SlovakEdu, o. z. in cooperation with

National Institute of Education in Bratislava, Slovakia Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Trnava University, Slovakia

Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Presov University, Slovakia Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, St Cyril and Methodius University in

Trnava, Slovakia Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

invite you to attend

3rd International Conference on Literature and Language in Education and Research

CLEaR2016: 15-17 September 2016

To get more detailed info, please, visit the official website of CLEaR2016: http://www.jolace.com/conferences/conferences-2016/clear2016/

Venue: historic building of the Czech Academy of Sciences - AVČR, Národní 1009, Prague, the Czech Republic. Working language The official language of the conference is English. Publications Abstracts of the accepted conference papers will be published in CLEaR2016 Book of Abstracts with ISBN.

Papers approved by the reviewers will be published either in the international journal CLEaR (ISSN 2453-7128, for

more see: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/clear) or in the JoLaCE: Journal of Language and Cultural Education

(ISSN 1339-4045 print, 1339-4584 online, for more see: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jolace).

The conference is organised as part of the project KEGA 055UKF-4/2016 funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Slovak Republic.

Conference Programme (15 September 2016)

9:00

- 12:00

Registration Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR), Entrance Hall

(address: Národní 3, Prague, 2nd floor, foyer of the Congress Hall 206) 09:30

- 10:00

Opening Chair: Roman Čančinov AV ČR, Congress Hall 206

10:00 -

10:40

Plenary 1 (AV ČR, Congress Hall 206)

Building a culture of research at a language department in Mexico Maria del Rocio Dominguez & Jitka Crhová

(Mexico, ID CLEaR2016-350) Chair: Silvia Pokrivčáková

Capacity: 100

10:40 –

11:00 Coffee break

Teaching & Learning Languages 1 AV ČR, Congress Hall 206 Chair: Zuzana Straková

Capacity: 60

Literature 1 AV ČR, Congress Hall 205

Chair: Malwina Kepka Capacity: 35

11:00 -

11:20

Input matters: A closer look at its influence on peer interaction among young learners Dr Juliana Shak, Brunei Darussalam, ID CLEaR2016-373

Romantic Imagination in a Comparative Perspective: English and Slovak Romantic Literature Anton Pokrivčák, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-401

11:20 -

11:40

Investigating the Use of English as a Medium of Instruction in Oman’s Higher Education Institutions: Preliminary Findings Christopher Denman & Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Oman, CLEaR2016-344

Reading President Zuma as a construct of whiteness Ken Barris, South Africa, ID CLEaR2016-337

11:40 -

12:00

Reflections from teachers and students on speaking anxiety in an EFL classroom Songyut Akkakoson, Thailand, ID CLEaR2015-304

Brazil as an Escapism in Nella Larsen’s Passing Isabel Cristina Rodrigues Ferreira, Brazil, ID CLEaR2016-310

12:00 -

12:20

Comparative exploration of learning styles and teaching techniques between Thai and Vietnamese EFL students and instructors Supalak Nakhornsri, Thailand, CLEaR2016-303

The Model of Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev Relations as Reflected in ‘Albert’ Fabula and the Motive Organization Oxana Tolstonozhenko, Russia, ID CLEaR2016-332

12:20 -

12:40

Professional identity and Iranian EFL instructors’ perceptions Mahdieh Shafipoor, Iran, ID CLEaR2016-352

Language Teachers’ Opinions on the Usage of Children’s Literature Works Erhan ŞEN, Turkey, ID CLEaR2016-325

12:40 –

14:00

Lunch break

Teaching & learning in international perspective Chair: Ivana Cimermanová

AV ČR, Congress Hall 206 Capacity: 60

Literature 2

AV ČR, Congress Hall 205

Chair: Ken Barris Capacity: 35

14:00 -

14:20

The Uses of 'shall' and their Romanian and Spanish Counterparts in "Price Stability: Why is it Important for you?" Roxana-Petruta Goga-Vigaru, Romania, ID CLEaR2016-326

Lucian Blaga and “Zalmoxis”: The Revolt of Our Non-Latin Nature Lucian Bagiu (Sweden), Doris Plantus-Runey (USA) & Paraschiva Negru (Romania), ID CLEaR2016-305

14:20 -

14:40

Multicultural Society by University Students´ View Mariana Sirotová & Veronika Michvocíková, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-349

Two women, two literatures and one fight for dignity and voice in the society. About the Mexican Jesusa of Elena Poniatowska and the Polish Marta of Eliza Orzeszkowa Malwina Kepka, Germany, CLEaR2016-357

14:40 -

15:00

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the State of Qatar A. S. Weber, State of Quatar, ID CLEaR2016-339

“Which is the Merchant and which is the Jew?” a Žižekian Reading of the Jewish Question in The Merchant of Venice Shih-pei Kuo, Taiwan, ID CLEaR2016-329

15:00 -

15:20

La consolidation de l’enseignement / apprentissage du vocabulaire du FLE en Libye Alsadag H E Alsadag, Libya, ID CLEaR2016-366

The wit and wisdom as the clue to the individual's path to enlightenment in Tom Robbins’ novel Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Miloš Blahút, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-362

15:20 -

15:40

Mastery Teaching through Teaching Practices Amina Shaikh, Saudi Arabia, ID CLEaR2016-316

SOCIETY'S ROLE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY in JANE EYRE & THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Ayse Ekici, Turkey, ID CLEaR2016-342

15:40 -

16:00

Technology Enhanced Teaching in Slovak Educational Context: Facing the Reality Zuzana Straková (Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-359 & Future Teacher Readiness for Integrative Education from the Perspective of English Language Pre-service Teachers Ivana Cimermanová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-400

Carnival Worlds of Vladimir Nabokov Matúš Horváth, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-402

16:00 -

16:30

Coffee break

Virtual papers

The virtual session of the conference will be active from September 15th, 2016 to December 31st, 2016 and available at:

http://www.jolace.com/conferences/clear2016/publications/ Popularization and / or trivialization of philosophy in Voltaire's narrative Candide or Optimism Ivana Majksner & Tina Varga Oswald, Croatia, ID CLEaR2016-363

The Study of Concepts of Creative Evolution and Will in Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman: A Schopenhauerian and Lamarckian Study Soheila Faghfori & Esmaeil Zohdi, Iran, ID CLEaR2016-351

The Question of Morality in Mary Shelley´s Frankenstein Agata Buda, Poland, ID CLEaR2016-371

The Effectiveness of R-Meta Strategy to Enhance Writing Skills Among Undergraduate Students Saadiah Kummin, Shahlan Surat, Saemah Rahman, Khaidzir Hj Ismail, Roselind Razali, Malaysia, ID CLEaR2016-319

Writing Effective Cover Letters: To Enhance Undergraduate Marketability and Employability Saadiah Kummin, Khaidzir Hj Ismail, & Roselind Razali, Malaysia, ID CLEaR2016-320

The Semi - structured Interview in Foreign Language Education Research Veronika Szombatová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-374

Health Discourse in Media: the Language of Breast Cancer Prevention Anna Stebletsova & Valeria Enkova, Russia, ID CLEaR2016-330

British and American Varieties in Legalese Jana Spalova, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-341

Subordinate causal clauses in Albanian language Fabiana Velencia, Albania, ID CLEaR2016-379

Causative connectors, the difference between pragmatic and semantic connectors and their grammatical function Fabiana Velencia, Albania, ID CLEaR2016-380

Causative Sentence Characteristic’s Based on its Semantic Structure Fabiana Velencia, Albania, ID CLEaR2016-381

Pragmatic Specifications in Dictionary Definitions of Selected English Idioms Anna Stachurska, Poland, ID CLEaR2016-372

The Role of Methodology of Research in Language Pedagogy in Teacher Training Silvia Pokrivčáková, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-404

La didactique du plurilinguisme. Vérification empirique dans le terrain slovaque Jana Bírová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-405

Iranian EFL learners' attitude towards culture teaching

Ghazaleh Cheraghpour Samvati, Iran, ID CLEaR2016-345

Conference Programme (16 September 2016)

9:00 -

12:00

Registration Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Entrance Hall

(address: Národní 1009/3, Prague) 9:00

- 9:20

Opening Chair: Roman Čančinov AV ČR, Congress Hall 206

9:20 -

10:00

Plenary 2 Phototextuality as a Phenomenon of Present-Day British Prose

Volha Sudliankova (Belarus, ID CLEaR2016-336) Chair: Anton Pokrivčák

AV ČR, Congress Hall 206 Capacity: 100 10:00

– 10:20

Coffee break 10:10 CLEaR2016 Taking a group photo

ICT in Teaching & Learning Languages Chair: TBA

AV ČR, Congress Hall 206 Capacity: 60

Literature & Culture Chair: Isabel Cristina Rodrigues Ferreira

AV ČR, Congress Hall 205 Capacity: 35

10:20 -

10:40

Sociability and its impact on successful team work in an online environment Vladimira Froldová, Czech Republic, ID CLEaR2016-334

Language and Identity: Catherine Temma Davidson´s The Priest Fainted (1998) Jaroslav Kušnír, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-399

10:40

- 11:00

A study of teachers’ attitudes toward computer technology and their use of technology at the preparatory school of Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey Müge Güneş Aksu, Turkey, ID CLEaR2016-340

The interplay between text and image. The mechanism of intersemiotic translation Milena Yablonsky, Poland, ID CLEaR2016-335

11:00 –

11:20

Digital Technologies in Teaching English in Slovakia Roman Čančinov, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-398

Towards a Theory of e-Liberature Łukasz Matuszyk, Poland, ID CLEaR2016-256

11:20

- 11:40

A Comparison of the Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) and Direct Instruction on Improving Persuasive Writing in Iranian EFL Context Alireza Karballaei, Ali Asghar Rostami Abusaeedi, Mahsa Zolghadrian, Iran, ID CLEar2016-323

Ackroyd’s The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein as Victorian Serial Murderer Gothic Mustafa Kirca, Turkey, ID CLEaR2016-309

11:40 -

12:00

Professional and Pedagogical Advantages and Disadvantages of Machine Translation Sattar Izwaini, United Arab Emirates, ID CLEaR2016-338

Aesthetic distance in Slovak postmodern literature Natália Čechová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-401

12:00 -

12:20

The role of Schema-theory Based on Background Knowledge and Graphic Organizer on Enhancing Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Ali Asghar Rostami Abusaeedi, Alireza Karballaei & Eldar Roozbeh, Iran, ID CLEaR2016-322

Developing Intercultural Communicative Competences in EFL Lessons in Slovakia Zuzana Sándorová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-395

12:20 -

12:40

POSTER Writing Test Anxiety Kerrin Burnell, Oman, ID CLEaR2016-348

12:40 –

14:00

Lunch break

Applied Linguistics AV ČR, Congress Hall 206

Chair: A. S. Weber Capacity: 60

14:00 -

14:20

The Narrative Competence as Part of the Communicative Competence: The Linguistic Point of View Monika Lis, Poland, ID CLEaR2016-365

14:20 -

14:40

From text comprehension to creative writing from the aspect of cognitive linguistics: Reflection of mental models and innate dispositions in the individual act of text creation Zuzana Kováčová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-347

14:40 -

15:00

Association as part of linguistic image of the world: Standard verbal responses – potential tool of effective acquisition of language competences Zuzana Kováčová, Slovakia, ID CLEaR2016-346

15:00 -

15:20

Cohesion - between instruction and execution Ewa Kucelman, Poland, ID CLEaR2016-343

15:20 -

15:30

Closing Chair: Roman Čančinov

15:30 -

18:00

Strahov Monastery Guided Tour for more: http://www.strahovskyklaster.cz/en/

Conference Programme (17 September 2016)

10:00 –

14:00

Half-day guided tour of Prague

GENERAL INFORMATION We are happy to welcome you at this year´s CLEaR2016 international conference in Prague, the Czech Republic. We hope you will enjoy the friendly and relaxed atmosphere of both the city and the conference. REGISTRATION Registration/Information desks are situated as follows: 15 September 2016; 9:00 – 12:00 – building of the Czech Academy of Sciences (AV ČR), 2nd floor,

the foyer in front of the rooms 205 & 206 (address: Národní 3, Prague).

16 September 2016; 9:00 – 12:00 – building of the Czech Academy of Sciences (AV ČR), 2nd floor, the foyer in front of the rooms 205 & 206 (address: Národní 3, Prague).

Available at the registration/information desk will be: - conference programmes and badges, - conference bags, - certificates of attendance and invoices, - general information about the conference, - local information.

GENERAL

1. The CLEaR2016 conference is held in historical rooms equipped with authentic carpets and goblins. Therefore, the building managers kindly ask all participants not to eat or drink in the conference rooms. Thank you for your understanding!

2. Smoking is prohibited inside all conference rooms. The building provides visibly labelled smoking areas.

3. Please turn your mobile phones/cell phones off during plenary lectures and sessions. 4. Prague is a very safe and friendly city. Nevertheless, you should always watch your belongings

and take care of your security. We regret that no responsibility can be taken by SlovakEdu, o. z. for the loss of personal belongings or for accidents.

ACCESS TO THE CONFERENCE In order to have access to the conference area, you should always wear the official badge that will be given to you during the registration process upon your arrival. This badge will allow you to have access to the conference rooms, to their related coffee break areas, and to the social events. Please, note the room capacity for each session, indicated in the conference programme. Access to sessions is strictly by badge only and is on a first-come-first-served basis. Should you lose or forget the badge, please, inform our staff at one of the registration desks. INTERNET ACCESS The free internet access (via wifi) for all CLEaR2016 participants will be provided in all the conference rooms. PHOTOGRAPHIC/VIDEO DOCUMENTATION The conference photographers will be taking photographs for the purposes of conference documentation on our website. If you do not wish your photographs/shots to be used, please inform the conference photographer at the time. On September 16, 2016 during a morning coffee break (10:00-10:20) the CLEaR2016 Group Photo of all participants is planned to be taken. Please, try to be present in the foyer in front of the conference rooms at that time.

COFFEE BREAKS All registered attendants (with conference badges) are invited to join the coffee snacks in the foyer in front of the conference rooms. Tea, coffee and small refreshment will be served free of charge. Attendants can also stroll and enjoy numerous local cafés, bars and restaurants within easy walking

distance. On September 16, 2016 during a morning coffee break (10:00-10:20) the CLEaR2016 Group Photo of all participants is planned to be taken. Please, try to be present in the foyer in front of the conference rooms at that time.

LUNCH BREAKS Meals are not covered by the conference fee. You can stroll and enjoy the real Prague atmosphere in numerous local cafés, bars and restaurants within easy walking distance, including some of the most famous cafés and restaurants with a long and distinct history (e.g. Vaclav Havel´s preferred Café Slavia - www.cafeslavia.cz, or Franz Kafka´s favourite Café Louvre - http://www.cafelouvre.cz/, or Karel Čapek´s frequented Národní Kavárna - http://www.narodnikavarna.cz). All of them are within a walking distance of app. 5 -10 mins. from the conference venue.

STRAHOV MONASTERY EXCURSION (http://www.strahovskyklaster.cz/en) CLEaR2016 attendants with registrations A, B, E, and F are invited to join the guided tour of Strahov Monastery. Other participants can join the group on request (please, consult CLEaR2016 staff at the registration desk). Meeting point: 16 September 2016, 15:30 in front of the AV ČR, Národní 3, Prague. The tour will take app. 2 hours and will be guided in English. It includes the walking tour via the Charles Bridge and Malá Strana Quarter (app. 30 mins.). Strahov Monastery (Czech: Strahovský klášter) or The Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov is one of the oldest monasteries of the Premonstratensian Order in the world. It has been a working monastery ever since it was founded in 1143. Fire, the Hussite Wars, religious wars, and the Communists all failed to shut down this institution. The famous Strahov Library and the reopened Strahov Picture Gallery are cultural institutions proving to the world that the Strahov Premonstratensians have always cared for the development of culture and education.

PRAGUE GUIDED TOUR (17 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 - 14:00) CLEaR2016 attendants with registrations A and E are invited to join the guided tour of historical centre of Prague. Other participants can join the group on request (please, consult CLEaR2016 staff at the registration desk). The meeting point: 10:00 in front of the AV ČR, Národní 3, Prague. The tour combines a minibus ride and walking and will be guided in English. Places to be seen include: the Prague Castle and Hradcany, Mala Strana (Lesser town), the Charles Bridge, the Czech National Theatre, the Kampa Island, the "John Lennon wall", the Old Town area, the Jewish Quater, the Old Jewish Cemetery (from the outside), the Old-New Synagogue, the Wenceslaw Square, the New Town, the Municipal House of Prague, the Old Town Square and the famous astronomical clock, the Prague City Hall, the Rudolfinum, the Charles Square, the New Town hall, the The Church of Prague Infant, the Lorretto, St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace and more.