Student Collaboration in English for Academic Purposes - Theory, Practitioner Perceptions and Reality

Abstract

<p>This paper considers the notion of collaboration in an EAP context with particular reference to how this<br />concept is understood by practitioners. The results of their survey of over sixty teachers and staff show that there is a continuum of views as to what collaboration is seen to be and the views often differ from those found in the literature. It proposes a working definition of collaborative assignments in EAP that can help future design and assessment approaches.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>