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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460005203321

Titolo

English for academic purposes (EAP) in asia : negotiating appropriate practices in a global context / / edited by Indika Liyanage, Tony Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rotterdam, Netherlands : , : Sense Publishers, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

94-6209-752-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

Critical New Literacies ; ; Volume 2

Disciplina

428.0071

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

English language - Study and teaching - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Indika Liyanage and Tony Walker -- Accommodating Asian EAP Practices within Postgraduate Teacher Education / Indika Liyanage and Tony Walker -- Opportunities and Challenges for Negotiating Appropriate EAP Practices in China / Yanmei Gao and Brendan Bartlett -- English for Academic Purposes in Plurilingual Pakistan / Hina Ashraf , Luqman Hakim and Irum Zulfiqar -- EAP in Nepal / Madhav Kafle -- Critical Thinking Skills in the EAP Classroom / Maya Gunawardena and Eleni Petraki -- Balancing Conformity and Empowerment / Raqib Chowdhury and Munasir Kamal -- EAP in Asia / Suresh Canagarajah -- Subject Index / Indika Liyanage and Tony Walker.

Sommario/riassunto

The adoption of English as the language of study and scholarship is becoming increasingly common among universities across Asia. But does this adoption of the English language not also mean the adoption of Western approaches to scholarship and knowledge? This most timely and important book critically examines how EAP practitioners can negotiate between Western and Asian academic practices and approaches to knowledge and scholarship and is essential reading for anyone involved in international education. [Andy Kirkpatrick, Professor in Linguistics, Griffith University].