English as a Medium of Instruction

Il corso EMI - English as a Medium of Instruction, di formazione metodologica e linguistica è rivolto al personale docente e ricercatore dell’Università del Piemonte Orientale che insegna o intende insegnare con maggiore efficacia la propria disciplina accademica in lingua inglese.

Il corso si svolge in modalità a distanza e ha una durata di 12 ore suddivise tra sessioni teoriche e pratiche di micro-insegnamento.

Programma

Day One

• EMI: challenges, settings, stakeholders

• best practices from the literature; results of survey-based research (what lecturers deem most difficult; students’ needs based on surveys)

• lectures vs academic public speaking; phases of the lecture; micro and macro markers

• English language users and identity

• input presentation strategies

Day Two

• practice on input presentation strategies

• phases of the lecture; micro and macro discourse markers

• focus on pronunciation

• lecturer-students interaction in the classroom; delivering effective feedback.

Day Three (micro-teaching session)

• participants in each sub-group deliver 20-minute lecturing sessions and receive feedback from the instructors.