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Research perspectives on English for academic purposes/
The number of non-native students studying in English-medium universities has increased over the past decade. Paralleling this growth is the interest in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). No one research-based volume has yet investigated the theoretical issues and pedagogical concerns of the area....
| Format: | Printed Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Issues in English for academic purposes
- Issues in EAP: a preliminary perspective
- Language use, language planning and EAP
- EAP-related linguistic research: an intellectual history
- Linguistic research and EAP pedagogy
- International scientific English: the language of research scientists around the world
- Discipline specificity and EAP
- World Englishes: issues in and from academic writing assessment
- Addressing issues of power and difference in ESL academic writing
- 'I'll go with the group': rethinking 'discourse community' in EAP
- EAP assessment: issues, models, and outcomes
- pt. 2. The English for academic purposes curriculum
- The EAP curriculum: issues, methods, and challenges
- Twenty years of needs analysis: reflections on a personal journey
- The curriculum renewal process in English for academic purposes programmes
- Team-teaching in EAP: changes and adaptations in the Birmingham approach
- Does the emperor have no clothes? A re-examination of grammar in content-based instruction
- The specialised vocabulary of English for academic purposes
- Language learning strategies and EAP proficiency: teachet views, student views, and test results
- Issues in EAP test development: what one institution and its history tell us
- Teaching writing for academic purposes
- Reading academic English: carrying learners across the lexical threshold
- Incorporating reading into EAP writing courses
- The development of EAP oral discussion ability
- Second language lecture comprehension research in naturalistic controlled conditions
- Designing tasks for developing study competence and study skills in English
- Promoting EAP learner autonomy in a second language.