbook lessons into challenging learning situations through using games
and activities to motivate and inspire students to become lifelong learners.
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Linking Assessment to Learning Outcomes
Mona Mersal TEASIG
EFL instructor, AUC
This workshop aims at providing teachers with hands-on experience in assessing
learning outcomes. The presenters will also highlight various assessment methods
that can be selected to assess learning and shed light on matching learning targets
with multiple assessment methods. Moreover, some controversial issues about
language assessment will be discussed.
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Assessing ESL Large Classes: Tips and Best Practices
In Egypt, most ESL classes in governmental schools, governmental universities, and
some private universities are characterized by being large. This is due to budgets,
space, or lack of teachers. The presenters will present some successful strategies for
assessing large classes. Group discussion and sharing views will be encouraged
throughout the session.

The 6 C's of English Language Learning (Non-Educators Self-Assessment)
Hesham Mohammed English Language Instructor
AUC
Critical Thinking has become the core of ESL. Learners need to relate what they learn
to their life and have the ability to assess the progress of their learning. This workshop
provides teachers with effective techniques to motivate learners to think critically
and assess themselves inside and outside the classroom.

ESL Powerful Poster Packs
Hanaa AbdelGhany English Language Instructor & Soft
Skills Trainer
AMIDEAST
By the end of this workshop, educators will be able to recognize and apply varied
ways of using posters in TEFL. Attendees will have a hands-on experience in using
posters as icebreakers, classroom management tools, and language production
engines.

Remarkably Fun Activities for the English Class
Maha Zakaria English Teacher
British Council
Have you ever felt you want to engage your students in more fun and interesting
activities? Do you want your students to practice the language using unique tools?
Join this workshop to learn how to incorporate unusual items as a means for language
explanation and review.
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The World Cafe
Amany Dergham English Teachers
Ministry of Education
Samah Maghawry English Teacher & Ph.D. Researcher

Ministry of Education
The World Café is an easy-to-use method for creating a living network of
collaborative dialogue around questions that matter in service to real work. Cafés in
different contexts have been named in many ways to meet specific goals, for example
Creative Cafés, Strategy Cafés, Leadership Cafés, and Community Cafés. World
Café conversations are based on the principles and format developed by the World
Café, a global movement to support conversations that matter in corporate,
government, and community settings around the world.

Bring the Text to Life: Practice Reciprocal Teaching
Ghada Elkoussy ESL Lecturer
Dar Al-Hekma University
Karen Palmer ESL Lecturer

English language learners need to be active readers to improve comprehension,
collaboration, and meta-cognitive skills. One way to actively engage students is
through reciprocal teaching, which is made up of four interactive strategies:
predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. In this workshop, attendees
will gain a rich authentic learning experience.

Promoting Life-long Learning through Student Autonomy in English Mania
AyatulRahman Wafik English Language Trainer
Cairo University
Students will not spend their entire lives going to schools and attending English
courses! This workshop is designed to help you create a teacher toolbox that
establishes student autonomy. Techniques including students defining their goals, the
flipped classroom, HOTS, and self-study training are keys to our goal of ongoing
learning.
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EFL Speaking Skills in a Flipped Classroom with Office 365
Roqaya Bedeir Senior EFL teacher
Mansoura College International
Language Schools
EFL students’ biggest challenge is speaking. That is because they do not practice
speaking as much as they should. This hands-on interactive workshop will help
participants understand the role and nature of the Flipped Learning Approach in the
EFL speaking classroom, as well as explore Office 365 (OneNote, Office Mix,
Skype, Flip Grid, Microsoft Forms and Sway) as a powerful toolkit to implement the
Flipped Learning Approach in the EFL classroom.

Change Management
Hala Helal Department Head
MOE
Hatem Enan English Language Supervisor & STEM

TOT
MOE
Mohammed Abdel-Maksoud ELT & Training Consultant

MOE/ Mansoura College International
Language Schools
We all tend to be creatures of habit; it is hard to drive people out of their comfort
zones. In this workshop, the presenters will address the tough issue of change from
the status quo to desired practices, rationale for resisting change, and strategies of
managing change.

Empowering Future Leaders with Oral Presentation Skills
Kimberly Chilmonik Program Director
AMIDEAST English Language Resource
Center
This interactive workshop, geared toward teachers of adults or university-level
learners, will allow participants to learn and experience three different low-tech
activities that will prepare learners to deliver high quality presentations in English.
Workshop attendees will walk away with three activities that they can immediately
use in their classroom.
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Business Writing: Time to Catch up with the 21st Century
Deena Mansour Translation Instructor
AUC
Educational institutions have been focusing on teaching academic writing to English
Language Learners. However, with the changes in the business market and its
requirements, teaching business writing is a new approach that should be
incorporated. New teaching ideas are suggested for writing business e-mails, reports,
and social media posts.

Incorporating Games and Songs into the Early Years ESL Classroom
Alice Ramalho Learning Support Teacher
CISE
During this interactive workshop, participants will have an opportunity to connect
Kindergarten level games & songs with theory. James Asher’s TPR (Total Physical
Response) philosophy proposes that comprehension comes before language output
and is best supported through action-based activities. Get ready to have fun while
learning English language concepts!

Visual Thinking Strategies in EFL Speaking Classrooms: A Practical
Approach
Dalia Ahmed Assistant Professor
Arab Academy for Science, Technology
& Maritime Transport
Hoda Amin Associate Professor

Arab Academy for Science, Technology
& Maritime Transport
In this workshop, participants are guided on how to use Visual Thinking Strategies
(VTS) to enhance EFL learners' speaking fluency. They will also show how using
VTS in an inquiry based learning context can make the class more appealing to
different learning styles and address different types of intelligence.

Post-Course Activities for an Everlasting Language Learning Process
AMIDEAST
Do your students forget English once they finish a course? This 90-minute workshop
will help you provide your students with various post-course activities that they can
practice independently at home. The workshop focuses on using Fansubbing, fluency
games, mobile applications, media (TV and cinema), music, books, websites and
social media.
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English on the Nile: Empowering Students to Conduct Research and Tell
Their Story
Loubna Youssef Professor of English Language and
Literature
Cairo University
In the "interactive" classroom of the twenty first century, the student cannot play
the role of the recipient. If the purpose of teaching English in Egypt is
communication in the most widely used language in the world today, the student
has to learn to tell his own story and contribute to human knowledge. This is only
possible through training students to read, conducting research, and communicating
a story with a purpose orally and in writing. The curricula of teaching English in
Egypt requires radical revision to reflect the changes in society, address what
linguists call “mother language interference” and create an awareness that students
should not simply be recipients in learning a foreign language, but productive in
contributing to the Egyptian/Arab culture.

Workshop
Making an Impact – Developing Successful 21st Century Teens
Alex Warren ILB
st
What is a 21 century teenager? Ask that question and you will get a myriad of
different answers. What we do know however is that the world has changed
dramatically since the dawn of the 21st century, and as such what a 21st century
teenager needs to be has also changed. Referencing National Geographic Learning’s
Impact series, this session will look at the skills and knowledge that teenagers need to
succeed in school, succeed in life, and succeed in a global community and how we can
help develop them to achieve that success.

Designing a Professional Development Project
Vivian Leskes English Language Specialist with the US
Department of State
This is a hands-on workshop in which teachers can draw inspiration from
professional development (PD) projects across the curriculum in order to learn how
to design PD projects relevant to their specific situations. Teachers examine their
classroom goals and the obstacles they experience in reaching those goals. They
formulate questions that will lead them to initiate their own PD projects. They then
brainstorm on how to research, implement, and assess those projects.
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What Do You Know About RELO?
Ruth Petzold RELO
This session is an interactive overview of what the US Embassy’s Regional English

Language Office (RELO) offers English teachers and learners in Egypt. Good listeners
will be rewarded!

Enhancing IELTS Listening through Focusing on Pronunciation
Anna Hasper IDP
This interactive workshop aims to provide insight into key skills and strategies needed
to become successful in IELTS Listening. Essential sub-skills are highlighted and key
pronunciation features effective listeners use are broken down and made visible to
better enable teachers to develop learners’ awareness of these key elements for
success.

Don't Hate, Integrate (Utilizing Cellphones in TEFL)
Hanaa AbdelGhany English Language Instructor & Soft Skills
Trainer
AMIDEAST
No more silent mobile phones! By the end of this workshop, educators will be able to
identify and apply varied ways of using cellphones in ESL classrooms as a tool to
maximize active learning. Attendees will share interactively in discussions and games
and leave with valuable tips and resources.

The Interactive Curriculum: From Process to Product
Sanaa Makhlouf Senior Instructor II
The purpose of this qualitative paper is to showcase the steps of designing a highly
interactive and creative syllabus with specific focus on eliciting students’ creativity,
active participation, individual and team spirit, writing skills and research skills. This
creative syllabus helps both introverts and extroverts to step out of their comfort zone
and explore their creative abilities as they work alone, sometimes in pairs and often in
groups to develop content-based oral presentations, design 3 dimensional mega posters
and reflect on their learning process through weekly Discussion Board posts.
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Differentiation: Tips and Strategies for Teaching Mixed Level Classes
Hala Said English Instructor
Nile University
Heba Said English Instructor

Nile University
Differentiation is a method of designing and delivering instruction to ensure the
success of mixed level classrooms. Having practiced differentiation in English classes,
the presenters will share practical strategies on how to implement differentiation,
reflect on their experience and brainstorm with the audience how to implement it in
their contexts.

Make It Authentic; Make It Real!
Hala Ahmed Regional Academic Manager
British Council
For all material writers, experience has shown that students’ level of enthusiasm is
raised when materials of local relevance are used in class. This very in-depth workshop
will define and describe authentic materials, outline benefits and challenges, offer
suggestions for selecting and finding them and end with a range of practical activities.

Augmented Reality in ELT: Scope and Applications
Sara Amin English Language Instructor
AUC
This presentation aims at introducing Augmented Reality (AR) as a new technological
concept that is expanding the horizons of language teaching. The presenter will
highlight its advantages as well as provide the audience with an easy guide and
practical examples that would help them incorporate AR into their classes.

Activities to Enhance Digital Literacies and Language Skills
HebatAllah Mohamed Assistant Lecturer
Ain Shams University
This presentation introduces three activities that foster learners' digital literacy and
language skills. The activities, targeting the four language skills, raise learners’
awareness of digital literacies and reliance on technology. Suggestions for activity
extension, adapting the activities to high-tech and low-tech classes and learners with
different language proficiency are discussed.
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Five Visual Active Learning Strategies to Engage Your Students
Ghada Elkoussy ESL Lecturer
Karen Palmer ESL lecturer

Active learning is essential for language acquisition. It requires “students to do
meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing” (Bonwell & Eison,
1991). This workshop will provide attendees with a repertoire of useful and effective
ideas that can be applied to any discipline at any level.

Empowering Young Learners through Developing Writing Skills for Lifelong
Learning
Maha Abulmaged English Supervisor
Smart Vision Language School
Mariam Ennara Consultant

Smart Vision Language School
Noha Mahmoud Head of English Department

AUC
This workshop is an interactive session in which attendees will participate in model
activities to develop writing skills, which enhance life-long learning for young
learners. They will work on exploring writing steps and strategies in and out of the
classroom to develop critical thinking in the early years.

Mastering the Magic of Connecting Words for a Lifelong Fluency
Mona Hassanein Teacher Trainer Young Learners
The British Council, Egypt
In this workshop, the audience will be given a chance to explore how the features of
connected speech can be taught through songs, limericks, and tongue twisters, and to
try out some fun techniques that teachers/parents can use to help children and teens
become confident, fluent second language users.
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Innovative Techniques in Teaching Literature: Creating an Enjoyable Class
Silvia Elias Assistant Professor
Pharos University
In the teaching of a foreign language context, the study of literature must be
experienced by students rather than just learnt. Literature remains one of the most
powerful ways of learning a language as readers get introduced to its vocabulary in a
perfectly natural text instead of a made-up context. This presentation will attempt to
show how a teacher of literature can only succeed if he/she adopts a learner-based
approach and does not stop at the simple narration of the events. The different
models/approaches explored are guidelines that can assist the teacher in creating an
informative class that remains enjoyable. The presentation incorporates the traits of a
passionate teacher of literature, one who recognizes its immense power and knows
how to pass his/her passion to students. Once a student develops a habit of reading and
no longer associates reading with studying, a teacher’s mission is successfully
completed.

Challenges Facing Autonomous Lifelong Professional Development (CPD)
among English Teachers
Raghad Dwaik Dean of the College of Arts
Hebron University
This paper investigates the challenges facing lifelong professional development
practices among a group of Palestinian and Egyptian high school English teachers.
Main challenges include busy work schedules, little institutional support of teacher
initiatives, as well as teachers' own assumptions about optimal age for professional
development, trainer characteristics and educational philosophy.

Teaching Evidence-Based Reading Comprehension through SSCR
Mohamed Abdel Mageed English Instructor
Zewail City of Science and Technology
Evidence-based reading comprehension focuses on providing evidence of
understanding the text. SSCR stand for skimming, scanning, and close-reading. The
presenter will present each stage of SSCR. Meanwhile, attendees will employ thinking
maps to unveil their thinking processes. For example, they will use a circle map to
check their prior knowledge.
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Learning Language, Learning Culture: Challenges and Tips
Sarah Shehattah EL Instructor
Languages Department, SCE, AUC
This presentation highlights the role of culture as an essential EL skill. The audience
will be engaged in a discussion about the major challenges that face learners and
educators. Eventually, the audience will have a firm grasp of the best techniques for
promoting cultural awareness and competence in EL classrooms.

Project Work: Young Learners' Magic Potion for Life-Long Learning
Nermine Kotb Teacher of English
The British Council
Have you ever worried about balancing formal teaching and language practice? In this
session, we will look into practical ways of enriching the learners' experience through
incorporating project work into teaching to encourage students to take responsibility
of co-operative learning and move out of the classroom and into the world.

Online Dynamic Assessment for Developing Listening Comprehension Skills of
Engineering Students
Sally Abd El-Wahab Teaching Assistant
Arab Academy for Science, Technology,
and Maritime Transport
Online Dynamic Assessment (O-DA) integrates assessment and instruction into a
unified activity. This session is intended to reveal the effectiveness of O-DA in
developing listening comprehension skills of Engineering students, how it bridges the
gap between different levels of students, and how to incorporate O-DA in teaching
listening comprehension.
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84 10:00 90 Minutes TEASIG Event Waleed Hall

P071
TEASIG Event
Ahmed Samir & Ahmed Combat the Fear of Professional Writing!

Shalaby
Amira Serageldin Ahmed Most Effective Tried Methodologies in Teaching Young

Learners
Eman EL Difrawy Total Physical Response (TPR): A New Perspective to

The Language Learning Approach
Hesham Mohammed Teaching Approaches PPP, TBL, ESP, PBL in Different

Learning Environments

Workshop
Active Listening Using MM Products
Eglal El Gamal MM Publications
Listening is a normal input activity that is vital for language learning. No doubt,
listening is the most common communicative activity in our daily life. Listening is not
a passive process. In fact, the listener can and should be, at least, as engaged in the
process as the speaker. The phrase ‘active listening’ is used to describe this process of
being fully involved. Without understanding input at the right level, any learning
simply cannot begin.

Workshop
Future Learners Need Learning Strategies
Peter Lucantoni Cambridge University Press and
Nahdet Misr
In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of learning strategies, and in
particular, those strategies which learners need confidence in for success in
examinations. We will look at examples in current publishing and identify how we can
broaden learners’ strategies to prepare them for future learning.
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Workshop
Language Production
Vanessa Esteves Oxford
Speaking English fluently sometimes can be of a great challenge for students, but we
can work on utilizing context where students can practice using grammar and
vocabulary in speaking activities for specific topics our main objective is to support
teachers reach their best results with their students in communicating in English.

Teaching and Learning Amidst Digital Distraction
Afaf Mishriki Senior Instructor
AUC
Amani Demian Senior Instructor

AUC
This presentation will attempt to shed light on the nature and the causes of the problem
of digital distraction in the area of teaching and learning, the drawbacks of using
devices in class, the benefits of such usage, and tips to bear in mind to overcome this
problem.

Three Corpus-Influenced Online Tools for Academic Writing Instruction
Alexander Lewko English Instructor
Free online corpus-influenced tools can be accessed by teachers and students alike. In
this presentation, three will be demonstrated: the Collins COBUILD Dictionary as well
as the Cambridge English Vocabulary and Grammar Profiles. The presenter will
discuss how teachers can incorporate them into activities, and how they may be used
independently by students.
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ePortfolios: Focusing on the Learning Journey
Heba Fathelbab Director of Assessment and Accreditation
AUC
Mariah Fairley Senior Instructor

AUC
Susanne Rizzo Senior Instructor

AUC
This presentation demonstrates how student ePortfolios can be used as an outcomes-
based self-assessment tool. Through this tool, students connect learning outcomes to
their individual learning progress, thus increasing their sense of ownership of the
outcomes. Presenters will share student samples and guide participants through the
steps of implementation.

Teacher! Can We Have a Quiz on Kahoot Today, Please?
Fatma Abdelrahman Visiting Instructor
AUC
This session presents Kahoot, an online app that teachers can utilize for formative
assessment in their classes. Teachers can now give quizzes and review vocabulary
online to keep up with such a fast-paced technological world so that they can maintain
student’s engagement, an important aspect in the students learning process.

Integrating Technology into Students' Learning
Tamer Darweesh Teacher
Heliopolis Modern Language School
Integrating technology in students' learning is no longer a privilege. Teachers who care
for the learning of their students have to use technology in students' learning. In this
session, I will introduce five different tools that can be used to transform the learning
environment in the class into a digital one.

The Impact of Android Apps on the Self-Learning Process
Dina El-Ayek English Teacher
Portsaid International School
This presentation reports on a variety of benefits that mobile phones and Android apps
could have on language learning- offering better access to learning services. It also
covers the useful and practical advantages of M-learning that can be used both by
students and teachers to facilitate the educational process.
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Developing University Students’ Employability Skills through Learning-
Oriented Assessment
Ahmed Abdelhafez Lecturer
Minia University, Faculty of Education,
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
In the session, I will establish the link between learning-oriented assessment and the
development of university students’ employability skills. I will also report a project’s
quantitative and qualitative evidence, which suggest that learning-oriented assessment
did not only help students to prepare for the test, but also develop employability skills.

Assessment and What to Assess
Ahmed Gendy Central Senior Supervisor
Giza Educational Directorate
Every piece of work needs a pause to reflect and decide whether to go ahead to the
next stage or modify the plan. Classes are close parts of these pieces. The question is:"
Do we assess "of" or" for" learning"? And, what is the objective of each one?

Creating a Culture of Long Life Learners at Schools
Miral Mohsen Head of Operation
International School
This presentation aims to provide a framework for the creation of professional learning
communities at schools. Some practical suggestions to be implemented during faculty
meetings and inside classrooms will be explained. Also, the roles of clinical
observation and peer coaching in creating long life learners at schools will be
discussed.

Let's Go Extensive through the Use of Technology
Rasha Halat Chairperson
Lebanese International University
How can teachers use technology to motivate students and help them become
autonomous learners? This presentation will introduce teachers to the "TED-ED"
platform and how to best use it. In addition to building learners' autonomy, the
platform encourages students to listen and read extensively beyond the boundaries of
the classroom.
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Lifetime Learning in the Age of (Mis)Information
Robert Switzer Interim Dean of the School of

Humanities and Social Sciences
AUC
Although it as long held that language was merely the "clothing" that we dress our
thoughts in, in order to share them with others, it is more commonly held today that
language and thought are essentially one. What follows from this is not only that to
teach language is to teach critical thinking, but also that, in the vast webs of
linguistic interchange that we call Social Media, we need to be on guard not only
against debased language but debased - and dangerously misleading - thinking as
well.
The teaching of English, from the intensive programs for incoming students to the
honing of the skills of our senior and graduate students is at the heart of AUC's
commitment to an American-style Liberal Arts education - an approach that has
often not been well understood, but that has never been more useful (and arguably,
more urgently needed) than in today's world. In this talk, I show how English
language instruction at AUC, and our Liberal Arts curriculum more generally,
contribute to developing the vital skills and attitudes that enable and support
lifetime learning in our graduates.
99 1:00 45 Minutes General Bassily Hall

Assembly
NileTESOL General Assembly
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Workshop
Grammar Practice Is Boring – Or Is It?
Rob Dean Pearson
For many of our learners (and maybe for us teachers too…) the word ‘grammar’ does
little to excite the senses – in fact it often provokes the opposite reaction. Some may
associate grammar learning as being little more than boring written gap fills - but this
is 2018, and things do not need to be this way. The technological revolution has done
much to broaden the range of resources at our disposal – and this session will be
looking at how blended learning – a mixture of interactive classroom study and
independent online learning – can provide inspiration, motivation and a memorable
learning experience for even the greatest of grammar–sceptics! The session will be
illustrated with material from MyGrammarLab and the Azar-Hagen Grammar Series
- Pearson’s innovative blended learning resources.

Workshop
The Power of TED – Creating 21st Century Thinkers
Alex Warren ILB
Nowadays, the job and role of the English language teacher has changed. It is no longer
our job to teach just grammar and vocabulary and the four traditional skills – reading,
writing, listening and speaking. We need to teach them about the world. We need to
teach them about other people, places, and cultures. We need to introduce them to new
ideas and new ways of looking at things. And, we need to teach them to be 21st century
thinkers. But, what do we mean by this? What is a 21st century thinker? Why is it
important? And, what does TED have to do with any of this? In this session, we will
explore what we mean by this and reveal how using TED Talks can help in achieving
these goals.

Task Based Learning: Successes and Challenges
Ebtihal El Badry Director Languages Department SCE

AUC
Maged Habashy Assistant department Director Languages

Department SCE
AUC
This presentation explores the radical change in the teaching approach of the
Languages department at SCE/AUC. Focus is on the flipped classroom, digital
learning material, collaboration, critical thinking, and performance assessment. A
framework of 6 key features integrated to meet the needs of learners in the various
walks of life will be shared with the audience.
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Workshop
Using CLIL in the 21st Century
James Hall Compass Publishing/Leaders
In this engaging workshop, teachers will learn the fundamental keys to teaching
Elementary learners in the 21st Century. We will examine the benefits of using
Content Language Integrated Content for developing reading and writing skills and
also the use of fun digital technology. Attendees will also learn many great interactive
language learning activities, which are sure to be popular with modern students.
Teachers will leave this seminar with a firm understanding of their language learners
needs and with many activities to engage their learners.

IDP Support Products for IELTS Test Takers
Anna Hasper IDP
This presentation will introduce the range of IELTS Support Tools developed by IDP
Education to help prepare test takers for success on the IELTS test. This session will
be of interest to teachers of IELTS courses as well as anyone interested in some new
tools to support test takers with their IELTS test preparation.

One Size Does NOT Fit All!
Mustapha Raafat Instructor
Heliopolis Modern Language School
Throughout life, many theories and approaches toward human potential were raised.
Howard Gardner developed nine types of intelligence that are related to a person's set
of capabilities. This means that there is always an area that a person feels comfortable
in. Here comes the role of teachers to help each student show demonstration of content
according to his/her intelligence type.

Collaborative Writing: An Enhancing Technique
Hala El Shawarby Senior English Language Instructor
Kamila Helmy Senior English Language Instructor

This presentation focuses on applying collaborative writing as a technique to enhance

first year university students’ writing performance based on a study conducted over
the period of one semester. The study attempts to assess students’ engagement and
success in the process of planning, pre-writing and final written product.
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Assessing Your Assessments
Tamir Ismail Senior Teacher
British Council Egypt
Learning from assessment requires us to stop and reflect on our existing practices.
Shifting from evaluative to formative assessment is the agreed goal, but what is the
action plan? This session will present the next steps in developing assessment that
keeps learning central and will give participants the chance to see how minimal
changes to current practices can help achieve this.

Mobile Applications As a New Trend for Post-Courses Activities
AMIDEAST
Have you ever thought that your smart phone could enhance your language? This 45-
minute presentation will help you know about mobile applications that are used as a
new trend for the purpose of language learning. The presentation focuses on
introducing up-to-date applications, their linguistic benefits and teachers' usage
guidelines.

Writer-Reader Interaction: Writer's Stance in English L1 and L2
Hosam Darwish EFL teacher
University of Bedfordshire
Academic writing teaching pays more attention to how texts are organized and linked
and ignores writer’s stance. Writer’s stance includes features, which refer to the ways
writers present themselves and convey their judgments, opinions, and commitments.
This presentation shows how Egyptian and British writers’ express their stance in
academic texts.

Sustaining Language Learner Motivation Via Reflection: Case Study
Motivation is essential to English language learners’ success. ESL teachers can help
maintain and promote students’ intrinsic motivation, by promoting students’ reflection.
This presentation shows how reflective blogs help sustain university ESL students’
motivation and eventually enhance students’ level. Questions and sharing views are
welcome throughout the session.
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EFL University Students and Instructors Attitudes towards Integrating
Facebook in English Language Teaching and Learning
Salama Shihibah Assistant professor
University of Sabratha
The presenter will share with the audience his research results on the attitudes of a
group of Libyan EFL university teachers and students towards integrating Facebook
in English language teaching and learning.

Improving ELT through Process Enneagram – A Design Research Project
Rabail Qayyum Lecturer
Institute of Business Administration
Karachi
This session is for English language practitioners interested in effective classroom
practices and small-scale research. The presenter will share her interventions aimed at
improving the teaching and learning of English of Grade Nine students of a small
private school in Karachi, Pakistan, while exploring alternative learning spaces.

Flip Your Students' World
Maha E Elkiki Science and chemistry teacher
Port Said International School
Let us flip our classrooms, instead of feeling bored the students will have fun learning
in their own paces by using the flipped classroom technique. Can all subjects use this
technique? What are the challenges that you may face? Can we integrate technology?
We will answer these questions in our session.

Using Storytelling Based on Visualization for Developing EFL Creative Writing
of Preparatory School Students
Mohamed Elzoghby Supervisor
MOE
The current study aimed at investigating the effect of using storytelling based on
visualization for developing EFL creative writing of governmental language
preparatory school students. Results revealed the large effect of using storytelling
based on visualization on developing 2nd year preparatory students’ required EFL
creative writing skills. Therefore, it is recommended to be used for developing
students’ EFL creative writing skills in the governmental preparatory language
schools.
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Using A Corpus for the Retention of Authentic Collocations
Marwa AlNagheya Demonstrator
University of Port Said
Grouping of words for conveying meaning in a second language can be affected by the
knowledge of the user's mother tongue resulting in the production of non-familiar
utterances. A good tool that provides native context for target collocations is the
corpus. This study examined the effect that consulting a corpus for collocations had on
revising collocational production and retaining them in the long run.

Using Blended Learning to Teach a Language
Meriam Morkos Teacher Trainer
Macmillan Egypt
This presentation aims at introducing the blended learning concept to teachers,
providing them with the resources to create the curriculum and the tools to apply the
concept successfully.

Teachers As Learners: A Journey of Self-Observation
Doha Mohamed English Teacher
British Council Egypt
This presentation aims at exploring the benefits self-observation holds for teachers’
professional development. Keeping a diary, recording lessons and running
questionnaires are effective tools that can inform teachers’ future decisions regarding
classroom practices such as teacher-student interactions, giving feedback or time
management. Implications of this approach will be discussed.

Teacher Leadership: Considerations for Policy and Practice
Rania Helal IELTS Program Manager
Future University in Egypt
This presentation is designed to encourage professional discussion about teacher
leadership: the various roles of teacher- leaders, as well as the range of knowledge,
skills and competencies that teacher- leaders should possess. The presenter will
propose support policies and practices to enhance the effectiveness of teacher
leadership. Intended audiences: Expert Teachers/ Education Leaders.
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A Bridge to ILACE 2018 – Exploring Egypt’s International Language
Assessment Conference
Elizabeth Arrigoni Senior Instructor
Department of English Language
Instruction, AUC
Tamir Ismail Deputy Country Exams Manager

British Council
Conference attendance and speaking is a key part of ELT professionalization and
lifelong learning. In this session, participants will learn about Egypt’s key
international language assessment conference - ILACE – a partnership between the
AUC and British Council taking place in September 2018. The speakers will present
the audience with this year’s conference theme and convene a discussion around areas
of interest for proposal submissions. Whether you are a teacher, education reformer,
or researcher, ILACE welcomes all with an interest in testing, evaluation and
assessment!
120 02:00 45 Minutes 20X20 Event Waleed Hall

P071
20X20 Event
Ahmed Metawee Approach for Selecting Tools for Your

Classroom
Esraa Abuel-magd Comics To Build English Language

Skills
Rania Jabr "5 Golden Rules for the Successful

Language Learner"
Samir Mohamed Omara Keys to Develop Life-long Learners
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121 3:00 90 Minutes Colloquium Bassily Hall
Developing Student Voice for Lifelong Learning
Colloquium
This colloquium will address the following questions:
 How can we define the term “student voice”?

 How can educators help students have a voice?
 What is the importance of developing student voice?
 What are the components/criteria for lifelong learning?
 What is the relationship between lifelong learning and developing students’ voice?
Each panelist will give a brief presentation then respond to the audience.
PANELISTS:
 Doris Jones (Discussant)

 Mai Magdy (Moderator)
 Dr. Nicholas Peachey
 Dr. Loubna Youssef
 Dr. Robert Switzer
 Dr. Vivian Leskes
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NILETESOL22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE

JANUARY 23 & 24, 2018

NILETESOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2017-2018)

Ahmed Samir Alexander Lewko (President)

NILETESOL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (2017-2018)

Afaf Mishriki Amani Demian (In-coming Co-chair)

NileTESOL website: www.niletesol.org

Dear Fellow NileTESOL Conference Attendees and Colleagues,

Dear colleagues, fellow NileTESOL members, and conference attendees,

Mariam Osman and Rania Jabr

MR. NICHOLAS PEACHEY

January 23rd Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 10:00-10:45 am

DR. VIVIAN LESKES

January 23rd Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 2:00-2:45 pm

In this presentation, we consider why teachers need to pursue professional development.

January 24th Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 9:00-9:45 am

DEAN ROBERT SWITZER

January 24th Bassily Hall (Conference Center) 12:00-12:45 pm

January 24th Bassily Hall – Conference Center 3:00-4:45 pm

This colloquium will address the following questions:

 How can we define the term “student voice”?

 Doris Jones (Discussant)

January 23rd P 022 (CC) 11:00-11:45 am

The panel discussion will address the following questions:

1. What is teacher agency and why is it important?

 Ebtihal El-Badry (Moderator)

January 23rd Waleed P071 12:00-2:00 pm

What is a Lightening Talk?

This event is moderated by Amani Demian & Afaf Mishriki.

Kariman Bahgat Natural Reader: A Creative Text to Speech Software

Nesma Hassan Enliven Your Classroom Using Contemporary Talk Shows

Sally Abd El-Wahab Empower Students' EFL Skills through Voscreen

Tamir Ismail Tapping into MOOC Learning - A Modern, Integrated,

Ahmed Metawee Approach for Selecting Tools for Your

Ahmed Samir & Combat the Fear of Professional Writing!

Amira Serageldin Ahmed Most Effective Tried Methodologies in Teaching Young

Eman EL Difrawy Total Physical Response (TPR): A New Perspective to the

Hesham Mohammed Teaching Approaches PPP, TBL, ESP, PBL in Different

Alexander Lewko Linda Ghattas Muhammad Khalil

CP08 (Jameel) Alia Hamad Noha Khafagi

Digital Tools and Lifelong Learning:

Incorporating Games and Songs into the

Visual Thinking Strategies in EFL Speaking

Plenary Nora Moen Plenary

Alex Warren Eglal El Gamal

P019 Ebtihal El Badry

Ruth Petzold Vanessa Esteves

"Don't Hate, Integrate" One Size Does NOT

The Interactive Teaching and Collaborative

Hala Said Alexander Lewko

CP13 (Jameel) Heba Fathelbab

C102 (Jameel) Salama Shihibah

Ghada Elkoussy EFL University

Mastering the Magic of Connecting Words Flip Your Students'

C105 (Jameel) Mohamed Elzoghby

C118 (Hatem) Elizabeth Arrigoni

TEASIG Event Event

9:00 – 10:00 Bassily Hall

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Dr. Ehab Abdel Rahman AUC Provost

Dr. Ghada Elshimi Interim Dean of Academy of Liberal Arts,

Dr. Robert Switzer Interim Dean of the School of Humanities and

Mr. Alexander Lewko President, NileTESOL

Dr. Mariam Osman Co-Chair, NileTESOL Conference, 2018