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This document provides guidance for what makes an excellent English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teacher. An excellent EAP teacher has: 1) Knowledge of the target study context including student needs, academic culture, study skills, critical thinking skills, and approaches to autonomy and assessment. 2) Strong personal language skills, text analysis skills, and the ability to develop critical thinking in students. 3) High cultural sensitivity and the skills to nurture good EAP practice while understanding content and disciplinary differences.

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ESP6

This document provides guidance for what makes an excellent English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teacher. An excellent EAP teacher has: 1) Knowledge of the target study context including student needs, academic culture, study skills, critical thinking skills, and approaches to autonomy and assessment. 2) Strong personal language skills, text analysis skills, and the ability to develop critical thinking in students. 3) High cultural sensitivity and the skills to nurture good EAP practice while understanding content and disciplinary differences.

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Dr.

Muhammad Shahbaz
Not a rhetorical question this one !
Nor this one .....
Another real question !
Take some

Knowledge of the Target Study Context and


Student needs and

and some

Highly developed Personal Language Skills


and Text Analysis Skills
then mix with

The tools to develop Critical Thinking

add

The ability to understand Content and


Disciplinary Differences
and

High Cross Cultural sensitivity

A supportive view of Student Autonomy

The skills to develop Assessment Systems

and
A desire to nurture and develop Good
Practice in EAP

So You Got .....

a great EAP teacher !


Knowledge of the organizational, educational
and communicative policies, practices and
conventions of the university. This requires
liaison and co-operation, both inter
departmental and inter disciplinary.

Where do we study ? The language is only one


of the keys to success. Academic culture,
study skills, critical thinking, autonomy of
learning etc etc also are also keys.
Knowledge of the needs of students in
relation to their prior learning and thus
their current educational expectations

An understanding of research - reading and


reviewing relevant literature and collecting
and analysing data.
A knowledge of discourse analysis

The ability to see academic language in a


function and discipline-specific context – to
think beyond the ELT classroom.

Have language skills with a contemporary


academic ‘edge.’

A1 written English.
What is Critical Thinking ?
Students need to demonstrate critical
thinking skills and see how they underpin
academic practice

Teach students critical approaches to


knowledge, its evaluation and expansion

Make links between critical thinking and


study competence explicit for students
Show how students review and evaluate their
own learning aims/materials/
activities/assessment in terms of usefulness
for future study
Use exercises that ask students to analyze,
evaluate, assess, conclude, create criteria,
share opinions and back them up etc.
Show students’ development in the field
Teachers need to be able to recognize and
explore disciplinary differences

Teachers need to become aware of discourse


communities
Teachers need to work with subject
specialists and take account of their
approaches to communication of content

Teachers need to raise students’


understanding of discipline-specific text
Study traditions vary. The key parameters
are:

Degrees of autonomy

Methods of delivery

Views of authority
Autonomy - apply to your own practice the
standards expected of students and other
academic staff.

Encourage students to work effectively in


groups or independently as appropriate.

Use new technologies to support


autonomous learning
Encourage student autonomy through group
activities and individual tutoring
Make the link between autonomy and academic
study explicit to students
Learning activities - guided to facilitated to
autonomous
Ask students to show how they took
responsibility for achieving group tasks
Become familiar with international
proficiency tests e.g., IELTS and TOEFL

Integrate course objectives, language and


skills content with assessment

Design or evaluate assessment tools for


language and skills for EAP listening,
speaking, reading and writing and
integrated skills
Give feedback on student performance

Use assessment outcomes to inform teaching


and learning
The importance of continuing professional
development

Use appropriate professional terminology

Current issues in teaching and researching


EAP

The importance of critical reflection on own


practice
Use academic research and literature to inform
own practice and communicate these ideas to
colleagues

Relate personal approach to teaching to the EAP


teaching context

Review an article/book/teaching journal or


provide evidence for conference presentation
or published paper

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