This episode takes a closer look at how EAP students can cooperate and collaborate as a team to deepen and increase each member's understanding of the topic. While some discussions are designed to allow students to demonstrate their stored knowledge of a topic, many discussions can be utilized in the Socratic manner of developing each participant's understanding of a topic. Just as a basketball team works together to set up scoring, or any other sports team, so too can a discussion that works like a team.
This episode addresses the challenges of academic writing for EAP students. Laura discusses the idea that academic writing is storytelling but with different structures...
In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Viviana Marcel, an English language specialist, who has been teaching EAP at different levels...
In this episode, Laura celebrates a major moment of witnessing EAP learners who had fantastic discussions. She then analyzes the success of those discussions...