Workshop description
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers often face practice-related questions and quandaries in their own teaching contexts. In response, EAP teachers may conduct practice-based research focused on teaching, learning, and learners, among others; however, EAP teachers who conduct research in their own teaching contexts face unique challenges related to balancing their dual roles as both teachers and researchers. While EAP teachers are likely aware of the macroethics standards, practices, and processes related to ethical review at their institution, these macroethics often do not take into account the various ethical dilemmas that EAP teacher-researchers will face or the distinctive considerations they should make when conducting teacher research. In this interactive workshop, the facilitator will provide a brief overview of some of the dilemmas and considerations EAP teachers make in conducting teacher research, drawing on examples from her own EAP teacher research. The workshop will then focus on collaborative and individual discussion and tasks to apply strategies for “doing” microethics, specifically related to positionality, power relationships, and reflexivity.
Dr Angela Hakim is a Lecturer of English and Applied Linguistics and the Interim Director of Second Language Writing in the Department of English at Iowa State University. She teaches English for academic purposes, foundations communication, technical communication, and applied linguistics modules. Angela’s research has focused on models of academic literacy provision, students’ genre knowledge and academic literacy development, and EAP teachers’ experiences with and perceptions of genre-based writing pedagogy. Angela’s current research interests include EAP teachers’ pedagogical practices and content knowledge in genre-based pedagogy, evaluation of a redesigned first-year writing modules for multilingual writers, integrating AI-powered tools into EAP teaching, and lexical bundles in university student writing. Her most recent work has been published in journals such as Studies in Higher Education, the Journal of Second Language Writing, and ELT Journal. Angela also serves as an associate editor for the journal Applied Linguistics and a U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist.
Registration closes 25th March, 5pm UK time.
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