I have given over two hundred and fifty presentations at national and international conferences.  These include plenary addresses at conferences in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Brazil.  Here are the selected papers from my recent presentations.   You can view the PowerPoint presentations by clicking on the titles.

 

Energizing your classes: A learner-centered approach
Brazil, July 2005


Developments in Curriculum Evaluation,  Renewal and Design - PowerPoint slides
ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students Association) Directors of Studies Conference, 13 May, 2005


What makes a good language learner? - PowerPoint slides
TESOL Conference, Long Beach, California, USA, 31 March - 3 April, 2004

Nine steps to learner autonomy - PowerPoint slides
Plenary speech, Shantou University, China, 13 March, 2004

ELT Curriculum, IT and learner autonomy - PowerPoint slides
Featured presentation, KOTESOL Conference, 18-19 October, 2003

Analyze it! - An introduction to systemic-functional linguistics - PowerPoint slides
Invited speech, Sophia University, Japan, 10 October, 2003

Strategies for successful listening and reading development
TESOL Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 24- 29 March, 2003

Adding value to the ELT curriculum through IT - PowerPoint slides
Plenary speech, The 9th TESOL Arabia Conference 2003, Al Bustan Rotana, Dubai, UAE, 12 - 14 March, 2003

Learning styles and strategies in the ESL classroom - PowerPoint slides
Plenary speech, Illinois TESOL 29th Annual State Convention, Chicago, 28 February - 1 March, 2003


What is task-based language teaching?
- PowerPoint slides


Teaching writing - PowerPoint slides

Teaching reading - PowerPoint slides

Teaching listening in a second language - PowerPoint slides
Featured speech, The 4th Pan-Asian conference, Taiwan, November 2002

English as a global language: counting the cost - PowerPoint slides
Spotlight presentation, TESOL, Salt Lake City, April 2002

Performance-based approaches to the design of ESL Instruction
Plenary presentation, Spain TESOL, Madrid, March 2002