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Opening | |||
9:00 | Welcome | ||
9:05 | Welcome Address | ||
9:10 | Vice Chancellor’s Message | ||
9:15 | Welcoming of alumni | ||
9:25 | Book Release ceremony | ||
9:30 | Keynote speech & question time | ||
Session One | |||
Time | Presenter | Title | Affiliation |
10:00 - 10:12 | Fatima Sayed Salman | Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies: A thematic analysis | Sohar University |
10:12 - 10:24 | Fatima Salim Bakhit Al Shahri & Nadia Ali Said Al Amri | Improving English Language Skills: Ways, means and practices | Dhofar University |
10:24 - 10:36 | Ghadeer Ghulam Al-Balushi | Awareness of the citizens & residents in Oman on traditional Omani music: An analysis | Oman College of Health Sciences |
10:36 - 10:45 | Aisha Essa Albelushi | Compiling a corpus of medieval texts | Sohar University |
10:45 - 11:00 | Know your English Quiz (Kahoot) hosted by Sara al Alawiya | ||
Session Two | |||
Time | Presenter | Title | Affiliation |
11:00 - 11:12 | Lulu Amer Saif Al Habsi | Reading - Challenges and Solutions- A Student’s Perspective | University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Muscat |
11:12 - 11:24 | Aisha Said Aldari | Shakespeare’s influence on the English language | Sohar University |
11:24 - 11:36 | Haneen Mohammed Friehat | The effects of the Internet on language learning | Dhofar University |
11:36 - 11:45 | Najeen Albalushi | Learning English: A hard nut to crack? Is there a way through? | University of Technology and Applied Sciences |
11:45 - 12:00 | Omani Proverbs Quiz hosted by Nassib Juma Alsaadi | ||
Session Three | |||
Time | Presenter | Title | Affiliation |
12:00 - 12:15 | Moza Rashid Mohammed Al-Balushi | English-Arabic medical terminology: Developing an online service | Sohar University |
12:15 - 12:30 | Sawsan Mohammed Almuraiki | BUC students’ acceptance of the Grammarly and Microsoft Word | Alburaimi University College |
12:30 - 12:45 | Reem Mohammed Darwish Al Balushi | English students’ dependence on language resources | Sohar University |
12:45 - 13:00 | Who said this? Quiz hosted by Sara al Alawiya | ||
Session Four | |||
Time | Presenter | Title | Affiliation |
13:00 - 13:15 | Muna Ahmed Abdullrahman Almansouri | Studying in the time of lockdown | Sohar University |
13:15 - 13:30 | Abdullah Al Habshi | Aspirations and inspirations in acquiring language skills | Dhofar University |
13:30 - 13:45 | Fatema Hilal Mohammed Alrisi | Technology and Translation | Sohar University |
13:45 - 14:00 | Omani Maydan Quiz hosted by Nassib Juma Alsaadi | ||
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| Conference Keynote | ||
| Ms. Ibtisam Abdullah AL. Moqbali | ||
| Deputy HoD | ||
| Oman College of Management and Technology | ||
Presentation title:
How to Retrieve Students’ Engagement and Productivity after COVID19.
Bio:
Ms. Ibtisam Abdullah Al Moqbali graduated from Sohar University in 2020 with a Bachelor degree in English Language Studies. She has a Cambridge CELTA certificate and achieved a band 7 in IELTS. She has published articles in online journals and has coedited a book entitled Blossoms: An Anthology of Mini Sagas from the Omani Classrooms. Her research interests include methods of teaching and material development. She is currently the Deputy Head of the General Foundation Programme at Oman College of Management and Technology.
- Deadline for receiving abstracts: 30th March 2022
- Notification of Acceptance: 31st March 2022
- Final Program: 4th April 2022
- Rehearsal with presenters: 5th April 2022
- Conference Day: 7th April 2022
Students from all over Oman are welcome to participate in our conference by sending their abstracts on topics that address policies, practices, issues and future directions in the fields of language studies translation, and interpreting.
Suggested conference strands include but are not limited to:
- Language and culture.
- Language through literature.
- Language and gender.
- Language competence and communicative competence.
- Communication in the workplace.
- Language and medium of instruction.
- Role of English in Oman.
- Language use in the social media.
- Barriers to communicative competence in the Omani context.
- Attitudes to foreign languages.
- Attitudes to varieties of English.
- Culture and translation.
- Translation in language learning.
- Translation as a feature of everyday life.
- Issues in ESL/EFL teaching.
- Approaches to literature.
Submission Guidelines
- The abstracts should be written in around 200 words.
- Abstracts should clearly state the objective of the presentation and provide a clear summary of the content.
- The affiliations and contact details of the presenters should be clearly mentioned.
- In a pair/group presentation, the first author serves as the primary contact for all correspondence regarding the abstract.
- Abstracts can be submitted through the online application form or by email to SLTC3@su.edu.om.
Presentation Guidelines
Your presentation is expected to be about 10-minutes long and will be followed by a 5-minute Q&A session.
Registration
Free for both presenters and attendees
