• Preface; Introduction to Part I; 1. Issues in EAP: A preliminary perspective John Flowerdew and Matthew Peacock; 2. Language use, language planning and EAP Chris Kennedy; 3. EAP-related linguistic research: An Intellectual History John M. Swales; 4. Linguistic research and EAP pedagogy Brian Paltridge; 5. International scientific English: The language of research scientists around the World Alistair Wood; 6. Discipline specificity and EAP Caroline Clapham; 7. World Englishes: issues in and from academic writing assessment Liz Hamp-Lyons and Bonnie Wenxia Zhang; 8. Addressing issues of power and difference in ESL academic writing Suresh Canagarajah; 9. I'll go with the group": Rethinking 'Discourse community' In EAP Sue Starfield; 10. EAP Assessment: issues, models, and outcomes Geoff Brindley and Steven Ross; Introduction to Part II; 11. The EAP curriculum: issues, methods, and challenges John Flowerdew and Matthew Peacock; 12. Twenty years of needs analyses: reflections on a personal journey George Braine; 13. The curriculum renewal process in English for academic purposes programs Fredricka L. Stoller; 14. Team teaching in EAP: Changes and adaptations in the Birmingham approach Tony Dudley-Evans; 15. Does the Emperor have no clothes? A re-examination of grammar in content-based instruction Donna M. Brinton and Christine A. Holten; 16. The specialised vocabulary of English for academic purposes Averil Coxhead and Paul Nation; 17. Language learning strategies and EAP proficiency: Teacher views, student views, and test results Matthew Peacock; 18. Issues in EAP test development: What one institution and its history tell us Fred Davidson and Yeonsuk Cho; 19. Teaching writing for academic purposes Dana R. Ferris; 20. Reading academic English: Carrying learners across the lexical threshold Tom Cobb and Marlise Horst; 21. Incorporating reading into EAP writing courses Alan Hirvela; 22. The development of EAP oral discussion ability Peter Robinson, Gregory Strong, Jennifer Whittle, and Shuichi Nobe; 23. Second language lecture comprehension research in naturalistic controlled conditions Steve Tauroza; 24. Designing tasks for developing study competence and study skills in English Alan Waters and Mary Waters; 25. Promoting EAP learner autonomy in a second language University context Tony Lynch; References; Index.

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