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1 online resource |
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Intro; Foreword I; Foreword II; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Definition of the Terms; Theory and Concepts; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Today's Chinese University Youth: Grace and Dispositions; 1.2 In-Depth, Phenomenological Interviewing: A Way to Looking in; 1.3 Revealing Lived Lives: The Three-Interview Series; 1.3.1 Interview One: Focused Lived Experience; 1.3.2 Interview Two: Detail of University EAP Learning Experience; 1.3.3 Interview Three: Reflection on the Meaning; References; 2 University Academic English: A Rising Global Phenomenon |
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2.1 Globalization and the Rise of English as a Global Language2.2 Increasing Demand for Academic English in the World Universities; 2.3 Foreign Language Policy Shifts in China: From 1949 to Now; 2.4 University English Teaching and Learning in China; References; 3 Learning Theories that Impact English Teaching and Learning; 3.1 Behaviorism; 3.1.1 Behaviorism in Education; 3.1.2 Behaviorism and Structuralism in English Language Teaching; 3.1.3 English Language Teaching Against Behaviorism and Structuralism; 3.2 Constructivism; 3.2.1 Cognitive Constructivist Theory of Learning |
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3.2.2 Sociocultural Constructivist Theory of Learning3.3 Second Language Acquisition; 3.4 Learning Motivation; 3.5 Comprehension Hypothesis; 3.6 Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency; 3.7 English Textbooks in Use for Language Learners; 3.8 Caring, Supportive Teachers that Matter; 3.9 Testing and Assessment that Play a Role in Students' Academic Success; References; 4 English for Academic Purposes as a Critical Pedagogy; 4.1 Definition of English for Academic Purposes; 4.2 Theoretical Underpinnings of EAP; 4.2.1 Needs Analysis |
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4.2.2 Sociocultural Constructivist Theory of Learning4.2.3 Interrogation of EAP Assumptions; 4.3 Critical Pedagogy and Its Influence on University EAP; 4.4 Freire's Influence: Anti-banking Education; References; Practice; 5 Vignettes of Chinese University EAP Learners; 5.1 Vignette of Dandan; 5.1.1 English Learning at Public Primary School; 5.1.2 English Learning at Private Bilingual Middle School; 5.1.3 English Learning at Key Public High School; 5.1.4 EAP Learning at University; 5.1.5 Family Support and Parental Influence on English Learning; 5.2 Vignette of Meimei |
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5.2.1 English Learning at Public Primary School5.2.2 English Learning at Public Middle School; 5.2.3 English Learning at Key Public High School; 5.2.4 EAP Learning at University; 5.2.5 Family Support and Parental Influence on English Learning; 5.3 Vignette of Xiaobo; 5.3.1 English Learning at Public Primary School; 5.3.2 English Learning at Public Middle School; 5.3.3 English Learning at Key Private High School; 5.3.4 EAP Learning at University; 5.3.5 Family Support and Parental Influence on English Learning; 5.4 Vignette of Xiaogang; 5.4.1 English Learning at Public Primary School |
| Summary |
This book uses an in-depth, phenomenological interview approach to explain the generational characteristics of today's Chinese university youths and the critical dispositions they believe indispensable in acquiring English as an academic language in and outside school settings. By presenting the authentic voices of the recruited participants, the book clarifies how English for academic purposes (EAP), as an emerging global phenomenon and a research-informed practice, enables and empowers them for conscious self-transformation and critical awareness development through language study. The book also explores issues arising in the fields of general English language teaching as well as traditional and critical EAP, and discusses university English language learners' learning needs and rights. The book further promotes a dynamic and transformative University EAP pedagogy of particularity, practicality, and possibility moving from the oppression of language education to its liberation, and the increasing critical consciousness among the present and future university youths in a time of great social changes |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- China
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English language -- Writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- China
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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English language -- Writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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China
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811306471 |
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9811306478 |
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