Contributors Series editors'preface Preface PART I ISSUES IN ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES Introduction 1 Issues in EAP: A preliminary perspective 2 Language use, language planning and EAP 3 EAP-related linguistic research: An intellectual history 4 Linguistic research and EAP pedagogy 5 International scientific English: The language of research scientists around the world 6 Discipline specificity and EAP 7 World Englishes: Issues in and from academic writing assessment 8 Addressing issues of power and difference in ESL academic writing 9 ‘I'll go with the group': Rethinking ‘discourse community' in EAP 10 EAP assessment: Issues, models, and outcomes PART II THE ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES CURRICULUM Introduction 11 The EAP curriculum: Issues, methods, and challenges 12 Twenty years of needs analyses: Reflections on a personal journey 13 The curriculum renewal process in English for academic purposes programmes 14 Team-teaching in EAP: Changes and adaptations in the Birmingham approach 15 Does the emperor have no clothes? A re-examination of grammar in content-based instruction 16 The specialised vocabulary of English for academic purposes 17 Language learning strategies and EAP proficiency: Teacher vie ws, student vie ws, and test results 18 Issues in EAP test development: What one institution and its history tell us 19 Teaching writing for academic purposes 21 Incorporating reading into EAP writing courses 22 The develop ment of EAP oral discussion ability 23 Second language lecture comprehension research in naturalistic controlled conditions 24 Designing tasks for developing study competence and study skills in English 25 Promoting EAP learner autonomy in a second language university context References Index
