Authentic reading materials for teaching EAP: Problems and solutions

Mills, Jon (2013) Authentic reading materials for teaching EAP: Problems and solutions. In: The 47th Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition, 8th-12th April 2013, Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:38275)

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Abstract

Nowadays authentic reading matter is extensively used in the teaching of English for academic purposes. However choosing and deploying such materials is not as straightforward as it might at first seem. In this paper, the pros and cons of authentic materials are assessed and difficulties in their deployment are discussed, together with suggestions for their successful utilisation.

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Paper)
Uncontrolled keywords:	Attitudes, Cognitive Linguistics, Reading, CALL, Stylistics, English for Specific Purposes, ESP, Translation, Linguistics, SFL, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, ELT, Learner Autonomy, Metacognition, Teacher Training, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Second Language Writing, Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Higher Education, Sla, Education, Cpd, ESOL, ESP, EAP, Analysis of Professional and Academic Discourse, Lanfguage Teacher Education, Online Language Teaching, Language Learning and Teaching, Reference, Information Structure, Theme, English for Academic Purposes, English for Engineering & Technology, Quantitative, Transaltion Studies, Managing Innovations In ELT, Materials Evaluation & Design, Academic Writings, Task-based language teaching, Focus on Form, L2 learning, Language Testing, EAP/ESP, TEFL, Linguistic Competence, ESP/EAP/Linguostylistics, Linguistic Practices and Language ideologies, Linguistic Landscapes, Teaching EAP, LEARNING PROBLEMS IN EFL/EAP, EAP - English for Academic Purposes, ELT, EAP, ESP,EAP, ESL-EFL- EAP-Teachers' education, EAP for engineering students, EAP study skills, EAP needs analysis, Needs analysis in EAP, ESP, EFL, EAP, EAP pedagogy
Subjects:	L Education
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User:	Francis Mills
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2014 11:19 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2021 10:14 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38275 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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