The 2008 JUST Conference of Applied Linguistics
April 29-30, 2008
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008:
Al-Farouq Auditorium
09:00 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 11:00
Opening Session
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
Chair: Mohammed N. Al-Ali
Keynote Presentation: Randal Holme, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Teaching and Learning Constructions: New Thinking about Form in the Language Class
12:30 – 13:00
Ziad Al-Mwajeh, Jordan University of Science and Technology. Irbid, Jordan
Ecological Ethics and Dialogics: Raising Ecological Concerns in Writing and Literature Classes
through Utilizing Wendell Berry’s Poetry and Arabic-Islamic Subtexts
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:15 – 17:15
Session (1)
Chair: Ann Johns
Miguel Mantero, University of Alabama, USA
Praxis and Second Language Education
Sada Ahmad Daoud, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan
Using Autonomous Learning Strategies to Motivate Speaking in EFL Classes
Saad H. Al-Hashash, King Saud University, KSA
Politeness in Expressing Refusal in the Saudi Dialect of Arabic
Baba Tshotsho, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
Systemic Functional Linguistics as a Strategy to Assess Academic Writing of Students at Walter
Sisulu University
Rajat Ghosh, Majan University College, Muscat, Oman
The Role of Student Input in Content-Based Modules at the Undergraduate Level
Dinner
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008:
Al-Karama Auditorium
9:30 – 10:30
Chair: Abdullah T. Shunnaq
Keynote Presentation: Ann Johns, San Diego University, CA, USA
Using Genres to Teach ESP Reading and Writing
10:30 – 11:00
Mahmoud Al-Khatib, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
The Pragmatics of Invitation Making and Acceptance in Jordanian Society
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30
Session (2)
Chair: Randal Holme
Fawwaz Al-Abed Al-Haq, Al Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan
The Language of Politics: ESP Case
Lima Sabri, American Language Center, Amman, Jordan
Teaching English for Pharmaceutical Purposes: Opportunities and Challenges
Mira Sahawneh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
The Generic and Registerial Features of E-Mail Messages Written by American Native Speakers
and Jordanian Non-Native Speakers of English
Mahmoud Reza Atai and Masoud Soleimany, Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran
The Effect of Authentic and Inauthentic Texts with Different Genres on the Performance of EFL
Adult Students in C-Tests
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch
14:45 – 17:15
Session (3)
Chair: Miguel Mantero
Yousef Bader and Rasha Abandah, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Lexical and Syntactic Problems of the Arabic Learned by some Native Speakers of English outside
the Classroom
Abdullah T. Shunnaq, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Abu Deeb's Innovative Strategies in Translating Said's "Orientalism" into Arabic
Saleh Al-Jarrah, Ministry of Education, Jordan
The Koranic Methodology of Teaching Live Languages: Arabic as a Model
Aladdin Al-Kharabsheh, Hashemite University, Zarka, Jordan
Unintentional Humour in the Translation of Jordanian Shop Signs
Bakri Al-Azzam, Hashemite University, Zarka, Jordan
Preserving the Cultural Essence in Translating into Arabic the Shakespeare's Sonnet "Shall I
Compare Thee to a Summer's Day"
Dinner
May 1st, 2008
Trip to Petra
Organizing Committee
Ahmed M. El-Betieha
Dean, Faculty of Science and Arts
Mohammed N. Al-Ali
Chairman, Department of English for Applied Studies
Rula F. Bataineh
Department of English for Applied Studies
Thaer T. Al-Kadi
Department of English for Applied Studies
Omar Sraiheen
Member
Department of English for Applied Studies
Layal Abuzaid
Member
Department of Public Relations
Tareq Smadi
Computer Lab Supervisor, Department of English for Applied Studies
Heba Kanan
Secretary, Department of English for Applied Studies