Introducing English for Academic Purposes (Routledge Introductions to English for Specific Purposes) - Softcover

Pecorari, Diane; Coxhead, Averil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 103275267X ISBN 13: 9781032752679

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Introducing English for Academic Purposes is an accessible and engaging textbook which presents a wide-ranging introduction to the field, covering the global and institutional position of EAP as well as its manifestations in classrooms and research contexts around the world.

The new edition is fully revised and includes expanded and updated discussions on differences across geographical contexts for EAP, academic misconduct and generative artificial intelligence and testing and post-COVID online options. The second edition also offers new and updated activities and a full new chapter on genre and vocabulary.

Each chapter provides:

• a critical overview introducing readers to theory- and research-informed perspectives;

• profiles of practice to guide readers in putting theory to use in real-world contexts;

• tasks, reflection exercises and a glossary to help readers consolidate their understanding;

• an annotated further reading section with links to online resources to enable readers to extend their knowledge.

Covering both theoretical and practical issues, Introducing English for Academic Purposes is essential reading for students of applied linguistics, and pre-service and in-service teachers of EAP.

About this title

About the Author

Diane Pecorari is Professor of TESOL at the University of Leeds, UK. She is co-editor of the Journal of English-Medium Instruction and series editor of Routledge Studies in English-Medium Instruction.

Averil Coxhead is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes Research (Routledge, 2018), and co-author of English for Vocational Purposes (Routledge, 2020) and Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size (2021).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103275267X
• ISBN 13: 9781032752679
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 226