These posts directly involve ideas, discussion, lessons, etc. within an English for Academic Purposes teaching and learning context.
In my last post, Vocabulary Profiles & Memorisation, I discussed the importance of addressing the aspects of vocabulary, beyond the mere ‘open dictionary – memorise… Read More »Learning vocabulary: receptive or productive goal?
Reading through the blogs this week, I came across Emma Harrod’s “Two Week Vocabulary Blogging Challenge“. It and a couple of responses by Cecilia Coelho… Read More »Vocabulary profiles & memorisation
After reading the text, I now agree with the author’s opinion. This paraphrased quote, so common among my EAP students, establishes how critical thinking is… Read More »A reflection on teaching critical thinking
My students need to write a full essay on their upcoming midterm exams. They’ll be given 50 minutes to complete it, quite a task really. … Read More »Thesis development? Yes, you need it.
Utilising Twitter with students, for lesson planning and for PD, Part 1 In one of our workshops, I discuss the use (and validity) of social… Read More »Tweet this!
In our last post, we shared a presentation (and a pretty snazzy one if we do say so) to facilitate your lessons on avoiding plagiarism… Read More »Modifying direct quotes using ellipses and brackets
As we’ve all encountered at one time or another, plagiarism continues to run rampant in the EAP and university classroom. For a variety of reasons,… Read More »Summarising, Paraphrasing & Quotes