English for Academic Purposes

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Approaches used in EAP for the 21st century learner

This article provides a guide to the award-winning EAP series from author, Aylin Graves.

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EAP for the 21st century learner

This series from award-winning EAP (English for Academic Purposes) author, Aylin Graves, provides a set of lesson plans to enhance your students’ skills in Academic English. Each lesson consists of a worksheet and accompanying teacher’s notes including teaching tips. These lessons can be used sequentially or for stand-alone classes. 

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Top ten tips for EAP tutors and learners

Dr Chris Lima offers ten top tips on the basic concepts tutors and learners should keep in mind during EAP programmes.

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ESP bank: EAP: Reading and writing: Teacher's notes

Practical activities to help students focus on redrafting written text.

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ESP bank: EAP: Reading and writing: Worksheet

Practical activities to help students focus on redrafting written text.

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ESP bank: EAP: Reading and writing: Presentation: Lesson plan

Practical activities to help students focus on redrafting written text.

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EAP for the 21st century learner: Lesson 1: The slow movement

This lesson helps students improve their environmental literacy and reading skills by introducing them to the concept of Cittaslow.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Teaching academic writing

Dr Chris Lima offers advice on ways to teach academic writing in EAP classes.

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EAP for the 21st century learner: Lesson 2: The food revolution

This lesson helps students focus on main ideas and supporting details in video and audio materials.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Shakespeare (Part 1)

Dr Chris Lima provides the first five of fifteen top tips for teaching Shakespeare to both language proficient speakers and language learners alike.

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EAP Shakespeare: Introducing Shakespeare

In the first lesson of this series, students watch a TED talk and do reading, writing and language exercises using some of Shakespeare’s plays.

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EAP for the 21st century learner: Lesson 3: Collaboration and teamwork

This lesson helps students develop an awareness of the importance of teamwork.

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EAP Shakespeare: Shakespeare on the internet – digital literacy

This sixth lesson introduces students to some online Shakespeare sources to use in assessed work.

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EAP Shakespeare: Academic writing

In this fifth lesson, students are introduced to academic writing.

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EAP Shakespeare: Academic reading: critical thinking

In this fourth lesson, students learn about critical literary reading.

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EAP Shakespeare: Reading and writing about Shakespeare

In this third lesson, students practise the close reading of a text.

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EAP Shakespeare: Shakespeare on stage and screen

In this second lesson, students practise summarizing critical reviews.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Shakespeare (Part 2)

Dr Chris Lima provides five more top tips for teaching Shakespeare to both language proficient speakers and language learners alike, in the second part of this series.

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EAP for the 21st century learner: Lesson 4—Paragraph development

In this lesson, students develop an awareness of paragraph development in English.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Top ten tips for using literature in ELT

Dr Chris Lima offers ten top tips on why and how to use literature in ELT.