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

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2014).

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].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. ACCOMMODATING ASIAN EAP PRACTICES WITHIN POSTGRADUATE TEACHER EDUCATION: Perspectives from Australia -- INTRODUCTION -- Current Approaches -- CURRENT STUDY, FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- Implications -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 2. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR NEGOTIATING APPROPRIATE EAP PRACTICES IN CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- The Local Context of English Education at Tertiary Level in China -- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY -- INSTRUMENTS AND METHOD -- Survey -- Focus Group Interview -- ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS -- Survey Data

Interview DataDISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3. ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES IN PLURILINGUAL PAKISTAN -- INTRODUCTION -- English for Academic Purposes in Pakistan -- Plurilingual Practices and English Proficiency -- METHOD -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- Use of Additional and Sequencing Devices -- Use of mey/in -- EAP in Plurlingual Pakistan -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 4. EAP IN NEPAL: Practitioner Perspectives on Multilingual Pedagogy -- INTRODUCTION -- EAP in Nepal -- THE STUDY

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONDISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN THE EAP CLASSROOM: Negotiating Tensions in the Sri Lankan Context -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- RESEARCH DESIGN -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Teachers� Understanding of Critical Thinking -- Integrating Critical Thinking Practices in the Sri Lankan EAP Classroom -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 6. BALANCING CONFORMITY AND EMPOWERMENT: Critical Needs Analysis in an EAP course at Dhaka University -- INTRODUCTION -- Pragmatism in EAP

Critical Pedagogy to Critical EAPThe Critical and the Pragmatic -- The Foundation Course and ENG101 -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. EAP IN ASIA: Challenges and Possibilities -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHALLENGES -- Orientation to Knowledge -- Academic Culture -- Literate Genres -- Language Norms -- Communicative Skills -- Teaching Practices -- POSSIBILITIES -- Orientations to Knowledge Construction -- Findings from Language Socialization -- Insights from Academic Literacies -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX

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