1. English for academic purpose
Name – Shital D Italiya
STD – M.A.Sem 3
Roll no – 29
Paper – 12
Submitted to – Smt S.B.Gardy department of English
M.K. Bhavnagar university
Bhavnagar
2. What is
EAP?
Branch of applied
linguistic and
research into
effective teaching.
Method of
analysis of the
academic
language need to
student.
Analysis of the
linguistic and
Discoursal structure
of academic texts.
3. British organization
SELMOUS (special
English language
Materials for overseas
university students)-
1972.
SEMOUS’s first
collection of annual
paper formed as
‘’English for academic
purpose’’- Cowie and
Heaton 1977.
After 1989 it became
BALEAP(British
association of lecturers
in English for academic
purpose)
First characterized by
Strevens 1977
Background
4. Differences
English for academic purpose General English
Begins with the learners
and the situation.
Focus on reading and
writing.
Teach formal academic
genres.
Begins with the
language.
Focus on speaking and
listening.
Learners conventional
and social genres of the
language.
5. Different approaches of English
Teaching English for learners
General purpose
Occupational purpose
6.
7. Need analysis
Fundamental EAP approach to
Course design and teaching.
Usually consists primarily of
study skills practice.(e.g. listening
to lectures, seminar skill,
academic writing, reading and
not-taking etc.)
8. Language level
Register – Lexical and grammatical/
structural features.
Discourse – The effect of communicative
context; the relationship between the
text/discourse and its speakers
writers/hearers/readers.
Genre- how language is used in a
particular setting, such as research papers,
dissertations, formal lectures.
9. Research
Discoursal structure of academic
include…
Macro-level analysis
- analysis of genres which are
elements of ‘’text’’, such as paper
introduction.
Micro- level analysis
- Master’s work on the use of active
verbs in scientific text.
