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EBL 4 EAP. Steve Kirk. EBL. EAP. ?. Lit. Rev. MFL. EAP :. Content. Context. Values / Priorities. ( disc .). EAP Context. Academic Concepts Research Question; Thesis ; Research Space Synthesis of arguments from academic sources Citation & Referencing Avoiding Plagiarism.
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EBL EAP ? Lit. Rev. MFL
EAP: Content Context Values/Priorities (disc.)
Academic Concepts • Research Question; Thesis; Research Space • Synthesis of arguments from academic sources • Citation & Referencing • Avoiding Plagiarism EAP Content
Language & Structuring for Academic Literacy • Common academic genres • = abstract; literature review; problem-solution text; empirical research report; case report • The ‘Vocabulary Shift’ • Nominalisation • Hedging EAP Content
Basic Research Skills • Using the library • Using e-journals/databases • Notetaking skills; Mindmapping • Bibliography building EAP Content
Cultural Expectations of UK HE • (95% PS Students: Non-European…) • Questioning of ‘authorities’ (lecturers; reading) • …i.e. Taking a Critical Stance EAP Content
Bloom’s Taxonomy Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge
EBL in EAP deeper learning (Bloom) constructivist view of learning autonomy (through interdependence)
EBL in EAP emergence of (critical) voice • discovery learning • self/peer-assessment
empowering learners: • lang-as-choice EBL in EAP T : facilitator /manager of learning • process views of writing, learning , development • Valuing the I’m-writingover the I’ve-written (Cioffi 2005)
EBL in EAP • pyramided discussions group learning • collaborative problem solving
EBL in EAP learning is doing (some bitter experience…) = essential:
EBL in EAP = essential: cultural capital
EBL in EAP = essential: culturalneed mug&jug marketplace • (lecturers give; teachersget) • (languages are learned, not taught)
The Literature Review the why the what the how
(L.R.) the what plagiarism loop input: process=product
(L.R.) the why transferable skills
(L.R.) the how (handout)
Experience of EBL processes? learner-led content Discipline-Specific Literature Review Scaffolded Lit. Rev. teacher-led process learner-led process Plagiarism Lecture teacher-led content
= EBL? (disc.?) you decide
LR: Emergent Value transferable (research/academic) skills critical reading (deep/’vertical’) summary writing (extracting the essential) referencing/citation e-catalogue searches (‘power browsing’/’horiz.’) synthesising arg’s from multiple sources taking a personal-yet-academic stance: voice (thesis / research niche)
MFL? the cut&pastegeneration (?) NSs:
MFL? • ‘Getting by with Google’1 horizontal ‘powerbrowsing’ forinformation lackof evaluation of sources (forreliability) lackof analysis & criticality fearsof failure fear of risktaking consequence (?): plagiarism
MFL? business texts • genre-oriented approach • for • MFL academic literacy
MFL? journalistic texts • genre-oriented approach • for • MFL academic literacy
MFL? narrative texts • genre-oriented approach • for • MFL academic literacy
MFL? academic texts • genre-oriented approach • for • MFL academic literacy
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Slide 9: Ballard, B. and Clanchy, J. (1984) Study Abroad: A Manual for Asian Students. Malaysia: Longman. In Jordan, R. (1997) English for Academic Purposes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.96 • Slide 11: Bloom’s Taxonomy: adapted from Bloom, B.S. (ed.) (1956) Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals: Handbook I, Cognitive Domain. London: Longmans. • Slide 23: Adapted from McMorrow, J.M. (2008) PCL in the Larger Curriculum: Enquiry-Based Learning in Humanities at Manchester http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ceebl/resources/casestudies/ • Slide 27: 1University College London (UCL) CIBER Group. (2008). Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future (CIBER Briefing paper; 9). London References
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