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Episode 5: Communicative Language Teaching with EAP higher education students
This episode addresses the challenge of the communicative language teaching (CLT) classroom for EAP students who have no familiarity with this teaching approach. Not...
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Episode 4: Constructivist EAP Teaching (for mediation)
This episode addresses constructivist teaching theory and its implications for the EAP classroom, especially in consideration of mediation. For many students, a constructivist teaching...
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Episode 3: Reading for mediation in EAP
This episode addresses the difficulty that many EAP students struggle with in the skill of reading. For many students, simply increasing reading comprehension is...
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Episode 2: Mediation and teamwork in small group discussions
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...
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Episode 1: Learning mediation in the EAP classroom
This episode begins the exploration of the skill of mediation as laid out in the CEFR macro-strategies. Students need to learn not only the...