An application of Savage and Storer’s emergent language programme framework to a listening and note-taking skills course

Scott, Andrew (2011) An application of Savage and Storer’s emergent language programme framework to a listening and note-taking skills course. Professional and Academic English, 37: 4. 19 -23. ISSN 1754-6850

Abstract

The article proposes that learners’ needs are best met through a dynamic, rather than a linear, course development process. The role of non-English-speaking background students in Western higher education is examined, with the suggestion that a critical needs analysis might have a role to play in transforming these students from passive recipients of knowledge to active participants in the university and their discipline.