English for Academic Preparation Program: An Experiential Expedition

Abstract

This case study delineated on such challenges faced whilst designing and teaching English for Academic Preparation Module to a multi-lingual beginner level English group of students at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) covering various phases over this thrash about, firstly, the pedagogical underpinnings for the English Language course design and learning goals for the course were highlighted as interact effectively in myriad contexts and with many different speakers, learners needed to develop a repertoire of practical situation-dependent communicative choices. The paper used the reflective artifacts to review the paradigmatic issues in an English immersion program. It presented detailed considerations for teachers designing a communicative language course, documented the encountered problems, issues in restructuring the curricula and how the existing course changed through the thorough reflections and collaboration on the teaching practices, teachers’ perspectives and the needs of the learners. Corresponding teaching methods and class activities were also revisited.

Keywords: Immersion, EAP, ESP, University Preparation, CLT, FCCU