Program
English for Academic Purposes - A seminar with the University of Hertfordshire (UH), UK
Oslo University College, 14th - 15th June, 2007
Thursday 14th June
08.30 Coffee, registration
09.00 Opening and words of welcome:
Head of International
Office Dagrun Kvammen; Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences Trine
Grønn; Head of Department of Organisation and HR Irén Terray.
Introduction to the seminar: Project Coordinator for EAP at Oslo
University College Ann Torday Gulden.
10.00 Session 1: Organising EAP in the Academic Institution
Chair: Ann Torday Gulden
- Paul Roberts: Teaching EAP within UH: Operational issues
- Jenny Leonard: EAP as academic imperative: Cultural challenges
Break
- Andy Gillett: An introduction to EAP and its development in UK
- Mary Martala-Lockett: The effect of EAP on staff at the University of Hertfordshire
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30 Session 2: The EAP Classroom
Chair: Agnes Hayman
- Andy Gillett: Integrating Web based material into EAP
- Mary Martala-Lockett: What happens in an EAP classroom?
Break
- Nancy Lea Eik- Nes: ‘Dialogging’ with Engineers
- Andy Gillett: Focus on Engineering Students
- Drew Rodgers:Teaching ESP-Business with the Case Study Method
Close approximately 5pm. Dinner at 7pm, Pilestredet 52, room U7, 1st floor
Friday 15th June
08.30 Coffee
09.00 Session 3: English as Lingua Franca
Chair: Sigrid Brevik Wangsness
- Jenny Leonard: China Links
- Paul Roberts: New Englishes, New Challenges
Break
- Jeanette Rhedding-Jones: EAP and staff development in Norway
- Judith Torvik: Think global, speak Globish
12.00-1.00 Lunch
1.00 Session 4: Research on EAP and Norwegians.
EAP research between UK and Norway
Chair: Jeanette Rhedding- Jones
- Paul Roberts: Norwegian students and spoken English in an academic setting
- Round table discussion: Research cooperation with the School of Combined Studies at the University of Hertfordshire
2.30 Launch of the Norwegian/Nordic Forum for English for Academic Purposes (NFEAP)
Concluding remarks: Ann Torday Gulden, seminar organiser.