TESOL Macedonia-Thrace, Northern Greece 24th Annual International Convention "Teachers, Trends, Techniques: A world of Change’’ 10th-12th February 2017 ACT, Thessaloniki, Greece FRIDAY 10th FEBRUARY 2017 Pre-Conference Plenary with Prof Sugata Mitra The future of Learning

Starting time: around 21:00

Bissell Library

SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2017 9:15-10:15

REGISTRATION (continuing throughout the weekend)

ROOM 1

ROOM 2

ROOM 3

ROOM 4

ROOM 5 Bissell Library

10:30-11:00

OPENING CEREMONY Bissell Library

11:00-12:00

12:15-13:00

PLENARY with Ms. Marisa Constantinides Creative Teaching – Creative Learning CLIL: opportunities and challenges

Dimitris Primalis (Greece) 45' (WS)

Learning English through the mind and the body

Danny Singh (Italy) 45' (WS)

Bissell Library Gamified Activities to Teach Vocabulary

Ioanna Ntaidou (Greece) 45' (WS)

EFLtalks - teachers teaching teachers - The Teachers' Video Glossary

Rob Howard (Poland) 45' (T)

Learning Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching: Student Engagement at Its Best!

Dr Paschalia Patsala & Thanos Hatziapostolou (Greece) 45' (WS)

13:15 – 14:00

PLENARY with Prof. Sugata Mitra The beginning of the future Bissell Library

14:00- 14:30

LUNCH BREAK

14:30-15:00

Teaching an Original Video-Based Lesson in an EFL Classroom

Preparing 21st century citizens of the world in the English classroom

Jake Delatolas Saveris

Maria Vlachopoulou

(Greece) 30' (T)

(Greece) 30' (T)

15:10-16:10

16:15-17:00

How children learn English through storytelling

Effrosyni Biziri (Greece) 30' (T)

Getting Parents Involved Yiouly Vezergiannidou (Greece) 30’ T

PLENARY with Mr. Leo Selivan Misapplied Linguistics Fun Grammar Games

A Story to Tell… Use of Narrative in ELT

Aphrodite Gkiouri

Sofija Ljiljak Vukajlovic

(Greece) 45' (WS)

17:00 - 17:30 17:30-18:15

Research in Practice Milena Tanasijevic (Serbia) 30’ (T)

(Serbia-Representative of ELTA Serbia) 45' (WS)

Bissell Library Trendy Terminology in the Flipping Classroom! Joan Macphail & Angeliki Apostolidou (Greece) 45' (WS)

‘Rockin’ and Talkin’ for Pre-adolescents: Content and Integrated Language Learning Monica Varsakopoulos (Greece) 45' (WS)

COFFEE BREAK From Teacher to Manager ( in ELT)

Bobby Zlatkov (Bulgaria) 45' (WS)

TED Talks. Do It The Other Way. Beyond the message.

Eftychis Kantarakis (Greece) 45' (T)

English in the kindergarten: a The importance of being world of change and emotions (an) Ernest (Peer-Assessor) Galina Velichkova Zhivka Ilieva & Desislava (Bulgaria- Representative of Terzieva BETA Bulgaria) (Bulgaria) (30’) (T) 45' (WS)

Theater in Education Georgia Psarra (Greece) 45' (WS)

18:15-19:00

19:30-22:00 Social Programme

MOVING IMAGES exploiting short films to enhance creativity and communication Magdalena Wasilewska (Poland) 45' (WS)

Despina Vardaki Elpiniki Psomataki (Greece) 45’ (WS) Title to be announced

Travel and Marvel with Learning Stations

Despina Karamitsou (Greece) 45' (T)

Transform your students into creative innovators of the language

Theodora Bogiou (Greece) 45' (T)

Performance by Luke & Friends of ‘’Us and Them’’ by David Campton Buffet Sponsored by Musical Performance by Maria Theologidou & Vasilis Nakos

TESOL Macedonia-Thrace, Northern Greece 24th Annual International Convention "Teachers, Trends, Techniques: A world of change’’ SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2017 9:30 -10:00

REGISTRATION (continuing throughout the weekend)

ROOM 1 10:30-11:15

Mr Holistic Vs Mr. McNugget – A love story during the grammar wars

ROOM 2 Using Children's Picture Books in the ESL/EFL Classroom

Explore & Imagine: Google Arts & Culture in Education

David Gibson

(Greece) 45' (T)

Marisa Constantinides (Greece) (Greece) 45’ (T)

ROOM 3

Dimitris Tzouris

45' (WS)

ROOM 4 Implementation and Evaluation of Emotional Awareness projects

Anastasia Panidou & Alexandra Valtzidou (Greece) 45' (WS)

ROOM 5 Bissel Library It’s The Way That You Say It: Developing Verbal And Non-Verbal Communication Skills

Express Publishing Natassa Manitsa (Greece) 45' (WS)

11:30-12:30

PLENARY Prof. Marina Mattheoudakis

ELT in Greece: What has actually changed? 12:30-13:00 13:10-13:55

Teaching Reading to Dyslexic Learners of All Ages Daniella De Winter (Israel) 45' (T)

Bissell Library BREAK Is Summer School Fun in Affect for Better Effect the Sun? Angelos Bollas Vicky Papageorgiou & (Greece) 45' (WS) Cathy Salonikidis (Greece) 45' (WS)

Teaching English to Refugees in Thessaloniki: From despair to hope.

Vicky Sarantidou Dr. Luke Prodromou (Greece) 45’ (T)

Performing Street Theater in ELT class

Efi Tzouri & Dimitra Christopoulou (Greece) 45' (WS)

14:00-14:30

Healthy Little Eaters and the pouch of happiness

Spyridoula Kokkali (Greece) 30' (T)

Micro-blogging as homework: Building a community of online storytellers

The Roles of The EFL Teacher in the Modern Globalized World

How inclusive can EFL classrooms be for dyslexic students?

Marijana Matic

Olga Christodoulou

Zoi Tsiviltidou

(Serbia) 30' (T)

(Greece) 30' (T)

(Greece) 30' (T)

Aiming for a better and brighter future through collaboration and mutual support of school owners and teachers alike

Board of PALSO Northern Greece Natalia Anyfantaki Korina Papadopoulou Varvara Karakitsou (Greece) 30' (T)

14:30-15:00 15:10 - 15:55

Writing in L2 – From Grammatical Mistakes to Lexical Opportunities

Leo Selivan (Israel) 45’ (T)

LUNCH BREAK Robert Frost’s poem Fire And you call it art?!?! and Ice: a Drama Approach Storytelling, Creative for EFL students writing, critical thinking

Despina Kalaitzidou and more! (Greece) Hanna Zięba 45' (WS) Monika Izbaner (Poland – Representatives of IATEFL Poland) 45’ (T)

Annual General Meeting – Please attend 16:00-17:00

Pictures into Words

Aleksandra Jevtović (Serbia) 45' (WS)

Microsoft in Education: Brining Technology into your classroom. Vanessa Antondiaoud (Greece/ Cyprus) 45’ (T)

Talk Show Games 17:10-17:55

Tatjana Jancić (Serbia) 45' (WS)

One Step beyond ‘ …and they lived happily ever after’.

Designing Teaching Materials to Confront Modern-Day Slavery

Angeliki Voreopoulou

Margarita Kosior & Despoina Sarantidou (Greece) 45’

(Greece) 30' (T)

Less is More: Putting Memory to Work

Dr Lindsey ShapiroSteinberg (Israel- Official Representative of ETAI) 45' (WS)

18:15-19:15

Panel Discussion based on questions from the audience

19:15-19:30

with Dr Marina Mattheoudakis, Marisa Constantinides, Leo Selivan and Dr. Luke Prodromou as chair of the panel Bissell Library CLOSING REMARKS

WS – workshop

T – talk

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