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Author: Morton, Janne × End date: 2019 × Type: Journal Article × Subject: Curriculum and Pedagogy ×

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    Credit-Based Discipline Specific English for Academic Purposes Programmes in Higher Education Revitalizing the profession
    Melles, G ; Millar, G ; Morton, J ; Fegan, S (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2005-10)
    In the UK, North America and Australia, credit-bearing discipline specific English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are seen as a challenge to remedial views of English as a Second Language and a key element in revitalizing a profession on the periphery of the institution. However, the EAP field has to confront not only institutional challenges to its acceptability as a discipline but also tensions within the field. In this article we examine the tensions which underpin current and future directions in the field, review the development of credit-based EAP courses in the US, UK and Australia, and illustrate our discussion with a case study from the University of Melbourne. We conclude by arguing that discipline specific credit-based EAP offers promising hope for the future of the EAP discipline in higher education, but that to achieve this end the field and practitioners need to find a position between critique of and accommodation to discipline specific content.