Wykłady plenarne

Speaking in a foreign language: Enhancing the quality of classroom interaction
Konin, May 11th-13th, 2015
Conference Program
All plenary and parallel sessions will take place in the PWSZ Conference Center
(ul. ks. J. Popiełuszki 4)
Monday, May 11th
Plenary session (Panoramic room – 1st floor). Chair: prof. Mirosław Pawlak
12:10 – 13:00 Plenary lecture: prof. Merrill Swain (University of Toronto) Student to
student talk: Enhancing its quality in the second/foreign language classroom.
13:00 – 13:50 Plenary lecture: prof. Hanna Komorowska (University of Social Sciences
and Humanities, Warsaw) Conversational styles – pitfalls of attribution.
Tuesday, May 12th
Plenary session (Panoramic room – 1st floor). Chair: prof. Krystyna Droździał-Szelest
10:00 – 10:50 Plenary lecture: prof. Martin Bygate (St. Mary’s University, London,
Lancaster University) Creating and using the space for speaking within the
foreign language classroom.
10:50 – 11:40
Plenary lecture: prof. Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (University of Łódź)
From language learners to language users: Re-thinking pronunciation
instruction in the English classroom.
Wednesday, May 13th
Plenary session (Auditorium of the PWSZ Conference Center). Chair: prof. Hanna
Komorowska
10:00 – 10:50 Plenary lecture: prof. Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel (Opole University)
Willingness to communicate orally in the foreign language and personality.
10:50 – 11:40 Plenary lecture: prof. Steve Walsh (Newcastle University) Developing
classroom interactional competence.