Introducing English for Academic Purposes

Introducing English for Academic Purposes is an accessible and engaging textbook which presents a wide-ranging introduction to the field, covering the global and institutional position of EAP as well as its manifestations in classrooms and research contexts around the world.

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Autorentext

Diane Pecorari is Professor of TESOL at the University of Leeds, UK. She is co-author of Student Plagiarism in Higher Education (Routledge, 2018).

Averil Coxhead is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes Research (Routledge, 2018), and co-author of English for Vocational Purposes (Routledge, 2020).

Klappentext

Introducing English for Academic Purposes is an accessible and engaging textbook which presents a wide-ranging introduction to the field, covering the global and institutional position of EAP as well as its manifestations in classrooms and research contexts around the world.

Inhalt

Preface to the second edition

Introduction How to use this book

SECTION I THE FIELD OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Chapter 1 The scope of English for academic purposes

Chapter 2 The global context of English for academic purposes

Chapter 3 The institutional contexts of English for academic purposes

SECTION II THE LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Chapter 4 Register, genre, discourse

Chapter 5 Describing academic genres

Chapter 6 Describing academic register

Chapter 7 Studying academic language

SECTION III PLANNING, DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Chapter 8 Approaches informing the teaching of English for academic purposes

Chapter 9 Planning and delivering the English for academic purposes curriculum

Chapter 10 Developing and evaluating English for academic purposes materials and activities

Chapter 11 Assessing English for academic purposes

Conclusion: Moving forward into practice

Glossary

References

Index