| Description |
xvi, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series |
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Cambridge applied linguistics series.
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| 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 |
| Analysis |
English for academic purposes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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| Author |
Flowerdew, John, editor
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Peacock, Matthew, editor
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| LC no. |
00002228 |
| ISBN |
0521801303 |
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052180518X |
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9780521801300 |
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9780521805186 |
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