EAP tech ideas for the New Year
As any good teacher knows, the year doesn’t really start in January, September is where it really matters, a fresh start with new students and new groups and (hopefully) new resolutions and ideas for...
View ArticleDiary of an online course: part 1
A few months ago I wrote about an online course we were planning for EAP teachers in learning technologies. As the course is just about to finish, I thought it might be useful to write a short summary...
View ArticleDiary of an online course: part 2
In my previous post, I talked about how we set up our online course in learning technologies for EAP teachers and the thought processes we went through in choosing our participants, deciding on the...
View ArticleE-portfolios in EAP
Portfolios can be used for a variety of purposes in EAP. They can be used to assess students’ knowledge, showcase exemplary work, give students a sense of progress throughout the term or year or even...
View ArticleUsing technology to manage a pre-sessional: part 1 – managing information
Every year I like to do a round up of how we’re using tech to help us manage our pre-sessional courses here at the University of Sheffield. The size of the programme here in the summer and the number...
View ArticleIATEFL and BALEAP 2017 Part One…
It’s been a little while since my last post, I’ve been gearing up for conference season with presentations at both IATEFL and BALEAP as well as chairing a panel at the latter. My IATEFL talk was on...
View ArticleThe Art of Pedagogical Logistics
Maybe it’s the weak pound or the Trump effect, but our summer pre-sessional at the University of Sheffield is the biggest we’ve ever had. Combined with our general English programme, we will have...
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