To help students develop their listening and speaking skills, I trialled a new software programme, Sonocent Audio Notetaker, in 2015-2016 with a group of ten Chinese students on the International Foundation Programme (IFP). (more…)
Author: Alec Orrock
Applying Corpus Tools to EAP Instruction
by Mat Terrett
My interest in the use of corpora for EAP began when I first heard about Coxhead’s (2000) Academic Word List and was further piqued when I read Hyland’s (2009) corpus-based argument for greater specificity in EAP teaching. (more…)
The role of non-native teachers in the field of EAP
by Kaz Yamamoto and Julia Gardos
The role of non-native teachers is a much debated topic in the field EFL. (more…)
Bristol TEAP Workshop
by Julia Gardos
BALEAP: Global Forum for Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes
TEAP: Teaching English for Academic Purposes
On Saturday 21 May, some of us from CELFS headed up to the Richmond Building for the all-day BALEAP TEAP workshop. (more…)
Lectures: how pre-sessional tutors can help to bridge the gap
Recommendations for the pre-sessional course from a student’s perspective
As an Differentiation on the pre-sessional
by Julia Gardos
Following on from Elizabeth’s post earlier this month, here are some practical ideas on differentiation in the EAP classroom. (more…)
Differentiation and Students’ Needs
Last term we had a Teacher Talking session and then a Bite to EAP on differentiation in which various ideas were raised and discussed. (more…)
Peer Review in Oral Skills Development – classroom research
Because assessment in the learning process, including that offered by their peers, is to help students identify strengths and weaknesses, address target areas of necessary revisions, and most importantly to develop their academic skills, it should be carefully attended to throughout higher education. Undoubtedly, one of the key advantages of peer assessment is that it can be given in greater volume and with greater immediacy than tutor feedback. (more…)
The role of criteria in shaping our work on language
“Academic Language is nobody’s mother tongue…” is one of the many colourful quotations you will notice splashed across the walls of CELFS when you next visit. But how relevant are Pierre Bourdieu’s words to our pre-sessional students and teachers? (more…)