CENTRE for ACADEMIC LANGUAGE and DEVELOPMENT (CALD)
by Yen-En Kuo
This blog was inspired by the writer’s observations of Eastern and Western students studying on her post-graduate course, focusing particularly on the experiences of Asian students within the UK higher education (HE) system. The author is an international student from Taiwan pursuing an MSc Management at the University of Bristol. (more…)
When I was first asked to write a blog post about completing my teaching diploma in Turkey, I was stumped. For me, the clear benefit had been the opportunity to revisit teaching general English to a monolingual group in a low-stakes environment. However, given that the diploma context was very different to that at CALD, how relevant would my observations and re-honed practices be?
The answer lay within a staff meeting where it was asked whether students needed extra support writing emails to members of university staff. This area directly coincided with research I conducted for one of my observed lessons, thereby giving me something to share. (more…)