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EAP: Conceptions and Controversies (Lingua Franca or Tyrannosaurus (The…
EAP: Conceptions and Controversies
Lingua Franca or Tyrannosaurus
TYRANNOSAURUS
LINGUA FRANCA
Facilitate free development of knowledge
The Growth of Academic English
Consequences of the dominance of English
Learning English fluency by socialization
Emotion of other academic language, difficulty of non-native English speaking students to engage English academy
Learning English in which it takes place
Students ad academics gain the fluency in the convention of English language.
Pragmatism or Critique
Pragmatism
help students to fit unquestioningly into subordinate roles in their discipline and course, and help students understand the power relation of those context.
Critique
engages students in some types of activity
share an orientation with the academic literacies
there is a political question in the EAP literacy
Study Skills or Academic Literacy
A Study Skills Approach to EAP
students need abilities techniques and strategies which are used: reading, writing, listening to help the students understand discourse
mechanical aspects of study: referencing, using libraries, dissertation formatting
Disciplinary Socialization
Implies an integrated view which: links language, user, and context
Supporting students in learning unfamiliar demand of new kind of discourse through human experiences
Academic Literacies
Emphasizing the way of use language referred to as "literacy practices."
Specific of General Academic Purposes
Reasons for General EAP
The teacher are lack of training in teaching he subjective-specific conventions
EAP is hard to be understood by the students with low level of English.
Reasons for specific EAP
ESAP is more complex than EGAP
Focused not only on the forms but also the subject-specific communicative skills