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SHOULD ACADEMICS BE TAUGHT?
IF YES, THEN WHAT?Svetlana Suchkova
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Demands
Publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals
Organising and participating in international conferences
Offering programmes and courses in English
Attracting overseas students and professors
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Reality
Number of publications
1 USA2 Germany3 China13 Poland19 Brazil
300,000 submissions a year150,000 accepted1% accepted without changes
5718 journals
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Reality
inhibiting factor – low language proficiency of academics
need for a course
Frumina, E.& West, R. (2012) p31-50
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS
BC project
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English for Academics project
launched in March 2012
open competition
twelve authors
consultant - Rod Bolitho, Academic Director, Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE)
tender for a publishing house
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Project stages
•needs analysis
•syllabus design
•materials development
•pilot
•editing & proofreading
•artwork & permissions
SURVEY RESULTS
Needs analysis
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Survey results: group profile
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Survey results: needs analysis
Readingacademic journals
info on the internet
conference proceedings
research reports
Listeningpresentations
lectures
discussions
professional podcasts
Survey results: needs analysis
Writingfilling in forms
emails
research articles
proposals
Speakingpresentations
socialising
discussions
managing classes
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS
Book 1 – due publication date - June 2014
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English for academics: features
specialists from different subject areas
entry minimum B1+
to enable Ls to
- engage in international projects more effectively
- publish in international journals
- attend international conferences
- teach their courses in English
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English for academics: features
two books, 72 hours each
audio
Academic vocabulary list
Teacher’s support
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English for academics: features
modular principle
freedom and extension
authenticity of content and tasks
learner-centredness
variety of activities
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Contents
U1 International academic conferences
U2 University teaching, learning & research
U3 Academic publications
U4 International cooperation
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Contents
U1 Attending a conferenceU2 TroubleshootingU3 NetworkingU4 In the audience
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Contents
U1 Socialising - greetings and introductions- starting and keeping the conversation going- showing interest and reacting to news- inviting- paying and receiving compliments- saying thank you, sorry and goodbye
U2 Presentation Skills
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Contents
U1 Academic correspondence
U2 Writing a summary
U3 Writing an abstract
U4 Writing an executive summary of a grant proposal
U5 Describing visual data
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS
Principles behind, sample activities
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Text structure awareness
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Register awareness
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Language support
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Learning strategies
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Critical thinking
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Peer teaching
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Recycling
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Progress monitoring
WHY ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS?
Pilot results – 50 universities
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English for Academics – on your bookshelf
Academics SHOULD be taught,
And we know exactly WHAT
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Group discussion
Academicshave specialist knowledge
lack English
How to fill in the gap?
have English
lack specialist knowledge
English teachers
What to teach?
Your experience?
ESP
EAP
needs
EGP
level
materials
where
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Vocabulary development
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Variety of activities
