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Researching contexts, practices and pedagogies in English for academic purposes / Lia Blaj-Ward.

Title
Researching contexts, practices and pedagogies in English for academic purposes / Lia Blaj-Ward.
Author
Blaj-Ward, Lia
Publication
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Description
viii, 204 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Researching Contexts, Practices and Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes draws on the existing academic knowledge base and on current professional debates in order to inspire further research in the EAP field. It offers decision-makers in a range of EAP contexts guidelines on how to commission and evaluate research and how to implement findings to enhance EAP provision. Paying particular attention to the positionality of researchers and the purpose for which they are conducting or commissioning research, the volume looks in turn at options for exploring the wider context in which EAP provision is embedded, needs analyses, materials development and syllabus design, student learning, professional development of staff in EAP, and quality assurance of EAP provision. The book provides overviews of studies to use as key points of reference when engaging in or with EAP research, as well as hypothetical research project vignettes that offer readers opportunities for methodological reflection.
Subject
  • Academic writing
  • English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric
  • REFERENCE > Writing Skills
  • ELT: teaching theory & methods > English
  • ELT: English for academic purposes > English
  • Language teaching theory & methods > English > ELT: English for specific purposes > ELT examinations & certificates
  • Language learning for specific purposes > English > ELT: English for specific purposes > ELT examinations & certificates
  • English Language Training
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-200) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Researching the HE context outside the EAP classroom -- Researching EAP materials and course design -- Researching student participation in the EAP setting -- Researching tutor participation in the EAP learning context -- Exploring the quality, relevance and impact of EAP.
ISBN
  • 9781137331861 (hbk.)
  • 1137331860 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 883462336
  • SCSB-12843752
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library