2010 Global Language Convention – Draft Program
KEY: (P) Primary Years/ Elementary
(S) Middle Years/ Diploma/Secondary
(T) Tertiary
(G) General This program is subject to change. Updated 3 March 2010
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| Thursday 8 April 2010 |
| 1.00pm- 5.00pm |
IT Help Desk open to prepare speakers computers for Friday's sessions: Speakers Room, Wells Library |
| 1.00pm - 5.00pm |
Registration Desk opens: Wells Library, Wesley College, Glen Waverley |
| 2.30pm |
Buses depart from Mercure Spring Street and Sofitel on Collins and to Wesley College, Glen Waverley |
| 3.30pm |
Buses depart from Ibis Glen Waverley and Novotel Glen Waverley to Wesley College, Glen Waverley |
| 5.00pm |
Buses depart for Welcome Reception at Monash University from Mercure Spring Street and Sofitel on Collins to Monash University |
| 5.15pm |
Buses Depart for Welcome Reception at Monash University from Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley (via Wesley College, Glen Waverley). Buses depart from school bus shelter. |
| 6.00pm - 8.00pm |
Welcome Reception: Monash University, Clayton Campus |
| 8.10pm |
Buses depart from Monash University to Sofitel on Collins and Mercure Spring Street |
| 8.10pm |
Buses depart from Monash University to Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley (Via Wesley College Glen Waverley) |
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| Friday 9 April 2010 |
| 7.30am |
Buses depart from Mercure Spring Street and Sofitel on Collins at the main hotel entrance to Wesley College Glen Waverley |
| 8.00am |
Buses depart from Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley to Wesley College Glen Waverley |
| 8.00am - 8.45am |
Registration Desk Open, Wells Library, Wesley College Glen Waverley |
| 8.45am - 9.00am |
Welcome to Country: Cato Hall |
| 9.00am - 9.15am |
Opening Ceremony: Cato Hall |
| 9.15am- 10.15am |
Keynote Address - Patrick Dodson: Cato Hall |
| 10.15am - 10.45am |
Morning Tea** |
| 10.45am - 11.30am |
Session Series 1 |
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General, Session 1 |
Strand 1 Session 1 |
Strand 3 Session 1 |
Strand 5 Session 1 |
Strand 6 Session 1 |
Strand 7 Session 1 |
| Cato Hall |
M18 |
M16 |
M27 |
M21 |
M39 |
| Ms Carol Inugai-Dixon (International Baccalaureate Organization, United Kingdom) Developments in Language and Learning in the International Baccalaureate (P,S) |
Ms Anita Patel (Narrabundah College, Australia) The forms of things unknown: Exploring the relationship between language and literature in the Senior Secondary Classroom (S) |
Dr Kusumi Vasantha Dhanapala and Dr Ranjan Chandra Kumara Hettiarachchi (Hiroshima University, Japan) A Study on English education for Peace in High Schools in Japan (S) |
Mrs Ornsiri Wimontham (Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University, Thailand) The use of Webblog Enhancing English Literacy in Globalization Society: "The New Direction for Study English as a Foreign Language (EFL)" (G) |
Ms Thuy Nga Nguyen (School of Languages and Comparative Cultures Studies - University of Queensland, Australia) Language Contact and Lexical Expansion in Vietnamese Language. Adaptation of English borrowings in 2 Vietnamese print and online newspapers (T)
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Ms Maryline Noye, Mr Scott Jackson, and Ms Amanda Douglas (Wesley College, Australia) The role of language within the curriculum in an Australian School Context (P, S) |
| 11.30am - 12.15pm |
Session Series 2 |
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Strand 1 Session 2 |
Strand 2 Session 2 |
Strand 4 Session 2 |
Strand 6 Session 2 |
Strand 7 Session 2 |
| M16 |
M39 |
M27 |
M18 |
M21 |
| Mr Matthew Absalom and Ms Diane de Saint Leger (School of Languages & Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Australia) Is it what we think it is? Student perceptions of a reflective task in tertiary language study (T) |
Ms June Oscar and Miss Kim Anderson (Fitzroy Valley Community WA, Australia and Wesley College Institute for Innovation in Education) Bunuba- Walmajarri Project: A Collaborative Curriculum project between the Fitzroy Valley Community, The Kimberley, Western Australia, and Wesley College, Melbourne Australia (P) |
Ms Maree Dellora (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Australia) Promoting thinking Skills in the Languages Classroom (P, S) |
Ms Laetitia Chanéac-Knight (Bali International School, Indonesia) We know the importance of maintaining and developing the mother tongue. Where do we go from there? (P, S) |
Ms Shona Mancev (Plenty Valley Christian College, Australia) What do methods used in bilingual program such as a partial immersion program offer mainstream teachers? What can a special program of this kind offer to high- and low- achieving students? (P, S) |
| 12.15pm - 1.10pm |
Lunch** |
| 1.10pm- 2.10pm |
Keynote Address- Ato Quayson - Kobolo Poetics: African Urban Scripts and Reading Publics (Cato Hall) |
| 2.15pm - 3.00pm |
Session Series 3 |
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Strand 2 Session 3 |
Strand 3 Session 3 |
Strand 4 Session 3 |
Strand 5 Session 3 |
Strand 6 Session 3 |
Strand 7 Session 3 |
| M18 |
M27 |
Cato Hall |
M21 |
M16 |
M39 |
| Mr Payman Rezvani and Mr Hiva Asadpour (Islamic Azad University, Mahabad branch, Iran) The Impact of Official Language upon Minority Languages in Iran (G) |
Ms Jennifer Cope (University of Sydney, Australia) Why we need to help ESL learners gain access to mainstream Australian vocational courses: Difficulties with the application process and how to overcome them (S) |
Mrs Megan Morgan (Firbank Grammar & Monash University, Australia) The Brain, Learning and Language - Applying brain Theory in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Additional Languages classroom (P) |
Ms Maryam Ismail (Monash University, Australia) Shifting the monolingual mindset in (Post) Colonial Zanzibar (G) |
Ms Katherine Davidsen (British International School, Jakarta, Indonesia) ‘Father tongue' and its impact on Mother Tongue and language proficiency (G) |
Dr Anne-Marie Morgan (Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, University of South Australia, Australia) Dari kami ke kita: developing intercultural textbooks (P, S) |
| 3.05pm - 3.45pm |
Afternoon Tea ** |
| 3.50pm - 4.35pm |
Session Series 4 |
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Strand 2 Session 4 |
Strand 3 Session 4 |
Strand 3 Session 4 |
Strand 6 Session 4 |
Strand 7 Session 4 |
| M18 |
M16 |
M39 |
M27 |
Cato Hall |
| Dr Heather Bowe, Dr Kathy Lynch, Dr Julie Reid (Monash University and the University of the Sunshine Coast) The Power of I.T.: Revival of Australian (Victorian) Aboriginal Languages (G) |
Associate Professor Anil Sarwal (D.A.V. College, Sector - 10, Chandigarh, India) Exploring Teaching and Learning English through the Developmental Approach to Language Teaching (DLT) in a Technologically Immersive Environment in Semi-urban and rural areas (G) |
Dr Martin Tang (Hong Kong University) Teachers' pedagogical decisions in the writing classroom: A case study at a Hong Kong University (T) |
Ms Caroline Fogiel (Australian International School Singapore, Singapore) Introducing and Developing a Mother Tongue program in an International School context: a long term view (P,S) |
Mr Matthew Absalom and Ms Penelope Johnstone (University of Melbourne and Oatley Public School, Australia) Professional Learning: drops in the ocean or sea change? Endeavour language teacher fellowships and the Professional Standards Project for Languages (P,S) |
| 4.40pm - 6.00pm |
Australian Premiere Showing of "Speaking in Tongues" Winner of the Audience Award, San Francisco International Film Festival. (Cato Hall) |
| 6.00pm |
Buses depart from Wesley College Glen Waverley to Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley |
| 6.00pm |
Buses depart from Wesley College Glen Waverley to Sofitel on Collins and Mercure Spring Street |
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| Saturday 10 April 2010 |
| 7.45am |
Buses depart from Mercure Spring Street and Sofitel on Collins to Wesley College Glen Waverley |
| 8.30am |
Buses depart from Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley to Wesley College Glen Waverley |
| 9.00am - 10.00am |
Keynote Address - Alastair Pennycook Beyond Multilingualism |
| 10.00am - 10.45am |
Session Series 5 |
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General, Session 5 |
Strand 2 Session 5 |
Strand 3 Session 5 |
Strand 5 Session 5 |
Strand 6 Session 5 |
Strand 7 Session 5 |
| Cato Hall |
M27 |
M21 |
M16 |
M18 |
M39 |
| Lynn Redley (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australia) National Curriculum Languages Open Session (P,S) |
Megan Blair and Pandora Petrovska (Victorian School of Langages, Australia)Case Studies of current issues and perspectives on language reclamation in Victoria (G) |
Dr Ted Faunce and Ms Bin Li (Chinese International School, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China) Rethinking Language A and B in the context of the MYP: Evolving Practice at Chinese International School (Hong Kong) (S) |
Ms Rosa Prieto (Spanish Education Office, Australia) Multilingualism: more knowledge, more choices, but where is Spanish? (P,S) |
Ms Eleanor Brock (The Western Academy of Beijing, The People’s Republic of China) Living with Uncertainty - Mother Tongue language use in an international school (P,S) |
Mrs Sabeena DeBono and Ms Sumiko Jojima (Wesley College, Australia) Making Connections: A reflection on our learners, curriculum and effective pedagogy (P,S) |
| 10.45am - 11.20am |
Morning Tea** |
| 11.20am - 12.05pm |
Session Series 6 |
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Strand 2 Session 6 |
Strand 3 Session 6 |
Strand 4 Session 6 |
Strand 5 Session 6 |
Strand 5 Session 6 |
Strand 7 Session 6 |
| M27 |
M21 |
Cato Hall |
M39 |
M16 |
M18 |
| Associate Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann (The University of Queensland) Stop, revive, survive!: Lessons from the Hebrew revival applicable to the reclamation, maintenance and empowerment of Aboriginal languages and cultures (G) |
Mr Adriano Truscott (Department of Education, WA, Australia) Inter-dialectal communication in the classroom: Aboriginal English and Australian English (G) |
Mr Robert John Balfour (St Augustines College, South Africa) Return to Memory: bilingualism, acquisition, learning and pedagogy (G)
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Mr Mehmet Ozalp (Affinity Intercultural Foundation, Australia) Towards Globalisation of Turkish language & Global Intercultural Dialogue: Case Study of International Turkish Language Olympiad (G) |
Dr Holger Nord (Donvale Christian College, Australia) The Impoverished Discourse of Foreign Language Learning in Australia or Why FLL is worth more than 64 Million Australian Dollars! (P,S) |
Ms Sue Sillitoe (Western Academy of Beijing, People's Republic of China) Language for Learning - Strategies from Speech Pathology for use in the multilingual learning environment (G) |
| 12.05pm - 12.50pm |
Session Series 7 |
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Strand 1 Session 7 |
Strand 2 Session 7 |
Strand 3 Session 7 |
Strand 6 Session 7 |
Strand 7 Session 7 |
| M27 |
M21 |
M39 |
M16 |
Cato Hall |
| Mr Peter French (Wesley College, Australia) The Language of Mathematics: the Mathematics of Language (G) |
Miss Nicola Bosua and Mr Kollen Sussman (Wesley College, Australia) International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Year 6 Indigenous unit focusing on the connection between reconciliation and understanding and respecting local indigenous groups.(P) |
Professor Rashit Zagidullin (Kazakh British Technical University, Republic of Kazakhstan) Think Globally, Teach Locally: English in Kazakhstan (G) |
Dr Li-Jiuan Tsay (Ming-Chuan University, Taiwan) Investigation of Students’ Interest in Learning Chinese through the Implementation of Lesson Study (T) |
Dr Gustav Helman and Ms Andrea Verry (Mont'Kiara International School, Malaysia and German European School Singapore, Singapore) Languages, a world of cultures and skills (S) |
| 12.50pm - 1.40pm |
Lunch** |
| 1.40pm - 2.40pm |
Keynote Address - Dr Nicholas Tate The role of school leadership in supporting language development |
| 2.40pm - 3.25pm |
Session Series 8 |
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Strand 1 Session 8 |
Strand 2 Session 8 |
Strand 3 Session 8 |
Strand 5 Session 8 |
Strand 6 Session 8 |
Strand 7 Session 8 |
| M39 |
M27 |
M16 |
M18 |
M21 |
Cato Hall |
| Dr Chetana Pokhriyal (MKP (PG) College, Dehradun, Uttarkhand, India) The problems of Teaching English in a non-English speaking area (G) |
Zane MaRhea , Baressa Frazer (Monash University) Teaching Indigenous Languages in Schools .Zane MaRhea in conversation with Indigenous educators (P,S) |
Dr Hashem Alsamadani (Um Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia) Factors Affecting Reading for understanding as percieved by Saudi EFL Students (T) |
Ms Shannon Peterson and Mr Aaron Arredondo (Lakes International Language Academy, USA) Traversing the Pitfalls of a start-up Language Program (P,S) |
Ms Shawana Fazal (Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan) Development of a new model by integrating grammar translation with communicative approach (CGT) to teach English as a second language (G) |
Mr Malcolm Pritchard, Ms Mary Jew, Ms Elia Thomas and Mr Cun Hui Yu (The ISF Academy, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China) Merging Languages and cultures in a Bilingual School (P,S) |
| 3.25pm - 3.55pm |
Afternoon Tea** |
| 3.55pm - 4.40pm |
Session Series 9 |
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Strand 1 Session 9 |
Strand 2 Session 9 |
Strand 3 Session 9 |
Strand 3 Session 9 |
Strand 4 Session 10 |
Strand 5 Session 9 |
| M27 |
Cato Hall |
M18 |
M39 |
M21 |
M16 |
| Assistant Professor Badriah Al-Gublan (Princess Norah University, Saudi Arabia) A Linguistic Study of a Post-Colonial Fictional Discourse: The Concept of Face in Politeness Theory as a Socio-Behaviour (G) |
Ms Kate Timms-Dean (Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand) He taonga te reo: Language Loss and reclamation in Aotearoa New Zealand and Alba Scotland (G) |
Mrs Jacinta Webb (New International School of Thailand (NIST),Thailand) An Inquiry into practices: Effective provision for English Language Learners (ELLs) (G) |
Ms Joanne Pearn (Australian International School Singapore, Singapore) Exploring the options of the additional language learner in international schools (P,S) |
Ms Lidia Faranda (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development -Northern Metropolitan Region, Australia) Reflection on the process of improving and sustaining Languages Other than English (LOTE) programs in Northern Metropolitan Region: working towards a systemic change in LOTE Provision (P,S) |
Dr Eugene Mogilevski (Wesley College, Australia) Death of the method: a flexible approach to language learning (G) |
| 5.00pm |
Buses depart from Wesley College Glen Waverley to Sofitel on Collins and Mercure Spring Street |
| 5.00pm |
Buses depart from Wesley College Glen Waverley to Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley |
| 5.00pm |
Buses depart from Wesley College Glen Waverley to Sofitel on Collins and Mercure Spring Street |
| 6.00pm |
Buses depart from Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley to Sofitel on Collins |
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The dinner venue is a short walk from city hotels |
| 7.00pm for 7.30pm |
Gala Dinner: Sofitel on Collins (Coat and Tie required for Gentlemen) |
| 11.15pm |
Buses depart from Sofitel on Collins to Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley |
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| Sunday 11 April 2010 |
| 9.00am |
Buses depart from Mercure Spring Street and Sofitel on Collins and to Wesley College, Glen Waverley |
| 9.30am |
Buses depart from Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley to Wesley College Glen Waverley |
| 10.00am - 11.00am |
Keynote Address - Jo Lo Bianco |
| 11.00am - 11.30am |
Morning Tea** |
| 11.30am - 12.15pm |
Session Series 10 |
| |
General, Session 10 |
Strand 1 Session 10 |
Strand 3 Session 10 |
Strand 3 Session 10 |
Strand 6 Session 10 |
Strand 7 Session 10 |
| Cato Hall |
M16 |
M18 |
M39 |
M21 |
M27 |
| Mr Andrew Flory (International Baccalaureate Organization, United Kingdom) Learning Languages in the 21st Century: the revision of group 1 and 2 courses in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (P, S) |
Ms Tutiga Pollap, Ms Saiwaroon Chumpawan, Ms Sirinan Srinaowarat and Ms Walaiporn Chaya (Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand) The Relationship between American cultural background knowledge and the English proficiency of Thai English Major students (G) |
Mrs Sofia Soledad De Guzman (Miriam College High School, Philippines) Learning English through Social Justice: An Authentic Experience (P,S) |
Mrs Morena Christian (K. International School Tokyo, Japan) Methods of Teaching to Read in English as a Second Language (P,S) |
Ms Ahlam Al-Harbi (Taif University, Saudi Arabia) Mother Tongue Maintenance and Second Language Sustenance: A Two Way Language Teaching Method (G) |
Mrs Wendy Govender (Department of Education: Ikhwezu In-Service Training Institute, South Africa) Literacy Crisis in South African primary schools: a realist approach (P) |
| 12.15pm - 1.15pm |
Plenary and Closing - The Impact of English on the preservation and maintenance of Indigenous and other old languages
Chaired by Zane MaRhea (Senior Lecturer, Education Faculty, Monash University) with Maryam Ismail (Monash University), Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Associate Professor University of Queensland & Australian Research Council Discovery Fellow in Linguistics), Baressa Frazer (Puuch Clan woman from the Wik country of Aurukun), Henry Atkinson (Monash University and Elder) and Doreen Green (Halls Creek, Western Australia, teacher and Elder). |
| 1.15pm |
Box Lunch** |
| 1.45pm |
Buses depart from Wesley College Glen Waverley to Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley |
| 1.45pm |
Buses depart from Novotel Glen Waverley and Ibis Glen Waverley to Sofitel on Collins |
