Introduction

The British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) was founded in 1972.

BALEAP is a professional organisation whose members are providers of English for academic purposes in higher education institutions.

Its aims are to :

enhance the quality of English language provision for international students in institutions of higher education and to support professional development of the staff
provide an accreditation scheme for EAP courses
promote and disseminate EAP associated research through biennial conferences and one-day professional Issues Meetings (PIMs) and also through publication of research and conference presentations.

Members have access to a discussion list (mail base) through which they can engage in discussion on topics of mutual concern, engage in informal consultancy or surveys, and obtain advice about testing, materials for courses, syllabus design, recruitment, and so on.

For more information about BALEAP download the BALEAP Brochure [Acrobat pdf 3.8MB]

Notice of Annual General Meeting & Professional Development Day

Saturday 22 May 2010, 11am – 4pm

VENUE : London South Bank University
Keyworth Building, Keyworth Street, London SE1 0AA
2 minutes’ walk from Elephant and Castle tube station (Bakerloo and Northern lines)

MAP : www.lsbu.ac.uk/about/maps.shtml

AIMS :

to consider how recruitment & induction and observation & monitoring of teachers on EAP courses can be informed by the EAP teacher Competency Framework as required by the BALEAP Accreditation Scheme.
to show how the links between the academic context, the EAP course syllabus and the EAP classroom can be made explicit.

TIMETABLE :

11am-1pm Professional development
1pm-2pm Lunch
2pm-3pm AGM
3pm-4pm Professional development

FEES : This event is FREE for BALEAP members who register by Friday 30 April.
Non-members are welcome but a fee of £60.00 will be charged and non-members may not attend the AGM. Note that BALEAP associate membership costs £60.00 for a year.

REGISTRATION : Register online or download a registration form in Acrobat PDF format (61Kb) or Word format (143Kb).

NEW SERVICE

BALEAP has published a framework of the core competencies that EAP teachers need to bring to their role in order to fulfil its functions completely. See our new section.