International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times

International perspectives on Academic English in turbulent times: An introduction by James Fenton, Julio Gimenez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percy, and Mariangela Spinillo

PART I: Rapid responses to the crisis

Introduced by Mariangela Spinillo

1 Fast-forwarding toward the future of EAP teaching in 'the Happiest Country in the World': Lessons learned in turbulent times by Averil Bolster, and Peter Levrai

2 Building resilience in pre-sessional EAP courses through professional development: A perspective from the UK by John Donovan

3 Academic English in higher education in Montenegro during the Covid-19 pandemic: Institutional impact and lessons to be learned for the future by Žana Kneževi?

4 Language education during the pandemic: Qatar University Foundation Programme's responses for teaching in future difficult circumstances by Mohammad Manasreh, Kashif Raza, and Naima Sarfraz

5 Enabling student engagement in an academic English writing course: Emergency remote teaching at a Swedish university by Špela Mežek, and Kathrin Kaufhold

6 Flipped learning online and face-to-face as a way of supporting students' cognitive and emotional engagement during periods of fractured instruction by Rosemary Wette

PART II: Adapting to teaching academic skills online

Introduced by Katherine Mansfield

7 Designing and delivering an online research article writing course for doctoral students in Luxembourg during Covid-19 by Katrien L. B. Deroey, and Jennifer Skipp

8 Embracing challenges during uncertain times: Adaptations to a doctoral writing workshop hosted by an English language center in Chile by Gracielle K. Pereira-Rocha

9 Teaching writing for publication in times of Covid-19: Challenges, affordances and lessons from Argentina by Laura Colombo

10 Measuring graduate students' perceptions of an Academic English reading and writing course during turbulent times: A case study from Albania by Mirela Alhasani

11 Transition to online learning in Uzbekistan: The case of teaching Academic English at Westminster International University in Tashkent by Diana Akhmedjanova, and Feruza Akhmedova

PART III: Collaboration and online learning communities

Introduced by James Fenton

12 Changing the default: From emergency to sustainable online teaching in a U.S. intensive English program by Nigel A. Caplan

13 Team up: Lessons from moving an academic writing course for university teachers in Slovakia and Czechia online by Linda Steyne, Agnes Simon, Angeniet Kam, Eszter Timar, and Jan Beneš

14 Sustaining writing-for-publication practices during Covid-19: Online writing groups at an Ecuadorian university by Elisabeth L. Rodas

15 Locking down and opening out: Creating new virtual spaces for writers and presenters during the pandemic by Joe Lennon, Petra Travnikova, Alena Hradilova, and Libor Št?panek

16 Cultivating social presences in an undergraduate writing course by David Ishii

PART IV: Assessing students online

Introduced by Martin Percy

17 Community, engagement and academic integrity in English preparation programs for university in Australia by Cara Dinneen

18 Adapting formative assessment for online academic English instructions during challenging circumstances: Lessons from advanced ESL classroom experiences by Tewero Tchekpassi, and Tong Zhang

19 Academic English assessment in times of a pandemic: The case of a Russian research-intensive university by Irina Shchemeleva and Natalia V. Smirniova

20 Language teaching and assessment on a college English integrated course for non-English majors in times of the pandemic: Lessons learnt and innovations for the future by Zhang Li, Liu Jing, and Yan Guoying

21 Teachers' reflections on alternative assessment and collaborative learning in an EFL academic writing class in Thailand during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case study by Pragasit Sitthitikul, and Vorakorn Tuvajitt

Afterward by Julio Gimenez