This book critically refines and adds depth to current understandings and practices in EAP (English for Academic Purposes) and EMI (English-Medium Instruction), using empirical research examining the experiences of English language learning and use of undergraduate and postgraduate international students in the UK.
Lia Blaj-Ward is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, where she coordinates in-sessional EAP provision for courses with an art, design or built environment focus. She is the author of Researching Contexts, Practices and Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Language learner histories: Points of departure for university study.- Chapter 3. Words, words, words.- Chapter 4. Spoken English on the EMI campus.- Chapter 5. Reading practices in academic settings.- Chapter 6. Parameters of English language development provision in EMI.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
Mark Sterling, Lia Blaj-Ward, UK) Sterling, Mark (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Blaj-Ward, Lia (Nottingham Trent University, Mark Sterling, Lia Blaj-Ward
Mark Sterling, Lia Blaj-Ward, UK) Sterling, Mark (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Blaj-Ward, Lia (Nottingham Trent University, Mark Sterling, Lia Blaj-Ward