What is EAP

Understand what English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is, the context of EAP, find out how EAP differs from General English (GE), and see some common tests of EAP. The video is part of the EAP Shorts series of videos from , which provides brief overviews of different aspects of English for Academic Purposes. This video gives a definition of EAP (from Flowerdew and Peacock, 2001), looks at the context of EAP, how EAP developed, including its professional body BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes) and JEAP, the Journal of English for Academic Purposes. EAP is contrasted with GE, in areas such as course aims, language focus (reading and writing vs. listening and speaking), time (fixed e.g. pre-sessional or foundation year vs. flexible), text types, and role of the teacher (equal vs. expert). Common tests of EAP are IELTS, TOEFL and Pearson PTE. For more information on this topic, see: If yo