Week 1-2
Describe two or three types of plagiarism detected by TurnitIn
CTRL-C, Find-Replace, 404, Remix, Aggregator, etc.
What are three approaches to EAP course design? Choose one of them and explain in details
-Corpus-based approach
-Genre-based approach
Social context-based approach
What is academic discourse and what are three or four key characteristics of academic discourse?
-Theme
-Evidence basedness
-Stance
-Impersonal language
-Nominalization
-Coherence and Cohesion
-Hedging and caution language
-Etc.
Discuss one or two of the Academic English word sources with some examples of their use in EAP
-Coxhead's Academic Word List
-Corpus of Words (e.g., COCA)
-Multi-Word Units
-Paquot's Academic Keyword List
-Gardener and Davies' Academic Vocabulary List
Compare and contrast a monograph, a journal article and a chapter from edited volume
A journal article is a peer-reviewed publication in an academic journal.
A monograph is a book-length work on one topic written by one or group of authors.
An edited volume is a book that comprise of multiple chapters written by different authors.
Describe six stages of EAP course design in a procedural order
1. Needs Analysis
2. Learning Objectives
3.Curriculum and Syllabus
4. Methodology
5.Assessment
6. Evaluation
Describe two or three variations of academic discourse
- Variations in register
- Variations in spoken and written discourse
- Variations in disciplines
- Variations in genre
Explain IMRAD structure of a research article
I - Introduction
M - Methodology
R - Results
D - Discussion
Discuss two or three critical areas of EAP field discussed in the chapters
-Effectiveness of EMI and perceptions about effectiveness of immersive learning
-ELF's impact on other marginalized languages
-Native speaker norms vs translanguaging
-Standardization of international students through EAP
Choose two of the five types of EAP materials and discuss in details their uses, advantages and disadvantages and or evaluation processes.
-Authentic materials
-Published materials
-Adapted materials
-Developed materials
-CALL materials
Compare in-text citation, quotation and reference. When / Where / How do we use each?
In-text citation and quotation are used within a text; while citation is a parahprased statement, quotation is an original statement from a source without a change.
Reference is a full citation given at the end of a text.
Describe the expected moves and steps in one or two of the genres
CARS Model for Research Article Introduction
Structure of Research Reports
Structure of PhD Thesis
Structure for Body Chapters
Structure of Research Conclusion
Structure of Dissertation
Structure of Acknowledgement
Describe Braj Kachru's contextualization of English language
Inner circle - Norm providing countries (EMT, ESL)
Outer circle - Norm developing countries (ESL)
Expanding circle - Norm dependent countries (EFL)
Explain the differences between language skills, language learning strategies and approaches
Skills are acquired abilities that enable a person to use language without a great deal of effort or conscious planning.
Strategies are ways of using language that are consciously planned and adopted to improve language comprehension and communication.
Approaches are broader methods of learning particular language skills.
Compare and contrast source voice and writer's stance. How do we combine these two voices in academic discource?
It is important to maintain a good balance between writer's stance and source voice in academic writing.
Rationale is writer's opinion about topics in different levels of assertion.
Justification is citations from outside sources to support the writer's opinion with evidence.
Describe one of these miscellaneous concepts that you have studied during week 1-5.
-Construction alignment
-Discourse communities
-SOLO Taxonomy
-Data-driven learning
-Needs analysis