Thank you to everyone involved in this year’s Back to School Conference. It was a great day with lots of interesting and informative presentations, and thought-proviking discussions.

This year we held the conference online via Zoom, and presenters submitted videos of their presentations. You can view these presentaitons below in the schedule by clicking on the presentation title.

 Conference Schedule

Start Time Finish Time Presenter Name Title
10:00 AM 10:15 AM Welcome and Announcements
10:15 11:00 AM Jason Tacker Culture and Technology: Cheating with Smartphones in Japanese EFL
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Jason Gold Novel Brain Science-Backed Productivity Strategies for Students (and Teachers!)
11:30 12:00 PM Morning Break
12 noon 1:00 PM Plenary Speaker: Marieta Simeonova Pissarro Designing Master Courses in English Language Teaching: Online Instruction That Works
1:00 PM 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 2:00 Paul Lyddon Helping Students Better Learn to Speak, Listen, Read, and Write in English
2:00 2:30 Oliver Rose Setting Engaging and Effective Online Phrase Practice with LingoLab
2:30 3:00 Break
3:15 3:45 Neil Cowie & Keiko Sakui Emergency online teaching: Making effective videos
3:45 4:15 Gordon Carlson Integrating Student and Teacher Perspectives on Curriculum and Textbook Selection
4:15 4:30 Afternoon Break
4:30 5:00 PM Af’idatul Husniyah On Machine Writing Feedback: How “Write and Improve” Website Helped My Students Write Better
5:00 PM 5:30 Trevor Fernandes Inspiration from learners
5:30 6:00 Min Ku Tell Me About TELL: Mental health and students
6:00 7:00 Dinner Break
7:00 7:30 Sean Gay Connecting Identity & Pedagogy
7:30 8:00 Chien Chih Chen How Does a Tutoring Lesson Work for a Writer via Referencing Tools?
8:00 8:30 Patrycja Indycka, Zofia Kupka, Gabriela Jeż, & Ewelina Cop Pain-free group work
8:30 9:00 Nanami “Mimi” Yoshii CLIL for Young Children: Ballet School in Australia
9:00 ??? Reflections on the day, closing, and cocktail social

 

 

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