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From EPIC Challenges and Opportunities to Communities of Practice
Linda Weinberg
Braude College of Engineering
H-INET Study Day
13th August 2019
Open University of Israel, Ra’anana
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A little history:
2005: meeting at the Malag
2013: Laufer recommendations
2014: launch of ECOSTAR project
2016: online courses
2017: CEFR-Aligned Framework for English in Higher Education in Israel
2017: QA audit of EAP departments
2019: publication of International Committee’s recommendations
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Can’t see the concepts for the acronyms?
EAP
EFL ELF
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PTOR….
• Exemption: free from obligation; not having to obey a rule;
• Exempt: relieved; exonerated; relieved
• Local context: not needed; unnecessary; excluded
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EPIC – what the…?
Epic (n.): heroic poem, long poem, long story; saga, legend, romance, lay, history, chronicle, myth, fable, folk tale, folk story.
Epic (adj.): heroic, long, grand, monumental, vast, Homeric, Miltonian; lofty, grandiloquent,high-flown, high-sounding, extravagant, bombastic
Epic (Israel 2019):English for Professional and International Communication
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What does it mean?• Professional: field related / specific as
opposed to general EFL (does notexclude academic language); allows for flexibility and for integration of skills beyond reading
• International: real world requirements, authenticity, relevance, for study/work
• Communication: productive as well as receptive language skills
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EPIC Challenges
HOW DO WE….?
• implement the CEFR can-dos?
• integrate 4 skills?
• assess speaking and writing and listening?
• adapt from semester to yearly courses?
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WHAT IF….?
• students aim for lower psych scores to get an ‘easy ride’? (e.g. deliberate dumbing down of language level.)
• the institution reduces the level of English required and reduces the number of courses required?
• the Malag introduces more stand-alone online courses?
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EPIC Opportunities
For students:
• Authentic study in social situations
• Real world applications
• Relevance to studies and to work
• Enhanced motivation enabling greater success
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interest
motivation
enthusiasm
satisfaction
challenge
More EPIC Opportunities
For teachers:
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Towards Communities of Practice
…and not just …
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