Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes

Frontmatter
Contents
Contributors
Series editor's preface
Preface
Part I. Issues in English for Academic Purposes
Introduction to part I
1 Issues in EAP: A preliminary perspective
2 Language use, language planning and EAP
3 EAP-related linguistic research: An intelectual history
4 Linguistic research and EAP pedagogy
5 International scientific English: The language of research scientists around the world
6 Discipline specificity and EAP
7 World Englishes: Issues in and from academic writing assessment
8 Addressing issues of power and difference in ESL academic writing
9 'I'll go with the group': Rethinking 'discourse community' in EAP
10 EAP assessments: Issues, models, and outcomes
Part II. The English for Academic Purposes curriculum
Introduction to part II
11 The EAP curriculum: Issues, methods, and challenges
12 Twenty years of needs analyses: Reflections on a personal journey
13 The curriculum renewal process in English for academic purposes programmes
14 Team-teaching in EAP: Changes and adaptations in the Birmingham approach
15 Does the emperor have no clothes? A re-examination of grammar in content-based instruction
16 The specialised vocabulary of English for academic purposes
17 Language learning strategies and EAP proficiency: Teacher views, student views, and test results
18 Issues in EAP test development: What one institution and its history tell us
19 Teaching writing for academic purposes
20 Reading academic English: Carrying learners across the lexical threshold
21 Incorporating reading into EAP writing courses
22 The development of EAP oral discussion ability
23 Second language lecture comprehension research in naturalistic controlled conditions
24 Designing tasks for developing study competence and study skills in English
25 Promoting EAP learner autonomy in a second language university context
References
Index