2024, Prague, Czech Republic: Rethinking the Language Training and Education: Keeping Pace with Change

Day 1
  1. BILC information and update (BILC Secretariat)
  2. The Relationship between General Language Proficiency and Performance on Language for Special Purposes (LSP) tasks, Dr. Ray Clifford, USA
  3. From Learners’ Needs to Positive Attitudes – Can CLIL Work Miracles?, Katri Sirkel, EST
  4. EGP and ESP Training at the AAFLI, Jürgen Kotzian, AUT
  5. English for Hydrography – vocabulary course materials. The intricacies of creating an ESP course for students, Daria Łęska-Osiak, POL
  6. (Un)orthodox uses of AI in Teaching and Learning English, Jan Vosáhlo, CZE
Day 2
  1. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for English Language Teaching, Lela Khubuluri, GEO
  2. Smart AI in Language Education: Merging Tech Savvy with Human Touch, Jolanta Lesiak, POL
  3. Hologram Technology in Language Learning, Stephen Haughey, SWE
  4. Inventing Future in Changing Times – Overcoming the Fear of Innovation and Change, Emilie Cleret, FRA
  5. New Challenges in Military Language Education: Czech Perspective, Vladan Holcner, CZE
Day 3
  1. Call for Shift in (Military) Language Education, Dr. Gabriella Kiss, HUN
  2. Language Training in the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Meeting ESP Purposes in Wartime, Marharyta Aristarkhova, UKR
  3. Integrating Feedback into Course Content and Training Strategies, Julie Dubeau and Jana Vasilj-Begovic, CAN
  4. Formative assessment as a tool for adapting to learners needs and bolstering learners attitude and motivation, Borjana Soldo, HRV
  5. Maximizing the Benefits of Local Language Immersions, Dr. Robert Savukinas and Detlev Kesten, USA
Day 4
  1. Learning when doing; some approaches, Jérôme Josserand, SWE
  2. AI in reading comprehension item development: boon or bane, Dr. Maria Luisa Alía Alberca, ESP
  3. Creating Self-Study Materials for Productive Skills (Writing and Speaking STANAG Levels 1 and 2), Anika Dähn, DEU
Workshops
  1. Dealing with Dyslexia in Teaching and Testing, Mariamma Martin and Stephen Haughey, SWE
  2. Gamification, Christine Kelly, NDL
  3. Make it Make Sense (Redux) – Insights from applied linguistics research to improve grammar teaching, Eloy Romero Muñoz, BEL
  4. Managing Resistance to Change in the Face of Innovation, Dr. Edelmira Nickels, USA
  5. Sharing best practices in ESP training, Jürgen Kotzian, AUT
Digital posters
  1. ESP for Professional Communication_Two Skills, Two Models, Peggy Garza, USA
  2. Instructional Coaching, Anna Di Virgilio, ITA (poster)
  3. Teaching Practices that bolster positive learner attitudes, Ana Intskirveli, GEO
Summaries
  1. (Un)orthodox uses of AI in Teaching and Learning English, Jan Vosáhlo, CZE
  2. AI in reading comprehension item development boon or bane, Dr. Maria Luisa Alía Alberca, ESP
  3. Call for Shift in (Military) Language Education, Dr. Gabriella Kiss, HUN
  4. EGP and ESP Training at the AAFLI, Jürgen Kotzian, AUT
  5. From Learners’ Needs to Positive Attitudes – Can CLIL Work Miracles, Katri Sirkel, EST
  6. Instructional Coaching, Anna Di Virgilio, ITA
  7. Make it Make Sense (Redux) – Insights from applied linguistics research to improve grammar teaching, Eloy Romero Muñoz, BEL
  8. Managing Resistance to Change in the Face of Innovation, Dr. Edelmira Nickels, USA
  9. Sharing best practices in ESP training, Jürgen Kotzian, AUT
  10. Smart AI in Language Education _ Merging Tech Savvy with Human Touch, Jolanta Lesiak, POL
  11. Teaching Practices that bolster positive learner attitudes, Ana Intskirveli, GEO
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