Abstract
The increased student demand for flexible and hybrid learning has necessitated widespread innovation in online teaching and learning. Initially approached as “Pandemic Pedagogy” (Dam, 2022, p. 28), ‘emergency’ frameworks developed during the COVID19 pandemic to facilitate online and hybrid learning are now being reviewed and revised for post-pandemic Higher Education. It is in this context that the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program was re-developed by The Student Learning Support Service at Flinders University in early 2023. Embedding the development of generic language skills in discipline-specific contexts was prioritised with an aim to cultivate students’ understanding of the academic language conventions of their discipline areas (Warner and Picard, 2013; Miller, 2011; Ding and Bruce, 2017). While this was useful for students onshore and on campus, this model relied on a mainstay of emergency “pandemic pedagogy” – the synchronous hybrid lesson. This study charts the development of a suite of online EAP modules designed to provide students who have limited access to campus the same content as their on-campus counterparts through structured, asynchronous modules. Through analysing the development and implementation of these modules, this conceptual paper outlines the steps taken to offer a more integrated, goal-based EAP program and explores the potential this method holds for increased student engagement (Vahed, 2021) with relevant learning and language support.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 18 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 22 Nov 2023 |
Event | 16th Biennial Association for Academic Language and Learning Conference 2023: Meeting students at the centre: re-thinking our AALL practice - Hosted online, Australia Duration: 22 Nov 2023 → 24 Nov 2023 Conference number: 16th https://www.flinders.edu.au/engage/culture/whats-on/aall23conference |
Conference
Conference | 16th Biennial Association for Academic Language and Learning Conference 2023 |
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Abbreviated title | AALL 2023 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Hosted online |
Period | 22/11/23 → 24/11/23 |
Other | The 16th Biennial Association for Academic Language and Learning Conference is a collaborative effort among South Australia’s three universities and hosted online by Flinders University. The AALL represents and supports academic language and learning educators in Australia. AALL is a professional association committed to representing and supporting tertiary academic language and learning educators in Australia, and others with an active interest in the field. AALL aims to provide members with opportunities to extend their professional networks and to enhance their practice through discussion, professional development, presentations, publications and research. |
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Keywords
- English for Academic Purposes
- Language learning
- Higher education
- Online teaching
- COVID 19
- Student engagement