Discipline-specific vocabulary

This episode explores the challenges of teaching and learning discipline-specific vocabulary in EAP contexts. Alex Runchman interviews four colleagues working across University College Dublin's satellite campuses in China, which teach diverse disciplines including finance, engineering, biological sciences, and environmental policy. The guests discuss the challenges of teaching technical terminology, strategies for vocabulary learning, the role of technology and AI, the unique partnership subject lecturers and EAP practitioners can enter into.Hosts:Xiaoqing Bi, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool UniversityAlex Runchman, University College DublinGuests:Huang Zixia, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin; teaches at Guangzhou Dublin International CollegeAndy Merton, Beijing Dublin International CollegeJoy Chu Ming-shi, Chang'an Dublin International College; background in environmental engineeringSally Ou Yali, Chang'an Dublin International CollegeReferences:Coxhead, A. (2000). A new academic word list. TESOL Quarterly, 34(2), 213-238.Nation, I. S. P. (2001). Learning vocabulary in another language. Cambridge University Press.Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2012). Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills (3rd ed.). University of Michigan Press.Toogood, C., & Hale, K. (2025). Empowering professional identity and positive outcomes through Third Space collaboration: A subject lecturer and EAP practitioner case study. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (33). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi33.1196Vandergrift, L., & Goh, C. C. (2012). Teaching and learning second language listening: Metacognition in action. Routledge.