EAN: 9789811306464

UNIVERSITY ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES IN CHI...

This book uses an in-depth  phenomenological interview approach to explain the generational
characteristics of today's Chinese university youths and the critical dispositions they believe
indispensable in acquiring English as an academic language in and outside school settings. By
presenting the authentic voices of the recruited participants  the book clarifies how English
for academic purposes (EAP)  as an emerging global phenomenon and a research-informed practice
enables and empowers them for conscious self-transformation and critical awareness development
through language study. The book also explores issues arising in the fields of general English
language teaching as well as traditional and critical EAP  and discusses university English
language learners' learning needs and rights. The book further promotes a dynamic and
transformative University EAP pedagogy of particularity  practicality  and possibility moving
from the oppression of language education to its liberation and the increasing critical
consciousness among the present and future university youths in a time of great social changes.

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