The English for Academic Purposes Practitioner: Operating on the Edge of Academia

by Ian Bruce and Alex Ding

Book Overview

This book contextualizes the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), with a particular focus on the professional and academic identity and role of the EAP practitioner. The authors examine previously neglected areas such as the socio-economic, academic and employment contexts within which EAP practitioners function. In doing so, they develop a better understanding of the roles, expectations and constraints that arise from these contexts, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319866915
• ISBN13: 9783319866918
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"