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QUESTIONING EAP: A CRITIQUE OF THE ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES COURSES AT UNIVERSITY
Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are meant to prepare international students for their undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in an English-speaking academic environment. Prospective university candidates for whom English is not the first language are required to complete a pre-sessional EAP course if their IELTS score is ...
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Academic writing development in English Medium Education (EME) contexts is under-researched, particularly its longitudinal trajectory. This study, conducted in a private business university in Spain, compares the academic writing progress of students in ...
Rhona Patricia Lohan
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Research in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has increased in in terms of teaching and learning forms, methods and materials over the past decades.
Roxanne Barbara Doerr
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The paper documents the background, research and preliminary findings relating to a key area emerging in higher education institutions in the UK: providing academic language and study skills to support international students in parallel with their study ...
Sloan, Diane, Porter, Elizabeth
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Exploring the factors that affect reading comprehension of EAP learners
Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.As far as academic reading comprehension is concerned, a network of linguistic skills and strategies operate in a complex and integrated matter.
Nergis, Ayşegül
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The Promise and Precarity of Critical Pedagogy in English for Academic Purposes
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has become an increasingly prominent sector of the English language teaching profession in British Columbia, providing English language preparation for post-secondary education across a range of disciplines.
Jennifer Walsh Marr
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Abstract Writing is crucial in tertiary education, yet enhancing the complexity of academic writing presents significant challenges for second language (L2) learners. This study explores the potential of dialogue journal writing (DJW), an interactive and low‐stress classroom activity, to enhance writing complexity among novice L2 writers.
Barry Lee Reynolds +2 more
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Learning to teach English for academic purposes : some current training and development issues [PDF]
In recent years, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has become an expanding discipline within universities and further education institutions, both in Britain and worldwide.
Sharpling, Gerard
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Evaluation processes must be conceived in line with learner-centered emphasis though instruction in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is grounded on learner-centered approaches, EAP- English for Academic Purpose, which is considered as a major important functional feature of the language.
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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: CASE STUDIES IN EUROPE
This study attempts to provide some insights into current practices in the teaching of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in Europe, and through a set of parameters relating to research in the area: (a) to initially analyse data resulting from a survey ...
George S. Ypsilandis, Z. Kantaridou
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