Convention October 26

10:00 - 11:00


Kellie Gray (UPLA) "From Slavery to Liberation: Education as the Practice of Freedom"

Luis Vera (UPLA) "Newspaper Headlines: A Proposed Taxonomy to Understand Them"

Gabriela Silva (British Council) "Using British Council Resources to Teach Young Learners"



12:20 - 13:20


Marcela Figueroa (Instituto Chileno Britanico de Cultura. Viña del Mar)

"Language Assessment based on Cambrige Examinations"


Paula Figueroa (UPLA) "The SPEAK Test: Looking at the Effects of Raters and Test Takers' Gender and Task Type in Speaking Assessment"

Cecilia Arriagada / Rosa Maria Fernandez (UPLA)

"An interactive module integrating web-enhanced activities in the EFL classroom"


14:45 - 15:45


Cristian Araya (Instituto Chileno Britanico de Cultura. Viña del Mar)

"Active Learning through social interaction"


Juan Eduardo Mendez (UPLA) "Webquests: teaching and learning through technology with a clear purpose"

16:15 - 17:00

MINEDUC: English Opens Doors program
Beca Semestre en el Extranjero / Programa Asistentes de Español


17:00 - 17:30


Guest Speaker: Jay Parini