On June 7, 2013, the MA TEFL program at AUA held the Second Student Research Conference. Twenty-four graduate students from Yerevan State University, Armenian – Russian (Slavonic) University, and American University of Armenia presented their papers and posters in the field of TEFL/TESL, Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics.
AUA provost, Dr. Dennis Leavens, gave the opening address at this conference.
The event was organized by current MA TEFL students and coordinated by Gohar Goroyan, a 2-nd year student in the MA TEFL program.
| TIME | TITLE | PRESENTER | LOCATION |
| 9:30-10:00 | REGISTRATION | Manoogian Hall | |
| 10:00-10:05 | OPENING REMARKS | Manoogian Hall | |
| 10:05-10:45 | Plenary Speech:
Words, Meaning, and Mind: Making Sense of The The
|
Denis Leavens,
AUA Provost |
Manoogian Hall |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |||
| 11:00-11:30 | An Insight into Linguistic Universals | Shushanik Melik-Adamyan
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University |
PAB 413W |
| Teaching in Large Classes in an English-Medium University | Tamar Kabassakalian
American University of Armenia |
PAB 414W | |
| 11:45-12:15 | Challenges EFL Learners Face while Reading Interactive Fiction | Mane Sargsyan
American University of Armenia |
PAB 413W |
| Developing Materials for Teaching Conversational English with Films | Kristina Rshtuni
American University of Armenia |
PAB 414W | |
| 12:15-13:45 | LUNCH BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
AUA Cafeteria &
Artbridge Café Akian Art Gallery |
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| CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |||
| 13:45-14:15 | Grammatical, Linguistic and Structural Peculiarities of English Political Newspaper Articles | Mari Gasparyan
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University |
PAB 413W |
| The Role of Games in FLT | Tatev Gyurjyan
Yerevan State University |
PAB 414W | |
| 14:30-15:00 | The Relationship between Engagement in Digital Media and Armenian High Schoolers’ Motivation to Learn English | Tamara Galoyan
American University of Armenia |
PAB 413W |
| The Importance of the Knowledge of Cross-cultural Communication | Anna Ayrapetyan
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University |
PAB 414W | |
| 15:00-16:00 | COFFEE BREAK
POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
Akian Art Gallery | |
| CONCURRENT SESSION | |||
| 16:00-16:30 | Teaching English in Rural Armenia: AUA MA TEFL Graduates’ Perspectives | Ryan McGohon
American University of Armenia |
PAB 413W |
| Culture in the Translation of Phraseological Units | Nika Mooradian
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University |
PAB 414W | |
| 16:30-16:45 | CLOSING REMARKS | Manoogian Hall | |
POSTER TOPICS:
| TITLE | PRESENTERS |
| Students’ Opinions about the AUA English Enhancement Program
|
Hripsime Karapetyan and Serine Sahakyan
American University of Armenia |
| Use of Moodle in the AUA Academic Writing Course
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Lilit Manvelyan and Sirush Vardazaryan
American University of Armenia |
| Armenian Children’s Perception of English language cartoons | Kristina Petrosyan
American University of Armenia |
| Homework in an Armenian Public Elementary School
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Sevan Sarkis Adourian and Tamar Sarkis Adourian
American Universitty of Armenia |
| Attitudes Towards Group Work Among AUA Students | Nelli Adamyan
American University of Armenia |
| Using popular literature in EFL classrooms: Harry Potter and EFL | Hripsime Balyan
American University of Armenia |
| Academic Writing Course: To be or not to be? | Arus Shahinyan, Ninel Gasparyan and Mariam Davtyan
American University of Armenia |
| Oral feedback and learner uptake in EFL Intermediate-Level classrooms | Hasmik Bisharyan and Christine Goroyan
American University of Armenia |