Paper: 978-0-472-03991-3

eISBN: 978-0-472-90540-9 (OA)

eISBN: 978-0-472-22219-3 (standard)

The Teaching Guide for English for Dispute Resolution shows ESL/ESP instructors how to use the textbook to teach negotiation, mediation, professional-level communication, and the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Designed to support instructors who may not have formal background or training in these topics, the book provides separate guidance for ESP and ESL instructors. It shows ESP instructors how to use the textbook in their current Legal English or Business English courses or in stand-alone negotiation or mediation courses. It advises ESL instructors on how to use these topics as a theme for multi-skill courses or as an engaging new way to develop students’ cross-cultural communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, and other soft skills in their current courses. The textbook and guide are based on over twenty years of classroom experience with high-intermediate to advanced ESL and ESP students, from undergrads to LL.M. students, and on teacher-training workshops offered at places such as UC Berkeley, TESOL, and CATESOL. 

Each chapter of the textbook provides a ready-made lesson plan with a sample dispute, warm-up questions, background readings, follow-up questions, activities, and reflections, and The Teaching Guide supplements each chapter with:

• Support in the form of teaching tips, lesson plans, additional activities or role-plays, assessment suggestions, and resources for further exploration.
• Separate guidance for ESL and Legal English/Business English instructors that helps them select the material and activities best suited to their students’ interests and needs.
• Resources such as sample syllabi and activities with step-by-step instructions that make it easy to start teaching the textbook.
• An online companion site where instructors can download and send activities and role-plays directly to their students.

Barrie J. Roberts has worked as a public interest attorney for Legal Services of Northern California, Inc., as the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Administrator for two southern California courts, and as an ESL/ ESP instructor at UC Berkeley. She created the term “Mediation as a Second Language” (MSL) to describe her approach to teaching mediation and negotiation to non-native speakers of English. She has over twenty years of experience teaching mediation and negotiation to international students at UC Berkeley, and has taught negotiation to international lawyers and LL.M. students at the Chapman University Fowler School of Law. With Maria Ceballos-Wallis, she is a co-founder of InterpretADR, which provides online and in-person ADR trainings for court interpreters.

Alternative, Mastering Negotiation, Teaching, Language Study, Reference, Education

License: CC BY-NC