Conference Presentation: Language Centre Days (2023) - A sustainable course in action: KIEN2901 English for Multidisciplinary Teams
This is a presentation delivered at the 2023 Language Centre Days in Finland. It introduces an EAP course developed in University of Turku to engage students from different faculties with issues connected to sustainability and develop their collaborative skills. Peter Levrai |
Conference Presentation: Language Centre Days (2023) - REFLECTIONS ON MAKING AN EAP COURSE MORE SUSTAINABLE: language learning materials in a changing world”:
This is a presentation delivered at the 2023 Language Centre Days in Finland. It reflects on the influences that guided Averil to sustainable teaching materials. |
Conference Presentation: Language Centre Days (2023) - Key takaways from "Fastforwarding to the future of EAP teaching in 'the happiest country in the world'”:
This was a presentation delivered at the Language Centre Days in Finland which reviewed the seven key take-aways from the COVID pandemic which can help shock-proof our teaching. |
Conference Presentation: BALEAP Conference (2023) - That thing we don't talk about: facilitating and assessing student collaborative assignments
This was the Community Open Session we delivered at the 2023 BALEAP conference in Warwick University, sharing some emergent concepts from our research into collaborative assignments. |
Conference Presentation: BALEAP Sustainability PIM (2023) - Be the change you want to see: ways of practising for teachers
This is the PPT for the presentation we gave at the BALEAP sustainability PIM, discussing the history of Develop EAP and the need for sharing resources in our professional community. |
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Conference Presentation: CercleS Conference (2022) - Supporting teachers to support student collaboration
This is the PPT for the presentation we gave at the CercleS conference in Porto, Portugal, discussing the need for a pedagogy of collaboration and suggesting areas for continuing professional development to help teachers facilitate student collaborative assignments. |
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Conference Presentation: FINELC Language Centre Days (2022) - Creating a space for student collaboration
This is the PPT for the presentation we gave at the Language Centre Days in Vaasa, Finland, discussing the importance and need for teacher development regarding student collaboration and practical ways in which we can start off a student collaboration. |
Book Chapter: Innovation, exploration and transformation: Proceedings of the BALEAP 2019 Conference - Are we talking about the same thing? Researcher and practitioner perspectives on student collaboration
This is the book chapter for the presentation we gave at the BALEAP 2019 conference, discussing the gap between researcher and practitioner conceptions of student collaboration and proposing a definition for student collaboration in EAP. |
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Conference Presentation: NFEAP (2021) - Setting the stage for student collaboration
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Conference Presentation: BALEAP (2021) - EAP Practitioner Attitudes to Collaborative Assignments: Tensions and Opportunities
This is the PPT for the presentation we gave at the BALEAP 2021 conference with preliminary findings from our PhD studies into student collaboration. |
Conference Presentation: EAP in Ireland (2019) - A definition for student collaboration in EAP: Implications for practice This is the PPT for a presentation delivered at EAP in Ireland 2019, in University College Cork, which discusses the practical implications of a definition for student collaboration in EAP could impact assignment design, delivery and assessment. |
Conference Presentation: BALEAP (2019) - Are we talking about the same thing: researcher and teacher perspectives of student collaboration This is the PPT for a presentation delivered at BALEAP 2019, in Leeds University, which discusses the gap between researcher and practitioner conceptions of collaboration and puts forward a a proposed definition for collaboration in EAP. |
Journal Article: Folio (2018) - Writing together: Storming to Success
In this article we reflect on collaborating together to produce articles and course materials. Based on our experiences in various materials development teams across different contexts, there are some steps or strategies recommended in this paper to help lead to a successful collaboration, where the sum of the parts is greater than anything an individual could achieve alone. |
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Conference Presentation: IATEFL/ZHAW (2018) - Looking Behind The Curtain: using technology to facilitate and assess group essay writing in EAP This is the PPT for a presentation which discusses how we locate different e-tools in a group essay writing assignment to facilitate student collaboration. |
Book Chapter: Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom (2017) - Using the Sustainable Development Goals in the English for Academic Purposes Classroom
In this book chapter we discuss integrating the SDGs into EAP course materials, with practical ready to use activities to engage EAP students with global issues. |
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Journal Article: The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL (2017) - A Slow (R)evolution: Developing a Sustainable EGAP Course This paper discusses the background and principles underpinning Develop EAP and charts its development from conceptualisation to its current form. |
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Conference Presentation: BALEAP (2017) - Student Perceptions of a Collaborative Essay Assignment (April 2017) This is the PPT from our presentation at BALEAP in Bristol in 2017, reviewing the use of a group essay assignment and student perceptions (shared on slideshare.net) |
Conference Presentation: BALEAP (2017) - Sustainable Development Goals for a Sustainable EGAP Course This is the PPT for a presentation which discusses the value of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for an EAP course, given their accessibility, wide scope, and relevance. It also demonstrates the value of implementing Backward Design in order to develop a strong course framework. |
Conference Selections: IATEFL 2017 - Developing a sustainable EGAP course This paper discusses the development of a framework for an EGAP course which provides a high level of flexibility and adaptability and demonstrate why the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals are such a rich resource for EAP courses. |
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Conference Selections: IATEFL 2016 - Undergraduate collaborative essays: constructive, not a cop-out This paper outlines the rationale for using collaborative writing assignments in EAP and how those assignments can be scaffolded to help students during the group writing process. |
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Journal Article - IEEE TALE (2016) - Bringing The Outside World In: Using Mixed Panel Assessment Of Oral Presentations With Electrical and Electronic Engineering Students This article discusses the use of a mixed panel of technical experts and non-experts to assess Engineering students academic oral presentations. |
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Conference Presentation: ELC conference (2015) - No materials? No problem!
This presentation discussed the role of published coursebooks and suggested the role of 'dogma days', utilising student centred lessons where everything is originated live in the classroom. |
Journal Article: Humanising Language Teaching (2015) - Blind set-ups
This practical piece utilised a dogma approach to set up lessons with minimal materials, with the lessons developing around the students' input. These activities are the second half of the presentation "No materials? No Problem!" |
Journal Article: Folio (2015) - Developing A Closer Understanding of Academic Oral Presentations This article reviews a project into the expectations faculty lecturers have of student presentations in university and evaluates how well commercial EAP presentation books meet those expectations. |
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Conference Presentation: The Sixth CLS International Conference (2014) - Substance Over Style: Meaningful Academic Oral Presentations This is the PPT for our presentation outling the importance of oral presentations in an EAP course, with particular focus on moving beyond developing technical presentation skills to tasks which promote academically sound presentations. |
Conference Presentation: University of Macau ELC Conference (2014) - Oral Presentation Tasks: Making the most of the trojan horse This presentation looked at the benefits of using oral presentation tasks and what the expectations should be of academically sound presentations. It then discussed different activities and strategies that could be used to exploit presentation tasks to their fullest. |
Journal Article: Folio (2014) - Materials Adaptation of EAP Materials by Experienced Teachers: Parts 1 & 2 These papers examine how experienced teachers used published textbook materials, highlighting the range of approaches (adapting, expanding, omitting) teachers employ. |
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Journal Article: Folio (2014) - Materials Adaptation of EAP Materials by Experienced Teachers: Parts 1 & 2 These papers examine how experienced teachers used published textbook materials, highlighting the range of approaches (adapting, expanding, omitting) teachers employ. |
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Conference Presentation: Association for Academic Language and Learning Conference (2013) - Mixed Panel Assessment of Oral Presentations This is the PPT from our presentation analysing the use of a mixed panel to assess end of semester presentations by electrical and electronic engineering students, describing the advantages of a mixed panel for engaging students more thoroughly and adding necessary authenticity to the presentation task |
Article: International Student Experience Journal (2013) - From push to pull: evolving EAP support in an offshore university
This article discusses the way provision of EAP developed in an offshore university to better support students. |
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Article: English Teaching Professional (2013) - The Coursebook As Trainer This article discusses the role of teaching materials in the professional development of teachers. |
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