I have lots to ask but as I'm not on my computer, it is very difficult to type.
my first question is concerning english for testing. In many countries, especially Japan, it is a multi million dollar business. Using the lexical approach would mean attempting to 'rail' against the machine. I know myself, I really enjoyed publishing the books I did but this leaves me with a question. What was I thinking? obviously 'money' and not the betterment of the student.
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We'll discuss this a bit more in the sessions of critical language teaching - in the meantime read Turner's critique of IELTS and the EAP industry in her paper "English as Academic Purpose" in the Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP)
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