Convention October 25

09:10 - 10:00


Shannon Welch (American Embassy)

"Classroom Assessment for Student Learning - Doing it Right"



10:15 - 11:10


Adriana Pineda (UPLA) "Challenges and responsibilities in our local context"

Timothy Burke (PUCV) "Classroom Management an Motivation trough Positive Reinforcement"

Aura Cordova (UPLA) "Studying English Pedagogy in Chile...an easy task?
Are students autonomous enough to make it?"


11:45 - 12:45


Kellie Gray (UPLA) "A Bilingual Chile: Starting with the Youngest of Learners"


Daniel Muñoz (U.de Chile) "Language Assessment"


Luis Rojas (U. Autonoma de Chile Talca) "What type of English?"



14:30 - 15:30


David Clapp (UST. Viña del Mar) "Literature Circles (Book Club)"


Maria Inés Villegas (UPLA) "Helping learners to become better listeners"


Marcela Moya (U. Britanica) "Digital Immigrants teaching English to Digital Natives: Feasible or Impossible?"


16:00 - 17:00


Juan Cuevas (Instituto Chileno Norteamericano Stgo.) "Grammar is boring, unless..."


Maria Cecilia Gomez (Cambridge) "Motivational Strategies in the language Classroom"


Andrés Ferrada (UPLA) "Literature and Multiculturalism in Classroom Settings"