Reviews

Book review of: MacDiarmid, C. and MacDonald, J. J. eds. 2021. Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes: Teaching and Learning in International Contexts. Bloomsbury. eBook: £64.80. ISBN: 9781350164819. Rob Playfair, English Language Centre, University of Liverpool KEYWORDS: critical thinking, pedagogy, context, collaboration, EAP, practitioner   INTRODUCTION Pedagogies in English for...

We are looking for someone to review the newly published Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes: Teaching and Learning in International Contexts. Edited by Carole McDiarmid and Jennifer MacDonald, this volume is part of the New Perspectives for English for Academic Purposes series published by Bloomsbury. The reviewer will be...

Hira Hanif Princess Noura University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ABSTRACT L1 can play several functions to aid language learning in an EFL classroom. However the use of L1 to teach L2 often tends to be discouraged in language classrooms. This article explores the role of L1 in EFL education by drawing...

Natalia Fedorova Language Centre, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds KEYWORDS: criticality in disciplines, critical thinking, critical EAP, critical pedagogy, argument and debate What is criticality? The fact that the ‘Questioning Criticality: What is Criticality in Higher Education?’ Symposium held on 19 December 2019 posed this question...

A review of the 2018 Annual ISSoTL Conference. The ISSoTL (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Conference was held in Bergen, Norway from 24th – 27th October 2018. Whilst not a conference that focuses on language education specifically, the connection to the overarching goals of the Language...

A Review of the Language Learning and Teaching Conference: Developing Speaking Skills (University of Leeds, 15th September 2017) The development of speaking skills in a foreign language is for many learners the central focus of their language learning. It is also often linked to feelings of anxiety, fear and panic...