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…)
End of course marking…
by Hannah Gurr
It was the first week of June, and I’d just finished what I considered to be the least enjoyable part of my job: marking a pile of end-of-course writing under exam conditions. (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…)
Randomisers
by Hannah Gurr and Katherine High
Tutors on our pre-sessional this year will now be familiar with Dylan Wiliam’s 2010 BBC2 documentary The Classroom Experiment. In it [from 7:21], he says:
The children who are answering everything you ask them are actually getting smarter – their IQs actually go up. And there are other children in the same classroom who are foregoing that opportunity to get smarter. So, if you are allowing children to volunteer to participate or not in your classroom, quite simply you are making the achievement gap bigger. (more…)
Pre-sessional Padlet Ideas
Padlet is a free web platform which has the appearance of a virtual message board. (more…)
Fish-bones and Flesh: developing critical thinking skills through structured planning, drafting and editing
“How can I help my post-grads improve coherence in their writing?” exclaimed a friend of mine who has recently moved into an academic teaching role. I began to sketch the outline of a fish-bone while asking her some questions, “so if the fish-bone represents an essay, what is the head?” (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…)