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| ransformation of Higher Education in the AI Era: Innovation, Best Practices, and Impact |
21 May 2025 09:30
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21 May 2025 16:30
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| 7th CELC Symposium |
21 May 2025 09:00
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23 May 2025 17:00
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| Empowering K-12 Education with AI: Preparing for the Future of Education and Work |
19 May 2025 16:00
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19 May 2025 17:00
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| Empower teaching with AI assisted feedback |
19 May 2025 12:30
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19 May 2025 13:30
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| Learning to Learn: Integrating Metacognition into Instruction |
17 May 2025 10:30
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17 May 2025 12:00
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| Leveraging Explicit Language in the Classroom |
16 May 2025 16:30
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16 May 2025 18:00
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| Revealing the Secrets of Professional English: from the Private Sector to Public Service |
16 May 2025 15:00
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16 May 2025 16:00
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| The Future of Language Learning in a Digital and Globalized World |
06 May 2025 18:30
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06 May 2025 19:30
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| Perspectives on Teaching and Learning of Transdisciplinary Communication in the 21st Century |
06 May 2025 09:45
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06 May 2025 16:00
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| Strengthening the Nexus Between English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Academic Literacies (Ac Lits): a Win-Win Outcome for All Concerned? |
01 May 2025 17:30
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01 May 2025 18:30
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Abstract
The twin disciplines of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Academic Literacies (Ac Lits) clearly have much to offer one another, dealing as they each do with the language and skills which students are typically expected to master if they are to get the most out of their academic studies.
However, despite these self-evident synergies and crossovers, in many academic contexts worldwide, confusion evidently still persists over what exactly the role of each discipline should be; the student audience they should be targeting; the actual nature of their offerings, and the experience, credentials and qualifications required by their practitioners.
In this presentation, I intend to be a little provocative and will argue that to my mind, there should be a much more concerted effort to strengthen the nexus between EAP and Ac Lits.
Drawing on some of the qualitative data, which I gathered for my book English for Academic Purposes. Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future (Multilingual Matters, 2024), several of the points I have expanded upon in a more recent article, Bright or Gloomy? Some Speculations on the Future of EAP ( International Journal of TESOL Studies, 2025) and finally, material from my earlier doctoral thesis, Practitioners, Pedagogies and Professionalism in
English for Academic Purposes: The Development of a Contested Field (University of Nottingham, 2016), I will suggest that if EAP and Ac Lits can make efforts to join forces more tangibly, then the stability of their respective futures in the academy will be massively safeguarded, surely a win-win outcome for all concerned.
About Professor Bell
Douglas Bell is currently Professor of English Language Education at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), where he serves as the Programme Leader and Admissions Tutor for the MA TESOL and also supervises several doctoral students. His international career in English Language Teaching (Austria, Japan, Turkey, America, UK, Australia and China) now spans some 37 years, covering his ongoing professional interests in classroom practice, materials writing and teacher development, especially in the ways that these relate to teaching carried out in ESP and EAP contexts. His most recent publications include ‘Bright or Gloomy? Some Speculations on the Future of EAP’ ( International Journal of TESOL Studies, 2025); ‘Academic and Poster Presentations’ (N. Bremner & S. Mohammadi (Eds.) Completing Assignments in TESOL and Applied Linguistics: A Practical Guide. Routledge, 2025); ‘ English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future’ (Multilingual Matters, 2024) and ‘ Studying for a Masters in TESOL or Applied Linguistics: A Student Reference and Practical Guide’ (Routledge, 2023). Doug always enjoys engaging with fellow ELT professionals and can be reached by email at douglas.bell@nottingham.edu.cn
Joining the event
This is an online event via MS Teams:
Thursday 01 May 9:30-10:30 (UK) / 17:30-18:30 (China)
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