BALEAP CONFERENCE 2011

EAP Within the Higher Education Garden: Cross Pollination Between Disciplines, Departments and Research.

University of Portsmouth

The 2011 Conference at the University of Portsmouth was attended by 260 participants and the Proceedings should be published by the time of the 2013 Conference at the University of Nottingham in April 2013.

Here you can access materials from the 2011 conference.

Video clips of Plenary Speakers.

1. Aligning Corpus Investigations with EAP Texts, Tasks and Contexts. (John Swales, University of Michegan).

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2. International students: the wider policy context. (Dominic Scott, Chief Executive, UKCISA).

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3. Working with academics to support international students. (Janette Ryan, Higher Education Academy Teaching International Students' Project).

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4. The centrality of genre in EAP instruction and research: Addressing issues of theoretical diversity and construct validity. (Ian Bruce, University of Waikato).

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Abstracts, Slides and Handouts from Papers and Presentations.

Presentations: Sunday 10th April 2011

Capturing Students' use of an Academic English Online Resource: Informing Future Development. (William Tweddle, Jessica Cooper and Martin Barge. Queen Mary University of London).

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Do EAP flowers blossom in degree programs? Preliminary results of a quantitative assessment of the success of a university-based, on-site EAP program. (Garry Dyck, University of Manitoba).

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Teaching English for academic legal puposes: different beliefs and practices in the UK and Greece. PhD bursary. (Smaragda Kampouri, University of Essex).

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Benefits of academic blogging. (Sonja Tack).

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ESAP - Coping with Unfamiliar Subjects. (Ian Carey).

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The role of EAP in plagiarism education at postgraduate level. (Mary Davis. Oxford Brookes University).

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'Use your own words': Exploring the boundaries of plagiarism. (Mary Davis (Oxford Brookes University) and John Morley (University of Manchester)).

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An investigation into the role of spoken English competence in an assessed business discussion in an ELF context. (Sarah Beaumont and Andy Gillett. University of Hertfordshire Business School).

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Presentations: Monday 11th April 2011

Not just some random English class: raising the profile of in-sessional provision through the CEM model. (Olwyn Alexander, Diane Sloan and Elizabeth Porter).

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Facilitating the transition to UK academic study: an evaluation of the use of 'Prepare for Success' by international students and UK institutions. (Julie Watson, University of Southampton).

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Argumentation in second-language academic writing:teacher and learner perspectives. (Fiona Dalziel and Carole Sedgwick).

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An Academic Collocation List (Kirsten Ackermann. Pearson).

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Authenticity and need in the design of EAP reading tests. (John Slaght. University of Reading).

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Critical thinking or critical expression? Meeting students’ critical needs. (David Hill. Freelance).

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Working with departments to improve student writing: Thinking Writing initiatives at Queen Mary, Univeristy of London. (Nadya Yakovchuk and Julian Ingle. Queen Mary, University of London).

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Arbitrating beliefs about learning to write in the PhD writing workshop. (Hilary Arnold and Simon Williams. University of Surrey).

Slides (PDF) | Handout (PDF)

Cross pollination: feeding research into teaching practice. (Sarah Brewer. University of Reading).

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Presentations: Tuesday 12th April 2011

EAP and the skills agenda in a climate of change and innovation. (Karen Hurley. Kingston University).

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Compulsory EAP classes and social integration: helping international students succeed. (Suzanne Evans & Helen Armstrong. English Language Support, Teesside University).

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The Internationalisation of HE: Locating academic writing and research in the university. (Dr Christine Zaher and Julia Hathaway. Richmond American International University in London).

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Integrating Teacher Feedback in EAP Writing Classroom. (Jianying Du. Huazhong University of Science and Technology).

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Incorporating Blackboard and other technological devices in the EAP classroom as an effective tool for reaching out to contemporary students on the Insessional English Programme. (Anna Drozynska. Queen Mary, University of London).

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Establishing TOEFL iBT Test Score Requirements for Entrance to Universities. (Susan Nissan. Educational Testing Service).

Abstract (PDF) | Slides (PDF)