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Cross-disciplinary collaboration, pt. 1

By On October 16, 2017 · In collaboration, commentary, EAP, Reading, Writing

Part 1: Setting up assignments

On several occasions on this blog, I’ve been discussing the nature, execution, and impact of collaboration between people in the ELT environment. In the next three posts (Parts A, B, C), I’ll be focusing on the benefits and results of an ongoing collaboration of assignments between two courses […]

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EAP warmer: learning about each other while previewing course content

By On September 19, 2017 · In activities, EAP

In a new term with a new group of EAP students eager to get things going, I’ve always found it a little jarring to jump right into course content (my course is Critical Reading & Writing) even though time is of the essence. Also, I understand the value of community-building activities early on, so I […]

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a Google Translate experiment with language

By On August 9, 2013 · In activities, commentary, EAP, Reading, video, Writing

<cue 90s beat>
Now this is a story all about how
We can use TV theme songs to bring students ’round
To seeing Google Translate for how it really makes
Their writing and their reading, quite substantially fake

OR

<Tip beat 90s>
Well, this is a story about […]

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