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A 14 minute video of Hilary Nesi talking about her work with Sheena Gardner into genres across the disciplines. Based on their book, Nesi, H. & Gardner, S. (2012). Genres across the Disciplines Student writing in higher education. CUP.
Courtesy of Huw Jarvis (@TESOLacademic).
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This is an online corpus that has been hand-annotated for all metaphorical language use. It covers four broad registers: academic texts, fiction, newspaper texts, and conversation - and can be used to generate tables and concordances by genre. The corpus is creative commons licensed, so open to use. The underlying work is presented in the book, Steen et al (2010) 'A Method for Linguistic Metaphor Identification' (John Benjamins - here: http://bit.ly/16dGCEB).
Metaphor is everywhere and it perhaps underexploited in EAP teaching and learning. Might this be a useful tool for the EAP practitioner? Delete the scoop?
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This is a panel discussion on the history of EAP and of BALEAP, organized and chaired by Richard Smith. Panellists: John Swales, Andy Gillett and Meriel Bloor. The discussion was held at the Biennial BALEAP Conference (‘The Janus Moment in EAP: Revisiting the Past and Building the Future’), University of Nottingham, 20 April 2013.
You can listen to an audio-recording of the panel discussion (1hr 25 min) by clicking on the photo on the website. Delete the scoop?
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My talk from the Janus Moment BALEAP conference in Nottingham, UK (20.04.13). I argue that we need a more refined way of recognising and thinking about how 'teacher talk' in EAP functions to mediate student learning. I re-purpose a model from cognitive apprenticeship to suggest what the beginnings of this might look like. Delete the scoop?
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EAP should, in principle, always be 'demand high'. Here Jim Scrivener talks about the Demand High 'meme' for ELT generally. I think it's a really useful 'crystaliser' of things we already do in the EAP classroom, but perhaps need to think about more. EAP classroom practice has, in my experience, inherited from EFL an over-reliance on the procedural delivery of materials. EAP, given its often high-stakes nature, cannot afford to be this. We need to get down and messy with our students' (mis)understandings of content, texts and language. Demand High ELT gives us, I think, some useful food for thought. I've also posted some (early) thoughts on 'demand high EAP' here: http://bit.ly/Uxsh1j 
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March 6, 6:42 AM
Hear about the conception and development of the Demand High ELT 'meme' straight from Jim Scrivener. He's right about the way EFL has perfected the procedural, the 'how' of classroom management and materials delivery. He and Adrian Underhill's call for practice that moves a little more from 'learner centred' to 'learning centred' is long long overdue in the EFL world. Delete the scoop?
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The International Student Experience Journal is a peer-reviewed online publication for those involved in the field of researching, teaching and providing services to international students in the UK and other English speaking countries. The Journal links the everyday concerns of university staff including academics, researchers and EAP practitioners with insights gained from related academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, education, psychology, and sociology" Delete the scoop?
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A 14 minute video of Hilary Nesi talking about her work with Sheena Gardner into genres across the disciplines. Based on their book, Nesi, H. & Gardner, S. (2012). Genres across the Disciplines Student writing in higher education. CUP.
Courtesy of Huw Jarvis (@TESOLacademic).
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Teaching Writing Across Languages & Cultures: European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW). The three-day conference will be held from 27-29 June 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. Delete the scoop?
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A huge, alphabetical list of links to academic video banks, search engines, article repositories and thesis databases. As teachers and scholars, EAP professionals should be aware of some of these resources and tools. Delete the scoop?
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Nottingham University's Centre for English Language Education (CELE) are now running an MA in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (TEAP). The course is distance learning based, involving web-based interaction and materials, and can be completed part-time. If you're working full-time but want to get a PG qualification and a deeper insight into EAP, this might be for you. Delete the scoop?
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Check out the University of Southampton's EAP Toolkit. Comprehensive range of self-access EAP tasks for students. Some content available for free. Delete the scoop?
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Take a look at "the diary of an EAP practitioner on a journey to self-educate". @SusieCowley takes articles from the EAP literature and reflects on them in terms of her own experience and outlook as an EAP professional. Delete the scoop?
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Check out this freely available e-book on academic writing programmes and cultures across six continents and 40 years of research - 560 pages worth. Potentially of great benefit for anyone interested in what 'EAP' means across cultures and contexts. Delete the scoop?
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Who said EAP had to be serious all the time. This made us laugh for a very long time. Thanks to @seburnt and @TESLToronto Delete the scoop?
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A good read. This is a collection of ten short and personal research-oriented narratives from professionals working within EAP. Areas of focus range from assessment to teacher beliefs to programme management. Delete the scoop?
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Slides from session Oct 12, 2013
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Academic Reading Circles (ARC)is an approach to assigning roles to EAP students for improvement of comprehension and engagement with texts. It's something Tyson (@seburnt) speaks and writes about widely.Check out his website and blog for more if you're interested - http://fourc.ca
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The Future of English for Academic Purposes
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This is the dedicated website for EULEAP's one day confererence, The Future of EAP, taking place in Berlin on 4th May 2013. Varied programme of speakers. Panel discussion. Free entry...but limited to 100 participants, so sign up quick :-) Delete the scoop?
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EAP conference in Berlin, Saturday 4th May. A variety of talks on offer, from critical thinking and alternative assessment in EAP, to writing for research and EAP teacher training. My own offering will be on taking the 'A" in EAP seriously and (among other things) using this to re-think EAP for ELF contexts. Delete the scoop?
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Queen Mary's University, London, have now made available for free a set of online EAP resources for supplementary study. These were previously developed and only made availablje internally to QMUL students. The task bank is now open access. 
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January 23, 1:58 AM
This looks like a very rich resource suitable for intermediate university learners and above. Content is divided into Writing, Reading, Speaking and Grammar, and presented in short sections with activities for learners and feedback which can be hidden or revealed. 
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January 23, 5:13 AM
Slightly outside the usual scope of this page but may be useful. Delete the scoop?
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This is the recording of a seminar by Dr Julio Gimenez, of University of Nottingham. The seminar explores the role of disciplinary epistemologies in academic writing in the HE context. It draws on recent research in a number of disciplines and in four countries -- UK, Spain, Australia, and Argentina -- to examine how epistemology determines what is 'acceptable' academic writing, and the challenges this poses for student writers. Julio also critiques current approaches to teaching academic writing. Delete the scoop?
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My own blog. Mainly thoughts on EAP teacher practice, thinking and development. Take a look. Get involved. It's my space to think, but I think better with others, so please drop by and join me :-) Delete the scoop?
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Passing a test of English doesn't make foreign students ready to learn...
As EAP professionals, we know this of course, but here's Diane Schmidt (incoming BALEAP Chair) in the Guardian, reminding us (and university admissions) why English proficiency is only the surface level of the cultural challenges international students face. Delete the scoop?
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This site is a guide to writing-intensive teaching and learning. Developed in Queen Mary, University of London, it is funded and promoted by the LTSN Generic Centre.
The site is for academic staff who teach in any discipline in UKHE. It is designed to be a guide to using writing in teaching and a practical resource. Delete the scoop?
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Check out WrAssE (Writing for Assignments E-Library) at the University of Plymouth, UK. This is a searchable database of student writing, with lecturer mark-up - "for learning about writing at university". Could well prove a useful tool. Delete the scoop?
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Papers, powerpoints and videos from the three days of international conference talk on plagiarism. All available here. If you draw on any of the work for your own, remember to cite :-) Delete the scoop?
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"The thirty chapters in this [freely available e-book version of the] edited collection were selected from the more than 500 presentations at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference in 2011. [...] The chapters selected for this collection represent cutting edge research on writing from all regions, organized around three themes—cultures, places, and measures. " Delete the scoop?
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