Universidad Juárez de Durango, through the Escuela de Lenguas
invites all English language professionals to the English Teaching Conference
to be held on March 13, 14 and 15 on Durango, Dgo. Mexico.
Purpose
Create awareness about the importance of the professional development of teachers by offering them the opportunity to share thoughts and teaching experiences with colleagues in a respectful academic environment that will enhance the quality of English teaching in our society.
Content
Plenaries
Workshops
Cultural events
and more…
Topics
- Developing Competences
- ICTs in English Teaching
- Teaching methodologies
- Material Design
- Research in ELT
Speakers
Pat Grounds
Dr. Pat Grounds has had a long professional career in the area of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Her talk will provide an overview of some principle developments in Language Analysis and Second Language Analysis theory and practice, over recent decades.
Read moreJosé Luis Ramírez Romero
José Luis has a Ed.D. in Education from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and a B.A in Education from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. He is a researcher and professor at the Foreign Language Department of the University of Sonora and has worked as faculty developer, curriculum consultant, guest professor or speaker in several universities.
Read moreMaría Luisa Castanedo
María Luisa has been involved in language teaching, teacher training and testing for over 16 years.
In her talk we will revise practical advice to help candidates be fully prepared to achieve the best results in internationally recognized exams.
Read moreLuis Eduardo Aisenberg
Luis has a professional experience of more than 15 years in Teacher Training, and almost 2 decades as CPE Trainer, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL IBT, Exam Trainer, Business ESP Advisor and Consultant for several clients in México and LATAM.
He has more than 10 years of experience as simultaneous interpreter and has been working with online / blended learning, both as teacher and advisor for more than 7 years.
Della Bishop
Della currently works in the American School of Durango, in the ELL Department.
Her talk will focus on writing portfolios.
Schedule
Wednesday, March 13th
| 8:30 | Front desk | Registration |
| 10:15 | Main room | Opening |
| 12:00 | Main room | Plenary: “Change is here to stay” (Pat Grounds) |
| 13:00 | Room A | Research: “Identifying the specifications of a context-sensitive test for a Mexican University” and research: “Implementing an Institutional Policy of Competency Based Teaching: An exploration of ELT teachers beliefs and practices in CBT” (Cecilia Medrano and Martín Cortez, respectively) |
| Room B | Research: “Succeed as a trainee and not die trying: difficulties in a language classroom” and research (name pending) (First research presented by Erick Armando Castillo, Lizbet Yarali Godines and Alma Jessica Rodríguez. Second research by Silvia Chávez) | |
| Room C | Workshop: “Rubrics are our friends!” (Bernadette Zúñiga) | |
| Room D | Workshop: “Welcome to the 21st century (how online tools help our classes)” (Nataniel Castañeda Corral) | |
| 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 16:00 | Room A | Workshop: “Empowering the brain to learn English” (Alberto Hurtado Olivares) |
| Room B | Presentation: “My wonderful experience in Oregon” (María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Guzmán) | |
| Room C | Workshop: “Do learning styles exist and are there implications for the classroom?” (Chad B. Coggin from ByCENED) | |
| Room D | Presentation: “The ten commandments of English pronunciation” (Carlos Giovanni Flores García from ByCENED) | |
| 17:00 | Room A | Workshop: “Phonemic awareness” (Della Bishop) |
| Room B | Workshop: “Surviving SELVA” (Iliana Badel Rivas) | |
| Room C | Workshop: “Why reading rocks?” (Jennifer Megee) | |
| Room D | Research (name pending) and research: “How can the teachers selection of material motivate or demotivate students” (First research by Citlali Alejandra Ontiveros Vázquez and Margarita del Rosario Sandoval Vázquez. Second research by María del Carmen Reyes Fierro) | |
| 18:00 | Main room | Plenary: “The examinations dirty dozen” (María Luisa Castanedo) |
| 19:00 | Socio cultural event | |
Thursday, March 14th
| 8:00 | Front desk | Registration |
| 10:00 | Room A | Workshop: “Games with aids & games as aids” (Silvia Zavala) |
| Room B | Workshop: “English for deaf / Hard of hearing students of Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango” (Jaime Yaniro Herrera) | |
| Room C | Workshop: “Survival guide for your first job experience” (Ma. del Rosario García Hernández and Claudia Carolina Gutiérrez Gurrola) | |
| Room D | Workshop: “Let's recycle and teach” (Olga Galaviz and Alejandra Delgado) | |
| 11:30 | Refreshment break and book exposition | |
| 12:00 | Room A | Research: "Brain gymnastics" and research: “Different environments when teaching English” (Alicia Revilla Castañeda and Jorge Daniel Venegas Aguirre, respectively) |
| Room B | Workshop: “Creating special conversation groups. From The Beatles to The Avengers” (Jesús Orozco and Erika Ramírez) | |
| Room C | Workshop: “One size fits all? Collaborative Learning: Teaching Hearts and Minds” (Paty García) | |
| 13:00 | Main room | Plenary “Writing portfolios” (Della Bishop) |
| 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 16:00 | Main room | Plenary (José Luis Ramírez Romero) |
| 17:00 | Room A | Workshop: “Chino Kids Channel” (Evangelina Flores, Raphaël Elie, Glenda Martínez and Nora Delgado. Universidad de Colima) |
| Room B | Workshop: “The art of activating your emotional intelligence” (Alberto Hurtado Olivares from UMSNH) | |
| Room C | Presentation: “Lesson planning in secondary school” (Lourdes Álvarez Hernández) | |
| Room D | Presentation: “Interchange 4th edition” (Claudia Roca from Cambridge University Press) | |
| 18:00 | Refreshment break and book exposition | |
| 18:30 | Room A | Workshop: “Eight ways of being smart” (Mónica Guadalupe Guevara and María Elena Valdez Velazquez from CUAAL Gómez Palacio) |
| Room B | Workshop: “Slang” (Joel Medina Montenegro) | |
| Room C | Workshop: “Technology in the classroom” (Adriana Chacón Limones) | |
| Room D | Workshop: “Language input an the use of the L1 in the classroom” (Nadia Patricia Mejía Rosales) | |
| 19:30 | Socio cultural event | |
Friday, March 15th
| 11:00 | Main room | Plenary (Luis Aisenberg. Macmillan) |
| 12:00 | Main room | Closing ceremony |
| 13:00 | Special event lunch and raffle at Villas del Oeste | |
Location
The English Teaching Conference will be held at the Centro Convenciones Bicentenario (Ex-internado Juana Villalobos), a beautiful building of the late Mexican neoclassical architecture.
Built in the late nineteenth century, and originally designed to celebrate the centennial of Mexican independence, this building has been provided with modern facilities and beautiful gardens which makes it an ideal venue for our conference.
Address:
Av. 16 de Septiembre 130.
Col. Silvestre Dorador.
Durango, Dgo., México.
Registration
Fees
| Until february 28th | Until march 13th | |
|---|---|---|
| General public | $500 | $600 |
| Students | $300 | $400 |
| Groups of 10 or more* | $400 | $500 |
*If you are part of a group, please contact us first at etc2013 [at] ujed.mx or by phone to (618) 130 23 51 to check if you are eligible for group prices.
The fee includes formal dinner on behalf of the Escuela de Lenguas' first anniversary, socio cultural events and your diploma.
Payment
After knowing the right amount for your registration, make your payment to the account as follows:
Account name: Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Account number: 6550285986-6
CLABE: 014190655028598667
Bank: SANTANDER
After you make the payment, continue to fill the registration form below. You will need a scan of the bank receipt.
Please be aware that you are required to present the original receipt at registration desk, so you can receive your bag and tickets for social events and luncheon.
Thank you!
The conference is over. Many thanks to all our attendees, speakers, and staff. We hope the conference lived up to your expectations and that you had a great time.