1 st Annual ELT and Applied Linguistics Conference

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1 1 st Annual ELT and Applied Linguistics Conference 9-10 February 2018 Teachers as Change Actors: Learning from Teaching, Research and Collaboration PROGRAM BOOK Tribhuvan University Central Department of Education Department of English Education Kirtipur, Nepal

2 8:00 9: 00 REGISTRATION 90:00 10:00 OPENING CEREMONY (Hall) Day 1 (9 February 2018) :40 KEYNOTE (Hall): Carol Griffiths: Developing learner strategies: teachers roles 10: PLENARY (Hall): Abhi Subedi: Of social justice and power relations in the teaching of English CONCURRENT SESSION 1 Classroom pedagogy (1) English in Society (1) Teacher engagement & social justice Education and technology (1) Dealing with the change 11:30 12:30 Nabaraj Neupane: Twenty-first century teachers: Prism of roles and tasks Raju Shrestha: Network governance in education: A crossover Puskar Chaudhary: Progressive education: The exposure to the real world connecting to nonformal settings Alisachina Rai: Localization of English in linguistic landscape in Kathmandu Bhes Raj Thapa: Linguistic landscape in the sign boards of governmental and nongovernmental organization Mamata Bhattarai & Pradeep Singh Saud: Use of linguistic features in English usage: A study on linguistic landscape around Kathmandu valley Kamal Raj Devkota: Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches: Schooling trajectories of Dalit children in rural Nepal Babita Sharma Chapagain, Ram Dayal Yadav & Chandra Dev Bhatta: Bringing parents and teachers together, envisaging literate learners in Solukhumbu Nawakusum Hangkhim: Role of teachers in bringing social changes Md. Sadequle Islam: Google classroom as an effective tool in teaching English Rajendra Pantha: Technology in Nepalese classrooms: Challenges and solutions Ranjeet Singh Nayak: Secondary level English teachers perceptions and difficulties on the use of ICT for ELT classroom Guna Raj Nepal: Patterns of pedagogical transaction in the ELT classroom: How to share power with students? Prakash Bhattarai: A paradigm shift from methods to post-method pedagogy Dipak Prasad Mishra & Surendra Prasad Bhatt: Effectiveness of group work technique in teaching communicative function LUNCH BREAK (12:30-1:20) PANEL DISCUSSION I (Hall) 1:20 2:20 Panel title: Teacher Motivation and Professional Development Panelists: Peshal Khanal, Prem Phyak, Janak Raj Pant, Raju Shrestha Organizer: Laxmi Prasad Ojha

3 CONCURRENT SESSION II 2:25 3:45 Teacher education (1) Laxmi Bahadur Maharjan: Semesters in TU, the 21 st century teaching and learning skills and teaching workforce Padmini Shankar: Implementing task-based teacher training: narratives from classrooms Mohammad Rahmatuzzaman: Communicative language teaching: Theory Vs reality in secondary school classrooms in Bangladesh Teacher research and autonomy Abdul Hameed Panhwar: Action research: A fit approach for ESL pedagogical practices in Pakistan Laxmi Bajgain: Practice of action research in English language teaching Karuna Nepal: Teacher autonomy: A solution to current educational issues Teacher professional development Gyanu Dahal, Kiran Thapa & Rajeev Shrestha: Teachers professional development through mentoring Arun Kumar Kshetree: TPD programme in Nepal: impact on ELT Purna Bahadur Kandel: Importance of mentorship for professional development in context of Nepal Language policy and multilingualism in education Bhim Lal Gautam: MLE in the Hinterlands: A case study from Upper Mustang Maya Rai: Exploring multiculturalism and multilingualism in ELT in Nepal Anil Kumar Shrestha: Language in multilingual EFL classroom: An ethnographic study Teachers narratives and roles Bal Ram Adhikari: A professional journey of exploration, experience and expression Ganesh Kumar Bastola: Teachers' pedagogical capital: Emergent or constructed? Tek Mani Karki: I do not want to be rejected from students... Bashu Dev Pant: English language teachers' perceptions and implementations of communicative language teaching Shamim Safa: How to cope up with special students in a classroom English? Obaid Wali: Teacher autonomy at government colleges of Bangladesh: A study on selected colleges Aita Bishowkarma: Dynamics of multilingual education: Beyond pedagogical discourse Sunil Kumar Tharu, Binay Guragain & Santosh Adhikari: Challenges encountered in practice teaching TEA BREAK (3:45-4:05) 4:05 5:05 Panel title: Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances PANEL DISCUSSION I1 (Hall) Panelists: Bal Mukunda Bhandari, Babita Sharma, Ashok Raj Khati, Prakash Shrestha, Organizer: Bhesh Raj Pokhrel

4 Day 2 (10 February 2018) 9:30 10:10 PLENARY (Hall): Vishnu Singh Rai - Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by... Assessment Classroom pedagogy (2) CONCURRENT SESSION III Language policy and medium of instruction English in society Education and technology (2) 10:15 11:15 Umanath Sharma: Assessment pattern: An example of trigger for change in teaching/learning modality Ramesh Prasad Ghimire: designing Authentic Tasks for Assessing Reading: A Practical Aspect Kannan Krishnan: Barriers of effective communication skills in English with students of school level in Tamil Nadu Geeta Bhattarai: Energizers: The Techniques for gearing the learners in the classroom Hark Bahadur Mauni: Effectiveness of using nonverbal communication in EFL classes Naima Akhter Lina: language policy and planning for developing countries Dinesh Kumar Thapa: Issues and challenges of using English as medium of instruction: Insights from teachers perceptions Dev Singh Pujara: Language formation in linguistic landscape and teachers views on its use for ELT pedagogy Shaty Kumar Mahato: English in Nepal: Discourse feature Kiran Bhatta: The thrust of new media for informal and thoughtful learning Romualdo Mabuan: TED Talks: Developing ESL/EFL students public speaking skills Kalpana Shrestha: Kumar Narayan Sonia Sharmin: Speaking test anxiety among Bangladeshi university students Perceptions of teachers and students towards use of English as a medium of instruction Shrestha: Nenglish as an emerging variety and its challenges in ELT classroom Mir Sadia Siddequa: Language learning apps as a helping tool for learning English! 11:20 12:20 Panel title: Language policy and English language education PANEL DISCUSSION III (Hall) Panelists: Lav Deo Awasthi, Ram Ashish Giri, Rhona Brown, Ganga Ram Gautam Organizer: Prem Phyak

5 LUNCH BREAK (12:20-1:10) 1:10 1:50 PLENARY (Hall): Laxman Gnawali & Ganga Ram Gautam - English language teacher education in Nepal: Gaps and missing links CONCURRENT SESSION III 1:55 2:55 Motivation & teacher professional development ROOM A MD Shariful Islam Sharker: The role of motivation in learning English in secondary classrooms Tilak Khadka & D.N. Joshi: Motivating unmotivated students: exploring coping strategies Madhav Prasad Timilsana: Revisiting TPD: participants perspective Teachers, curriculum and textbook Shanti Devi Sharma: We can make textbook interesting if we use creatively Md. Mahbubul Alam: Bangladeshi teachers challenges in dealing with the course Book English for Today in the classroom Shyam Sharma: Teachers as curriculum designers and microlevel policy makers Teaching writing Deepak Sitaula: Students perception on writing a thesis and challenges they face in the process Kaspia Sultana & Tasnia Tarannum: An investigation into the negative influence of social networking sites on academic writing: the intrusion of non-academic elements Mahesh Raj Bhatta: Inquiry based learning for developing writing skill Teacher education (2) KP Ghimire: Teachers' perception on their professional development Arjun Singh Madai: Relevance of oriental culture in teacher education Laxmi Prasad Khanal: Globalization and teacher preparation Teacher education (3) Hom Raj Khadka & Bimala Sharma: Teaching and learning in 21st century Ashok Sapkota: Incorporating indigenous knowledge in teaching English Kamal Kumar Poudel: An ELT bridge course as a project outcome Dib Bahadur Sherbuja: Spontaneous story composition

6 3:00 4:00 Research and Publication Dennis Tao Yang: Research and publication in American academia Workshop 1 Carol Griffiths: Strategy training for autonomy in foreign language teaching: keys to success CONCURRENT SESSION IV Workshop II Muhammad Arfan Lodhi & Mamuna Ghani: ELT and emotional literacy: A survival stratagem for N. NEST teachers Workshop III Suresh Kumar Shrestha: Strategic techniques to overcome confusing word spellings and forms Workshop IV Sagun Shrestha: Learners learn through fun: Teaching English through songs PANEL DISCUSSION IV (Hall) 4:05 5:05 Panel title: ELT curriculum and materials in Nepal: Process, quality and learnability Panelists: Vishnu Singh Rai, Laxman Gnawali, Balram Adhikari, Ramesh Ghimire Organizer: Jeevan Karki 5:10 5:40 CLOSING CEREMONY (Hall)