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ELT Reimagined: Navigating Language, Technology, and Humanit

General Objective

To foster a collaborative and cutting-edge academic space for professionals in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to analyze the convergence between language, technological tools and the human factor, allowing the appropriation of emerging trends in EFL that raise the quality of pedagogical practice in diverse contexts.

Specific Objectives

  • To foster academic dialogue and collaboration among national and international educators, researchers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and experiences in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT).
     
  • To promote innovative pedagogical practices that integrate language, technology, and humanistic approaches to meet the evolving needs of 21st-century learners.
     
  • To encourage critical reflection on the impact of technology and globalization on language teaching, learning processes, and intercultural communication.
     
  • To provide a platform for professional development and research dissemination that strengthens the role of teachers as agents of educational transformation and cultural understanding.

Congress Themes

AI  and Language Education:

  • The impact of AI (ChatGPT, Sora, etc.) on the teaching and learning of English.
  • Ethics and critical use of automated tools in teaching.
  • Personalization of learning with AI.
  • AI-assisted assessment of writing and pronunciation.

Teaching English for Global Citizenship:

  • English as a means of inclusion and social action.
  • Development of intercultural competencies in the English classroom.
  • Global projects and international collaboration in language classes.
  • English and sustainability: education for social change, World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca.​

Reflective Pedagogical Perspectives in Teacher Training and Instruction.

  • Teacher empowerment: autonomy and continuous training.
  • Assessment innovation and adaptation.
  • Assessment and Evaluation in a standardized testing era.
  • Instructional Materials and Classroom management in today's teaching environments.
  • Pre and In-service teachers’ experiences in ELT environments.

Technology and New Virtual Learning Environments

  • Use of platforms such as Wix, Genially, Moodle, Canva, etc., to create dynamic environments.
  • Augmented reality and gamification in English learning.
  • Mobile learning and microlearning: opportunities and challenges.
  • Post-pandemic hybrid teaching: what's here to stay?​

Pronunciation, Orality, and Multimodality:

  •  New strategies for teaching pronunciation (apps, videos, AI).
  • Integrating multimodality (gestures, images, sounds) in the English classroom.
  • Teaching oral skills in multilingual contexts.​

Translation, Literacy, and Academic Writing:

  •  Translation as a tool to develop intercultural competence.
  •  Critical and academic writing in English as an L2.
  •  Digital literacy in language teaching.

Inclusion, Diversity, and Multilingualism:

  • Strategies for serving diverse populations in English classes.
  • English for people with disabilities.
  • Multilingual and intercultural approaches in education.
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