Categoría: Academic English

Teaching Speaking Based on ESP (English for Specific Purposes) Material for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Students

Author: Ramadhani, P.

Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González

“Although it is a rather dense and theoretical article, teachers using EMI can get some hints and tips related to the oral communication of their (computer engineering) students.”

Content-Based Instruction: A Relevant Approach of Language Teaching

Author: Bula, O.

Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González

“From page 75 onwards, an example lesson plan and materials are shown, based on the discipline of chemistry, where listening strategies are applied to understand lectures, both in class and in lectures. It seems to be more focused on students, but teachers could use the expressions in handout #2 and 4.”

Tecnologías Integradas en la Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras (en Español)

Author: Varios Autores

Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González

“En la página 30 de este libro, aparecen 3 recursos para mejorar la pronunciación de manera autónoma (Forvo, Rhinospike y Fluentu). En la página 29 del mismo libro también aparecen dos herramientas para adquirir vocabulario (Memrise y Quizlet).”

Realizing Content and Language Integration in Higher Education

Author: Haines, K., & Kadwell, A.A.

Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González

“In this volume there is a chapter which is interesting for our purpose (“Preparing lecturers for English-medium instruction”). It talks about 9 Master Classes of “Spoken English for Lecturers”.”

– Wilkinson, R. & Zegers, V. (eds.) (2008). Realizing Content and Language Integration in Higher Education. Maastricht University.

Teaching Oral English

Author: Byrne, D.

Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González

“Although it is a book for teaching spoken English and not for “teaching in English”, looking at the sections of the table of contents shows that it can be interesting for EMI methodology.”

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