These are some of the topics from English for Academic Purposes

1. English
for
Academic Purposes

2. EAP
 focuses instruction on skills required to
perform in an English-speaking academic
context across core subject areas generally
encountered in a university setting

3. Structure of academic texts
 three-part essay structure
 the reader is introduced to the topic that will be
discussed and to the argument that will be
presented
 the discussion/analysis is carried out and the
results are presented
 the argument is summed up and conclusions
are drawn

4. introduction
to provide the reader with a clear idea of
the focus and aim of the text
 the topic of the essay/article will be
presented in the introduction,
often accompanied by a thesis
statement (the claim that the writer
wishes to make)

5. introduction
provides the context/background of
the argument
introduces the theoretical
perspectives, terminology, etc. that
will be used
explains how the writing will be
organised

6. Body
where the essay's (or article's)
argument, ideas and results are
developed and discussed

7. conclusion
should not contain any new facts or
ideas, but rather function as a brief
restatement of the main arguments
and facts that have been treated in
the essay

8. Academic Writing
 process that starts with:
 Posing a question
 Problematizing a concept
 Evaluating an opinion
 Answering the question/questions posed or
 Clarifying the problem or
 Arguing for a stand

9. Purposes
 to inform
 to argue a specific point
 to persuade

10. Features
of
Academic Texts

11. COMPLEX
Written language has longer words, it is
lexically more dense and it has a more
varied vocabulary.
Written texts are shorter and the
language has more grammatical
complexity, including more subordinate
clauses and more passives.

12. FORMAL
should avoid colloquial words and
expressions

13. PRECISE
Facts are given accurately and
precisely

14. OBJECTIVE
objective rather than personal
has fewer words that refer to the
writer or the reader
main emphasis should be on the
information that you want to give and
the arguments you want to make,
rather than you

15. EXPLICIT
it is the responsibility of the writer in
English to make it clear to the reader how
the various parts of the text are related

16. ACCURATE
 uses vocabulary accurately
most subjects have words with
narrow specific meanings

17. HEDGING
it is necessary to make decisions
about your stance on a particular
subject, or the strength of the claims
you are making

18. RESPONSIBLE
you must be responsible for, and
must be able to provide evidence
and justification for, any claims you
make.
You are also responsible for
demonstrating an understanding of
any source texts you use