Saturday Programme

Sat 7	A1	A2		A3		Workshops
A 1 8.00- 9.30 Registration 9.30- 9.45 Inauguration Speeches
9.45- 10.30	Plenary Session: Helen Basturkmen Issues in Needs Analysis in ESP Chair: K. Katsampoxaki-Hodgetts
10.30 -11.15	Evidence-based needs analysis: CEFR-based competence profiles for VOLL and ESP Marjatta Huhta, Esko Johnson Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences,& Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Kokkola, Finland Chair: V. Ladopoulos	Embedding language skills development into mainstream courses:a case study Brunken Anna, Robyn Thomas La Trobe University, Australia Chair: Francesca Sweeney-Androulaki		Developing Critical Awareness and Intercultural Competence in Business English Classes. Karras Ioannis ESP/EAP tutor Uni. of Patras & TEI of Patras Chair: Maria Pitsaki
11.15- 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45-12.30 A1	Plenary: Maggie Charles “Can I use I, should I use we, or do I have to use the passive?” A Pedagogic Approach to Stance in Academic Writing Chair: Kallia Katsampoxaki-Hodgetts
Sat 7	A1	A2	A3		Workshops
12.30- 1.15	In search of General Academic English: a corpus-driven study Granger Sylviane & Magali Paquot Université Catholique de Louvain, Centre for English corpus linguistics, Belgium Chair: Francesca Sweeney-Androulakis		A corpus-based analysis of stance in the Japanese medical students’ essays Shozo Yokoyama University of Miyazaki, Japan Chair: K. Divini		12.30-1.30, B2 Using classroom based-activities to demonstrate how technical and academic writing skills can be integrated into an ESP course Panourgia & Perdiki, T.E.I. of Kavala. Chair: Vicky Nikolaidis
1.15 – 2.00 A1	Plenary: Vasiliki Rizomilioti: Metaphors in ESP Chair: N. Rizopoulou
2.00- 2.45	ESL engineering students: pedagogical implications and recommendations for developing communicative competence in English for specific purposes courses Myles Johanne Mednick , Kingston, Ontario, Canada Chair: Rizopoulou					2.00- 3.00, B2 Using visual feedback to improve L2 pronunciation in ESP courses Imber, Maynard, Ohlrogge & Yung-Hui Chien, University of Michigan. Chair: K. Divini
2.45- 4.30 Lunch Break
4.30 – 5.15	Practical aspects of developing an ESP e-learning course. Iwona Misztal Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland Chair: F. Georgiadi	Focusing on intertextuality in academic texts – Ways of enhancing subject-linked literacy through LSP-classes Portz Renate University of Athens Chair: Genaraki		A unique programme for blended learning, combining an online interactive home-study course with face-to-face classroom activities Sophia Goundi Burlington English Consultant
5.15 – 6.00	Cognate words in the language of electronics & electrical engineering. Empirical findings of their didactic potential Papakonstantinou Melina T.E.I. of Kavala, Greece Chair: Rizopoulou					Computer Lab 5.15-6.15 E-learning and English for Academic Purposes Anne McKay & E. Tripolitakis Technical University of Crete Chair: N. Ventura
6.00- 7.00	SIG networking Language for Science & Technology (B1)	SIG networking: Language for Medicine		SIG networking: Language for Business & Tourism		SIG networking Language for Humanities (B2)
9.00 Conference Dinner (you need to sign up and pay at the desk)