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ELTCHAT SUMMARY: \u2018What web tools \/ sites are there that can benefit EAP students and teachers? (Wednesday 6th June 2012)’\u00a0first published on\u00a0Sue Annan\u2019s blog<\/a>\u00a0and reposted here with her kind permission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was the evening #ELTChat on Wednesday 6th June 2012.
\nThe discussion, about web tools and sites to help EAP teaching and learning, was proposed by @ShaunWilden who wanted help to find sites which could be used by himself and his colleagues.
\nIt looked as if it was going to be a long list of useful sites- and so it proved \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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First we needed a definition What is EAP? @sandymillin wanted to know how broad the definition was and what it covered. This is a good definition of English for Academic Purposes:\u00a0http:\/\/www.uefap.com\/articles\/eap.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

 
\nWe began by looking at sites for exams such as the Cambridge suite or IELTS\/TOEFL. These are often needed as entrance exams for university. The point was made that there needs to be careful selection of sites, as there is a great deal of \u00a0poor material on the internet. It is actually easy for students to find material themselves, but knowing what is useful is time-consuming.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/t.co\/cu54n3Zd<\/a>\u00a0which is our very own @rliberni’s blog, with great IELTS practice material.
\n@esolcourses:\u00a0@rliberni’s #IELTS scoop.it collection of links and resources:http:\/\/t.co\/GfiNsSu8<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Jason Renshaw’s site for IELTS and TOEFLhttp:\/\/www.onlinenglish.net\/IELTS.html<\/a>
\nwww.flo-joe.co.uk\u00a0<\/a>for Cambridge exam practice; from PET to CPE
\nhttp:\/\/t.co\/jvZ2nQOk\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0@esolcourses offered her own exam practice material too.
\nhttp:\/\/t.co\/8byX949w<\/a>\u00a0another good site for IELTS
\n@SueAnnan:\u00a0Macmillan has a good academic section \u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/pn8MqhUX<\/a>\u00a0as do the other academic publishers.<\/p>\n

@timjulian60: PET Quiz (3)\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/snwj80oi<\/a><\/p>\n

@andivwhite:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/k8w94kfU<\/a>\u00a0has a lot,\u00a0 some relating to IELTS, but also critical thinking, reading, listening :\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/FmS1boeW<\/a>
\nShaun explained that he was particularly looking for post IELTS material .”Well I am thinking of things that students need to do like writing, researching, dealing with the academic word list… ” @eannegrenoble reminded him that this was where the teaching and guidance had to become subject specific.
\nAt this point, the links began flying thick and fast.<\/p>\n

We had links to corpora:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A very useful\u00a0A<\/strong>cademic\u00a0W<\/strong>ord\u00a0L<\/strong>isthttp:\/\/t.co\/WIEb4joc<\/a>
\n@muranava :this video: \u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/Fe328xdS<\/a>talks about BAWE (British Academic Written English corpus) \u00a0for written work: \u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/e9yDZQDr<\/a>\u00a0but you need to get approval to use it.
\nbyu academic corpus: \u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/oCxo5FJ4<\/a>, used by Marisa with her translators and Delta candidates.
\n@lexicojules: Some good (free) academic corpora include BAWE & BASE – both good for checking NS student usage\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/zighSuJW<\/a>
\nA good spoken academic corpus – good source to demo discussion skills\/language\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/Gr6pbIWp<\/a><\/p>\n

 
\nAnd links to tools for teachers and students:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 
\nMind maps from mind tools \u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/TcJEE1Qt<\/a>
\n@CliveSir :\u00a0Teaching EAP vocabulary:http:\/\/t.co\/mXgAWAr1<\/a>\u00a0and here\u00a0 (PDF)http:\/\/t.co\/4jYGTi6V<\/a>
\n@Marisa_C:\u00a0Searching the web – tutorial by Russell Stannard\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/EfX52EcI<\/a>
\n@Marisa_C:\u00a0\u00a0The Plagiarism Checkerhttp:\/\/t.co\/aSLhGWKo<\/a>
\n@andivwhite:\u00a0 #IATEFL ESPsig has a lot of possibly useful links halfway down this pagehttp:\/\/t.co\/Iajdkcmg<\/a>\u00a0Academic skills resource from NSWU.
\n@lexicojules:\u00a0I use AWL highlighters to pick useful vocabulary out of reading texts – techy Students love it too to put their essays through:\u00a0AWL highlighters:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/nUw2TP27<\/a>\u00a0Compleat Lexical Tutor
\n@Marisa:\u00a0training in note taking and info transfer -include some graphic organisers & diagram making tools like mindomo\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/OcpxfKcO<\/a>
\n@lexicojules :\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/Y1OkuXdJ<\/a>\u00a0 – an absolute goldmine for teachers and Students.
\n@SueAnnan :\u00a0YouTube has some good EAP material too.
\nMake your own corpora, although this could be time consuming:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/DYjkbh9L<\/a>
\n@muranava: \u00a0@Charlesrei1 shows one way to make your own corpora:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/bNPM7HeQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Links to study skills…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Study Tips\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/5wZclbHP<\/a>
\n@andiwhite suggested\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/IDQ44PGl<\/a>\u00a0a university site with useful links to study skills.
\nA nice study skills wiki from brunel uni \u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/m2lgVv85<\/a>
\n@Marisa_C:\u00a0Top 50 bloggers for study skills from edutastic\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/BUfVmVgu<\/a><\/p>\n

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@naomishema:\u00a0 Great post on working on note taking skill (SS just copy slides)http:\/\/t.co\/6EGUALmU\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

@Marisa_C : The Dartmouth Academic Skills centre\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/v3yOf3or<\/a>\u00a0includes Khan lectures & study skills training<\/p>\n

@lexicojules 1 more good spoken academic corpus – good source to demo discussion skills\/language\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/YXdo3Esl\u00a0<\/a>
\nIt was agreed that many universities had good study skills pages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

… and bookmarking tools:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\n@esolcourses\u00a0recommended backing up bookmarks at regular intervals, in case tools you use disappear or cease to become free. @Marisa_C says that’s why she uses both Diigo and Delicious.
\n@esolcourses:\u00a0\u00a0scoop.it<\/a>\u00a0is good for collecting\/curating links
\n@Marisa:\u00a0I have started Diigo groups for my different courses – can create grps
\n@SueAnnan:\u00a0\u00a0google bookmarks. Can pick \u00a0up on my i-google homepage
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@CliveSir: EULEAP: EUropean Lecturers of English for Academic Purposeshttp:\/\/t.co\/ZH9QvE1x<\/a><\/p>\n

#EAPchat summaries\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/eNoojEXg<\/a><\/p>\n

TESL Canada session Customising web tools for EAP classrooms:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/pFkSvhi4<\/a><\/p>\n

@Marisa_C: Here is a great post with a variety of useful tools for EAP\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/jfCbS8w8<\/a><\/p>\n

@seburnt hosted a #eapchat before and some rel tools listed here\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/igM3uFPu<\/a><\/p>\n

@lexicojules :\u00a0 iTunes U is a good source of authentic lectures for listening – in class or as hwk tasks.<\/p>\n

@JoHart:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/pLpWxX3uOWL<\/a><\/p>\n

@andivwhite: Has anyone seen Prepare for Success?\u00a0 Seems choc o bloc full of good stuff at first glance:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/Q8PHS7fa<\/a><\/p>\n

@annehodg blog mentioning new EAP group:http:\/\/t.co\/PXkoxPxc<\/a>And the ning network from @annehodg for EAP:\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/HskKLcJv\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\u00a0Report writing, Blogging and Presentation tools:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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@Marisa_C\u00a0mentioned that she was\u00a0having to support some syllabus writing asssignments for EAP more frequently, and asked for useful links.<\/p>\n

@SueAnnan: \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/8QNqvkwb<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 report writing guides
\n@analiakandel \u00a0For presentation skills “5 Unusual Ways to Become a Better Speaker”http:\/\/t.co\/M0EoIO8Y\u00a0<\/a>
\n@andivwhite:\u00a0Presentation skills books- Dynamic Presentation by Mark Powell and Bob Dignen’s 50 Ways to Improve Your Presentation Skills
\n@muranava: \u00a0@seburnt has postedhttp:\/\/t.co\/HyVD8zHI<\/a>\u00a0focus on reading with reference to using blogs.<\/p>\n

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Marisa suggested that today EAP should include how to develop a PLN and learning to use twitter and social networking tools. This struck a chord with many of us and we discussed the CELTA syllabus and whether trainers were guiding the candidates in this direction, something which \u00a0is already at the heart of Marisa’s programme. She mentioned that Facebook was where the trainees felt comfortable at the beginning, and it was agreed that some academics tend to dismiss\u00a0Facebook\u00a0as serious, whether through snobbery or not. Shaun thought that it was increasing in professional use.
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We were delighted to be able to make use of the experience of\u00a0@lexicojules, who is an EAP specialist
\nhttp:\/\/t.co\/uZTmQKhl<\/a>. She wanted to know why none of the others from the EAP group were in evidence, although Shaun\u00a0had<\/em>\u00a0invited them. We were invited to take part in\u00a0\u00a0#EAPchat, which is held on \u00a01st and 3rd Monday of the month, 6-7pm UK time, as Jules didn’t think that there was enough online presence at the moment. She wanted to know whether any of us belonged to BALEAP, as she would be presenting a CPD session at an event soon.<\/p>\n

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On a final note : there is a lot of material out there. It isn’t all user-friendly for non-tech-comfortable students and\/or teachers. Check out the links before sharing them, particularly if you haven’t made sure first that they are still live links:-)<\/p>\n

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