Presentation Proposals Accepted:

　

Keynote speakers:

　

NO.	Name and participants	Affiliation	Presentation
1	Barone Diane (Prof.)	Department of Educational Specialties University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A.	Learning to write and writing to learn in preschool and the primary grades
2	Duff Patricia A. (Prof.)	Department of Language and Literacy Education University of British Columbia, Canada	Learning English in the Asia-Pacific region: a language socialization perspective

　

Invited speakers:

　

NO.	Name and participants	Affiliation	Presentation/Workshops
1	Adamson Bob (Prof.)	Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong	English for young learners in mainland China and Hong Kong: opportunities and dilemmas
2	ALSAGOFF Lubna (Dr.)       LOO Benson (Mr.)	English Language & Literature National Institute of Education, Singapore   Chief Executive Officer and co-Founder of EyePower Games Pte Ltd, Singapore	Making reading come alive with digital puppetry (WORKSHOP)
3	KANG Nam Joon (Dr.)	Director, TESOL Programmes Sookmyung University, Korea	Exploring ways of using SBLT mediated TV programmes in EFL or ESL settings (WORKSHOP)
4	LU Zi Wen Kwesting (Prof.) 魯子問	Beijing Institute of Central China Normal University, China	EFL curriculum development for aged 2-8 kids in mainland China
5	Siegel  Linda (Prof.)	Department of Special Education Faculty of Education University of British Columbia, Canada	Improving the language and phonological skills of children learning English as a second language (WORKSHOP)

　

Presenters:

NO.	Name and participants	Affiliation	Presentation/Workshops
1	Ahrens Kathleen (Prof.)	Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong	Beyond the curriculum: authors and illustrators in kindergarten and early primary classrooms
2	Appleton Nadine (Ms.)	Victoria Educational Organisation, Hong Kong	Guided reading in early years education
3	Arif Marina Mohd (Dr.) Hashim Fatimah (Prof.)	University Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia University of Malaya, Malaysia	The construction of visual literacy: probing understandings of a 7-year old ESL learner
4	BACON Maggie (Ms.)	Victoria (Belcher) International Nursery & Kindergarten, Hong Kong	Home school partnership
5	Carless David (Dr.)	Faculty of Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	From Zhu Xi to Churchill: rebalancing assessment
6	Chen Ai-Hwa (Dr.)	Department of Applied English Hsiuping Institute of Technology, Taiwan	Helping student teachers become qualified English teachers for children: the concepts inspired from internship experiences
7	Chen Shiow-tsai (Dr.) 陳秀才	Department of Early Childhood Education Asia University, Taiwan	Parents and children’s language development
8	Chen Shu Chin Susan (Dr.)       　 TSAI Pei Chi CHENG Li Chun Wilkinson M. Elizabeth	Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Taiwan National Taichung University   Season Arts Educational Institute, Taiwan	Integrating project approach and English teaching: a life education project in a kindergarten classroom in Taiwan
9	Chung Kevin Kien Hoa (Dr.)   McBride-Chang Catherine (Prof.) Wong Anita   Hui Ka Wai (Dr.)	Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong	What are the predictors of beginning reading success in Chinese and English for Hong Kong Chinese children?
10	Ding Ying	Zhejiang Normal University—Hangzhou Normal College for Pre-school Education, China	The art of sharing children’s literature to create writing in full-circle-learning
11	Gnawali Laxman (Dr.)	School of Education Kathmandu University, Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA)	English first for English teachers
12	Hsieh Ming-Fang (Dr.) 謝明芳	National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan	An experimental curriculum of English language education for young children
13	Hu Tingting (Ms.) 胡婷婷	College of Education Shaanxi Normal University, China	Situational input of English immersion for children
14	Jiang jieqi (Dr.) 蒋洁祺	Preschool Teachers’ Institute Zhejiang Normal University, China	Preschool English education against the background of full-circle learning
15	Kaw Eugenia (Ms.)	San Francisco State University, U.S.A.	Story books develop inferential questioning in Asian American English language learners for speaking/writing persuasively
16	Kempston Tanya (Ms.)	Faculty of Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Trying the play way: using process drama with Hong Kong primary school ESL learners
17	KOH Guat Hua (Ms.)	National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Three young Singaporean Chinese children’s English language learning experience at home
18	LI Bei-lei (Dr.) 李蓓蕾	Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China	The practice of preparing preschool teachers to be English teaches in mainland China
19	Liew Elizabeth M. (Dr.) Sithamparam Saratha (Dr.)	University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei	Transitioning from primary to preschool English language and literacy teaching
20	Liu Hua (Dr.) 刘 �X	Preschool and Special Education Department Institute of Education Shaanxi Normal University (Xi’an ) , China	Effective teaching strategies on the children's English immersion teachers 试论幼儿英语浸入式教师的有效教�a策略
21	Pritchard Malcolm (Mr.) Jew Mary (Ms.) Toufeili Diana (Ms.)	The ISF Academy, Hong Kong	Head start: Building early biliteracy Part I Head start: Building early biliteracy Part II
22	Pritchard Malcolm (Mr.)	The ISF Academy, Hong Kong	Merging languages and cultures in a bilingual school
23	Shih Shu-Wen     Cheng Su-Tan (Dr.) 鄭舒丹	Emile Early Childhood Education Institution, Taiwan Shu-Te University, Taiwan	Implementing children literature to develop literacy skills: an example of Emile Early Childhood Education Institution, Taichung, Taiwan
24	Sithamparam Saratha (Dr.) Liew Elizabeth M. (Dr.)	University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei	Drawing, writing and talking about texts in a preschool class”
25	Sohn Soomin (Dr.)	Early Childhood Education Department, Kangnam University, Korea	A study on early English education in Korea
26	Sun Yue (Ms.) 孙悦	College of Education Shaanxi Normal University, China	Study of children’s second language acquisition characteristics and developing level in early English immersion program
27	Takashima Hide (Dr.)   Higashino Yuko (Ms.)	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan Nishinomiya Municipal Takagi Elementary School, Japan	The project-based curriculum ― the best alternative to the PPP approach in language teaching in Japanese primary schools
28	ROSLAN Mardiana (Ms.)	English Language and Literature Department, Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Teacher beliefs regarding bilingualism and biliteracy in Singapore’s learning support program
29	WANG Xia 王侠 LIU Jie  刘洁 Chen Xiao Qin 陈筱琴	陕西西安西�t��语幼儿�\, China	English immersion is an effective model of kindergarten’s English teaching 浸入式是幼儿�\英语教�a的有效模式
30	Weng Pei-shi (Dr.) 翁裴昕	Department of English Tamkang University, Taiwan	The effect of cultural background knowledge on reading comprehension of EFL learners with different proficiency levels
31	Wu Wan-Chen     Cheng Su-Tan (Dr.)	Emile Early Childhood Education Institution, Taiwan   Shu-Te University, Taiwan	Encouraging literacy development: the joy of reading and writing opportunities in EFL classroom: an example of Emile Early Childhood Education Institution, Taichung, Taiwan
32	Yan zhonglian (Dr.) 严仲连	School of Educational Science Northeast Normal University, China	The situation and analysis on English teacher’s training for early childhood in China in the background of bilingual education ��语背景下的大陆幼儿�\英语教师培训现状与分析
33	Zhao Lin (Dr.) 赵琳	Faculty of Education Shaanxi Normal University, China	English immersion for children in mainland China