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Introduction to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) & Teaching through…
Introduction to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) & Teaching through Text Types
good teaching & learning
knowing WHAT to teach or learn
Important ideas about WHAT to teach
Whole TEXTS in CONTEXT
Social PURPOSE(S) for the text
Patterns of ORGANISATION, GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY at different LEVELS of the text
How #3 achieves #2 in context of use
deciding HOW best to teach or learn it
WHAT people (want to) learn when they learn a language?
with different purposes
Singapore: Languages
clip: Singaporean need speak multi languages
black coffee (gobi o Malay + Fujian )
caisuism (afraid to lose Fujian + English)
Pa Sat (market Malay)
75% Chinese, 15% Malay, 7.4% India
English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil
English percentage increases
Singapore: Education
English-medium at all levels
economic reason
Bi-lingual policy
start losing some languages
A 6-4-2 (senior high) system
Ability streaming at different levels
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF APPROACHES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
grammar translation
for academic progess in English
do people want to learn in this way?
Audio-lingual approach
benefit some grammar structure
more realistic
for beginners, easy grammar
best for spoken language
Communicate Language Teaching
the Natural Approach
like children learn their first their first language
no or less grammar teaching
i+1 level
extensive reading
better for immigrants to English-speaking countries
Notional syllabuses
teach survival English
Sociocultural Approaches
Achieving desired PURPOSES with language
Teaching English through ‘text-types
ESP (English for Specific Purposes)
teach basing on this purpose
EAP (English for Academic Purposes)
make meanings in English
how to use grammar + vocabulary to make meaning
Grammar as Rule vs Grammar as Resource
Context & meaning
HOW do we best learn a language?
Models & examples
Guidance of more expert others
Thinking and trying it out ourselves
Text types in the Singapore English language syllabus
NARRATIVES
RECOUNTS
EXPOSITIONS
EXPLANATIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION REPORTS