Invitation - Conference Brochure
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Opening: Welcoming Address Professor Liana Sakelliou-Schultz
Chair of the Faculty of English Language & Literature Professor Aspasia Velissariou
Director of the Postgraduate Programme |
| 9:45 - 11:00 | SESSION 1: ASSESSING ORAL PERFORMANCE
Chair: E. Karavas, Assistant Professor
Elisabeth Apostolou
Listening comprehension: Why is it so difficult for L2 test-takers?
[Abstract] [Presentation] Eleni Charalampopoulou
Task characteristics as predictors of Greek EFL test-takers' listening behaviour
[Abstract] [Presentation] Xenia Delieza
Analysing and evaluating written protocols by raters of the KPG speaking test
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Invited speaker
Chair: E. Ifantidou, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Language and Linguistics
Dr Marina Mattheoudakis, Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Learner Corpora of English: Glimpses into learners' L2 development
[Abstract] [Presentation] |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | SESSION 2: ANALYSING DISCOURSE
Chair: K. Nikiforidou, Professor
Stella Karatza
Systemic functional-multimodal discourse analysis (sf-mda) of KPG reading comprehension source texts
[Abstract] [Presentation] Panagiotis Fragkias
A corpus-based study of financial discourse metaphors in English and Greek: Raising students' metaphorical awareness in the treatment of idiomaticity
[Abstract] [Presentation] Anastasia Rothoni
Connected or mismatched? Theorising and researching (dis)connections between teenagers' formal and informal literacy practices in English as a foreign language
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| 13:30 - 14:00 | LIGHT LUNCH |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | SESSION 3: ASSESSING WRITTEN PERFORMANCE
Chair: B. Mitsikopoulou, Associate Professor
Maria Stathopoulou
EFL learner mediation performance: Implications of an empirical study in a testing context
[Abstract] [Presentation] Vasso Oikonomidou
Are read-to-write tasks difficult for L2 candidates? Test taker views and perspectives
[Abstract] [Presentation] Jenny Liontou
Automatic text processing, cultural familiarity & reading comprehension performance: The case of the KPG English language exams
[Abstract] [Presentation] Virginia-Maria Blani
A comparative study of cohesion in L2 candidates' texts
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