Naslov
Academic English: A Different Perspective

Autori
Šalov, Edita ; Grgičević Bakarić Petra

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
Ciet Conference Proceedings / - , 2020, 663-667

ISBN
978-953-7220-52-5

Skup
4th Contemporary Issues In Economy & Technology (CIET 2020)

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 29.05.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
methodology, creative teaching, learner centredness

Sažetak
Although challenging at times, both teaching and learning have always been a source of inspiration that drives further personal and professional development for all those involved in the process. Enriched with years of experience, teachers become confident enough to introduce and test unorthodox approaches to teaching whose primary aim is to maximise learners' cognitive response. One of those approaches is the so-called Dogme or the Teaching Unplugged which was originally devised by Scott Thornbury: he realised that classes were invaded by lesson plans, flash cards, workbooks, textbooks, et al., to the extent that learners themselves ceased to be the focus of the lesson. The Teaching Unplugged focuses on the learners and their linguistic needs – it is primarily communicative and material light. Inspired by this very method, several courses of Academic English were devised for lecturers – the experts in a number of topics that are taught to students as a part of their study programmes at the University Department of Professional Studies. The courses were a part of the in-house professional training whose purpose was to prepare lecturers for linguistic challenges that may occur in communication with students from the Erasmus Student Exchange Programme. The paper will be divided in two parts. In its introductory part, the Design to the Edges approach, as a new idea that has recently emerged in the teaching world, will be discussed with the emphasis on the Teaching Unplugged. Its central part will address the extent to which this approach shaped Academic English classes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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