Category Archives: English For Academic Purposes (EAP)

6. Surviving the first week

Contributer: Sonja Tack    Posted: January 22, 2012
Categories: English For Academic Purposes (EAP)

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve finally landed my first full-time teaching job since arriving back from Turkey in September 2010. The job market is tough. When starting a new teaching job, it is unrealistic to expect much … Read More »

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5. Back to blogging: job success!

Contributer: Sonja Tack    Posted: January 14, 2012
Categories: English For Academic Purposes (EAP)

I feel that first of all I must apologise to my readers for my long hiatus. I was astonished when I recently introduced myself to two new teaching colleagues and they immediately claimed, independently of one another, to ‘know’ my … Read More »

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4. Insight into a summer presessional: week 1

Contributer: Sonja Tack    Posted: July 31, 2011
Categories: English For Academic Purposes (EAP)

I’ve now finished the first week of a 5-week presessional at Imperial College London Business School and I thought readers might appreciate some insight into this type of course. Do bear in mind that the specifics of presessionals differ from … Read More »

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3. How to write better essays

Contributer: Sonja Tack    Posted: June 22, 2011
Categories: English For Academic Purposes (EAP), English Language Learning & Teaching (ELT), Teaching & Learning

It’s been very difficult to fit in any summer reading so far this year – I have 4 jobs and a translation dissertation to work on – but I was browsing in the university bookshop the other day and couldn’t … Read More »

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2. Summer presessional courses: the interview

Contributer: Sonja Tack    Posted: June 8, 2011
Categories: Careers Advice & Job Information, English For Academic Purposes (EAP)

In my last post I mentioned my upcoming round of interviews for a position as a tutor on a summer presessional course. I attended four interviews in total, in various cities around England. Three of these interviews were in prestigious … Read More »

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1. Summer presessional courses: the EAP tutor’s goldmine

Contributer: Sonja Tack    Posted: June 6, 2011
Categories: Careers Advice & Job Information, Conferences & Networking, English For Academic Purposes (EAP)

I’m about to embark on a round of interviews, which will hopefully result in work as a Tutor in English for Academic Purposes on a presessional university course this summer. These courses are designed to help prepare incoming international students, … Read More »

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