EAPtising the academy – BALEAP session

This is a slightly unusual post for me in that it has emerged out of a presentation I gave at the recent BALEAP conference at Nottingham University. The presentation was entitled ‘EAPtising the Continue reading →

Critical difference

I’ve chosen an article that encapsulates all that I admire and abhor (ok that’s a bit strong, but for the sake of alliteration…) about EAP literature; Marianne Grey’s  ”Ethnographers of difference Continue reading →

Label with care

In my last post I looked at Swales and his parting thought in that article called for a greater focus on learner/participant uptake and mentioned Cheng’s  ‘Understanding learners and learning in Continue reading →

Masters of disguise

I have been struggling to find a text that has inspired me since my last post, so the idea struck me that I might search the Journal of English for Continue reading →

Reflecting on BAWE

Funnily enough I read this article on the train journey from Coventry to Southampton for the BALEAP PIM last weekend where I went to a session delivered by Hilary Nesi and Continue reading →

Puzzled by CLIL

Having read “Reviewing the puzzle of CLIL” by Sophie Ioannou Georgiou I find I have more questions than I have found answers. Synopsis: Ioannou-Georgiou’s article offers a solid summary of Continue reading →

Can students be afforded authority?

I like the questions Ken Hyland asks. I have yet to come across one of his articles that hasn’t interested me from the outset. “Authority and invisibility: authorial identity in Continue reading →

Never the twain shall meet

In a quest to learn more about systemic-functional linguistics I came across ‘Realisation(s): Systemic-Functional Linguistics and the Language Classroom’ by Anne Burns and John Knox. In actual fact this article Continue reading →

A call to EAPtise the academy

Week 2 – Sarah Benesch’s ‘Needs Analysis and Curriculum Development in EAP: An Example of a Critical Approach’ I get really disheartened reading articles like this. It has been 16 Continue reading →

Eroding the boundary

The article I’ve chosen to start with is James Donohue’s  “Using systemic functional linguistics in academic writing development: An example from film studies.” This article was included in a special issue of Continue reading →