Academic Literacy in English for Academic Purposes presents theory- and research-informed teaching approaches to EAP, underpinned by the concept of academic literacy.Each chapter begins with a discussion of the relevant theoretical frameworks, followed by an overview of recent research studies, before proposing teaching approaches to support students in these areas.The book:challenges narrow conceptions of EAP by emphasising its core mission of developing academic literacy across disciplinespromotes genre-specific teaching approaches for the development of academic literacyadvocates the integration of academic literacy instruction into subject curricula and discusses different types and levels of collaboration between EAP practitioners and subject lecturersdiscusses the opportunities of using translanguaging as a pedagogical resource in EAP/academic literacy instructionexamines the challenges generative AI poses to higher education and emphasises the important role of EAP practitioners in guiding its effective and ethical useThis book serves as an ideal resource for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) practitioners, subject lecturers in English Medium Instruction (EMI) contexts, teacher educators, as well as university policymakers who seek ways of improving EAP and academic literacy instruction in their institutions.
Ursula Wingate is Professor of Language Education at the School of Education, Communication & Society, King’s College London. She is co-editor of New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education, with Simon Coffey (Routledge, 2018).
1 Enhancing academic literacy in EAP: Context, purpose and outline of this book 2 What’s in a name? Defining and differentiating EAP, EMI and related concepts 3 Genre-based academic literacy instruction 4 Addressing audiences in academic writing 5 Using sources – reading to write 6 Developing feedback literacy 7 Multilingual practices in EAP/academic literacy instruction 8 Generative AI and EAP: Policies and practices 9 Enhancing the status of EAP: The EAP practitioner as teacher educator