Conference Program

THE 8th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

ON EDUCATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

მერვე საერთაშორისო კვლევითი კონფერენცია

განათლების, ენისა და ლიტერატურის საკითხებზე

IRCEELT-2018

Conference Program

April 20-21, 2018

Tbilisi, Georgia

Partners

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DAY 1 Friday, April 20, 2018

Time Allotted OPENING

09:00 - 09:45 Registration

10:00 - 11:15 Opening Speeches

Prof. Dr. Natela Doghonadze, International Black Sea University, Georgia

11:15 - 11:45
What Can be Done to Make Our Schools Safer Places?
Keynote
Speeches
Prof. Dr. Peter Medgyes, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary
11:45 - 12:30
Elfies at Large – Beware

12:30 - 13:00 Coffee Break

13:00 - 13:45 WORKSHOPS

Room 1
How You can use Edmodo to Blend and Flip Your Learning
(Building B,
3 rd floor Russel STANNARD, Founder of www.teachertrainingvideos.com, University of Warwick, UK
Conference Hall)

Room 2 Lessons from a Kindergarten Teacher Training Course: An Integrated Approach to Nursery Rhymes in Early
(Building B, Childhood Language Development
2 nd floor) Dr. Valéria ÁRVA, Faculty of Primary and Pre-school Education, Eötvös University (ELTE), Hungary

Room 3 Using Reflective Practice to Teach Grammar

(Building B,
Dr. William J. CRAWFORD, Northern Arizona University, USA
2 nd floor)

Room 4 Operationalizing Your International Office for Success through Strategic Staffing and Human Resource
(Building A, Management (This workshop is for university IRO and administration staff only)
Room 101)
Sheila ANDERS, Director of Administrator Services, Center for International Education, Northern Arizona University

14:50 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK (60 min.)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Room 1 Chair: Gulnara Janova
(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Correlations Between SPM English 1119 And Muet Scores

15:00 – 15:25
Wong Siew Jew, Liang Lee Ming

Project based Learning in our Classroom

15:25 – 15:50
Gulnara Janova, Maka Murvanidze

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Room 2 Chair: Nino Bochorishvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Effect of Personality Type and Academic Year of Study on Student Burnout

15:00 – 15:25
Ali Roohani, Yeganeh Esmaeili

The Challenge of Language Teaching Within the Different Contexts in The Competitive Educational
15:25 – 15:50 Environment
Nino Bochorishvili, Nino Lomsadze

Room 3 Chair: Sophia Buziashvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Students’ Perceptions Regarding e-learning: A Study Case of EFL Students at Sultan Qaboos University
Mourad Ben Bennani
15:00 – 15:25
Skype-Based Blended Model to Progress English Scientific Composition in a Mobile
Jafar Asgari Arani

Motivation as a tool of encouraging English language Learning

15:25 – 15:50
Sophia Buziashvili, Mzia Giorgadze

Room 4 Chair: Fatemeh Behjat

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

The Role of Recasts in Iranian Under-graduate EFL Learners’ Paragraph Writing Improvement
15:00 – 15:25
Fatemeh Behjat

CERTUS - an English Language Competence Test

15:25 – 15:50
Rusudan Tkemaladze

Room 5 Chair: Ekaterine Topuria

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Approaches to Active Listening for EFL Learners

15:00 – 15:25
Irma Rusadze, Mariam Chikovani

General, Branch and Original Competences of ‘Cultural Dialogue” in Multi-National Language Classes
15:25 – 15:50
Ekaterine Topuria, Nana Natenadze

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE and CULTURE

Room 6 Chair: Marina Zoranyan

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

The Triumph of Metaphor in Sylvia Plath’s Poem “Metaphors”

15:00 – 15:25
Marina Zoranyan

Overcoming the Grammar Barrier in Foreign Language Learning: The Role of Television Series
15:25 – 15:50
Deborah Azaryad Shechter

EDUCATION

Room 7 Chair: Volodymyr Sulyma

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Surgery Training in English With Used of Modern Textbook and Medical Simulators
15:00 – 15:25
Volodymyr Sulyma, Yakiv Bereznytskyy, Kateryna Yaroshenko, Sergij Malinovskyy

New Curriculum Development of Bachelor Degree of Malay Language for Foreign Speaker
15:25 – 15:50
Mohd Rashid Md Idris, Abdullah Yusof, Mohd Rain Shaari

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Room 8 Chair: Iryna Piniuta

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Development of Collaborative Skills with Information Technology

15:00 – 15:25
Iryna Piniuta, Jessica Meyerzon

Importance of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Strategies in Student Enrollment Management

15:25 – 15:50
Ioseb Gabelaia

Building A, Room 101

Developments in Sustainability and Service Learning Programming in International Education

15:00 – 15:30
Sheila Anders

LINGUISTICS

Room 9 Chair: Zaal Kikvidze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

An Early Landmark in the History of English-Megrelian Lexicography: D. R. Peacock’s Contribution

15:00 – 15:25
Zaal Kikvidze, Levan Pachulia

On the Realization of Threat Speech Act Among Iranian Families

15:25 – 15:50
Alireza Mirzaei, Alireza Soleimani

L2 influence on L1 literacy skills

15:50 – 16:15
Ana Gadakhabadze

Room 10 Chair: Tamar Mikeladze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Gender Strategies in Georgian Political discourse

15:00 – 15:25
Manana Rusieshvili, Sopio Totibadze

Adult Language Instruction in Non-Formal Education in Latvia

15:25 – 15:50
Tamar Mikeladze

The Relationship between Iranian Male Dentistry Students' Metacognitive Awareness and Listening Performance
15:50 – 16:15 in English for General Purposes (EGP)
Ismail Baniadam

Room 11 (Building B, 2 nd floor)

Plagiarism – definition, causes, types, prevention, detection, and punishment

15:25 – 15:50 (Workshop for university academic personnel and MA-PhD Students)
Natela Doghonadze, International Black Sea University

Sightseeing Tour to Mtskheta the ancient capital of the Eastern Georgian Kingdom (Meet in
16:00 IBSU yard, near basketball court) Bus will take conference attendees to Mtskheta then to the
restaurant.

GALA DINNER - Price 50 GEL / 20 USD (Conference fee does not cover the GALA
DINNER) All participants are welcome to join the GALA DINNER by paying the
related cost during the registration.
20:00
Address: Restaurant OLD Metekhi – Address: Ketevan Tsamebuli Ave, Tbilisi
Join us at our Gala Dinner to enjoy specialties from traditional Georgian cuisine
with live music and national folk dance.

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DAY 2 Saturday, April 21, 2018

Time Allotted OPENING

09:00 - 09:45 Registration and Welcome Speeches

Russel STANNARD, University of Warwick, UK

09:45 – 10:30
Key Technologies that are Impacting on Teaching and Learning

Keynote Dr. William J. CRAWFORD, Northern Arizona University, USA

10:30 – 11:00
Speeches Applying Register Analysis to Task-based Language Teaching

Kevin HIRSCHI, English Language Fellow, A Program of US State Department

11:00 – 11:30
Teaching English Pronunciation: Research, Techniques, and Fun

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:45 WORKSHOPS

Room 1 Who’s better: Natives or Nonnatives?

(Building B, 3 r d floor
Conference Hall) Dr. Peter Medgyes, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary

Towards Two Billion English Speakers: Teaching Intelligible English Pronunciation in an English-Speaking World
Room 2
(Building B, 2 n d floor)
Kevin HIRSCHI, English Language Fellow, A Program of US State Department

Room 3 Students in the 'Soapbox'

(Building B, 2 n d floor)
Dr. Ekaterine Pipia, International Black Sea University, Georgia

CONCURRENT SESSIONS I

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Room 1 Chair: Ia Ioseliani

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Stepping Stones in Early Childhood to Bilingualism: How Can Kindergarten Help?

13:00 – 13:25
Valéria ÁRVA

Basic Standpoints for Establishing Success

13:25 – 13:50
Ia Ioseliani

Room 2 Chair: Tamar Merabishvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

The Successful and Less Successful Iranian EFL Learners’ differences in Cognitive Speed and Metacognitive
13:00 – 13:25 abilities
Farnaz Avarzamani, Majid Farahian

PBL as a Paradigm in Contemporary Teaching Methodology

13:25 – 13:50
Tamar Merabishvili

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Room 3 Chair: Mariam Merkviladze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Peer Feedback or Peer Grading? Reexamining the Higher Education EFL Learners’ Preference for Assessment
13:00 – 13:25 Practices in an EFL Writing Class
Mariam Merkviladze

Co-constructing L2 learning in L2 classroom Interactions

13:25 – 13:50
Ahmad Izadi, Shayan Heidari

EDUCATION

Room 4 Chair: Sophio Cheishvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Teacher as a Curriculum Developer and Mapper in a School Environment

13:00 – 13:25
Amir Toghyani Khorasgani, Maryam Baratali

The phenomenon of bullying and its effects on students’ academic performance in secondary schools. (Possible
13:25 – 13:50 ways to prevent bullying)
Sophio Cheishvili

Room 5 Chair: Nana Aleksidze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Using Thematic Song to Enhance Concepts Understanding Among Pupils: A Discussion

13:00 – 13:25
Intan Azlina Binti Abdullah

Students Centered Teacher as a Facilitator to Enhance the Learners’ Self Actualization

13:25 – 13:50
Nana Aleksidze

Room 6 Chair: Richard Lewington

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Augmenting the Reality of Education for the 21st Century

13:00 – 13:25
Richard Lewington

The Impact of Enhancing Role-Plays in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to Bodily-Kinesthetic High
13:25 – 13:50 School Students
Mariam Sevakian

LINGUISTICS

Room 7 Chair: Lela Ebralidze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Discriminatory and Racist Discourse in American TV Channels: The Image of Arab Immigrants
13:00 – 13:25
Nassier A. G. Al-Zubaidi

Idioms as Image Bearing Expressions and Their Interpretation

13:25 – 13:50
Lela Ebralidze

Room 8 Chair: Abdullah Bin Yusof

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Pragmatic Analysis in the Series of Upin and Ipin Animation

13:00 – 13:25
Abdullah Bin Yusof, Mohd Rashid Md Idris, Mohd Rain Shaari

Inferring a Message through Capitalization

13:25 – 13:50
Ivdit Diasamidze

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Room 9 Chair: Tamila Dilaverova

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Lexical Composition of Fables

13:00 – 13:25
Tamila Dilaverova

“Trendy talk”: Newly Emerging Vocabulary among Youth and Their Implications for Identity
13:25 – 13:50
Ashraf Riadh Abdullah, Aws Abbas Al-Bayaty

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE and CULTURE

Room 10 Chair: Fethi Kayalar
(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Vocabulary Mistakes Turkic Immigrant Students Made in Writing Texts

13:00 – 13:25
Fethi Kayalar, Türkan Güler Arı, Ülkü Çoban Sural

English and French Proverbial Language as a Reflection of Cultural Aspects

13:25 – 13:50
Inga Tkemaladze, Manana Garibashvili

Room 11 Chair: Inga Zhghenti

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

The Coincidence of Absurdity And Problem of Alienation In Absurd Drama And Existentialist Philosophy
13:00 – 13:25
Inga Zhghenti

Title: The “Real” World: Working towards a Workplace Relevant Technical Writing Class Model
13:25 – 13:50
Michael A. Telafici

Room 12 Chair: Tamara Kobeshavidze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Text and Paratext: Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
13:00 – 13:25
Tamara Kobeshavidze

Maxwell Anderson's Contribution in Modern American Verse Drama

Ammar Shamil Al Khafaji
13:25 – 13:50
Characterization in Araby by James Joyce
Mariam Chikhladze, Nino Khobua, Rusudan Mskhvilidze

14:50 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK (40 min.)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS II

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Room 1 Chair: Meri Iobidze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Classroom management
14:30– 14:55
Diana Bogveradze, Nino Akhaladze

Appropriateness of Ability Grouping in English as a Foreign Language in Georgia

14:55 – 15:20
Meri Iobidze

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Room 2 Chair: Samira Golshani

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Using L1 in EFL classes (The Georgian experience)

14:30– 14:55
Mariam Kilanava

The Impact of Integrative Phonics Teaching on the Development of Spelling in the Short and Long Term
14:55 – 15:20
Samira Golshani, Hamid Gholami

Room 3 Chair: Natalya Morgoun

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Teaching Discourse Markers with TED Talks: a corpus-based approach

14:30– 14:55
Natalya Morgoun

Multicultural Awareness of Curriculum Development

14:55 – 15:20
Mariami Akopian

EDUCATION

Room 4 Chair: Lela Abdushelishvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

First Wave or Third Wave? – Reflection on Educational Megatrends in the Georgian Context
14:30– 14:55
Nikoloz Parjanadze

Schoolchildren and Students: Career Choice (In case of Georgia)

14:55 – 15:20
Nino Gatchava, Nino Balanchivadze

Room 5 Chair: Nika Chitadze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Integration of the Educational Space in Europe on the Example of Bologna Process

14:30– 14:55
Nika Chitadze

The Factors Affecting Classroom Management in Language Courses

14:55 – 15:20
Filiz Kayalar, Fethi Kayalar

LINGUISTICS
Room 6 Chair: Medea Nikabadze
(Building B, 2 n d floor)

On Some Problematic Aspects of Derivational Morphology

14:30– 14:55
Zhuzhuna Gumbaridze

Linguistic Analysis of Personal Pronouns in Inaugural Speech of the President of Georgia

14:55 – 15:20
Medea Nikabadze

Room 7 Chair: Teona Tsintsadze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

The Use of Oxymorons in Movie Titles

14:30– 14:55
Teona Tsintsadze

Interpretation of Good and Evil in English and Georgian Proverbs

14:55 – 15:20
Lela Kamadadze

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Room 8 Chair: Zeinab Gvarishvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Application of Corpus Linguistics in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

14:30– 14:55
Tamar Lomadze

Speech Act of Compliment In Socio-Digital Environment

14:55 – 15:20
Zeinab Gvarishvili

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE and CULTURE

Room 10 Chair: Marina Zoranyan

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Visions of the future in Dystopian Novels by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley
14:30– 14:55
Mariami Khazhomia

Grace Under Pressure” As the Moral Code of Hemingway’s Code Hero

14:55 – 15:20
Marina Zoranyan, Manana Aslanishvili

Room 11 Chair: Lia Todua

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Applying Speech Act and Politeness Theories in Drama Analysis for Eliciting Patterns of Human Communication
14:30– 14:55
Lia Todua

Analysis of Harold Pinter’s Political Beliefs on The Basis of His Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
14:55 – 15:20
Darina Mskhaladze

Room 12 Chair: Eliso Pantskhava

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Intertextuality in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

14:30– 14:55
Tamta Amiranashvili

Voice as Coping Mechanism in James Joyce's "Dubliners"

14:55 – 15:20
Eliso Pantskhava

Room 13 Chair:
(Building B, 2 n d floor)

“The Demystified Self”: A Study of Modern Arabic and English “Mirror” Poems
14:30– 14:55
Wafaa A. Abdulaali

Imposition or Empowerment: Second and Third Language Learning for Indigenous Children in Multilingual Society
14:55 – 15:20
Lienjang Zeite

Development of Contextualized Instructional Materials for an Indigenous Group of Adult Learners in the
15:30– 15:55 Philippines
Niña Svetlana Mendoza, Jakey Paula Rosauro, Xid Kayla Lapiz

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS III

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Room 1 Chair: Tamar Tvaladze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Impact of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) on Young Learners’ Motivation in English as a Foreign
15:30– 14:55 Language (EFL) Classroom
Lubov Grigoryan

Increasing Student’s Motivation in the English Language Classroom

15:55 – 16:20
Tamar Tvaladze, Eka Gotiashvili

Room 2 Chair: Adrienn Fekete

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Classroom-based Language Assessment: A New Open-Access Training Tool for Teachers

15:30– 14:55
Adrienn Fekete

Curriculum Development Characteristics and Planning Steps for Aviation English

15:55 – 16:20
Inga Tephnadze

The Role of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Enhancing Adolescent Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in English
16:20 – 16:40 as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom
Sineivar Omarova

Room 3 Chair: Mariam Bandzeladze

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Syllabus as the Viable Communication Tool

15:30– 15:55 Mariam Bandzeladze

Mental Imagery – An Effective Incentive in Language Learning

15:55 – 16:20
Nino Kvantaliani, Pikria Dolidze

Teaching Pronunciation to Kurdish Students Learning English as a Second Language

16:20 – 16:40
Kafi Razzaq Ahmed

EDUCATION

Room 4 Chair: Anil Kumar

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Power point presentations versus chalk and talk – a medical professional view
15:30– 14:55
Anil Kumar

The Role of Teacher Leadership in Empowering Learners with Special Educational Needs in Inclusive Education
15:55 – 16:20
Nino Tvaltchrelidzeö Anya Safarova

Room 5 Chair: Eter Ozbetelashvili

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Driving Forces of Tuition Fees and Subsidies Regime in Higher Education Institutions (International Background
15:30– 14:55 and Case of Georgia)
Eter Ozbetelashvili

Social Accountability of the Curriculum in Medical Education: A Review on the Available Models
15:55 – 16:20
Ali Emadzadeh, Mojtaba Mousavi Bazzaz, Mohamad Reza Noras, Sharareh Karimi

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Room 6 Chair: Ashraf Riadh Abdullah

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Writing for Scholarly Publication under Difficult Circumstances

15:30– 14:55
Ashraf Riadh Abdullah

The Impact of Education Based on BASNEF Model in Abuse toward Elders in the Family
15:55 – 16:20
Hossein Karimi Moonaghi, Mortazavi Nezhad R, Zendehtalab HR, Emadzadeh A.

Room 7 Chair: Ashraf Riadh Abdullah

(Building B, 2 n d floor)

Mohammad Bahmanbeigi and Pastor Education in Iran

15:30– 14:55
Ehsan Shahghasemi

Bologna Process and Its Impact on Student-Oriented Teaching Approach

15:55 – 16:20
Nino Chikovani

Blended Learning in Higher Education - Challenge or Development

16:20 – 16:45
Lela Abdushelishvili

LINGUISTICS

Room 8 Chair: Maka Baladze

Typological patterns of nominal address forms in English and Georgian

15:30– 14:55
Mariam Kurtanidze

The Features of English and Georgian Political Euphemisms

15:55 – 16:20
Maka Baladze

Room 9 Chair: Nino Janjgava

Classroom Interaction in the Process of Language Learning

15:30– 14:55
Tamta Popkhadze

Modal Structure of the Aesthetic Text and its research as Linguocultural problem
15:55 – 16:20
Nino Janjgava

Room 10 Chair: Mariam Babukhadia

Using Discourse Analysis for P4c Stimulated Teacher Reflection

15:30– 14:55
Nino Nijaradze, Natia Zviadadze

Some Problems of Modality in Legal English and Georgian Texts

15:55 – 16:20
Mariam Babukhadia, Nunu Charkviani, Sopio kipiani

Room 11 Chair: Muhammad B. A. Al-Samarra'i

Towards a Theory of Politeness in Arabic: Convergence and Divergence from English

15:30– 14:55
Muhammad B. A. Al-Samarra'i

Rejecting the Logical Categories of the Subject and Object in the Process of Teaching GFL
15:55 – 16:20
Natia Putkaradze

16:30 – 17:30 CLOSING CEREMONY

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POSTER PRESENTATION PROGRAM Friday, April 20, 2018

Building B, 3 rd Floor

Music and Design: Creativity in Design Depending on music in Educational Environment

15:00 – 15:50
Islam Obeidat

A survey on the status of factors related to knowledge sharing among high school vice deans in Mashhad, Iran
15:00 – 15:50
Hossein Karimi Moonaghi, Masuomh Shaban

Medical students' Change Readiness in Terms of Self-assessment of Clinical Competency in Mashhad University of
15:00 – 15:50 Medical Sciences
Ali Emadzadeh, Somayeh Alizadeh, Hossein Karimi Moonaghi, Lida Jarahi

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION PROGRAM Friday, April 26, 2018

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

ONLINE Chair: Kevin Hirschi
Interview Transcript: Photoshopped Data?
12:00 – 12:30
Natia Sopromadze, Early Career Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick, UK
The Impact of Using a Multimedia Application to Enhance Listening Proficiency among ESL Learners
12:30 – 12:55 Salwani binti Mohd Salleh, Lai See May, Azzieatul Syazwanie binti Azmi, Nazatul Shahreen binti Zainal Abidin, Nur Dalila
binti Norshahidi, Mohd Zafian bin Mohd Zawawi
Propagation of English through Music in Korea
12:55 – 13:20
Ji Won Kim, Daniel Jin Won Kim

Using Simulation of Arts Auction as A Way of Alternative Teaching English To Students Majoring In Arts
13:20 – 13:45
Gulnara Gorgiladze

Analyzing Tertiary Students’ Attitude toward Robot-Assisted Language Learning (RALL)

13:45 – 14:05 Mina Raeisi, Maryam Raeisi, Hadi Salehi, and Meehran Ghoratolhamid

LINGUISTICS
Teaching Foreign Language for Specific Purposes in the context of Teacher Development
14:05 – 14:30 Tamari Dolidze

Context and deictic ambiguity

14:30 – 14:55
Lali Tavadze

EDUCATION
‘Facebook on the Net – Teacher’s Face in the Class’: Can Teacher’s Non-verbal Communication in Class Oral
12:00 – 12:30 Discourse make a Difference in Iraqi University Students’ Scores?
Huda Halawachy
Interview transcript: Photoshopped data?
12:30 – 12:55
Natia Sopromadze

Interactive Multimedia as a Support for Meta-Cognitive Learning

12:55 – 13:20
Rusudan Gotsiridze

"Third Space" and Multiculturalism: A Postcolonial Study in Betool Khedairi’s A Sky so Close
13:20 – 13:45
Haydar Jabr Koban Al – Zubaidi

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