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

• Main Authors: Ding, Alex (Author), Bruce, Ian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Applied linguistics.; English language.; Multilingualism.; Higher education.; Language and languages > Study and teaching.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319597379
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59737-9
• Physical Description: XII, 236 p. online resource.

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...