Discipline-specific vocabulary

This episode explores the challenges of teaching and learning discipline-specific vocabulary in EAP contexts. Alex Runchman interviews four colleagues working across University College Dublin's satellite campuses in China, which teach diverse disciplines including finance, engineering, biological sciences, and environmental policy. The guests discuss the challenges of teaching technical terminology, strategies for vocabulary learning, the role of technology and AI, the unique partnership subject lecturers and EAP practitioners can enter into.

Hosts:

Xiaoqing Bi, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University

Alex Runchman, University College Dublin

Guests:

Huang Zixia, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin; teaches at Guangzhou Dublin International College

Andy Merton, Beijing Dublin International College

Joy Chu Ming-shi, Chang'an Dublin International College; background in environmental engineering

Sally Ou Yali, Chang'an Dublin International College

References:

Coxhead, A. (2000). A new academic word list. TESOL Quarterly, 34(2), 213-238.

Nation, I. S. P. (2001). Learning vocabulary in another language. Cambridge University Press.