JOHN CORBETT

John CORBETT joined the University of Macau (China) in 2011 and holds a full professorship there; in 2013 he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He has published widely on intercultural language education, as well as on Scottish literature and the Scots language, literary translation and corpus linguistics. Among his main…

Kristina Urbonienė

Kristina URBONIENĖ, Šiauliai Didždvaris Gymnasium, Lithuania WORKSHOP Start Strong: Career development through learning values In this workshop I will share my experience of coordinating the international project “Start Strong 3+3”. The project is intended for youth and educators and promotes career development, entrepreneurship and relationship building. It helps people develop skills and characteristics necessary for…

Vilda Kiaunytė

Vilda KIAUNYTĖ, KTU Lyceum of Engineering, Lithuania WORKSHOP (Re)creating values and meanings through literary texts: blackout poems We often talk about developing certain values in our students, such as their social and creative skills through composing short stories or poems; however, not every student may write an original work. Blackout poetry is a method which…

Marija Liudvika DRAZDAUSKIENĖ

Wszechnica Polska Presentation “The Uses of Theoretical Linguistics in Teaching a Practical Course” The aims of the presentation are: to introduce the topical novelty and content of a course of English grammar based on the data of the most recent survey of English usage and on the functional theory of language; to explain the uses of…

MARLENE WALL

Marlene Wall is President of LCC International University in Klaipėda, Lithuania, a multicultural university with tudents from 29 countries and all classes taught in English. Marlene was born in Montevideo, Uruguay; is a Canadian citizen; spent all of her high school years in Asuncion, Paraguay; completed her higher education and spent much of her professional life…

LILIANE SAKAMOTO

Liliane Sakamoto is the Overseas Teachers Course Coordinator at Alpha College of English. She holds an M.Phil in English Language Teaching from Trinity College and has several years experience. In the last year, she has focused on teacher training and development with an emphasis on the use of technology. PLENARY TALK DIGITAL REALIA – Online Communities…

DARYL MCCARTHY

Daryl McCarthy earned his professional doctorate in non-profit organizational leadership from The School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Graduate School. He also has graduate degrees in theology and philosophy of religion. He taught philosophy and theology for several years. In 1988 he was a co-founder of an international academic NGO and since then has worked with…

ADRIAN HOLLIDAY

Adrian Holliday is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Canterbury Christ Church University in the Department of English & Language Studies, where he directs the PhD in Applied Linguistics. He started his career in ELT with the British Council in Iran in the 1970s, as a teacher of English and ESP. He did his masters degree at…

DAVID A. HILL

David A. Hill has spent 43 years working in language and literature education, first in the UK, then since 1977 in Italy, ex-Yugoslavia and Hungary. He worked for the British Council for 18 years full time. Since becoming a free-lance consultant in 1998, he has spent his time travelling and lecturing on education, working in 39…

CHRIS HALL

Chris Hall is Reader in Applied Linguistics and teaches on the MA Applied Linguistics TESOL programme at York St John University in the UK. He taught EFL and applied linguistics at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, between 1990 and 2007, chairing the Department of Languages there from 1997-2001. He is the author or…