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Faculty Profile: Q+A with Jennifer Walsh Marr, Vantage College Arts Lecturer

We recently had the opportunity to hear from Jennifer Walsh Marr, Vantage College Arts Lecturer, Academic English Program, on her experiences and interests engaging with Indigenous content and perspectives with international students.

Invited Speaker: Dr. Neil Murray, Associate Professor, University of Warwick

Join us at Vantage Commons to for guest speaker, Dr Neil Murray. Open event, everybody welcome!

I could, so I should

In the Academic English Program (AEP) at Vantage College, we don’t have language text books, in no small part due to the fact that we’re using the theories of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Genre and applying them to a Content & Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. At times it’s overwhelmingly ambitious, and textbook publishers have understandably focused their resources on less demanding, less specialized markets. But beyond the exponential learning curve, this need to create resources has given me significant creative and intellectual license. Where so often English as an additional language (EAL) and English for academic purposes (EAP) instructors are told to teach this course with this textbook, my context isn’t so prescriptive. There is significant agency as an instructor I just couldn’t pass up. I could, so I should.