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SpLDs & Learning Technologies SIG Online Event
19 February, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
SpLDs & Learning Technologies SIG Online Event
"Future-Ready EFL Classrooms"
*New & Lapsed Members Registration Deadline: February 15th, 2023*
An Online Event
OPENING REMARKS
10:00-10:15
Plenary Speaker:
Theodosis Karageorgakis
10:15 – 11:00
“Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence in EFL Classroom”
Summary: Get ready to experience the future of EFL teaching. This webinar will introduce you to ChatGPT, a game-changing Artificial Intelligence software that will transform how you teach. By the end of the webinar, you should be able to utilise ChatGPT to generate authentic language material, supplement the existing lesson plans and provide personalised guidance and support to your students. Join us to learn how to unleash the power of AI in the EFL classroom.
Theodosis Karageorgakis is an Educational Technologist & eLearning Developer with a track record of success in creating eLearning solutions for corporate and academic markets. He designs educational products that stand out. He is the Founder of Educraft.tech eLearning Academy and senior Learning Designer at CARDET.
SIG Presentations
Katerina Mantadaki
SPLDS SIG
11:15 – 12:00
“Specific Learning Difficulties and English Language Teaching”
Summary: Foreign language learning can be a challenge for students with Specific Learning Difficulties. Mastering English, in particular, can be even more demanding because of the intricacies of the English language. This presentation will focus on the additional needs of English language learners with SpLDs and discuss accommodations, including adapting methods and materials to ensure that these needs are met and language learning is an inclusive, rewarding experience for all learners.
Vicky Kaperoni
Learning Technologies SIG
12:15 – 13:00
Summary: In this presentation, the key characteristics of dyslexic students as well as how learning technologies can support students, dyslexic or non dyslexic, are presented in an attempt to improve the learning process for all students in our classes.
Vicky Kaperoni is a Language School Owner, an English teacher specializing in Learning Difficulties, and a teacher trainer. She has a BA in History, a MA in Education from the University of West Attica, and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Diagnosis and Intervention of Specific Learning Difficulties. She has recently started her doctoral research in Reading Brightly, a reading intervention program for students diagnosed with learning difficulties who are learning English as a foreign language.