Conference Programme
Note: This timetable follows the Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) in Greece.
To access the abstracts and bionotes of presenters for each session talk, kindly click on the titles listed in the conference programme.
Friday 19 April 2024
| 15:30 | ICC Board Member Meeting (PALSO Head Office) Lykavitou 2. & Akadimias |
| 19:00 | Welcome Dinner Reception (Rozalia Restaurant , Valtetsiou 59 Athina 106 81, Greece) |
Saturday 20 April 2024
Venue: Titania Hotel Athens (Address: Panepistimiou 52, Athina 106 78, Greece)
| 08:45 – 09:30 | Registration
Coffee Break Hybrid Session (Room 1) |
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| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome & Commemoration: Celebrating 30 Years of ICC – the International Language Association
ICC Co-Chairs: Myriam Fischer & Tatjana Kovač Special Guest: Ioanna Lytrivi (Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports of Greece) ICC Guests: Ellinor Haase & Jean-Claude Lasnier |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Keynote Speech:
Transforming Language Education: Linda Fisher (Professor of Languages Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) Moderator: Thomas Tinnefeld |
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| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break | |
| Hybrid Session (Room 1) | On-site Session (Room 2) | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Vocal in Need: Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Skills for Personnel Interacting with Migrants and Asylum Seekers across Europe
Kristin Brogan & Valerie McGrath (Ireland) on-site talk Moderators: Myriam Fischer & Rob Williams |
Εργαστήριο εισαγωγής καινοτομικών Γλωσσικών Παιχνιδιών σε δια ζώσης μαθήματα για να ενδυναμώσουμε τη συμμετοχή των μαθητών μας
Nikos Konstantopoulos & Ifigenia Georgiadou (Greece) on-site workshop Moderator: Valentinos Filippou |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Adapting New Technologies to Empower English Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Joe Dale (UK) online talk Moderators: Michael Carrier & Rob Williams |
The Influence of Learning Identity Dynamics on the Learning Process in the Foreign Language Lesson
Katerina Kanella (Greece) on-site talk Moderator: Nazan Doğruer |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | Unlocking Creativity: AI-Powered Language Teaching
Wioleta Antecka & Joanna Zielińska (Poland) on-site talk Moderators: Michael Carrier & Rob Williams |
A Gamified Experiential Learning Intervention for Engaging Students through Satisfying Needs
Loukia David (Greece) on-site talk Moderator: Damian Fäh |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Artificial Intelligence in EFL: A Workshop on Innovative Teaching Tools
Elena Mizrahi (Israel) online workshop Moderators: Burcu Koc & Valentinos Filippou |
Developing Mediation Strategies as an Important Step towards Developing Plurilingual Competence
Nancy Kontomitrou (Greece) on-site workshop Moderator: Nazan Doğruer |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Enhancing Learner Assessment with ChatGPT: Practical Activities for Engaging Evaluation
Marwa Seif (Egypt) online talk Moderators: Burcu Koc & Valentinos Filippou |
Corporate Adventure – an Entrepreneurial Project
Ridha Mejri (Germany) on-site talk Moderator: Damian Fäh |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Happiness and ELT: Principles and Activities
Nick Michelioudakis (Greece) on-site workshop Moderators: Tatjana Kovač & Barry Tomalin |
I Advance with AI
Dimitrios Kouroupis (Greece) on-site talk Moderator: Burcu Koc |
| 17:15 – 18:00 | Design Thinking: A Catalyst in Language Teaching
Barry Tomalin (UK) online talk Moderator: Tatjana Kovač |
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| 19:00 | Dinner (own cost) (Venue: Pame Tsipouro Pame Kafeneio) Address: Aiolou 31, Athens | |
Sunday 21 April 2024
Venue: Titania Hotel Athens (Address: Panepistimiou 52, Athina 106 78, Greece)
| Hybrid Session (Room 1) | |
| 08:45 – 09:30 | ICC Annual General Meeting |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Panel Discussion:
Transforming Language Education – Diversity, Engagement and Innovation Coordinator: Thomas Tinnefeld (Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Moderators: Thomas Tinnefeld & Michael Carrier (ICC Board Members) Panelists: Bessie Dendrinos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Sandra Zappa-Hollman (The University of British Columbia, Canada), Khaled Al Masaeed (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Multilingualism in Society and Education as the Driving Force for the Work of ECSPM
Guðrún Gísladóttir (General Secretary of ECSPM) Moderator: Thomas Tinnefeld |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Η ΔΙΑΜΕΣΟΛΑΒΗΣΗ ΩΣ ΜΕΣΟΝ ΔΙΑΔΡΑΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΜΑΘΗΣΗΣ MEDIATION AS A MEANS TO INTERACTIVE LEARNING IN MULTILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL SPACES LA MÉDIATION COMME MOYEN D’APPRENTISSAGE INTERACTIF DANS LES ESPACES ÉDUCATIFS MULTILINGUES Bessie Dendrinos (Professor Emerita, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Moderator: Thomas Tinnefeld |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Using Critical Incidents to Improve International Business Communication
Ian McMaster (Germany) online workshop Moderators: Myriam Fischer & Damian Fäh |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | The Art of Creating Learning Opportunities in the Diverse Language Class: Wellness as a Key Issue
Hassan Abouabdelkader & Soufiane Abouabdelkader (Morroco) on-site talk Moderators: Barry Tomalin & Michael Carrier |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Empowering Educators: Integrating Virtual Exchange for Global Competence in English Language Teaching
Yuliana Lavrysh & Iryna Simkova (Ukraine) on-site talk Moderators: Michael Carrier & Barry Tomalin |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Closing & Farewell
ICC Board Member: Thomas Tinnefeld |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Guided Walking Tour (own cost) |