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The teaching took place in the context of a pre-sessional (10 and 6 week) programme of English for Academic Purposes (E A P) at a UK university. Each student received 20 hours per week of EAP teaching plus IELTS coaching. The IELTS classes themselves were one and a half hours long and were given in […]

It appears that all of the lessons, both early and late, required either comprehension or production of language in ways that were, at the very least, typical of classrooms, and, perhaps more significantly, sometimes of other discourse situations. For example, in everyday life we are often required to follow instructions, as was required in the […]

The ‘extension’ aspect of the programme involved the teachers in planning and performing a short lesson early and late in the programme. Both lessons were on the same topic so that they could be compared. They were not specifically instructed to use tasks. The early lessons were predominantly teacher-fronted and whole class. There were no […]

The experience aspect of the programme included two hour lectures on different skill and language areas (for example, reading, grammar) and principles (for example, interaction) by members of the language studies department (including the author). Task-based learning and teaching was presented at the end of the second week. Lectures were followed by workshops in which […]

Mika Smith and his twin sister Ellie are born into a world without trees, animals, or open space. After the horrific Animal Plague, the entire human population has been crammed behind The Wall, a gargantuan structure that covers the northern half of the world to keep the animals out. But even here, humans continue to […]