Research perspectives on English for academic purposes

Contributor(s): Flowerdew,John (Editor) | Peacock, Matthew (Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001Description: xvi, 467 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521801303 ; 9780521801300 ; 052180518X ; 9780521805186Subject(s): English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | English | Scientific language | English classDDC classification: 428.2407
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.
Summary: 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. This wide-ranging volume of specially commissioned articles from leading scholars in the field aims to bring to the wider community current research in the field and its implications for pedagogy. It offers a state-of-the-art representation of research in EAP and will help define the field in the coming years.
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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.

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. This wide-ranging volume of specially commissioned articles from leading scholars in the field aims to bring to the wider community current research in the field and its implications for pedagogy. It offers a state-of-the-art representation of research in EAP and will help define the field in the coming years.

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