Please note these are all the accepted sessions and are subject to change depending on some funding requests, speaker registrations and technology - we will update and communicate all changes as soon as we can.
On-site Workshops (40 mins)
The Transformative Power of EAP Professionals in TNE Contexts: Approaches and Practices for Supporting Diverse Learners in EMI - Fiona S. Baker PhD [EAP Practitioner and Trainer], The University of Edinburgh.
Choose your own TNE adventure - Louise Pullen [Senior Manager, Teacher Trainer and EAP Lecturer] - Centre for International Training and Education (CITE), University of Leicester.
On-site Talks (30 mins with 10 mins Q and A)
Academic Citizenship and Invisible Labour across Transnational Branch Campuses - Amira Hussain [Teaching Fellow in EAP], University of Birmingham Dubai.
All’s fair in Love and TNE: Assessment across academic cultures - Ms Jennifer MacDougall [English Language Quality Lead], University of Glasgow, Mrs Lori-ann Milln [Principal Teaching Fellow], University of Southampton and Professor Liz Wilding [TNE Programme Director], University of Reading.
Beyond Language: EAP, Employability and the Future of TNE Curricula - Caroline Collier [Senior Lecturer in TESOL] and Richard Silburn [Director of English Language Centre], Manchester Metropolitan University.
Bridging the Gap: Content-Based EAP for First-Year EMI Students - Catherine Journeaux [Senior Lecturer in EAP], NYU Shanghai.
EAP teacher identity tensions and agency in EMI transnational higher education: the case of China - Lijun Yin [PhD Education Student], University of Exeter.
EAP Tutors in EMI: From Language Teachers to Academic Facilitators - Sana Lamtara [Professor], Hassan II University of Casablanca.
EMI and the changing role of EAP teachers - Tom Spain [Consultant and Trainer], Oxford EMI.
EMI lecturer training: content, formats, challenges, recommendations - Professor Katrien Deroey [Professor in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching], University of Luxembourg.
Establishing EAP Support in a New Transnational University Branch: Lessons from the First Year in Kazakhstan - Azhar Sissengaliyeva [ELP Coordinator], Cardiff University Kazakhstan.
Exploring EAP Teacher Development in a Transnational Education Context: Beliefs and Practices of EAP Teachers - David Munn [Associate Professor in ELT], University of Sussex.
Opportunities for UK ELT/EMI and EAP providers in TNE globally - Mark Henebury [English Language Training and Teacher Training Specialist], Department for Business and Trade.
Shaping equitable partnerships and comfortable TNE EAP practitioner identities - Meg Maclean [Lecturer in EAP and Director of International], University of Edinburgh.
Online Talks (20 mins)
Beyond Contracts: Building Sustainable Staff Retention in a TNE Context - Lori-ann Milln [Principal Teaching Fellow in Academic Centre for International Students] and Ms Rosalind Davies [Principal Teaching Fellow and Director of Internationalisation (Education, Social Enterprise and Study Abroad) in the School of Humanities], University of Southampton.
Bridging EAP and EMI: Professional development for EAP teachers in Chinese higher education - Dr Jingwen Zhou [PhD Graduate at the School of Education], University of Glasgow and Paolo Delogu [PhD Graduate at the School of Languages, Literature, Music, and Visual Culture], University of Aberdeen.
Cultivating Trust in Transnational EAP: The English Gym as a Safer, Shared Learning Ecology - Mohammed Abdul Rehman and Stella Marie Colima Galimpin, Heriot-Watt University
Service Provider or Pedagogical Partner? Reflections on the EAP Role in EMI at a Chinese Globalised HEI - Dr Simin ZENG [Lecturer at Center for Language Education], Southern University of Science and Technology.
Online Symposium Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (3 hours)
A series of 20-minute talks, with a follow-up Q and A session, on research and reflections from EAP educators at one of the largest and longest established UK-China EMI/TNE institutions.
EAP in transition: building crucial competences for a changing world through language teaching - Steven Bateman [Principal Language Lecturer] and Yuan Tian [Deputy Head of the Academic Literacies Centre (ALC) and Senior Language Lecturer].
Enhancing Pre-Sessional EAP Teacher Development through Academic Reading Circles - Sam Evans [Senior Lecturer in EAP] and Xiaoqing Bi [EAP Teacher].
Integrating Intercultural Competence into EAP for Transnational Education: A Practical Framework -Yi Tao, Liqun Pan and Haiying Song.
Supporting Academic and Cultural Transition: The Role of EAP in Student Mobility - Jiahang Li (Bruce) [Associate Language Lecturer in EAP].
Supporting Pre-Sessional English (PSE) Students' Assessment Literacy: The Role of Feedback in an EMI context - Ms. Xinyi Chen [EAP Lecturer] and Ms Lulu Huang [EAP Teacher].
The Translanguaging Taboo: Is rich meaning-making the key to language acquisition? - James Stubbs, Aaron Kelly and Jonathan Tillotson [EAP Lecturers and Academic Literacy Specialists].
Lightening Talks (5 mins)
A Teaching Framework for English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in Thailand's context: Moving from theory to practice - Parichat Chiablaem [PhD Candidate], University of Sussex and [Assistant Professor], Kasetsart University.
Academic language challenges in EMI: Evidence from a Vietnamese transnational university - Ellie PA Pham [PhD researcher], University of Sheffield.
EAP Learner Identity and Writing Style: Developing Students EAP Writers in a Japanese EMI Program - Ellen Head, Miyazaki International University.
Motivating Students in Overseas EAP Programmes: Challenges and Classroom Strategies - Daniel Scott [EAP Reading and Listening Course Coordinator], Kwansei Gakuin University.
When English Doesn’t Matter: The Invisible Threshold in a Joint Institute - Russell Savage, [PhD Candidate], University of Warwick.
Poster Presentation
Understanding ESAP Practitioners’ Professional Identity and Socialisation in Transnational EMI Contexts: A Q-Methodology Study - Xiaoqing Bi [EAP Teacher], Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.