Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?

In 2003 it was suggested that insufficient attention had been paid to methodology and pedagogy in EAP and that there had been an over-emphasis on the ‘what’ at the possible expense of the ‘how’. While conferences and other professional events have gone some way towards addressing this issue, in term...

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Main Author: Bell, Douglas
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: N/A 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65095/
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description In 2003 it was suggested that insufficient attention had been paid to methodology and pedagogy in EAP and that there had been an over-emphasis on the ‘what’ at the possible expense of the ‘how’. While conferences and other professional events have gone some way towards addressing this issue, in terms of EAP journal outputs, as a survey of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP) shows, not very much seems to have changed. The pages of JEAP still suggest a dearth of research interest in issues related to EAP methodology. This reflective paper argues that much greater prominence needs to be given to pedagogical matters in EAP, not least because teaching still accounts for the bulk of what most EAP practitioners do. The paper further suggests that the transfer of methodology and pedagogy from General ELT to EAP should be considered more critically than has hitherto been the case.
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spelling nottingham-650952021-04-12T07:18:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65095/ Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue? Bell, Douglas In 2003 it was suggested that insufficient attention had been paid to methodology and pedagogy in EAP and that there had been an over-emphasis on the ‘what’ at the possible expense of the ‘how’. While conferences and other professional events have gone some way towards addressing this issue, in terms of EAP journal outputs, as a survey of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP) shows, not very much seems to have changed. The pages of JEAP still suggest a dearth of research interest in issues related to EAP methodology. This reflective paper argues that much greater prominence needs to be given to pedagogical matters in EAP, not least because teaching still accounts for the bulk of what most EAP practitioners do. The paper further suggests that the transfer of methodology and pedagogy from General ELT to EAP should be considered more critically than has hitherto been the case. N/A 2021-01-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65095/1/Methodology%20in%20EAP%20still%20an%20overlooked%20issue.pdf Bell, Douglas (2021) Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue? Working Paper. N/A. (Submitted) methodology; pedagogy; teaching approaches; transfer from ELT to EAP
spellingShingle methodology; pedagogy; teaching approaches; transfer from ELT to EAP
Bell, Douglas
Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?
title Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?
title_full Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?
title_fullStr Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?
title_full_unstemmed Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?
title_short Methodology in EAP: still an overlooked issue?
title_sort methodology in eap: still an overlooked issue?
topic methodology; pedagogy; teaching approaches; transfer from ELT to EAP
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65095/