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BELTA Day '19: Meet the Speakers: Johan Strobbe, Joeri van der Veken, Frederik Cornille

Fantales: Fanfiction and interactive fiction in the classroom

Johan Strobbe
Teacher and teacher trainer
University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Belgium

Joeri van der Veken
Teacher and teacher trainer
Sint-Jozefscollege Aalst & University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Belgium

Frederik Cornille
Postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, co-promoter of the fantales project
University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Belgium

Workshop

Room: TBA

Length: 100 minutes

Conference Strand: Theme Strand

ABSTRACT

In this interactive workshop, we want to familiarise you with fanfiction and interactive fiction (IF). At the end of our session, you will be able to find good examples of these new forms of fiction. You will also be able to identify their value in ELT. And you will be able to tell your students how they can have their writings published on the fanfiction and IF websites. This session will be practical and mainly hands-on.

NOTE: THE PRESENTERS ASK THAT YOU BRING A LAPTOP TO THE SESSION. FREE WIFI WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE.

BIOGRAPHIES

Johan Strobbe is a staff member of the teacher training department of the University of Leuven. He is also a lecturer of English for Specific Purposes.

Joeri Van der Veken is a staff member of the teacher training department of the KU Leuven. He is also a teacher of English at a secondary school in Aalst. He participates in the Fantales project with his pupils.

Frederik Cornille is a research manager and a postdoctoral researcher in computer-assisted language learning at KU Leuven and imec. His research takes a particular interest in task-based language learning and digital gaming. He is also the associate editor at ReCALL, the journal of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning.

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