English for academic purposes

Engkish for academic purposes EAP is not only a teaching approach.it is also a branch of applied linguistics consisting of a significant body of research in to effective teaching and assessment approaches,method of analysis of the academic texts and analysis of the textual practices of academic.EAP is an educational approach and set of beliefs about TESOL that is unlike that taken in general English courses and text books.it begins with the learner and the situation, where as general English begins with the language. IN discussing ESP and EAP , strevens 1977 argued that courses can be specific in four ways : 1) by restricting the language taught to only those skills which are required for the learner's immediate purposes. 2) by sleeping from the whole language only those items of vocabulary , grammar patterns , linguistics functions etc , which are required for the learners immediate purposes. 3)by including only topics themes and discourses contexts that are directly relevant to the learners immediate languages needs and 4) by addressing only those communicative needs that relate to the learner's immediate purpose. Needs analysis is fundamental to an EAP approach to course design and teaching.if a general approach to an EAP course is taken the course usually consists primarily of study skills practice ( e.g listening to lectures , seminar skills , academic writing, reading and note taking , etc ) with an academic register and style in the practice texts and materials.