| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Kevin Knight, Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Chiba, Japan |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Marvin D. Hoffland, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Klagenfurt, Austria |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT |
| Ismaeil Fazel, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada |
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| ARTICLES |
| ESP/EAP ASSESSMENT AS A PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE: THE AID MODEL |
| Shahid Abrar-ul-Hassan, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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ESP/EAP assessment is an area that requires research-informed practices that reflect the essence of the ESP approach. The AID model optimizes assessment by integrating it into a pedagogical practice. Read More |
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| APPLYING ESP PRINCIPLES TO IRAQI STEM COURSES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH |
| Ethel Swartley, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA |
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A training program for university STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) faculty in Iraq focused on English for specific purposes and content-and-language integrated learning approaches for teaching language when English is the medium of instruction. Faculty learned to analyze the needs of stakeholders and students and to integrate both language and content objectives in STEM courses. Read More |
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| A PILOT ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES COURSE FOR PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS |
| Michael Ennis, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy |
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Most academics learn how to write research articles informally and implicitly through exposure in academia. This experience with a pilot English for Academic Purposes course suggests that drawing attention to linguistic features can greatly improve the writing of both early career and experienced researchers. Read More |
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| ESP PROJECT LEADER PROFILE: ALAN SIMPSON |
| Kevin Knight, Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, Japan |
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The 51st ESP Project Leader Profile and the first to be published in ESP News features Alan Simpson in Japan. (Fifty profiles were published on the TESOL Blog, with the 50th profile being published in December 2018.) Alan has acquired expertise in engineering, ESP, and leadership (in a TESOL International Association Affiliate in Japan). In his interview responses, he focuses on professional communication in an international teleconference involving Japanese and Chinese participants. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES INTEREST SECTION |
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| ANNOUNCEMENT: DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER DAN DOUGLAS |
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