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Thursday, 23rd October 2025
11.30 Conference Opening and Keynote Speech
Musical interlude by Michael Šporcl
Venue: UJEP Campus, MFC Building, Red Lecture Hall 01.54
All abstracts can be downloaded here.
Keynote Speech by Michelle D. Devereaux
The keynote: Teaching English in a Modern World: Looking Into the Past to Understand Our Future
In this presentation, Michelle Devereaux will begin with a historical romp through the iterations of English language forms, functions, and pedagogies, from unlikely beginnings in Ancient Greece to England’s Enlightenment to Colonial America to modern Global Englishes. Shifting the focus from history to modern pedagogy, Michelle Devereaux will explore two paths of English language instruction: rhetorical and traditional. Exploring how each path manifests in classrooms and curriculums, she will share pedagogical strategies and theories to guide participants through questions and considerations of modern language instruction.
The speaker: Prof. Michelle D. Devereaux (Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States)
Michelle D. Devereaux has taught English Education for almost twenty years as both a secondary English teacher and a university professor. Her teaching and scholarship focus on language studies in the secondary English classroom, highlighting how linguistic and sociolinguistic concepts can be integrated into existing curricula.
She has written books on rhetorical grammar in the classroom and edited collections about teaching linguistic diversity in the secondary English Language Arts classroom. She is a Fulbright Scholar who taught in the Czech Republic in the 2018 – 2019 academic year. During her time abroad, she became interested in Global Englishes and has recently published on global English variation in the classroom.
She is currently the Director of English Education at Kennesaw State University.
Presentations will be 20 minutes in length with 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
A dedicated wifi will be up for the duration of the conference. The network name is konference, the password is ujepujep.
Thursday, 23rd October 2025
Methodology I
Red Lecture Hall 01.54
Chair: Natalia Orlova
14.30
Anežka Lengalová (Tomas Bata University Zlín) Is there any point in studying foreign languages in the era of AI?
Linguistics I
Sál fialový 01.33
Chair: Christoph Haase
14.30
Marco Bagni (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) EFL learning in the era of Global English. Undergraduate students’ views on EFL pedagogy and target language characterizations
Literary/Cultural Studies I
Sál purpurový 01.41
Chair: Klára Kolínská
14.30
Adesanya M. Alabi (Cappadocia University) Literary Studies and Teaching: A Disquisition of the Accentual Topoi of Textual Analysis, Focusing on Wole Soyinka's Alapata Apata
15.00
Mária Adorján (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest) Supporting C1-Level Speaking Exam Preparation with ChatGPT: Experimenting with AI-Generated Speech Tasks
15.00
Eric Koenig (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg) Integration of Generative AI into the Technical English Curriculum
15.00
David Livingstone & Marharyta Hordeieva (University Olomouc) Challenges with Teaching Ukrainian Students in English Philology Departments in Czechia
15.30
Tomáš Kos (Humboldt University Berlin) & Grit Bergner (Martin-Luther University Halle Wittenberg) Tapping into the challenge of pre-service teacher training in CLIL through project-based learning
15.30
Christoph Haase (Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem) Author commitment as risk mitigation in natural science English
15.30
Mary Ellen Toffle (University of Messina) Artificial Intelligence and Cultural-Linguistic Endangerment
16.00 Coffee break (MFC, ground floor)
Methodology II
Red Lecture Hall 01.54
Chair: Natalia Orlova
16.30
Marlene Kruger (Free University Berlin) Teaching with drama in mind
Linguistics II Room:
Sál fialový 01.33
Chair: Christoph Haase
16.30
Réka Hajner (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest) Perceptual assimilation of vowels and bilingual language dominance in Hungarian learners of English
17.00
Nela Altman, Veronika Hubinová & Daniela Marková (Charles University Prague) Motivation as a critical issue of highly advanced students in ELT
17.00
Dušan Melen (1st KSPA Litomerice) Consonant Linking in British English - Some Practical Teaching Ideas
17.30
Ida Bauerová (Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem) Wellbeing as a Foundation for Motivation in the ELT Classroom
17.30
Viktorie Vršanská (Constantin the Philosopher University Nitra) Spectral Analysis of English Fricative Production by Czech Students at C1 and C2 Levels
19.00 Conference dinner (Menza, across from MFC)
Friday, 24th October 2025
09.30 Coffee mingle (MFC, ground floor)
Methodology III
Red Lecture Hall 01.54
Chair: Natalia Orlova
10.00
Kujtim Ramadani (Southeast European University Tetovo) The Influence of AI on Education
Linguistics III
Sál fialový 01.33
Chair: Christoph Haase
10.00
Ágnes Piukovics, Noémi Gyurka & Katalin Balogné Bérces (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) Stress perception among Hungarian learners of English
Literary/Cultural Studies II
Sál purpurový 01.41
Chair: Martin Holland
10.00
Mark A. Brandon (Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem) “Propaganda is all around you”: Reflections on the Interwar Discussion about Propaganda
10.30
Tímea Kovács (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest) Teaching translation in the era of generative machine translation
10.30
Eva Maierová (Bratislava University of Economics and Business) From Blood to Water: A Comparative Analysis of Liquid-Based Idioms in English and Slovak
10.30
Iryna Dumchak (Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem) Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Students’ Learning Experience: A Cross-Cultural Study
11.00
Jana Kamenická (Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem), Yu Kanazawa (University of Osaka) & Shoko Otake (Kobe Gakuin University) Epistemic Emotions: Drivers of Foreign Language Brain-Based Learning
11.00
James Wilson (University Leeds) Who’s Postman P[ɛ]t? The pronunciation of /æ/ in Czech Anglicisms and in the speech of Czech learners of English
11.00
Basri Saliu (Southeast European University Tetovo) How English Language teachers promote positive interethnic relations through English classes: Best Practices at Southeast European University
11.30
Tomáš Kos (Humboldt University Berlin) The impact of learner proficiency in peer interactions. What can L2 pedagogy learn from research?
11.30
Kateřina Šteklová (Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem) A comparison of patterns in contrastive pitch movement: Native vs. non-native speech
11.30
Hassan Isyaku (Federal University Dutse, Nigeria) Interactive Chatbot Facilitator as a tool for Enhancing English Spelling Skills
12.00 Lunch break (recommended option: Menza, across from MFC. Their lunch menu can be found here (in Czech))
Methodology IV
Red Lecture Hall 01.54
Chair: Jana Kamenická
13.30
Ivana Kapráliková (Bratislava University of Economics and Business) Advancing Negotiation Skills Education: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Effective Training
14.00
Veronika Quinn Novotná (Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem) From Mentorship to Partnership: A Duo-Autoethnographic Journey Integrating Emotional Intelligence in Teacher Training through a Creative Writing Course
14.30
Rufat Osmani (Southeast European University Tetovo) Enhancing Students' Language Learning Efficiency with Artificial Intelligence
15.00 Coffee break and closing (MFC, ground floor)
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