The rapidly growing field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at once requires a strong theoretical and conceptual framework for developing courses, and an acknowledgement that EAP is a needs-driven, learner centred activity. Now in paperback, this book proposes principles for the organisation of goals and objectives and the selection of content of an EAP syllabus. Ian Bruce examines approaches to theorizing, and engaging with and researching academic subject communities, including their written and spoken genres.
The book outlines the more specific details of 'fleshing out' a syllabus into a full course with a particular focus on the types of language processing and outputs required by university courses. Bruce also addresses the issue of the development of critical thinking and performance-based assessment within the context of an EAP course, and discusses the academic knowledge and skills of EAP teachers with reference to the Competency Framework for Teachers of English for Academic Purposes.
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Part I A Theoretical Basis for English for Academic Purposes |
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1 Introduction to EAP: Key Issues and Concepts |
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2 Investigating the Academic World |
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3 Students' Needs and EAP Course Design |
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Part II The Design of EAP Courses |
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4 Developing an EAP Syllabus: Approaches and Models |
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5 EAP Courses and Subject Discipline Knowledge |
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6 EAP Courses and Language Knowledge |
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Part III The Implementation of EAP Courses |
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7 EAP and Teacher Competencies |
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8 EAP and Teaching the Writing Skill |
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9 EAP and Teaching the Reading Skill |
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10 EAP and Teaching the Listening Skill |
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11 EAP and Teaching the Speaking Skill: Teaching Critical Thinking |
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| References |
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| Index |
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IAN BRUCE Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and convenor of in-sessional English for Academic Purposes courses at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is the author of a number of research articles in the field of academic genre studies as well as the 2008 book Academic Writing and Genre.
