Coverage  

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IATEFL Birmingham 2016 Conference

Day (5) 

Michael McCarthy’s Speech:

 Chatting in the Academy: Exploring Spoken English for Academic Purposes

 On the last day of the Conference, we may find that Michael McCarthy’s speech is highly vital.Although Michael delivered a short 30-minute-speech, he was able to target the core of his topic.
Michael revealed that there exist differences between spoken academic English and written academic English.He referred corpora to support the issue he was handling in his speech, as he meant to reveal that the target issue is quite essential to be considered when ESL/EFL materials are planned for ESL/EFL courses.He utilized ‘Academic Vocabulary in Use’ coursebook to illustrate the issue in a practical fashion.