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Catherine Glennon

21st Century Skills: What are

they and how can we develop

them?

Catherine began working as an English

teacher in 1996 when she worked with

the British Council in Quito. Between

2000 and 2010 she lived in various

countries in Asia where she worked with

the British Council as a teacher and

teacher trainer. She also worked as a

Training Consultant for state schools in

India, as well as in the corporate

sector. Catherine returned to Ecuador in

2010, and has worked as Academic

Director and Cambridge Exams

Manager for an international language

institute, and she is now the Books and

Bits Academic

Consultant. Additionally, Catherine is

an IELTS and Cambridge ESOL

examiner, as well as the Cambridge

Examiner Trainer. Catherine has a

CELTA and DELTA (Certificate and

Diploma in English Language Teaching

from the University of Cambridge) and

a Master’s degree in Training and

Development, specializing in the

Continued Professional Development of

English Teachers. The presentation fits

well with the conference title, and is

important for teachers to realize how

important their role is in shaping the

future of their students.

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Msc. David White

Efficient Classroom

Management: Strategies to help

you to create a successful

learning environment

After a career of more than 35 years of

Business in Australia, David settled

permanently in Trujillo, Peru in 2002 where

he enjoyed a 14-year career as an English

teacher, and Head of Studies at a prestigious

bilingual school. David and his wife

Claudia, were the founding directors of

“Centro De Idiomas Overseas”, an institute

in Trujillo that specialized in teacher

training and international exam preparation.

Today, David is an Academic Consultant

for Anglo Books Ecuador and The

Ecuadorian representative for Trinity

College London, positions which allows

him to travel and maintain his love of

teacher training and conference presenting.

During his 15 years of experience teaching,

David has taught Advanced English, ESP,

methodology, academic writing and

International Exam preparation for various

prestigious institutions, schools and

universities. David has also been a teacher

trainer, mentor, conference presenter and

coordinator.

Moreover, David has been an Educational

Consultant and specialist trainer for specific

“Institutos Pedagógicos” and universities in

Peru and Ecuador and regularly provides

methodology workshops and specialist

training sessions for students who are

studying to be language teachers.

Because of his belief in sharing English,

David has several Facebook pages

including “David English” and “English

Interactive”, both of which are dedicated to

regular posts of vocabulary and grammar.

David has also written articles for various

publications, both online and for

magazines, and has lectured extensively

abroad.

MSc. Gabriela

Portilla and MSc.

Heidi Marriott

Juicing up your whiteboard!

Making do with what you´ve

got!

Gabriela Portilla Torres, M.Sc. is an EFL

instructor and lecturer from Ibarra. She

works as an English instructor in the

English Language Program ELP at Yachay

Tech University. She obtained her

bachelor’s degree in Técnica del Norte

University, some years later she graduated

from Kansas State University, where she

got his master degree in Curriculum &

Instruction with emphasis on English as a

Second Language (ESL). She has studied in

the USA during approximately two years

where she was able to participate in an

English Training program and in a master’s

program. Both programs were sponsored by

the Ecuadorian government. She has

teaching experience in all levels of

education (pre-school, elementary, middle,

high school, & college).She was selected as

speaker to present in the 1st EcuaTESOL

convention developed in Guayaquil-

Ecuador as well as in the 45th MexTESOL

convention held in Monterrey- Mexico}

Heidi Marriott Toledo, MSc

English language instructor at Universidad

de Guayaquil & Universidad Internacional

del Ecuador. She got her bachelor’s degree

in Teaching at Universidad de Guayaquil

and her master’s degree in Curriculum and

instruction with emphasis in ESL at Kansas

State University. During her professional

life she has worked in private and public

institutions teaching English in different

levels. In 2016 she has presented national

and international workshops emphasizing

imagination and creativity in all of them.

She has successfully presented in the 1st

EcuaTESOL convention in Guayaquil-

Ecuador and in the 45th Mex TESOL

convention in Monterrey – Mexico. Her

research interests are Literacy development,

technology implementation in the

classroom, and second language

acquisition.

MSc Carla Silvera Being S.M.A.R.T (Specific,

Measurable, Attainable,

Relevant, Time-bound) in EFL

classrooms.

Carla K. Silvera, Master in Curriculum &

Instruction from KSU. She has been an EFL

teacher from different levels going through

kindergarteners to young adults for around

10 years in private and public institutions.

She is currently working at Agrarian

University of Ecuador and has participated

as a poster session speaker in Catholic

University Santiago of Guayaquil congress

and ECUATESOL convention - GYE. She

strongly believes in EFL classes with goals

and plans because “A goal without a plan is

just a wish” –Antoine de Saint Exupery.

MSc Gabriela

Villavicencio

Differentiated Instruction:

Relationship between students

learning style and their majors

EFL teacher with about 8 years of experience in all educative levels. Her personal philosophy is guided by true love for learning! Students need to know we like them, we care about them, and we trust them. When students feel safe, learning can be constructed. Students will only learn when they are interested! How can we make them to be interested? Not all students learn the same way, not all of them share their interests, and not all of them should be evaluated similarly. We as educators need to implement innovative and pertinent strategies that incorporate different intelligences (Gardener, 1995), and all six categories contained in Bloom’s Taxonomy (2001) to lead students from different majors to learn the same goal content, and take them to the next level. Let’s make the difference!

Juan Carlos Hidalgo Grammar games and activities

Juan Carlos Hidalgo, a well-known

teacher and teacher trainer for his broad

experience with children, teenagers and

adults, started teaching English at the early

age of 14, and is currently working at

Cambridge University Press as an ELT and

Digital specialist.

Over the last fifteen years, Juan Carlos has

been training school and university

teachers on different topics such as

Planning and Evaluation, Communicative

Language Teaching, ESA, PPP, ERCA,

Engaging and motivating students, among

others. He has also edited some story books

for authors from the Ecuadorian Ministry

of Education.

Today his main area of research is focused

on blended learning and using technology in

ELT.

MSc Mercedes

Chamba

Use of Authentic material to

help students enhance the oral

fluency.

Mercedes Chamba ENGLISH

LANGUAGE TEACHER, Pontificia

Universidad Católica del Ecuador and

CEC- Escuela Politécnica Nacional.

WORKSHOP SPEAKER ON THE USE

OF ATHENTIC RESOURCES,

Universidad Técnica de Ambato.

EFL TEXTBOOK ASSESSMENT, Pontificia Universidad Católica del

Ecuador.

EFL TEACHING METHODOLOGY

RESEARCHER, THE USE OF

AUTHENTIC MATERIALS, Pontificia

Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

The field of Teaching English as a Foreign

Language undergoes diverse challenges in

helping learners communicate their

thoughts and ideas effectively. In line with

this view, authentic audiovisual resources

can be integrated in the EFL classroom as

potential linguistic input to foster students’

speaking skills. Authentic materials are

resources that have been produced for real

communication and they help learners

develop a great range of communicative

skills as they provide students with the

opportunity to be exposed to the language

as it is used in real settings.

MSc Edison

Santacruz

Practical ideas for improving

productive skills

Edison Santacruz has worked for 28 years

at primary, secondary and university levels

in different institutions in the city of Quito.

He has been an instructor,

teacher, facilitator and translator, as well as

a tutor for weak students. He has also

been the English head of department in

schools and especially at the Pontificia

Universidad Católica del Ecuador for seven

years. Edison taught Sociolinguistics at the

UNACH. He is currently working as an

EFL and ESP teacher and he is in charge of

an exchange program by Skype. Edison

holds a Bachelor degree in Applied

Linguistics to Teaching and a Master's

degree in University Teaching and research

both from PUCE Quito.

MSc Tania Trujillo Authentic Assessment in the

Development of the Writing

Skill

Docente a tiempo parcial en

universidades: UTE Campus Santo

Domingo y UNIANDES Campus Santo

Domingo en los años 2010 - 2011.

Tutora de la asignatura de Listening &

Speaking en el año 2010 en la

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja.

Docente a tiempo completo en el

Departamento de Idiomas de la

Pontificia Universidad Católica del

Ecuador Sede Santo Domingo desde

abril 2008 hasta la actualidad.

Coordinadora del Departamento de

Idiomas PUCE SD período: 2013 –

2015. Actualmente desempeño el cargo

de tutora del idioma inglés en la PUCE

SD.

This presentation will provide

information about the authentic

assessment applied to the development

of the writing skill in the English

teaching and learning process,

according to a field study carried out in

a higher education institution in the

country. In this research with

methodological focus through the

analysis of the collected data was

possible to identify several aspects of

the authentic assessment as tool that

promote the development of the

students’ critical thinking skills which

fulfills the current academic needs.

Mgs. Livio Aguas Academic writing process

Livio César Aguas Segura, Magister in

Applied Linguistics, former EFL

teacher at primary and secondary

schools of Esmeraldas-Ecuador, former

Professor of PUCESE, UTPL, and Luis

Vargas Torres Universities, former

Provincial Coordinator of the

Curriculum Reform of English, former

speaker at three EFL Conferences held

in Santiago de Guayaquil University

2007, UNACH 2010, and PUCESE

2015, at the moment Professor of

Esmeraldas Luis Vargas Torres

University, up to now twenty six years

teaching English, former scholarship

holder of Marjohns Collage in Plymouth

England 1993, and the University of

Maryland, USA 2007.

Plenary Mgs. Christian

Gavilanes

Ecuadorian Media and

Ethnicity

During the last years, one very common

phenomenon taking place in the

Ecuadorian University is “student

mobility;” this movement of students

inside and outside Ecuadorian borders is

relatively new in most of our

cosmopolitan cities. Along with this

movement, comes a new kind of

challenge for all the stakeholders in our

educational system. Cultural shock and

cultural adaptation in the classroom play

an important role in our students’

education. From this, we need to take

into consideration that it is Ethnicity

what carries the greatest cultural

baggage into the classroom. Thus,

understanding how Ethnicity manifests

in various aspects can help us cope with

several culturally related challenges.

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Mgs Pedro Mendez Neuroscience uses inside EFL

classrooms.

Pedro Julio Méndez Aguilera, I am an

English teacher who has worked with

students of different ages. Nowadays, I am

working at Agrarian University of Ecuador.

I have also been an English thesis tutor al

Universidad Técnica de Babahoyo. For

about fifteen years I have taught at

HARVARD INTERNATIONAL

LANGUAGE CENTER in Milagro, as

well, where I have worked with children,

teens, and adults.

My theme is Neuroscience use inside EFL

classroom.

It states how the knowledge a teacher has

about neuroscience can help him or her to

use different strategies to motivate students

to learn English.

MSc Paredes Jenny

Strategies that allow the

comprehensible input for

different levels

Jenny P. Paredes Freire is an EFL/ESL

teacher. She graduated from Central

University of Ecuador. She has worked as

English Instructor in prestigious institutions

of Ecuador. She obtained a scholarship

sponsored by the Ecuadorian government to

study at KSU in the USA to learn new

strategies to teach EFL and to obtain a

Master degree in Curriculum and

Instruction with an emphasis on ESL.

Currently, she is working at Técnica del

Norte University. Her topic is Strategies

that allow the comprehensible input for

different levels. These strategies make

English meaningful for students of

elementary, secondary, and university level.

Mgs Ana Rosero Causes and educational

effects of Grade repetition

A Bachelor’s degree in Language teaching

A Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics

to the Bilingual Education Spanish-

English.

Educational polices tell us that learners who

do not achieve the required score have to

repeat the course. Teachers simply follow

the rule without further analysis. However,

have we wondered the causes that keep the

learner from being promoted to the next

level? Or how will this decision impact on

her academic development. This is a good

question that requires our analysis before

being answered.

Carla Montesdeoca The advantages of being a TCAS

(Test center administrator)

Carla L. Montesdeoca – Associate Director

( Educational Testing Service)

She’s a dedicated teaching professional

with 15 years of experience, who is

committed to providing a well-balanced

engaging learning environment for English

teachers and English students. Hard

working and trustworthy educator, who

strives to collaborate with all members of

the Educational field. Organized

professional with proven teaching,

guidance, and counseling skills. Has a

strong track record in improving test scores

and teaching effectively. The TOEFL test is

the most widely respected English-language

test in the world, recognized by more than

9,000 colleges, universities and agencies in

more than 130 countries, including

Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the United

States.

MSc. Magdalena

Madany

Neurolinguistic programming

as a key element to develop

effective communication.

Highly organized and results-oriented

Director. Strong skill in developing and

maintaining relationships in European,

American and Latin American cultures.

Adept in identifying and developing

successful business opportunities. Proven

ability to excel in challenging environments

where flexibility, teamwork, and self-

motivation are critical. Excellent

qualifications in strategic planning, new

product development, repositioning

existing products, organizational

development, operations, and project

management and execution. 14 years of

experience as an English teacher-trainer,

speaker at ELT Congresses and curriculum

developer. NLP, Neurolinguistic

Programming, is a set of tools

(presuppositions and pillars) that English

teachers will find refreshing and innovative

to apply on daily basis some principles of

NLP in their classrooms: sensory-rich

language, Ericksonian story-telling and

cultural awareness.

MSc Christian

Gavilanes

Making Use of the Uncanny Christian Gavilanes Licenciado en

Lingüística Aplicada a la enseñanza de

lenguas y Magíster en la Enseñanza de

Inglés de la PUCE Quito. He sido docente

de inglés durante los últimos 17 años y 10

de los cuales dedicados a la enseñanza de

inglés y materias afines a nivel

universitario. El propósito de “Making

Use of the Uncanny” es explotar la

curiosidad nata de los seres humanos para

investigar y buscar en situaciones que

producen miedo. Al aprovecharnos de este

miedo y/o curiosidad, los docentes

tendremos más herramientas a nuestro

alcance para que nuestros estudiantes lean

activamente.

MSc. María

Augusta Rosero

Speech anxiety in oral

presentations and evaluations

for young adults

María Augusta Rosero has worked with

people from different ages. She has 16 years

of experience as an English teacher. María

Augusta holds a Master’s Degree in

Applied Linguistics to the Bilingual

Education Spanish-English.

The topic to be presented is going to be

about Speech Anxiety towards oral

presentations and evaluations. The causes

why this phenomena normally happens are

going to be exposed. Besides, some

suggestions will be provided for the

audience to put them into practice with their

students depending on their own needs. The

audience will actively participate in the

workshop’s development.

David White Effective reading activities

for school aged learners

Workshop Description

In many countries and cultures, reading

is a normal part of life. Through reading,

we can learn about the world, our

history and cultures. Our imagination

can be swept away to mystical worlds of

dragons and knights, or we can

investigate and learn about some of the

most exotic locations on earth. Reading

opens our student’s minds to subliminal

learning and the proven benefits that it

provides for second language

acquisition.

In this workshop, we will look at a

selection of classroom activities that are

designed to make reading both fun and

productive for school aged learners.

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MSc. Paolo Fabre

Technology Our Best Alley:

Multimodal Presentation as

Alternative Assessment Tools

Paolo Fabre Merchan currently serves as

an English professor at Universidad Estatal

de Milagro. He has worked for some public

and private educational institutions as an

EFL teacher and the head of the English

Department. He has authored an article for

publication in a scientific journal and a

textbook. His presentation will provide

attendees with a variety of web-tools and

apps that will help teachers to enhance their

current practices. This will be based on the

theory of Multiple Intelligences and the use

of technological resources to create a

meaningful and enjoyable assessment

environment for all learners.

MSc. Morocho María

José

The use of Facebook and

other tech tools in the EFL

class.

María José Morocho is currently an EFL

teacher at Universidad Técnica del Norte.

She has worked from Elementary,

Secondary, and University levels and

private institutions. María José has been a

presenter in some Conventions highlighting

the importance of culture, and students’

background in TEFL. Maria Jose had been

a Master’s scholarship recipient receiving

the title in Curriculum and Instruction with

emphasis in TESL. Her topic about the use

of EFL and tech-tools in the EFL classroom

seeks to provide teachers with interactive

strategies to reach today’s students. The

framework used to defend its topic is the

Communicative Approach and background

knowledge.

Ing. Guillermo

Benavides

Teaching English through

educomunication

Andrés Guillermo Benavides Piedra. Teacher of English at Universidad Técnica

del Norte in Ibarra for more than 8 years.

Producer and TV host on “TALK”, an edu-

communicational product that has

motivated TV viewers to the learning of

English since 2011. His presentation will

give participants a taste of how effectively

the media can be used to rise people’s

interest in the learning of English.

Complexity in the teaching of any subject

on TV needs to be reduced to its basic

components to catch the viewer’s interest.

As this represents a challenge when it

comes to teaching by Television, attendees

are expected to consider some of the

principles used in Edu-communication as

possible guidelines for their own teaching.

Mgs. Luis Quishpe Creative Thinking and using

forum for virtual learning

M.A in Linguistics and Teaching of foreign

language. B.A in English Applied

Linguistics. Lawyer. English professor at

Universidad Técnica del Norte. Director of

the Language Center at UPEC. Professor

and coordinator of the English proficiency

program. Professor, Subdirector in charge

and evaluator of the Language Department

at ESPE-Quito. Speaker at X International

Conference on Foreign Languages,

Communication and Culture, WEFLA

2016, at University of Houlguin, Cuba; First

International Congress in Contemporary

Education, Educational Quality and Good

Living at UNACH; LILE FORUM:

Autonomous, meaningful and collaborative

English learning at UNAD, Colombia.

Design and implementation of the

Language Centre creation “CIDEN-

UPEC”, and curriculum design and

implementation of the English language

proficiency program at level B1 and B2, at

CIDEN-UPEC.

Mgs. Donald

Stewart

The use of video in the

classroom

Donald Stewart is a university professor,

translator, trainer, and researcher who has

worked in the Universidad Católica del

Ecuador PUCE for over 40 years in Quito.

He was director of the Linguistics School

for 6 years and director of the Multilingual

School of International Business and

International Relations for 4 years there,

and is a founding member and president of

CTIPE, the Colegio de Traductores e

Intérpretes Profesionales del Ecuador. He

pioneered and coordinated 3 international

English Congresses at PUCE. Donald holds

two undergraduate degrees from Canada in

English and Education, as well as

postgraduate studies in Educational

Planning and Administration and Teaching

and Research.

MSc. Monica Vila Using Technology as Self

Critique in Academic

Presentations.

Monica Vila currently works as EFL

instructor at Universidad Técnica del Norte

for 12 years. She also has worked at Unidad

Educativa Víctor Manuel Guzmán for 16

years and Pontificia Universidad Católica

del Ecuador Sede Ibarra for 2 years.

She holds a Master in Higher Education and

a

Superior en Currículo y Didáctica Diploma.

Vanessa Palomeque The creation of digital

teaching content through the

use of virtual tools as a

portable instrument

PUCESI: Magister en Tecnologías para la

Gestión y Práctica Docente.

PUCESI: Egresada de la Maestría en

Ciencias de la Educación.

PUCESI: Diploma Superior en Docencia

Universitaria PUCESI: Ingeniera en

Administración Turística.

Docente en la Unidad de Apoyo

Escuela de lenguas de la PUCESI,

desde 2011 hasta la fecha.

Coordinadora de Vinculación y

Prácticas pre profesionales de la

Escuela de GESTURH de la PUCESI,

desde 2013 hasta la fecha.

Docente de la Escuela de GESTURH

de la PUCESI, desde 2013 hasta la

fecha.

The exe.learning tool is a free software

product which facilitate the work of

teachers and also allow them to elaborate

activities which increase the student’s

motivation, this software was created with

the aim of helping teachers to generate web

resources without needing to become an

HTML professional.

Msc. Cesar Choez Give technology the place it

deserves: Serving teaching

and learning

Cesar Choez obtained a Master Degree in

Higher Education from Universidad de

Guayaquil. He holds a Master in TEFL from

Puerto Rico. Cesar Choez is working in his

dissertation to obtain a Master in TEFL

from Politécnica del Litoral University.

Cesar has taught from Elementary,

Secondary and University level. He has

taught in Universidad Estatal de Miagro for

6 years and Universidad Laica de Guayaquil

in a two year degree program.

Ercilia Delancer

Doing without the Photocopier: How to stop making handouts for your classes by laminating

and using digital resources

Ercilia Delancer has been an ESL/EFL/EAP

professor for the last nineteen years having

had her start teaching ESOL to an

intermediate class in Florida. She is a

passionate educator who is always looking

for ways to engage her students while at the

same time making her lesson planning

sessions more efficient. As a result of these

efforts, Ercilia organized a workshop to

show teachers how they can avoid using the

photocopier to make handouts and instead

focus on spending more time with them as a

facilitator. Ercilia Delancer has conducted

numerous workshops during her service as

a Peace Corps volunteer and English

Language Fellow.

Note: attendees brings tablet or laptop

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David White

The Essential Elements of the

Successful 21st Century

Classroom

The characteristics and requirements for a successful class constantly change, as do the demands from, and of our students. This presentation looks at the baseline characteristics needed to achieve a learning environment that encourages our students to learn English in an enthusiastic, and productive manner.