The document outlines the program for the XII International Conference IATEFL in Chile on July 20-21, 2012, detailing various activities including keynote speeches and workshops aimed at enhancing English language teaching. Key topics include higher-order thinking skills, digital literacies, blended learning strategies, and innovative teaching practices. The conference features multiple plenary sessions with expert speakers from various educational institutions, focusing on contemporary challenges and strategies in language education.

1. Program Day One
XII International Conference IATEFL Chile 2012
Friday, July 20th.
Time Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Computing Lab
08:30-09:15 REGISTRATION
09:15-09:30 O PE N I N G C E R E M O N Y
Plenary 1 - 'Higher order Plenary 1 - Bored students?
thinking skills in English Tap into the brain’s reward
09:45-10:45 AULA MAGNA AUDITORIUM
teaching,’ PENNY UR, system!, HERBERT PUCHTA,
Cambridge University Press Helbling Languages
10:45-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Increasing students’ Round Table: “Is educational
Promoting learner autonomy The Global Book Project:
academic involvement: Assessment Creation and technology (TICs) really Developing New Media
and consciousness raising The Spelling Bee for EFL Bringing Teacher Candidates Practical ideas for teaching
Teacher engagement in Design: The risks of cutting helping language learning?”, Literacies in Low to Medium
11:05- 11:50 through peer teaching - Teachers - Thomas Baker & into the Classroom - M.Eugenia in the digital classroom-
blended TEFL courses - corners - Mark Briesmaster, Panel: Tom Connelly Tech Educational Settings -
Millaray Salas, English Loreto Gómez, Colegios SEK Bambach & Lorena Soto, U Pete Sharma
Christopher Johnson, UC Temuco (Moderator), Cleve Miller, Gisela Niklitschek, UACH
Department, PUC Valparaíso Mayor
Laurete Universities Damian Rivlin, Paul Woods
Free web 2.0 resources for Evaluation of the ”More than a thousand Let´s Think - Developing E-learning: Using Moodle for
Increasing student
the design of teaching Implementation of the Vocabulary Profiling in the words” use of images and Young Learners and International exams
participation through clickers - Cambridge English Teacher -
12:00- 12:45 materials - M.Laura García & FOCAL SKILLS Approach - Classroom - Patrick Matzler, UC gestures to teach - Claudio Teenagers cognitive skills - practice: PET, FCE TOEIC, etc.
Carol Piñeiro-Alexandra Cambridge ESOL
Ana María Cendoya, Yasna Yilorm & Andrea del Maule Vera, Sociedad Educacional La Herbert Puchta, Librería - Fernado Durán,
Gutierrez, U Mayor
Argentina Lizasoain, UACH Araucana. Inglesa Educaredes
Happy Brains! Happy The synthetic phonics:
Innovation in the EFL
Weaving visual and written Students! Happy Teachers! Read Aloud/ Think Aloud Language that flows - Jamie making reading effective
Classroom Through the Workshop - Penny Ur,
12:55-13:55 texts: picturebooks in ELT - Neuroscience in your Class - Workshop - David Clapp, UST Duncan, St Paul’s College and fun for very young
Interactive Method - Cecilia Cambridge University Press
Luciano Camio, ProT Argentina Joaquín Triandafilide, English Viña del Mar Argentina learners - Cynthia Garay,
Bastías & Mirsa Beltrán USS
Connection Books&Bits
13:55-15:00 LUNCH
Plenary 2 - Teaching in the
Plenary 2 - Six Principles for
21st century: challenges and
15:00-16:00 AULA MAGNA Success with Blended Learning - AUDITORIUM
controversies - PETE
CLEVE MILLER, English 360
SHARMA, Macmillan
Literature Circles: Helping
Practising and improving Indicators of EFL writing Visual literacy and the
Shall we talk about students read and talk about Laptops and Learning - is the
phonemic transcription on a proficiency development in challenges using Memory Myths - Lucrecia
16:10-16:55 advanced learners? - Sergio English literature - Anne jury still out? - Paul Woods,
Virtual Learning Environment - academic contexts - Daniel presentations tools - Prat, Individual
Verdejo, OUP Westmacott, Universidad British Council BsAs
Olga Ulloa, UFRO Muñoz, U Chile Damian Rivlin, U. Mayor
Chileno Británica
17:00-17:15 COFFEE BREAK
Plenary 3 - Digital natives: Plenary 3 - Meeting others on
the challenge of reaching line: new literacies, new
17:20-18:20 their wonderful brains!, AULA MAGNA challenges, new identities, AUDITORIUM
LUCRECIA PRAT, Oxford CLAUDIA FERRADAS, British
University Press Council
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2. Program Day Two
XII International Conference IATEFL Chile 2012
Saturday, July 21st.
Time Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Activity Room Computing Lab
08:30-09:15 REGISTRATION
Plenary 1 - Bored students? Plenary 1 - 'Higher order
Tap into the brain’s reward thinking skills in English
09:15-10:15 AULA MAGNA AUDITORIUM
system!, HERBERT PUCHTA, teaching,’ PENNY UR,
Helbling Languages Cambridge University Press
10:25-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
Blogs and the teaching of Using Web-Quest as a new
Facebook as a Study in New Zealand: the
culture: challenges and Teach English learning strategy in the Workshop Alive: The Power
complementary resource for trusted and innovative Workshop - Alejando Naveas,
10:45- 11:30 responsibilities for ELT Resources/Courses - Claudia classroom (A class design Of Music And Songs -
teaching English- Soffia educational system - Javiera Oxford University Press
teachers - Mónica Cárdenas, Ferradas, British Council experience) - Marisol Amigo, Ignacio Rojas, Individual
Carbone, Individual Visedo, Education New Zealand
PUCV Valparaíso UFRO
Incorporating new
Round Table: “The SIMCE
The Modern English technology in the
“Dynamic ESL Materials: The Challenge of Assessment: Inglés – useful or not?”,
Classroom: The Essentials - Six steps to blended learning classroom: a
Selecting, Rejecting, Adapting Mind Maps - Francisco Assessing Speaking and Panel: Tom Comnnelly
11:35-12:25 a methodology course - success with English360 - Cleve transformation in learning
and Supplementing”, Bretton Albornoz, AMCO Chile Writing - Andrew Dello, (Moderator), Sylvia Guzman
Gloria Salazar, Pragmatic Miller, English 360 and teaching - Natalie
Clark, The Language Co. English Connection (PIAP), Mary-Jane Abrahams
English Hammerton, MM
(UAH)
Publications
On Fun And Spirited Jumping the broom to
Newly qualified teachers’ Evaluation of an Assessment Excellence in teaching pre-
Classrooms: Practices From integrate real life tasks into Lifelong Learning with the The Iron Triangle: Economics, Hands on : Digital Stories in
beliefs about their teaching Tool in an English Teaching schoolers – the differences
12:35- 13:25 The Soul - Ignacio Rojas, the 21st Century Classes - CPD - Paul Woods, British education and e-learning - the EFL Classroom - Angie
experiences - Leyla Lobos & Program - Andrea Lizasoain, that make a difference! -
University of Dayton Francisca Choque & Rosa Council BsAs Damian Rivlin, U Mayor Quintanilla, USS
Francisco Orellana, PUC UACH Herbert Puchta, Helbling
Publishing Gallardo, USACH
13:25-14:00 LUNCH
Plenary 2 - Six Principles for Plenary 2 - Teaching in the 21st
Success with Blended century: challenges and
14:00-15:00 AULA MAGNA AUDITORIUM
Learning - CLEVE MILLER, controversies - PETE SHARMA,
English 360 Macmillan
Teaching Vocabulary: some Growth Mindset vs Fixed Pigeonholing is for the birds! Time and Project Free online resources to
Materials Development: The Shake off the stress of The 21st Century English
insights from the research - Mindset, which one am I? - Activating children’s Management Skills for improve Collaborative
15:00-16:00 Truth About Your Textbook - teaching! - Jamie Duncan, St Teacher - Damian Rivlin,
Penny Ur, Cambridge Sylvaine Montaudouin, SESA intelligences - Magaly Teachers - Gabriela Silva, Academic Writing - Juan
Ignacio Rojas, Individual Paul’s College Argentina U.Mayor
University Press Chile Villarroel, E-Books U.Autónoma Molina, UC de Concepción
Plenary 3 - Meeting others
Plenary 3 - Digital natives: the
on line: new literacies, new
challenge of reaching their
16:10-17:10 challenges, new identities, AULA MAGNA AUDITORIUM
wonderful brains!, LUCRECIA
CLAUDIA FERRADAS, British
PRAT, Oxford University Press
Council
17:15-17:25 COFFEE BREAK
17:25-18:15 CLOSING CEREMONY