What is EAP?

Understand what English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is, the context of EAP, find out how EAP differs from General English (GE), and see some common tests of EAP.
The video is part of the EAP Shorts series of videos from EAPFoundation.com, which provides brief overviews of different aspects of English for Academic Purposes. This video gives a definition of EAP (from Flowerdew and Peacock, 2001), looks at the context of EAP, how EAP developed, including its professional body BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes) and JEAP, the Journal of English for Academic Purposes. EAP is contrasted with GE, in areas such as course aims, language focus (reading and writing vs. listening and speaking), time (fixed e.g. pre-sessional or foundation year vs. flexible), text types, and role of the teacher (equal vs. expert). Common tests of EAP are IELTS, TOEFL and Pearson PTE.
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References
- Abbot, G. (1981) 'Encouraging communication in English: a paradox', ELT Journal, 53(3).
- Alexander, O., Argent, S. and Spencer, J. (2008) EAP Essentials: A teacher's guide to principles and practice. Reading: Garnet Publishing Ltd.
BALEAP (2019) About Us: Key information about BALEAP's aims. Available at: www.baleap.org/about-baleap/about-us (Access date: 27/11/19).
- Hamp-Lyons, L. (2011) 'English for Academic Purposes', The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511667206.019.
- Hutchinson, T. and Walters, A. (1987) English for Specific Purposes: A learning-centered approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Hyland, K. (2006) English for Academic Purposes: An advanced resource book. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Jordan, R.R. (1997) English for Academic Purposes: A guide and resource book for teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Nice!

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Thank you very much. This was so clear and helpful

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