Marijana Prodanović – författare

Comprising of experiential voices and practical tips, this reader-friendly guide is a companion to English Medium Instruction (EMI) educators and teachers working in different educational settings around the world.This volume addresses some common slippery slopes encountered by educators within EMI classrooms including cultural nuances, linguistic diversity, multilevel classrooms, strategic use of students’ first language (L1), and language learning strategies. Using insightful examples from real classrooms, this book offers a comprehensive resource that allows teachers to dig deeper, reflect and improve their practices. Each chapter includes necessary knowledge, reasons for the importance of this knowledge, what is effective, the classroom context, helpful materials and links, and questions to stimulate reflection. The formulaic pattern makes the text easily navigable – an important consideration for busy teachers. Also addressed are the theoretical issues like scaffolding, translanguaging, comprehensible input, multimodality and strategy theory.The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and educators in the fields of English medium instruction (EMI), classroom practice, curriculum design and applied linguistics.

This book is an accessibly-written guide to international communicating and teaching practices. Intended for teachers and practitioners, it is written in a reader-friendly way in order to answer some common questions, and overcome obstacles that arise when interacting internationally. Cross-cultural encounters are often burdened with stereotypes, prejudices and misconceptions, which can lead to unwanted outcomes, miscommunication, and even result in total pragmatic failure. The situation becomes even more delicate when the paths of intercultural communication and teaching-learning processes cross. Its style, form and content make this book a vital resource for students, scholars, teachers, and practitioners working in fields such as applied linguistics, cross-cultural pragmatics, education and teaching, cultural studies, as well as international management.

This accessibly-written textbook aims to give a helping hand to both students and teachers in intercultural environments. Revolving around the significance of culture in communication, and the nuances arising from similarities and differences between cultures, each unit is built on an authentic selection of textual fragments. These core texts are supported with pedagogical elements including Save some time for words, Save some time for grammar, Intercultural and Academic corner, Linguistic snippet and IDEA features, the goal of which is to address different language skills and point to various linguistic and culture-related phenomena. Intended to polish up English proficiency B2 (towards C1) level, and increase cultural competence, the English for International Study: Hallmark approach will be suitable for students and teachers on English courses that make up part of international foundation year programmes and preparatory courses around the globe, as well as the opening language courses in English-taught study programmes.