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Download full textPennycook, Alastair – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1994
A discussion of the teaching of English for academic purposes (EAP) focuses on criticism that the content of such courses is thin and that they are offered as a service to other disciplines. It is proposed that the emphasis of EAP instruction be shifted to the role English plays as a medium for conveying meaning to the ways in which English is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives, English for Academic Purposes
