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9:00am

Pre-Conference Workshop with British Council: Language Awareness in the Subject Classroom Pablo Naruda Room Pre-Conference Workshop with Diana Hicks: How could the use of text attack strategies scaffold learning in your school? Think Tank Pre-Conference Workshop with Dr. Yuehua (Susan) Zhang: TPR & TPRS - Effective Teaching Approaches to Developing Language Proficiency Conference Room 2 Pre-Conference Workshop with Eithne Gallagher: Equal Rights to the Curriculum: Promoting home languages in all classrooms - from theory to practice Conference Room 3 Pre-Conference Workshop with Mark Foster: Teaching second languages like first languages Conference Room 1

8:00am

Registration, Breakfast and Networking KM Library

9:00am

Opening Ceremony Upstairs in the KM Library

9:15am

Keynote 1: Sleeping Beauties Awake: Language Revival and Cultural Diversity with Ghil'ad Zuckermann Upstairs in the KM Library

10:30am

Break KM Library

11:00am

Sharing Session 1: Asian Languages; World Languages; Bahasa; Chinese; Thai Upstairs in the KM Library Sharing Session 1: ESOL; EAL; EFL Think Tank Sharing Session 1: European Languages; French; German; Spanish Conference Room 1 Sharing Session 1: Librarians George Orwell Room Sharing Session 1: Mainstream subjects; Primary; Middle School Conference Room 3 Sharing Session 1: Mother Tongue Emily Dickinson Room Sharing Session 1: Principals; Vice Principals Pablo Naruda Room

11:30am

Workshop 1: Developing multilingual competencies in the global classroom Conference Room 3 Workshop 1: How to incorporate music stories into MFL teaching in KS1 Pablo Naruda Room Workshop 1: Providing real opportunities for communication in a foreign language class Conference Room 1 Workshop 1: Setting up a mother-tongue programme (in a British international school) Think Tank Workshop 1: Why are BICS and CALP important? Upstairs in the KM Library

12:30pm

Lunch KM Library

1:30pm

Sharing Session 2: Chasing the Chinese dragon - at what cost? Pablo Naruda Room Sharing Session 2: Developing mother tongue in the class Upstairs in the KM Library Sharing Session 2: Differentiation to accommodate L1s of different distances from classroom language Conference Room 1 Sharing Session 2: Dyslexia or Special Learning Difficulties in Foreign Language Classes Conference Room 3 Sharing Session 2: How can we teach for conceptual understanding in the languages classroom? Think Tank

2:00pm

Workshop 2: Bringing Language to Life – Using Literature Circles to promote active student engagement in learning a second language. Think Tank Workshop 2: Integrating content and language in the primary classroom (CLIL) Upstairs in the KM Library Workshop 2: Managing School Supported Self Taught Languages efficiently Pablo Naruda Room Workshop 2: Supporting Multilingualism in the Classroom Conference Room 3 Workshop 2: Visible Thinking, Visible Language Conference Room 1

3:00pm

Break KM Library

3:30pm

Sharing Session 3: Cross curricular opportunities in the Target Language Conference Room 3 Sharing Session 3: How can we better support our Foreign language leaners outside of the language classroom? Think Tank Sharing Session 3: How do you keep track of assessment data in your school and how do you share this with all the teachers in your school? Conference Room 1 Sharing Session 3: How to differentiate TOK vocabulary Pablo Naruda Room Sharing Session 3: How to set up a mother tongue programme in an international school? Conference Room 2

4:00pm

Keynote 2: School-based language policies: Promoting multiliteracies through inspirational pedagogy with Eithne Gallagher Upstairs in the KM Library

5:15pm

BBQ in the Tent Plaza Tent Plaza

8:00am

Breakfast and Networking KM Library

9:00am

Housekeeping Upstairs in the KM Library

9:15am

Keynote 3: English, Englishes, or Unequal Englishes? with Dr Ruanni Tupas Upstairs in the KM Library

10:30am

Break KM Library

11:00am

Sharing Session 4: Chasing the Chinese dragon - at what cost? Think Tank Sharing Session 4: How can we teach for conceptual understanding in the languages classroom? Conference Room 1 Sharing Session 4: How to cater to ESL students in the MFL classroom Conference Room 2

11:30am

Workshop 3: Combatting Stereotypes in Intercultural Communication Conference Room 1 Workshop 3: Engaging all of children’s senses in teaching a foreign language Conference Room 2 Workshop 3: Jewish Critical Thinking, Originality and Communication Conference Room 3 Workshop 3: Promoting Home Languages in the Primary Classroom Think Tank

12:30pm

Lunch KM Library

1:30pm

Keynote 4: Encouraging multilingualism in the classroom with Alex Rawlings Upstairs in the KM Library

2:00pm

Workshop 4: Approaches to Teaching and Learning Conference Room 1 Workshop 4: Combatting Stereotypes in Intercultural Communication Conference Room 2 Workshop 4: Language and DNA: Trans-disciplinarity, Linguistics and Genomics Conference Room 3 Workshop 4: Promoting Home Languages in the Primary Classroom Think Tank

3:00pm

Break KM Library

3:30pm

Panel Session Upstairs in the KM Library

4:30pm

Closing Ceremony Upstairs in the KM Library