Materials for Thought: moving best practice in EAP forward

ELT is pleased to announce our fourth EAP workshop will be held in St Andrews on Saturday 02 March 2013.

Keynote speakers

• Louis Rogers, University of Reading, 'Authentic materials in reading and listening: challenges for students and EAP practitioners'
• Diane Schmitt, Nottingham Trent University, title to be confirmed.

Additional speakers have been confirmed as:

• Olwyn Alexander, Heriot-Watt University, and Sue Argent, Garnet Education, 'Stepping up to the plate: framing EAP materials through graduate attributes'.
• Janie Brooks and Ishbel Duncan, University of St Andrews, 'Using the immersive Internet to support international student transition to life in a UK'.
  
• Deborah Cobbett, University of Sheffield, 'From Architecture to Zoology: departmental language support at Sheffield University.'
• Dawn Cremonese, University of St Andrews, 'Socio-pragmatic and linguistic awareness raising in ESAP through video-dubbing'.
• Dustin Hosseini, University of Glasgow, ‘Facts, insight and humour’: Using TED Talks for authentic listening'.
• Thom Jones, Trinity College London, 'Nobody wants to be here! Reading in the EAP classroom'.
• Ally Malcolm-Smith, University of St Andrews, 'From TED to StAN: Working with local authentic academic listening texts'.
  
• Sam McCarter, Oxford University Press, 'Developing EAP reading materials for teaching and publication'.
• Dr Karen Ottewell, University of Cambridge, 'EAP Best Practice Guidelines for the Wider University'.   
• Jennifer Spencer, Freelance consultant, 'Going local: customising and developing materials for specific courses and course groups'.

Registration form

Registration for the workshop is now open. Please complete the following form and return to Kerry Tavakoli, Workshop Facilitator.

Workshop registration form 2013 (Word, 286 KB)

Included in the registration fee are a buffet lunch and refreshments. St Andrews is an ancient, historic university town, with beautiful beaches, lively bars and restaurants, a small theatre, and, of course, the famous golf course. Combine the workshop with a weeked of sightseeing and/or golf.

The University's Visitors webpages contain lots of links to accommodation, places of interest and transport which you may find helpful in planning your journey.

Registration fees

• Standard registration fee: £50
• Student registration fee: £20

Payment for the workshop can be made by credit or debit card via the University's online shop.