The Proceedings of the 2nd International conference on ELT, 2006, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

This is a collection of selected papers contributed to The 2nd International ELT Conference held in North Cyprus in 2006, which placed special emphasis on challenges and prospects in ELT profession. Part 1 includes papers presented by the plenary speakers like Cem Alptekin who focused on topical structure analysis of compositions, Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken with her paper devoted to teacher training and A. Suresh Canagarajah with his paper about changing pedagogical priorities.

Part 2, which consists of the selected papers, addresses various issues that challenge the foreign language teaching community: Teachers (challenges for initial teacher training programmes, the perspectives of various groups in in-service teacher education program, pre-service teachers’ beliefs about EFL materials, uncertainties and challenges of EFL teachers, pre-service teachers’ reflections of journal writing and language teacher competency), Learners (their learning style preferences, andragogical and pedagogical orientations, needs, and beliefs), European Language Portfolio (its potential benefits, implementations, implications and limitations, and promoting process and context awareness), and Language culture and classroom pedagogy. We believe that the issues treated in this collection challenge all of us who are the members of language teaching community.

Contents

Part 1 - Plenary and invited speakers

Topical Structure Analysis of Student Compositions in English and Turkish Cem Alptekin 1

Getting to the Heart of ‘Training’: Teachers’ Voices, Teachers’ Choices? Deniz Kurtoglu Eken 6

Changing Pedagogical Priorities, Revised Professional Relationships A. Suresh Canagarajah 17

Becoming an English Teacher: A Theoretical, Practical, and Personal Journey Elaine K. Horwitz 26

A Felxible Framework for Teacher Developed Materials Brian Tomlinson 27

Form Follow Function: An Argument for a Genre Approach to Teaching Academic Writing Thomas S. Miller 28

Engaging Students in the Reading Process Kristina Smith 29

Generating Standards for a Community Eric S. Dwyer 30

Developing Self-Regulated Learning Skills in Practicum Course Ayşegül Daloglu 31

Raising Our Cultural Awareness to Become More Effective Teachers Rick Finnan 32

Part 2 - Selected papers

Language skills and language content areas

Writing Apprehension and ICT: The Effects of Online Writing Workshops Nik Nurmi Adilah Bt Nik Mohd Adib & Kamariah Bt Yunus 33

EFL Students’ Perceptions of Classroom Practices in Speaking Classes Sercan Saglam & Özlem Kaya 44

Rethinking Communicative Language Teaching in Instructed Settings: The Role of the Four Language Skills Esther Usó-Juan & Alicia Martínez-Flor 54

Challenges and Issues in Using the World Wide Web as a Research Tool for Academic Writing Elif Demirel 61

The Relationship between the Extroversion/ Introversion Tendencies of Iranian BA Students of English and Their English Oral Reproduction Abdullah Sarani & Reza Kafipour 68

Assessing Intermediate College EFL Learners' Multiple Vocabulary Knowledge Yoshihiro Omura 77

Accelerated Neological Activity and Global English: Challenges for EFL Teaching Visnja Fara 86

Teacher in focus Challenges for Initial Teacher Training Programmes in Romania Camelia-Marinela Tugui 95

Teachers, Trainers, or Administrators: Who’s Afraid of In-service Teacher Training? Deniz Şalli-Çopur 104