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.
Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2012). Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills (3rd ed.). University of Michigan Press.
Toogood, C., & Hale, K. (2025). Empowering professional identity and positive outcomes through Third Space collaboration: A subject lecturer and EAP practitioner case study. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (33). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi33.1196
Vandergrift, L., & Goh, C. C. (2012). Teaching and learning second language listening: Metacognition in action. Routledge.
