Daniel Xerri
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Daniel Xerri is an experienced international conference speaker who has delivered more than 80 invited presentations. These include plenaries, keynotes, talks, and workshops. He has also delivered an equal number of regular conference sessions.

Navigating Change: Cultivating Adaptability Via Language Coaching

Invited plenary, 4th International Language Coaching Conference, Malaga, Spain, 13-15 June 2025

Critically Engaging with AI-Generated Content in the English Language Classroom

​Invited workshop, KETNET Conference, Prishtina, Kosovo, 7 June 2025

Getting Started with Generative AI in the English Language Classroom

Invited workshop, KETNET Conference, Prishtina, Kosovo, 7 June 2025

Teachers and Classroom Research: Ownership, Relevance, and Conceptualisations

Invited keynote, International Conference on Indian Knowledge Systems and Integrated Approaches to Research and Innovation, Rajasthan, India, 9 June 2025
Invited keynote, 11th International Hybrid Conference on Second Language Studies, Istanbul, Türkiye, 8 June 2025
Invited plenary, IATEFL International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 8-11 April 2025

Small-Scale Research in Practice: From Planning to Publication

Invited talk, Al-Aqsa University, Palestine, 17 May 2025

Sharing is Caring: Some Lessons on Professional Learning

Invited plenary, EAQUALS Annual International Conference, Malta, 27-29 March 2025

​How to Become a Speaker at an ELT Conference

Workshop, ELT Council, Malta, 18 March 2025

Mastering the Art of Public Speaking

Invited talk, Academy of Distinction, Italy, 3 March 2025

Rethinking Migration: The Value of Digital Multimodal Composition and Critical Reflection

Talk, Learning Technologies SIG PCE, IATEFL International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 7 April 2025
Workshop, 41st ETAS Annual Conference, University of Lucerne, Switzerland, 1 February 2025

Prompt Engineering in Language Education: A Practical Guide

Invited plenary, KETNET Conference, Prishtina, Kosovo, 7 June 2025
Invited plenary, Express Publishing Conference, Skopje, North Macedonia, 9 May 2025
Invited talk, Educast International Conference, 9-10 February 2025
Invited keynote, University of Hadj Lakhader, Batna, Algeria, 17-18 December 2024
Invited plenary, ELTA Regional Conference, Fan S. Noli University, Korçë, Albania, 14 December 2024

Sharing is Caring: Some Lessons on Professional Learning from Malta

Invited talk, EdYouMARATHON, 7 December 2024

Navigating Change: Cultivating Adaptability in the Business English Classroom

Invited plenary, IATEFL BESIG Conference, Malta, 22-24 November 2024

Promoting Social Justice in Language Education through Critical and Multimodal Thinking

Invited talk, BORDERLITE Symposium, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 24-25 October 2024

Debate: A Catalyst for Change

Invited talk, NSTF Malta event, 19 October 2024

Reflecting on Sustainable Development through a Glocal Perspective

Invited keynote, ELT for Sustainability Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 12 October 2024

Navigating Change: Cultivating Adaptability in the English Language Classroom

Invited keynote, 6th International Conference on Language, Education, and Social Sciences, Nusa Cendana University, Indonesia, 9 November, 2024
Invited talk, 3rd Mediterranean Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, 4-5 October 2024

AI in Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Invited moderator of panel discussion, 7th Annual International Multidisciplinary Conference, University of Malta Junior College, 13 September 2024

Prompt Engineering in Education: A Practical Guide

Invited talk, Edustream Conference, Astana, Kazakhstan, 22 August 2024

Beyond AI Literacy: Essential Skills to Thrive in an AI-Powered World

​Invited talk, Edustream Conference, Astana, Kazakhstan, 22 August 2024

Developing Undergraduate Students' Ability to Reflect on the Marine Environment through Writing

Talk, Being SEA-EU Conference, University of Malta, 10-12 June 2024

Future-proof Competencies: The Skills Students Need for Success

Invited plenary, APPI Conference, Braga, Portugal, 10-12 May 2024
Invited plenary, TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE, 19-21 April 2024

How to Become a Speaker at an ELT Conference

Workshop, ELT Council, Malta, 8 May 2024

How do the Most Productive TESOLers Fit it All in?

Invited panel discussion, TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE, 19-21 April 2024

School Leaders' Experiences of Burnout: Causes, Effects and Solutions

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom, 16-19 April 2024

Maltese Writing in English: What does M Stand for?

Invited interview, Campus Book Fest, Malta, 20-22 March 2024

Skills as a Passport for International Mobility

Invited panel discussion, Event by the Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Malta, 2 February 2024

Mastering the Art of Public Speaking

Invited workshop, JEF Malta Public Speaking Workshop, Malta, 16 December 2023

How Small Wins Can Impact Your Professional Life

Invited plenary, 1st Mediterranean Symposium in ELT, Chania, Greece, 1-3 July 2022
Invited plenary, BETA Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 18-19 June 2022
Invited plenary, Express Publishing Seminar, Skopje, North Macedonia, 15 April 2022

How Can Teacher Educators Encourage Teachers to Engage with Research

Invited talk, British Council webinar series for teacher educators, 6 September 2022

We Need More Small Wins in the EFL Classroom

Invited talk, MATEFL Forum, 23 April 2022

Mentoring Teacher Educators to Facilitate Teacher Research Engagement

Invited keynote, IATEFL TTEdSIG Mentoring for Teacher Educators online event, 19 November 2022

Future-Proof Competencies: The Soft Skills Students Need for Success

Invited keynote, FLTAL Conference, Uzbekistan, 9-10 December 2022
Invited talk, Express Publishing Summit, 25-27 March 2022
Invited talk, TESOL International Convention, Pittsburgh, 22-25 March 2022
Invited talk, 21st Century Skills Webinar, Express Publishing, 22 January 2022

Enhancing Assessment Literacy Through Teacher Involvement

Invited keynote, International Conference, Batna-1 University, Algeria, 14-15 March 2022

Supporting Teacher-Researchers Through the Development of Research Literacy

Invited keynote, International ELT Seminar, Nusa Cendana University, Indonesia, 19 February 2022

Future-Proof Competencies: The Soft Skills Students Need for Success

Invited plenary talk, HUPE Conference, Poreč, 12-14 November 2021
Invited keynote, KOTESOL National Conference, South Korea, 3-7 November 2021

How to Fit Research into Your Academic Year

Invited panel discussion, TESOL Gulf Research Fundamentals Certificate, 23 September 2021

English for 21st Century Skills

Invited panel discussion, KOTESOL National Conference, South Korea, 3-7 November 2021

How to Research Your Classroom: Practices and Identity

Invited plenary, YLTSIG Conference, 5-7 November 2021

Embracing Diversity in the Multicultural Classroom

Invited plenary, CELLTTS Conference, University of Sarajevo, 1-2 October 2021

Supporting Teacher-Researchers Through the Development of Research Literacy

Invited plenary, TESOL Gulf, 23 September 2021

Future-proof Competencies: The Soft Skills Students Need for Employment

Invited keynote, GiLE Conference, 29 April 2021

Teachers as Thinking Beings: The Value of Reflection​

Talk, Express Publishing Summit, 18 April 2021
​Invited plenary, BBELT Conference, 19 February 2021

English for 21st Century Skills

Invited talk with Ms Sophia Mavridi, Express Publishing Summit, 17 April 2021
Invited workshop, Slovak Chamber of English Language Teachers Webinars, 26 November 2020 & 9 January 2021
Invited talk with Ms Sophia Mavridi, Express Publishing in North Macedonia, 28 November 2020

English for 21st Century Skills: A Showcase

Invited talk with Ms Sophia Mavridi, Express Publishing book launch, 25 September 2020

Making the Most of the Multicultural Classroom through Multimodal Resources

Invited plenary, TESOL-Spain Convention, Salamanca, 6-8 March 2020

Poets' Perspectives on Poetry Education

Invited keynote, Poetry in Education Conference, University of Gothenburg, 5-6 December 2019

Teachers as Thinking Beings: The Value of Reflection

Invited plenary, IATEFL-Hungary Conference, Budapest, 4-5 October 2019

How to Research Your Classroom: Practices and Identity

Invited workshop, IATEFL-Hungary Conference, Budapest, 4-5 October 2019

Constructing a Corpus for a National Framework of Learner Competence in English in Bilingual/Multilingual Malta

Poster presentation with Dr Odette Vassallo, Dr Sarah Grech, Ms Larissa Jonk and Ms Stefania Pace, International Corpus Linguistics Conference, Cardiff, 22-26 July 2019

Assessing Teacher Discourse in a Spoken Proficiency Test

Talk with Dr Odette Vassallo and Ms Larissa Jonk, CELP Conference, Malta, 15 June 2019
Talk with Dr Odette Vassallo and Ms Larissa Jonk, EALTA Conference, Dublin, 31 May - 2 June 2019
Talk with Dr Odette Vassallo, IATEFL Conference, Liverpool, 2-5 April 2019

​Supporting Teacher-Researchers Through the Development of Research Literacy

Invited plenary, ELTRIA Conference, Barcelona, 26-27 April 2019

​​How to Reflect on Research Talks at the Conference

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Liverpool, 2-5 April 2019

Learning to Do Teacher Research through Fieldwork

Panel presentation, TESOL International Convention, Atlanta, 12-15 March 2019

A TESOL Practicum in Malta

Panel presentation, TESOL International Convention, Atlanta, 12-15 March 2019

How to Research Your Classroom: Practices and Identity

Invited plenary workshop, HELTA English for Academic Purposes Day, Hamburg, 9 February 2019

Making the Most of the Multicultural Classroom through Multimodal Resources

Invited plenary, CyTEA Conference, Nicosia, 8-9 December 2018
Invited plenary, Image Conference, Athens, 6-7 October 2018

​It’s a Many Splendored Thing: Reconceptualising Teacher Creativity

Invited plenary, TESOL France Colloquim, Paris, 16-18 November 2018
Invited plenary, ELTAM Conference, Struga, 19-21 October 2018

Supporting Teacher-Researchers Through the Development of Research Literacy

Talk, TEERM Conference, Malta, 8-9 June 2018
Invited plenary, ELTA Conference, Belgrade, 11-12 May 2018
Talk, IATEFL Conference, Brighton, 10-13 April 2018
Talk, TESOL International Convention, Chicago, 27-30 March 2018 
Invited plenary, ETAS Conference, Zofingen, 20-21 January 2018

Where Next for Teacher Research?

Invited panel discussion, International Festival of Teacher Research in ELT, 7 April 2018

​How to Reflect on Research Talks at the Conference

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Brighton, 10-13 April 2018

Promoting a Culture of Professional Learning in Schools

Invited plenary, Eaquals Training for Excellence, Malta, 17-18 November 2017

How to Find Answers to Your Questions

Pre-conference seminar with Prof Sarah Mercer, BESIG Conference, Malta, 10-12 November 2017

Testing Pre-service Teachers’ Spoken English Proficiency: Design, Washback and Impact

Talk with Dr Odette Vassallo and Dr Sarah Grech, ALTE Conference, Bologna, 3-5 May 2017

How to Reflect on Research Talks at the Conference

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Glasgow, 4-7 April 2017

It’s a Many Splendored Thing: Reconceptualising Teacher Creativity

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Glasgow, 4-7 April 2017
Invited talk, TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, 9-11 March 2017

Reflecting on Research

Research Literacy Development Course, TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, 8 March 2017

Myriad Views on Creativity

IATEFL Webinar, 3 December 2016

Promoting Creativity through Teacher Education and Development

Talk, Nile@21 Conference, Norwich, 12-14 August 2016
Talk, IATEFL Conference, Birmingham, 13-16 April 2016

Poetry in American Culture: Contemporary Poets' Perspectives

Paper, PCA/ACA Conference, Seattle, 22-25 March 2016

Creativity in ELT

Opening address, 4th ELT Malta Conference, ELT Council, Malta, 22-25 October 2015

Poetry Teaching in Malta: The Interplay between Teachers' Beliefs and Practices

Paper, BERA Conference, Queens University, Belfast, 15-17 September 2015
Talk with Ms Stephanie Xerri Agius, IFTE Conference, Fordham University, New York, 6-9 July 2015

The Teaching of Poetry Writing in Australia: Poets’ Perspectives

Paper, Great Writing Conference, Imperial College, London, 20-21 June 2015

Teacher-designed High Stakes Testing: Washback and Impact

Paper with Dr Patricia Vella Briffa, EALTA Conference, University of Copenhagen, 28-31 May 2015
Paper with Dr Patricia Vella Briffa, AEA-Europe Conference, Tallinn, 6-8 November 2014

Developing Teacher Language Awareness

Talk with Dr Odette Vassallo, IATEFL Conference, Manchester, 11-14 April 2015

A Shared Research Journey

Poster presentation with Ms Stephanie Xerri Agius, IATEFL Research SIG PCE, Manchester, 10 April 2015

Developing Teacher Language Awareness in a Bilingual Context

Paper, International Conference on Bilingualism, University of Malta, 23-25 March 2015

The Learning ELT Professional

Opening address, 3rd ELT Malta Conference, EFL Monitoring Board, Malta, 24-26 October 2014

Teachers’ and Students’ Beliefs about Wilfred Owen’s War Poetry

Paper, English Association Conference, Wadham College, University of Oxford, 5-7 September 2014

Poetry and Multimodality

Seminar, Poetry Imaginarium Seminar Series, University of Sydney, 18 June 2014

Teachers' Use of Social Networking Sites for Continuing Professional Development

Paper, Faculty of Education CPD, University of Malta, 14 May 2014

Teaching English in a Multilingual Classroom: Challenges and Opportunities

Paper, Centre for English Language Proficiency Symposium, University of Malta, 8 May 2014

Teacher Involvement in High Stakes Testing: Designing and Implementing an English Speaking Examination

Paper with Dr Patricia Vella Briffa, ALTE Conference, Paris, 10-11 April 2014
Paper, AEA-Europe Conference, Sorbonne, Paris, 7-9 November 2013

Implementing Teacher Portfolios for Professional Development

Talk with Ms Caroline Campbell, IATEFL Conference, Harrogate, 2-5 April 2014

Enhancing Teachers' Research Engagement through Learner Corpora Analysis

Poster presentation with Dr Odette Vassallo, IATEFL Research SIG PCE, Harrogate, 1 April 2014

Poetry Writing in the A Level English Curriculum in Malta

Paper, NAWE Conference, York, 15-17 November 2013

Inspiring Teachers

Opening address, 2nd ELT Malta Conference, EFL Monitoring Board, Malta, 6-7 September 2013

Action Research in ELT — Workshop with Dr Odette Vassallo

Enhancing Language Teaching Materials and Pedagogy

Opening address, LACS Regional Event, Malta, 5 September 2013

Action Research in Language Teaching — Workshop with Dr Odette Vassallo

PLN: Teachers’ Use of Social Media for Professional Development

Paper, NATE Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, 28-30 June 2013

Paper, FLTAL Conference, Sarajevo, 3-5 May 2013

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Liverpool, 8-12 April 2013

Talk, TESOL Greece Convention, Athens, 30-31 March 2013

Harnessing the Power of Poetry in ELT

Workshop, ELTForum.sk Conference, Bratislava, 7-8 June 2013 ­­―Interview

Workshop, iSTEK ELT Conference, Istanbul, 27-28 April 2013 ― Interview

Workshop, ETAS AGM and Convention, Sierre/Siders, 26-27 January 2013

Jungle Path Teaching? Assessing the Value of Dogme ELT

Workshop, MATEFL Seminar, Malta, 10 November 2012

Raising Standards in the EFL Industry: Malta as a Case Study

Talk, ICEF Workshop, Berlin, 28-30 October 2012

Video Interview 1
Video Interview 2

PLN: Exploiting the Power of Social Media in ELT

Workshop, INSET for secondary school teachers of English, Malta, 17-18 September 2012

A Vision for ELT in Malta

Opening address, 1st ELT Malta Conference, Old University, 14-15 September 2012 ― Conference Video

Teachers' Beliefs and Literature Teaching: The Case of Poetry

Paper, The Institution of Literature Conference, University of Gottingen, 30 August-1 September 2012

To Study or to Read? Students' and Teachers' Attitudes towards Poetry

Paper, UKLA International Conference, University of Leicester, 6-8 July 2012

The Dying Art? Exploring the Cachet of Poetry amongst A-level Students and Teachers

Paper, NATE Conference, York, 29 June-1 July 2012

Supporting Teachers' Access to CPD

Talk, FIPLV World Congress, Helsinki, 8-9 June 2012

Encouraging Extensive Reading: The Teacher’s Role

Talk and Convenor, The Creation of a Culture of Reading Symposium, IATEFL Conference, Glasgow, 19-23 March 2012

Poetry on the Glasgow Subway: Encouraging Students to Write

Talk, LMCS Pre-Conference Event, IATEFL Conference, Glasgow, 19-23 March 2012

Multicultural Poetry in ELT

Talk, TESOL Spain National Convention, University of Deusto, Bilbao, 9-11 March 2012

Video Interview

Shared Writing via Contemporary Poetry

Poster Presentation, ESRC Poetry Matters Seminar Series, University of Leicester, 12-13 September 2011 & 21 January 2012

Workshop, LMCS SIG Contemporary Poetry Weekend Conference, British Council, London, 6-7 November 2010

Empowering Professionals through Language Teacher Associations

Talk, ECML Conference, Graz, 29 September-1 October 2011

The Multimodal Approach to Using Poetry in ELT

Talk, IATEFL Conference, Brighton, 15-19 April 2011

Teaching English through Literature

Seminar, NATE Conference, Leicestershire, 9-11 July 2010

Poetry as a Language Teaching Resource

Workshop, MATEFL Seminar, Malta, 3 July 2010

Literature as a Resource in the Language Teaching Classroom

Talk, NBR/STIL Seminar, Reykjavik, 18-19 June 2010

Teaching and Assessing Writing

Workshop, INSET for secondary school teachers of English, Malta, 18 & 22-23 September 2009

Let’s Make Them Speak: Increasing Students’ Talk Time

Workshop, MATEFL Seminar, Malta, 4 July 2009

Teaching Practical Criticism

Workshop, INSET for post secondary school teachers of English, Malta, 24-26 June 2009

Using Literature in the EFL Classroom

Workshop, MATEFL Seminar, Malta, 4 April 2009

Teaching Literature

Workshop, INSET for secondary school teachers of English, Malta, 7-9 July 2008
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