English for Academic Purposes on the web Materials produced by The Language Centre

Who are the materials for? International students on campus who cannot be provided with English language tuition (via insessional classes) International students on Language Centre courses (full or part-time) Native-speaker students who need guidance on academic writing etc

Content Explanations, examples, exercises, reference materials on Grammatical structures (e.g.conjunctions and adverbials) Academic functions (e.g. describing graphs etc) Vocabulary (e.g. reporting verbs) + Error correction

Features Variety in presentation style and user activity As (inter)active as possible As graphical as appropriate Animation Use of authentic academic texts for examples Listening to lectures (using Boxmind) Self-assessment tests (using Questionmark) Sound for pronunciation training

Future developments Documentary video material in Boxmind Increased variety of self-assessment Integration between components and with teaching courses Search facility EAP support for WUN and other distance-learning programmes Ensure accessibility

Credits FLDU courseware authoring and technical support –Joanna Brown, Lawrence Hamburg, Christine Talbot Language Centre authoring –Rupert Herington, Peter Howarth Language Centre videoed lectures –Bee Richardson, Don Dunmore, Judith Hanks Language Centre online materials writers –Joanne Shiel, Howard Mitchell, Helen Smith, Becky Smith, Mick Parkin