Workshop Games, Activities, and Related Aspects
in Second/Foreign Language Teaching
Universidad de
Castilla-La Mancha
Toledo, 25th-26th
April 2013
Introduction
The
use of different games and activities is very common in second/foreign language
classroom, and it has been reinforced due to the availability of electronic
resources. Students’ motivation and the purpose of each game or activity are
behind teachers’ interest in the creation and use of those materials. The topic
of this workshop will include both theoretical proposals and practical
experiences in the classroom, at any teaching level.
This invitation does not exclude topics on any language, although the
official languages of the workshop are English, French and Spanish.
Participants:
Second/Foreign Language Teachers at
any level (Primary School, High School, University, Official School of
Languages, Language
Schools, etc.)
Researchers and PhD Students
Post-graduate Students
Venue: Campus of Toledo
Topics:
The
following topics are suggested, although others are also welcome:
Board games used as teaching support
materials
Games and amusing activities for
children
Teaching experiences with
adults/children
Poetry as a teaching device
Drama in second language environments
Children’s literature and its
entertaining aspects
Use of comics in second language
teaching
Songs as a motivating element in the
classroom
Use of audiovisual resources and ICT
tools
Use of games and related activities
in CLIL
Languages for Specific Purposes
Contribution format:
Paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes for
questions)
Workshop
(one hour)
Poster
Proposals
for participation should be one page long including title of the communication,
abstract in English, Spanish or French, and references. They should be sent to
the email address all2toledo@gmail.com,
as an attached .doc or .pdf file. The body of the email should include name,
affiliation of the author or authors, lines of research/teaching experience,
language the proposal is about and language to be used in the presentation,
title of the paper and contribution format.
A
selection of the contributions will be published.
An
attendance certificate will be available for those participants who attend at
least two thirds of the workshop.
Important dates:
First
Call for Papers: January
Period
for Submission of Abstracts: 14th January-15th February
Communication
of Acceptance: mid-March
Registration:
March-April
Celebration:
25th-26th April
Registration fees:
Participant: 30 euro
Attendant: 20 euro
Student/Unemployed: 15 euro
Organising committee:
Fátima
Faya (English Language)
Victoria
Guadamillas (English Language)
Mar
Ramón (English Language)
Olga
Elwes (French language)
Juana Blanco (Spanish language)
