ABSTRACT

This volume shares proven strategies for Academic English teaching, research, and development in challenging circumstances. Through original first-hand experiences from around the world, the collection reveals how educators in higher education have responded to the specific needs and challenges of teaching second language learners in turbulent times, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Organised thematically, the book covers rapid responses to crises, adapting to teaching online, collaborations and online learning communities, and assessment practices. The volume provides original insights and practical suggestions for a range of practices across English for Academic and Specific Purposes that can address new and unfamiliar circumstances, both now and in future challenging times.

The collection includes a wealth of effective strategies, varied research methodologies, and resources for practice making it an invaluable reference for practitioners, students, and researchers in the field of academic English, ESL/EFL, and online language instruction.

part I|70 pages

Rapid responses to the crisis

chapter 3|10 pages

Academic English in higher education in Montenegro during the Covid-19 pandemic

Institutional impact and lessons to be learned for the future

chapter 4|10 pages

Language education during the pandemic

Qatar University foundation programme's responses for teaching in future difficult circumstances

chapter 5|10 pages

Enabling student engagement in an academic English writing course

Emergency remote teaching at a Swedish University

part II|64 pages

Adapting to teaching academic skills online

chapter 8|10 pages

Embracing challenges during uncertain times

Adaptations to a doctoral writing workshop hosted by an English language center in Chile

chapter 9|8 pages

Teaching writing for publication in times of Covid-19

Challenges, affordances, and lessons learned from Argentina

chapter 11|11 pages

Transition to online learning in Uzbekistan

Case of teaching academic English at Westminster International University in Tashkent

part III|61 pages

Collaboration and online learning communities

chapter 12|11 pages

Changing the default

From emergency to sustainable online teaching in a U.S. Intensive English Program

chapter 13|12 pages

Team up

Lessons from moving an academic writing course for University teachers in Slovakia and Czechia online

chapter 14|11 pages

Sustaining writing-for-publication practices during Covid-19

Online writing groups at an Ecuadorian University

chapter 15|11 pages

Locking down and opening out

Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic

part IV|68 pages

Assessing students online

chapter 19|13 pages

Academic English assessment in times of a pandemic

The case of a Russian research-intensive University