XV Xornadas Didácticas do Inglés
The Whole Picture


9: 30 - 10:00 Check-in
 
 

 

1 Mark Hancock: What to Look for in a Song 1 Scott Thornbury: Grammar in Context: the Whole Picture.
2 Colin Granger: When Energy Levels are Low 2 Jill Head: An Introduction to the Recently Introduced Literacy Strategy
3 José Tomás Díaz Teijo: Life of Brais: A Pictorical Story of a Galician Boy who Once Met English 3 Francesca Target: When you Walk with a Friend... Project Work for Developing Autonomy.
4 Evaristo Quintáns Hermida: How to Survive Out There: It Pays to Advertise 4 Patricia Fra: Film and Literature: Theory and Practice of Adaptation –I
10:00 - Welcome to participants
 
 

 

5 Susan House & Katharine Scott: Learning English by Learning in English. How to Bring the English Language Alive in the Classroom 5 David Clark: Sinking the Titanic: Popular Culture and the Language Classroom.
6 Hannah Thacker: Let’s Talk 6 María del Carmen Cejuela Maqueda: Come and Sing! One, Two, Three, ...
7 Elisabetta Burchietti: Using Computers with Young Children –I 7 Miguel Olivera Tejedor: Time Out on Internet 
8 Encarnación Cortés Mate & Jesús García Laborda: Someone Forgot to Say This... A Whole Picture of my First School - I 8  
10:30 Opening Plenary

Sarah Phillips:

Thinking –that other skill
 
 

 

1 Stephanie Taylor: Why are we always Starting from the Beginning? 1 María Amparo Vázquez Vivas & Sara Salgado Ruíz: Choosing Your Role in Society 
2 Mark Hancock: What do Students Say in Groupwork 2 Jill Head: Using Good Books to Promote Literacy –an Opportunity to Look at Books and Explore their Use
3 Alicia Fletcher: New Mexico –USA, the Land of Enchantment 3 Panel Discussion: The Future of Language Teaching in Galicia
4 Peter Redpath: Lexis in the Classroom: Memory, Storage, and Retrieval 4 Patricia Fra: Film and Literature: Theory and Practice of Adaptation –II
12:30 APIGA General Meeting
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

5 María del Carmen Cejuela Maqueda: Playing with my five senses 5 Ana María Quintela Gómez: Traditions, Celebrations, Cullinal Contents, ... Are They Important to us on Teaching a Language?
6 Ricky Lowes & Francesca Target: Learner Autonomy – I  6 Janet Torres: Student Autonomy for Primary 
7 Elisabetta Burchietti: Using Computers with Young Children –II 7 Jamie Fowlie: Making Magazines: Desktop Publishing in the FL Classroom
8 Encarnación Cortés Mate & Jesús García Laborda: Someone Forgot to Say This... A Whole Picture of my First School - II 8 John Angelori: Teachñing Listening: Meditation, Phonetics and Awareness Training.
  13:30-14:30 Adam’s Atomic Socks

Play for primary learners (attendance optional) 

english theatre company


 
1 Ana Robles: Emotional Intelligence and Teaching 1 Colin Granger: Collecting Words 4:30 Closing Plenary

Scott Thornbury:

Good Lessons: the Whole Picture
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

2 José Miguel A. Giraldez & Alberto Sacido Romero: TV or not TV (Using Television Programmes as Relevant Source of Authentic Materials in the English Class) 2 Jeannine Bogaard: To Write or not to Write
3 Jane Forrest & Anne Marie Elisabeth Yardley: English in Our World... 3 Ricky Lowes & Francesca Target: Learner Autonomy – II
4 M. Soledad Carbón Rioboó & Isidora Rubio López: Practical Approaches Towards a Career in Foreign Language Teaching. 4 Alison Buckett: Strategies for Effective Communication: Body Language and other Non-verbal Factors –I
5 María Jesús Álvarez Paz, Mª Rosa Amado Pérez, Araceli Márquez Raña & Mª Elena Pereira Rodríguez: Walking down the streets - I 5 María del Carmen Cejuela Maqueda: St. George and the Dragon
6 Sarah Phillips: Multiple Intelligences in Your Classroom. 6 Ricardo Calvo Agredano & Ana Martín Sánchez: Make the Most of Graded Readers
7 Santos Gracia Villar, Elisabeth Gassó & Marta Dahlgren: Las Nuevas Tecnologías en la Formación. 7 Elisabetta Burchietti: Using Computers with Young Children –III
  8 Encarnación Cortés Mate & Jesús García Laborda: Someone Forgot to Say This... A Whole Picture of my First School –III
1 Ana Robles: Classroom Management: More Tools Than Language 1 María Trilla: Don’t spare the Rod! Using Rods to Stimulate Oral Production in Secondary 6:30Pedagogical language theatre

english theatre company

Dream On
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

2 Michael Downie: Navigating English in the Secondary (First Cycle). 2 Jill Head: An Overview of Primary Education in England Today
3 Keith Kall: Student Journals for a Diverse Economy. 3 Ricky Lowes: The Primary Task of the Teacher... Planning for Autonomy.
4 Ramón Ybarra Rubio: It’s Showtime! Motivating Students Through Drama Activities and Theatre. 4 Alison Buckett: Strategies for Effective Communication: Body Language and other Non-verbal Factors –II
5 María Jesús Álvarez Paz, Mª Rosa Amado Pérez, Araceli Márquez Raña & Mª Elena Pereira Rodríguez: Walking down the streets - II 5 Peter Redpath: Conveying Meaning and Checking Students’ Understanding
6 Sarah Phillips: Cutting and Sticking –Using the Materials your Children Make. 6 Chris Barker: Getting Teenagers Talking.
7 Jamie Fowlie: High Tech / Tech High: IT is Coming to a School Near You. 7 Michele Guerrini: Learning and Motivation Via the Internet
  8 Stuart McNicholls: Using Children’s Literature in the EFL Primary Classroom.
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