| Sustaining Excellence in ‘Communicating across the Curriculum’: Cross-Institutional Experiences and Best Practices |
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| isbn: 9781847183323 | Title: Sustaining Excellence in ‘Communicating across the Curriculum’: Cross-Institutional Experiences and Best Practices |
| Binding: Hardback | Editor: Nagwa Kassabgy and Amani Elshimi Date of Publication: 2007-11-01 |
| UK: £34.99 US: $52.99 | This book emphasizes ways in which communication skills are used to enhance the learning process in the disciplines. Specifically, it presents experiences and best practices from institutions in various cultures – the United States, India, Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Australia. Related pedagogical issues that affect engagement - critical inquiry, creativity and integrity - are given prominence. The title “Sustaining Excellence in Communicating across the Curriculum: Cross-Institutional Experiences and Best Practices,” thus, provides a framework for the variety of practices that foster student empowerment, cultivate ownership of expression, and sustain learning excellence within and across disciplines. Scholars of CAC, teachers concerned with active, engaging pedagogies across the disciplines, and applied linguists will find this anthology particularly appealing. The culture-specific experiences are intriguing, highlighting surprising similarities and differences in the application of CAC theory. Nagwa Kassabgy is an instructor in the English Language Institute at the American University in Cairo. She is involved in teacher training and has done research on English as a Foreign Language, English for Academic Purposes, reading, vocabulary acquisition, and teaching grammar. She is a published author and editor. Amani Elshimi teaches in the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at The American University in Cairo. She has research interests in WAC/WID and undergraduate research. She is active as a peer trainer on techniques of experiential and community-based learning. Her background is in literature, TEFL and Rhetoric and Writing Studies.
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