English for Academic Purposes and Study Skills: An outline

Purpose: To explain and categorise study skills and coverage of English for Academic Purposes.

Thesis statement: Members belonging to a same discourse community are to develop and master specific terminology.

Audience: Teachers, Academic Students and Academic Writers.

1. EAP (English for Academic Purposes) Definition

2. First recorded use of the term 1974

3. Coverage:

3.1. ESP (English for Specific Purposes) main strands:
3.1.1. English for Occupational Purposes (EOP)/English for Vocational Purposes (EVP)/English for Professional Purposes (EPP)
3.1.2. EAP (English for Academic Purposes) Divisions
3.1.2.1. Common core / study skills = EGAP
3.1.2.1.1. Study skills definition
3.1.2.2. Subject-specific = ESAP
3.1.2.2.1. Subject-specific or ESAP definition
3.2. TENOR – Teaching of English for No Obvious Reason or EGP (English for
General Purposes)

4. Range of settings:
4.1. Use in Higher Education studies

4.2. Use in Pre-departure courses

4.2.1 Pre-sessional Courses or in-sessional courses
4.2.1.1. Formal teaching programs
4.2.1.2. Self-access situations
4.2.1.3. Distance-learning materials
4.2.1.4. CALL (Computer-assisted language learning)