1.
Schedule at a Glance
33rd VenTESOL National Convention
Breaking Paradigms and Borders in ELT
UGMA, Barcelona, Anzoategui, Vzla
May 30th and 31st, 2015
http://www.ventesol.org | http://ventesol.ning.com

2.
TIME SATURDAY May 30th
, 2015
08:00-05:00 Registration
09:00- 10:00 Welcoming Session to the Annual Convention
10:00 – 11:00 Opening Plenary: Keys to Success: Prosocial Education, Mindfulness and Empathy by Mary Scholl (US Embassy)
Sessions Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 Language Lab
11:15 – 12:00
Ready? Set…Go!
Fun and Effective
Class Planning
Mary Álvarez
ALL-TE-TECH
Planning for
Serious Laughter
Mónica Bello &
Francis Bellorín
PE-TE
Student Peer
Review Revisited
Audy Castañeda
HE-AE-TE
The Distinctive
Characteristics of
Foreign Language
Teachers
Freddy Vanegas &
Evelyn Urbina
HE-RS
Collaboration?
YES! A Team-
teaching
Approach
Elizabeth Ortiz
ALL-TE
Theatricality in the
EFL Classroom
Adriana Lovera
PE-EE-SE-ALL-TE
Light Your Own Fire!
Marcela Raffo
ALL
Social Media and
ELT: A Case for
Pinterest
Andrés Ramos
ALL-TEST-TE-PA-
RS-TECH
Shifting My
Perception from
Teacher to
Freelancer
Marina Majonica
ONLINE
SESSION
ALL
Appraisal Markers
and Critical
Reading in ESP
Ingrid Castell
HE-RS-AL
Why Do Not My
Students Like to
Research?
Yohimar Sivira
HE-RS
12:15 – 01:00
Highlighting
Holidays and
Culture in the EFL
Classroom
Jesús Amado
SE–ALL-TE-AL
In-house
Materials for
ESP Students at
UMC
Freddy Carreño &
Lisbeth Belisario
All-RS
Learning
Strategies in the
Foreign Language
Classroom
Daniel Castillo &
Álvaro Jordán
ALL-RS
A Digital Era is
Unstoppable
Rossaynes
Solórzano
HE-ALL-TECH
Best Practices:
Teachers Making
Things Work
Helena Guerrero
RECORDED
SESSION
PE-EE-SE-TE
Poetry for
Meaningful English
Lessons. Let’s Try?
Diego Navarro
ALL-TE
Education
Opportunities in the
US
Marta García &
Ángel García
ALL
VenTESOL
Special Interest
Groups (SIGs) –
Creating
Successful
Communities of
Practice
Evelyn Izquierdo
ALL
01:00 – 02:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided to participants)
02:00 – 03:00 Plenary Session: A Road from Binary to Complex Thinking by Marina González (Universal Text / Cengage Learning & National Geographic)
03:15 – 04:00
Mind Shakers: A
Different
Perspective in
Teaching
Paradigms
Adrian Rondón
ALL-TE
Enhancing
Critical
Thinking
Through the
Reading of
Literature
Adriana González
ALL-TE
The Teacher’s
Smartphone -
Door to
Technology
Integration
Alirio González
EE-SE-HE-TECH
The ABC’s of EFL
Program Design
Marisela Ferrer &
Cynthia Moleiro
ALL-TE
Music and
English: English
Program for
Young Musicians
Diorling Medina &
Yeidi Parra
ALL
Developing
Teaching Resources
Through Reusable
Materials
Zoigrace Sánchez &
Mijail Contreras
ALL-MW
Applying Case Study
Method in Language
Teacher Education
Víctor Hugo Rojas
HE-TE
Reading + Sight
Words. Have You
Tried it Yet?
Yusisu Fuenmayor
ALL-TECH
English Students’
Oral Corpus: A
Multicultural
Project
Chinger Zapata
ONLINE
SESSION
HE-TECH
04:15 – 05:00
Critical
Thinking
Activities:
Ready to Break
the Paradigms?
Jerry Guerrero
SE-HE-ALL-
TEST-TE-TECH
Pushing Your
Classroom to the
Limit
Damian Laurayne
SE-HE-AE-TE-
TECH
The Perfect
Update:
Technology to
Teach English
Alejandra Lovera
EE-SE-HE-AE-
ALL-TE-TECH
Corpus-based
Digital Dictionary
Construction for
ESP
Julio César Palma
HE-MW-TECH
Mine and Craft
Your EFL
Experience with
Minecraft
Andy Cuevas
EE-SE-HE-ALL-
MW-RS-TECH
Spelling Bee
Competitions: A
Powerful Tool
María Susana
Hernández, Mónica
León and Luis Villar
ALL-TE
Gamifying the
ELT course book
Graham Stanley
ONLINE
SESSION
ALL-TECH
05:00– 05:30 Coffee Break
05:30 – 06:30 Plenary Session: Enhancing Language Learning Through Technology by Pete Sharma (British Council)
06:30 – 08:30
Annual Assembly: Board of Directors Elections 2015-2016
SOCIAL GATHERING AND VENTESOL ANNUAL TOAST

3.
TIME SUNDAY - May 31st, 2015
08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 Plenary Session: Unleash Your Experience: Being a 21st Century Reflective Practitioner by Micah Risher (RELO Andes)
Sessions Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 Language Lab
9:45 – 10:30 Project-Based
Learning (PBL) in
the EFL Class
Audy Castañeda &
Paola Betancourt
ALL-TE
CoPs: 00-
Teachers, Non-
Secret Agents of
Change
Andrés Ramos
ALL-TE-RS
Designing Didactic
Units for
Interactive EFL
Courses
Evelyn Urbina,
Daniel Castillo &
Freddy Vanegas
ALL-MW-TE
English Moment: A
Paradigm Breaker
in ELT
Miriannys Velásquez
PE-EE-SE-ALL-TE
What
@USEmbassyVE
and @reloandes
have for ELT in
Venezuela
Sandra Botero &
Marcela Raffo
ALL
Applications:
Exploring
Prosocial
Education,
Mindfulness and
Empathy
Mary Scholl
ALL-MW-TE
Flashcards: One Tool,
Multiple Uses
María Gabriela Aguirre
PE-EE-SE-ALL
Breaking ELT
Paradigms through
Critical Thinking
SE-HE-AE-ALL
Clevia Perez
40 Practical Ideas
for Using
Technology in
ELT
Pete Sharma
ALL-TECH
10:45–11:30
Did You Say,
Create a PSA?
Cynthia Moleiro
SE-TE-TECH
Teaching Speaking:
Stress, Rhythm, and
Intonation
Jorge Viloria &
Gabriel Carrillo
ALL-AL
Developing New
Habits
Virginia Velásquez
HE-AE-TE-TECH
Sociocultural Factors
in Language Learning
María Elena Silva
ALL
Project & Task-
based Learning: An
Assessment
Approach
Thais Villa, Miguel
Frontado & Jessyca
Villarroel
EE-SE-HE-TEST-RS-
AL
11:45: – 12:45 Plenary Session: I’m a Teacher! What’s your Superpower? By Marina Majonica, Miguel Pérez, Milagros Quijada, Johannes Rojas and José Zapata
12:45 - 01:45 Lunch Break (Lunch provided for all participants)
01:45 – 02:45 Colloquium: Breaking Paradigms and Borders in ELT in the Andean Region: VenTESOL – ASOCOPI- Ecuador TESOL- RELO Perú
03:00 - 03:45
Adapting CiSELT
Methodology to the
Speaking
Classroom
Mahly Martinez
HE-TE
Are You
Teaching? Use
Techno-tools!
Henry Ramos
ALL-TECH
Corpus-based
Digital Dictionary
Construction for
ESP
Julio César Palma
HE-MW-TECH
Have fun with
Preschool Kids
Victoria Romero &
Freyja Reyes
PE-TE
Humor as a
Motivational
Factor in EFL
Teaching
Desirée Rondón &
Carmen Tonya
Linares
SE-AE-TE
Giving the
Classroom a
Purpose:
Interaction
Laura Escalante &
William Chacón
ALL-TE-AL
Promoting Research
on Literature for
English Language
Learning
Vanessa Ruiz
HE-RS
Photography as an
Extra Tool In Class
Marta Sojo
SE-HE-AE-AL
What the Flipped
Classroom Means
to Language
Teachers
Russell Stannard
ONLINE
SESSION
ALL-TECH
Boosting EFL
Proficiency
Through TV Series
Olga Galarraga
SE-HE-AE-RS-TE
03:45 – 04:15 Coffee Break
04:15 – 05:15 Closing Plenary Session: ELT for Peace by Doris Molero (URBE)
05:15 – 06:15 CLOSING CEREMONY AND RAFFLES
Announcement of elected members for new board of directors 2015-2016
06:15 – 06:45 Certificates pick-up