University English for Academic Purposes in China : A Phenomenological Interview Study / by Xiaofei Rao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rao, Xiaofei., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

International education.

Comparative education.

Education, Higher.

Language Education.

International and Comparative Education.

Higher Education.

Local Subjects:

Language Education.

International and Comparative Education.

Higher Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXIV, 205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Dedication

Preface

Foreword by Dr. Rudolfo Chávez Chávez

Foreword by Dr. Anita Hernández

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Definition of the Terms

Part I Theory and Concepts

1 Introduction

2 University Academic English: A Rising Global Phenomenon

3 Learning Theories that Impact English Teaching and Learning

4 English for Academic Purposes as a Critical Pedagogy

Part II Practice

5 Vignettes of Chinese University EAP Learners

6 Emergent Themes Surrounding Learner Vignettes

Part III Revelations, Desire and Legacy in the Science of EAP

7 Crystalization of Themes

8 What Is and What May Be in the Field of University EAP

Afterword as Concluding Remarks

References.

ISBN:

9789811306471

9811306478