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Book:  Oxford EAP A course in English for Academic Purposes

Level of proficiency:  Intermediate / Bl+

Authors: Edward de ChazaL & Louis Rogers

Year: 2013

Publisher:  Oxford University Press

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"Oxford EAP is designed to im prove your ability to study effectively in English, whether you are planning to study on an undergraduate or postgraduate programme."

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Oxford EAP has twelve units:
1. Knowledge
2. Organization
3. Motivation
4. Nature
5. Power
6. Growth
7. Networks
8. Innovation
9. Consumpsion
10. Crime
11. Energy
12. Progress

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- Academic language
-  Critical thinking
-  Glossary
-  Language reference
-  Additional reference material
-  Sample essays
-  Video and audio transcripts

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Each macroability (listening, speaking, reading, writing) is focused equally throughout the book. All units are divided in sections that will develop each macroability in sequence and these sections focus on different aspects of language via tasks, such as understanding, discussing, identifying, recognizing and responding to language elements.
Listening: Students watch extracts of different media.
Speaking: Students interact with each other, as well as with the whole class to share information and opinions.
Reading: Students read extracts of different books to identify linguistic patterns.
Writing: Students are asked to produce sentences under different purposes.

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Each unit of the book has an introductory section called Discussion, where students are asked what they understand about the topic of the unit and do some interactive activities. The answers are then shared with the whole class.

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Oxford EAP is student-centered which means that students’ needs are taken into account for the creation of the syllabus and the programme of study. The book is aimed at adult learners whose first language is not English, and who come from any academic discipline. Regarding the content, it is selected based on core skills, tasks, and academic language that are shared by most disciplines. This course book presents the content from different angles with different perspectives, allowing students to also develop their critical thinking skills.

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Each unit has a section called academic focus which deals with relevant topics related to all subject areas. All academic language, such as grammar and lexis, are presented with a clear function and examples from texts or videos.

By the end of each unit, students are expected to be able to recognize and use definitions and explanations in academic texts, understand their importance and how the language is related to these concepts.

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Some approaches and methods identified in the book are:

Content-based approach: Activities are organized around the content or information that students will acquire.

Communicative Language Teaching:  Communicative competence comes through expression, interpretation and negotiation of meaning, and target language is learnt through interaction in the classroom.

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with a preview page that shows the learning objective and a discussion.