TELL 2010 Integrating Technology to ELT
Speakers: Gladys Baya - Alfredo Bilopolsky- Alicia López Oyhenart
- Back ups. Compression of files.                            
- File types and conversion
- Enhancing sound and image: Using speakers,
projectors, mp3/mp4 and the like for class recording.
- Internet based projects- What to find and where to find it. Assessment criteria- Webquests - How to structure chat lessons.
 Programmes and projects. A practice session  
- Computer-based testing: a tool to design your own tests.
- Forums for professional development
 - Preliminary words about MALL: mobile assisted language learning

Making the Invisible, Visible:Pronunciation and ICTs
Speaker: Marina Cantarutti
In the innovation-tradition continuum of the ELT world lie two extremes: the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Pronunciation, respectively. The combination of these two areas, however, may result in a “happy medium”. The inclusion of ICTs within pronunciation instruction allows the phonological aspects of language to become more “tangible” and “visible”. This “concretization” of pronunciation comes to exist through the different resources that the new technologies provide; for instance, the virtual closeness to native and international speakers of English that video and podcasts supply. The teacher’s task in systematizing and giving feedback on pronunciation may be aided through online tutorials and webconferencing tools. Self-monitoring skills, especially for intonation practice, can be developed autonomously through voice synthesizing programmes and perception games. The current presentation aims at introducing and reviewing these tools.

The Art and Craft of Writing
Speaker : Silvia Ronchetti
Communication by writing requires intellectual effort, a caring disposition to exchange information of various kinds, and a good ear to cater for our reader’s needs and expectations. We will reflect about resources, strategies and choices involved in the process of written communication. We will consider different types of texts and ways to help our students develop effective writing skills within authentic situations, to end with correction styles and strategies.

Attention Disorders: A Cultural Syndrome
Speaker:Alejandra Ottolina
We have all heard about different attention disorders affecting our students nowadays and how complex it is to deal with them. The feeling we – teachers of English – have is that very little can we do in our classes. In order to give the audience a positive view on this problem, we will focus on two main aims: understanding how the different variables work, that is to say developing a sense of awareness so that participants become more alert and thus able to act, and providing participants with concrete tools – practical strategies – to cater for the needs of inattentive learners.
To achieve our aims, we will first analyse the symptoms that worry us: anxiety, lack of concentration, restlessness, etc. After making reference to some facts such as how these children learn better, the effects of emotional boosters and the real implications of meaningful learning, we will establish what helps and what does not help inattentive learners, finishing our talk with concrete pieces of advice referring to academic aspects as well as general welfare conditions. Questions will be answered.

Educating Intercultural Speakers
Speaker: Claudia Ferradas
 In an increasingly globalised world, learners of English aim at becoming “intercultural speakers”. How can we help them develop the competences necessary to express their multiple identities in the language of international communication?
This presentation will explore how to approach literary texts in dialogue with other media to help learners develop intercultural awareness and encourage them to produce their own “identity texts” to find their own voice in English.