English Language Teaching

CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching: Selected Papers Volume 1, 2005

Cover photo, Angkor Wat by Ian T Edwards. CC BY-SA

CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching: Selected Papers, Volume 1, 2005

Table of Contents

Foreword

Om Soryong iii

Selected Papers

Investigating the influence of secondary EFL teachers’ beliefs and experience on their practice: The case of Macau Presentacion Maano Fong 1 and Jeremy Jones Maximising student attention to classroom learning materials Kate McPherson Short stories: Motivating learners to read Pan Somaly Teaching speaking and listening with scarce resources Jonathan C. Hull 13 19 26

About CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching: Selected Papers

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Foreword

The CamTESOL Conferences on English Language Teaching have existed for five years since their first establishment in 2004. As a conference for teachers of English in Cambodia, CamTESOL plays a significant role in building professional relationships among teachers, professors, researchers, and managers in the English Language Teaching (ELT) profession, aiming to promote innovative and effective English teaching and learning in Cambodia. During the past five years, one workshop and four CamTESOL conferences have been organized in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Before the 1st CamTESOL Conference was held at the Institute of Foreign Languages in 2005 on "Practical Issues in Teaching", a workshop on the same theme was organized in September 2004 at the Inter-Continental Hotel, Phnom Penh. The 2nd CamTESOL Conference on "Improving the Practice" was held at Pannasastra University of Cambodia in 2006, and the 3rd CamTESOL...