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Peer reviewedClapham, Caroline – System, 2000
Discusses research into the effect of background knowledge on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) tests and discusses EAP tests in which the content of at least some of the test components is related to students' fields of academic study. Suggests that for international EAP tests, English for specific academic purposes testing be abandoned.…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Aptitude, Language Research
