This Assignment is in 3 parts (2500 words) weight: 50%Part 1:
Annotated bibliography (4 articles are attached be annotated) 350 words each
Key issue in annotating is: a field focus:
The issue of teaching English for general or specific academic purpose (specific purposes might be science, business, history, health studies, media studies, etc)
This is essentially what a research paper is expected to offer:
– an indication of the issue explored
– some rationale or background for the issue
– some information about how the study was approached and undertaken
– information in the form of findings, discussion and conclusions
Part 2:
describe, and analytically review two examples of teaching materials or resources relevant to your chosen issue. These may be print or websites
useful websites to be described and analytically reviewed:
https://www.usyd.edu.au/learningcentre/wrise/
https://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eap/
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/english-for-specific-purposes/
Part 3:
(designing a minimal contribution to teaching around this issue).
? Apply what you have learned to develop a small set of pedagogic resources for teaching academic English to a group of learners (focusing on your key issue) (about 2- 4 hours of teaching)
Criteria
a. Discuss and critique key issues in the teaching English for academic purposes 15%
b. Analyse and describe approaches to the teaching of academic English in different contexts with reference to theory 30%
c. Apply knowledge of theory and practices in teaching academic English to develop pedagogic resources for teaching academic English to specific groups of learners 40%
d. produce written accounts with coherent structure, clarity of expression, and integrated reference to key literature 15%
e. Write up a paper in the genre of report with 3 parts. Make sure it has coherent structure, clear expression, and correct APA referencing.
