"I strongly believe we need to be (re)creating a climate of knowledge building in the EAP classroom." Steve Kirk
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Teacher Education for Languages with Technology / Formation des enseignants de langue avec les TICE
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Steve Kirk argues that in language for academic purposes classes, fluency activities where learners "just speak" are insufficient: learners also need to learn to develop "contentful" contributions.
I think a) this is also true of other second/foreign language teaching contexts and b) a strong version of task-based teaching can help address this concern.