Email: Alastair.Pennycook@uts.edu.au
Telephone: +61 2 9514 3067

BA (Modern Languages; Leeds, UK)
M Ed (TESL; McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
PhD (OISE/University of Toronto, Canada)

Professor
Academic area: Language and Literacy

Alastair Pennycook is Professor and Head of Language Studies at UTS. He has been involved in language education as a teacher of English and teacher educator for many years in Germany, Japan, China, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia. His best known work is on the global spread of English (The cultural politics of English as an international language, Longman, 1994), colonialism and language policy (English and the discourses of colonialism, Routledge, 1998), and critical applied linguistics (Critical applied linguistics: A critical introduction, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001).

His major recent research focus has been on popular culture (especially hip-hop), identity and language. He has recently completed work on two major projects looking at  how language and hip-hop are spread and localized in different contexts around the world. Work from these projects can be found in his 2007 book Global Englishes and transcultural flows (Routledge), which won the British Association of Applied Linguistics book award in 2008, the edited book  (with Samy Alim and Awad Ibrahim) Global Linguistic Flows: Hip Hop Cultures, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language, (Routledge 2009), or the Local Noise website: http://localnoise.net.au/

Other recent work has focused on different ways of understanding language, as in the recent edited book (with Sinfree Makoni) Disinventing and reconstituting languages (Multilingual Matters, 2007), metrolingualism: language use in multilingual urban environments (with Emi Otsuji) , early literacy in disadvantaged communities, and understanding language in relation to place and action, which is the focus of a new book to be published in 2010, Language as a Local Practice (Routledge).

Read an article related to Prof. Alastair Pennycook: EMERGING WORLD ENGLISHES

See book review: GLOBAL ENGLISHES AND TRANSCULTURAL FLOWS (by: Alastair Pennycook)

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- Abstract for Plenary Session: English As a Local Language Practice

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: Metrolingualism: Fixity and fluidity in urban language use

Her teaching and researching interests focus on comparative studies, educational reforms, curriculum design, learner communicative competence, learner autonomy and classroom practices. She has received national and international grants for research on educational reforms, higher education management, and assessment. She has participated as both panel chair and presenter at many conferences in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam. Her most recent publications are “Intercultural Competence and Global Citizenship: The Harmonization of Theory & Practice” (The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence, USA. 2009 – co-author: Mark Ashwill); “Memorisation and CLT in Vietnamese Foreign Language Study” (TESOL Classroom Practice Series, USA, 2009); “Meeting Students’ Needs in the Two EAP Programmes in Vietnam and New Zealand: a Comparative Study” (RELC, Singapore, 2007); and “Learner Autonomy in an Asian Context: Independent Learning and Independent Work at a University in Vietnam” (Language Teacher Research Asia, LTR Series TESOL, USA, 2006).

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- CV of Prof. Duong Thi Hoang Oanh

- Abstract for Plenary Session: Globalisation and World Englishes: What are the benefits of non native teachers in teaching English as a Foreign Language?

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: Globalisation, World Englishes and EFL: Taking advantage of your NNEST background to stir your learners’ interest in class activities!

Previously, he was Head of English Language in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore where he taught for more than 25 years. More recently he was a Language Specialist with Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Language Centre (RELC) in Singapore. Professor Foley has taught in all the countries in Southeast Asia as well as Japan, China, Australia and the UK. He has also been advisor to several Ministries of Education and Research fellow in Australia, Japan, Mauritius, Thailand and the UK. He has published widely, mainly in the area of Systemic Linguistics, Language Development and World Englishes. He was for many years been the editor of the RELC Journal and is now editor of The New English Teacher.

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Abstract for Plenary Session: English as a Lingua Franca in Thailand

Abstract for Concurrent Session: Standard Used in Assessing Students’ Competence

She earned her MA and PhD in Second Language and Culture Education from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A. She began her foreign language education career by developing Korean language curriculum and materials for English speakers at the University of Minnesota for four years. Since returning to Korea, she has been engaged in various projects related to English as a Foreign Language education by participating in national curriculum development, writing chapters of Guidelines for National Curriculum, developing materials, writing items for various tests, and training English teachers at all levels. Since working at the College of Business, she has focused on communication and managerial issues of English education.

She has published numerous research articles in various journals. Her current research interests include English language policies and communication education in a global context. Recent research includes Issues in Global Business Communication (2007), Developing Framework to Evaluate the Process and Performance of Government Language Policies (2008), and Workplace communication tasks required at non-domestic financial organizations of Korea (2009).

She has also served on various academic associations. Currently she is a committee member of ACTFL Korea and managing editor of the Journal of Asia TEFL.

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Abstract for Plenary Session: Evaluating English Education Policies: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Considerations

Abstract for Concurrent Session: Broadening the Perspectives of English Education Policy: Case Analysis of the TaLK (Teach and Learn in Korea) Program

Marc Helgesen is professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University, Sendai, Japan and adjunct professor at Teachers College Columbia University MA TESOL Program – Tokyo. He is author of over 100 books, textbooks and articles on English Language Teaching including Pearson- Longman Asia’s bestselling English Firsthand series and Practical English Language Teaching – Listening (with Steve Brown), David Nunan, editor from McGraw-Hill. Marc is particularly interested in materials design, connecting positive psychology to English language teaching, Multi-sensory learning, Task planning and extensive reading. He is on the Board of Directors of the Extensive Reading Foundation (www.erfoundation.org) which organizes the Language Learner Literature Awards for the best graded readers each year. Marc is a popular speaker and has been an invited speaker at conferences on five continents.

Marc maintains two websites for teachers: http://ELTandHappiness.terapad.com and http://HelgesenHandouts.terapad.com.

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- Abstract for Plenary Session: ELT and the “Science of Happines”

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: Language Learning and the Senses

Gloria C. Kismadi holds a Master’s degree in Literature but her lifetime concern, by choice, has been language teaching, be it ESL, EFL Teacher Training and Professional Development, and the appropriateness of English language teaching materials. “Literature is my passion,” she says, “language teaching my vocation. So be it.”

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Abstract for Plenary Session: Is There Already an Indonesian Variety of English?

Email: akirkpat@ied.edu.hk
Personal website: http://www.ied.edu.hk/eng/staff/academic_akirkpat.htm
Tel: 2948 7272
Area of Expertise: Development of World Englishes/Multilingualism and Language Policy

Andy Kirkpatrick is Chair Professor of English as an International Language at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and Director of the Institute’s Research Centre into Language Education and Acquisition in Multilingual Societies. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Curtin University in Australia.

He has a BA in Chinese Studies from Leeds, a Postgraduate Diploma in Chinese Literature from Fudan University, Shanghai, an MA in ELT and Linguistics form York and a PhD in Chinese linguistics for the Australian National University.

He has taught in the fields of Applied Linguistics and Teacher Education in tertiary institutions in Australia, Burma, China, England, Hong Kong and Singapore.

His research interests include the development of regional varieties of English, language education and the history of Chinese rhetoric. World Englishes: implications for international communication and ELT was published in 2007 by Cambridge University Press. His latest book, English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN: the Multilingual Model, is to be published by Hong Kong University Press in 2010. He is editor of Routledge’s forthcoming (2010) Handbook of World Englishes, and his book, Chinese Rhetoric and Persuasion, is to be published by the French publishers, Klincksieck, also in 2010.

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- Andy Kirkpatrick’s CV

- Abstract for Plenary Session: World Englishes Across Cultures: Arguments for the Multilingual Model and a Multilingual Pedagogy

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: World Englishes Across Cultures: Implications for the ELT Curriculum and Materials Development

- “World Englishes” in Powerpoint Presentation file

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- Abstract for Plenary Session: Do Teachers Need to Speak Standard English?

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: Teaching Listening for Acquisition: Can Non-Native Teachers of English Provide Comprehensible Language Input in an EFL Classroom?

Head
Training, Research, Assessment & Consultancy Department
SEAMEO Regional Language Centre
Singapore

Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics (RELC, Singapore)

Advanced Diploma in Research Methods (Shizuoka University, Japan)

Diploma in Education, TESL (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

B.A. (Hons.) English & Geography (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

M.Ed. TESL (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

Ph.D. Applied Linguistics (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Currently as the Head of the Training, Research, Assessment & Consultancy Department of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education (SEAMEO), Regional Language Centre (RELC) Singapore, Dr Chan Yue Weng is dedicated to the development of language teacher education and promotion of international cooperation among language professionals in the region. As such, he has conducted many TESL/TEFL teacher training workshops and courses in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

His latest language testing projects include the conceptualization and implementation of the Aviation English Competency Test (AECT) for the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the MINDEF/SAF Language Proficiency Scale (MSLPS), Ministry of Defence, Singapore, and the Malay Oral Proficiency Test (MOPT) for Conversational Malay Enrichment Programme, Ministry of Education, Singapore.  He’s an authorized and certified language examiner for pilots and air-traffic controllers for the Singapore Aviation Academy.

He is also currently, the editor of the RELC Journal – A journal of language teaching and research.

Prior to joining RELC, he was the Dean of the School of Languages and Liberal Arts at INTI College Malaysia, one of the premier providers of private education in Malaysia.

In addition, he also has 22 years of experience as a TESL teacher educator in 5 Malaysian teacher training colleges. He has worked closely with the Malaysian Ministry of Education’s Teacher Education Division to pioneer the joint B.Ed. TESL degree programme for pre-service TESL teachers between Malaysian teacher training colleges and the UK, Australia and New Zealand universities. In addition, as the head of the Research and Development Department at the English Language Teaching Centre, Malaysia (ELTC), he has conducted nationwide research on the professional and linguistics needs of in-service TESL teachers with objectives of improving the quality of English language teaching in the country. He was also very much involved in the conceptualizing and implementation of the English for the Teaching of Mathematics and Science Teachers (ETeMS) programmes in Malaysia.

Major Interests: Reading-writing connections (intertextuality, reading across texts, writing from sources, writing task requirements), action research, teacher professional development, and language testing

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hafilia@liaconferences.com, riniati@rocketmail.com

Current Position    : Director of Academic Affairs, LBPP LIA

Hafilia Ismanto started her career in English Language Teaching in 1984 as a part time English teacher in LIA.  She has held various positions since she became a full time teacher in 1998, namely, Head of Curriculum & Materials Development for ESP, Branch Manager of LBPP LIA Pengadegan and its extension—LBPP LIA Pasar Minggu, Teacher Training and Development Manager, and her present position as Director of Academic Affairs.

As Head of Curriculum & materials Development, she has designed course syllabus and written materials for LBPP LIA Conversation in English textbooks and various customized programs used for in-house training.

As Branch Manager of LBPP LIA Pengadegan and its extension—LBPP LIA Pasar Minggu, she played a key role in setting up LIA KID’s Center in LBPP LIA Pasar Minggu to meet the growing demand of parents who wish to provide English language education in elementary school level.

Her role as Teacher Training and Development Manager includes designing pre- and in-service training for LBPP LIA’s over 1000 teaching staff, academic operation officers (academic supervisors) and developing a competency-based recruitment & selection process for LIA’s candidate teachers.  She developed the LIA FIESTA teacher profile which stands for Fun & Friendly, Interactive, Explorative, Systematic, Autonomous and conducted numerous training programs to nurture those characteristics needed to be a LIA teacher.

Her current position overlooks responsibilities such as setting up standards for the quality of learning & teaching process in the institution, updating and modifying LBPP LIA Core Curriculum to suit changing needs in the society, and developing  LIA teachers competencies and LIA textbooks materials in line with the LIA’s pedagogical principles of language learning & teaching—Learning is fun, Learning more than just English, Learning how to learn, specifically within the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context.

She has presented in national & international seminars, workshops & conferences and become a resource person in talk shows.  She believes that English as tool for global communication is a necessity for Indonesian if Indonesia is to be a competitive player, not merely a spectator, in this era of globalization.

Her special interests in the past years are promoting teacher development efforts, finding ways to fight teacher burnout syndrome, developing passion for teaching, and motivating the unmotivated teachers. This has led to the initiation of the LIA Conferences web site, liaconferences.com, which serves as a media dedicated to teacher development, which she believes is the heart and soul of the true professionals.