Essential Competencies for English-medium University Teaching (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

As English gains prominence as the language of higher education across the world, many institutions and lecturers are becoming increasingly concerned with the implications of this trend for the quality of university teaching and learning. With an innovative approach in both theme and scope, this book addresses four major competencies that are essential to ensure the effectiveness of English-medium higher education: creativity, critical thinking, autonomy and motivation. It offers an integrated perspective, both theoretical and practical, which defines these competences from different angles within ELT and Applied Linguistics, while also exploring their points of contact and applications to classroom routines. This approach is intended to provide practical guidance and inspiration, in the form of pedagogical proposals, examples of teaching practice and cutting-edge research by scholars and university teachers from all over the world. To that end, a leading specialist in the field introduces each of the four competencies, explaining concepts accessibly and synthetically, exposing false myths, presenting an updated state of the art, and opening windows for future studies. These introductions are followed by practitioner chapters written by teachers and scholars from different cultures and university contexts, who reflect on their experience and/or research and share effective procedures and suggestions for the university class with English as a vehicle for instruction.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Educational Linguistics, 27
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Ruth Breeze • Carmen Sancho Guinda
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	307
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-40954-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Promotions
LSN:	3-319-40954-9
Barcode:	9783319409542

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