The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyland, Ken.

Series:

Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (677 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes provides an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to English for Academic Purposes (EAP), covering the main theories, concepts, contexts and applications of this fast-growing area of applied linguistics.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Preface

A Second Edition of the EAP Handbook

EAP Trajectories

Overview of the Handbook

References

Part I Conceptions of EAP

1 General and Specific EAP

Specificity and EAP

English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP)

The Case for Specificity

Theoretical Bases and Features of Specificity

Commonalities: Contexts, Continua, and Consciousness-Raising

Specific and General Courses: Hong Kong Cases

Conclusion

Related Chapters

2 Academic Literacies: A Critical Lens for a Global Academy

Introduction

Historical Perspectives

Key Themes in Academic Literacies Research

Main Research Methods

The Relationship Between "Critique" and Practice

Academic Literacies and EAP

A Converging Space: Critical Approaches to EAP and Ac Lits

Academic Writing as an Issue of Rights and Social Justice

Academic Writing as Involving Multiple Linguistic and Semiotic Resources

Academic Writing as Form, Content and Subjectivity

Academic Writing as Involving Multiple Trajectories

Ethnographic Orientations in Researching Academic Writing

Academic Writing as Spatially Configured Networked Activity

Academic Writing as a (De)colonial Practice

3 English as the Academic Lingua Franca

Linguistic Variation, Complexity and Effectiveness in Academic ELF

The Changing Scene of Academic Research Publishing

Changing Norms and Practices

4 CLIL, EMI, Or EAP: What's the Difference?

What Is CLIL?

CLIL and Higher Education

The Growth of EMI

Research Into EMI: Lessons From Bilingual Education.

Research Into EMI and CLIL at High School and Tertiary Level

Teaching CLIL in Higher Education

Content Lecturers Changing to EMI

Language Training for Content Lecturers

Cooperation Between Language and Content Lecturers

Problems of Collaboration

Future Research

Part II Pedagogic Contexts

5 EAP in School Settings

Framing EAP Pedagogies in School Settings

Cognitive Pedagogies Where Knowledge Is More Or Less Visible

Socio-cultural Approaches Where Knowledge Is Visible Or Invisible

Situated Practice Approaches

SFL Genre-Based Approaches

Developments in Educational Semiotics and EAP

Cumulative Learning Within Disciplines

Classroom Interaction and Scaffolding Pedagogies

Developing Theories of the Critical

6 EAP Pedagogy in Undergraduate Contexts

Teaching for Transfer and Genre Awareness

Transfer in Undergraduate EAP

Fostering Genre Awareness and Rhetorical Flexibility

Empirical Support for Transfer-Oriented EAP

Teaching Argumentation, Criticality, and Stance

The Elusiveness of Argumentation in EAP

Supporting Argument, Criticality, and Stance

Disciplinary Variation in Argumentation

Toward a Developmental View of Argument

Critical Approaches and Learner Agency

Critical Perspectives

Centering Student Agency

Pedagogical Strategies for Critical Engagement

Final Reflections and Future Research Directions

Pedagogical Challenges and Implementation

Institutional Positioning and Collaboration

Research Gaps and Methodological Needs

Toward Empirically Grounded, Contextually Responsive Practice

Note

7 Pre-Sessional English for Academic Purposes

The Dual Aims of (Most) Pre-Sessional Programmes

Features of Pre-Sessional Programmes.

Issues in Pre-Sessional Programme Approaches

Post-COVID Developments in Pre-Sessional Delivery

Assessing Programme Outcomes

EGAP/ESAP Approaches

Staffing Pre-Sessional Programmes

Indicators of Programme Effectiveness

PSP and Degree Programme Outcomes

Students' Artefacts

Stakeholders' Perspectives

Further Research

8 EAP Support for Postgraduate Students

Contexts of EAP Specialists' Work With Postgraduates

EAP Specialists' Institutional Locations and Espoused Attributes

Challenges Faced By EAP Specialists

EAP Specialists' Commitment to Meeting Varied Needs and Providing Sustainable Support

Corpus-based Methods in Postgraduate EAP Support

Varied Forms of Corpus Use

Web-based, Corpus-Embedded Learning Systems

Theoretical Underpinnings of Postgraduate EAP Support

Beyond Writing Support

Implications for Future Work

9 EAP at the Tertiary Level in China

The Evolution of EAP in China's College English Curriculum

China's Ministry of Education and Its Impact On Curricular Development

The 1980 Guidelines and the Debates About Scientific Versus General English

The 1999 Guidelines and the Shift Back to English for General Purposes

The 2007 Policy and Efforts to Incorporate EAP Into the College English Curriculum

The 2015 Guidelines and the Balance Among EGA, EAP, and Cross-Cultural Communication

2020 Guidelines and Consolidation of EAP in the College English Curriculum

Cases of EAP Teaching at the Undergraduate Level

The Impact of the "Four New" Initiatives On EAP Teaching

A School-Specific, Collaborative College English Curriculum

An Interdisciplinary Collaborative ESP Teaching Model

A Case of EAP Teaching at the Graduate Level

Some Concluding Remarks

References.

10 The Multi-Faceted Nature of Writing Centers in International Higher Education: Adaptable, Multilingual, Multimodal

Writing Centers in the United States

The Writing Center as a Resource in Higher Education Outside the U.S.

Multilingual Writing Centers Negotiating Language Policies

Organizational Variation Among Writing Centers

Target Students and Disciplines for These Centers

Tutorial Profiles and Training

Pedagogical Approaches Shared Among Writing Centers

Writing Centers Negotiating Challenges and Looking to the Future

Concluding Remarks

11 English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP)

The Globalization of Scholarship

The Hegemony of English in Academic Publishing

Historical Development of Scientific Communication

Theoretical and Methodological Orientations

ERPP Pedagogy

Technology and ERPP

The Future of ERPP

Part III EAP and Language Skills

12 Academic Reading for Writing

Conceptualizing RFW

Assessment

Source Use

Summary

Synthesis

Miscellaneous

Discussion and Conclusion

13 Language and Academic Writing: Learning-To-Write and Writing-To-Learn-Language Perspectives

The Language Component of Learning-To-Write in an Additional Language

The Global Picture

The Interplay Between Writing Expertise and L2 Abilities

The Multilingual Nature of Multicompetent Writers' Practices

Identity Construction as Multilingual Scholars

L1 Use in L2 Writing

Language Learning Through Writing: Writing-To-Learn Language Perspectives

Learning Through Writing: The Cognitive Perspective

Rationales and Theoretical Developments

Trends in Empirical Research

Conclusion: Future Research Avenues

Acknowledgements.

Related Chapters

14 Dialogic Interaction

Linguistic Description

Learning to Speak Vs. Speaking to Learn

Critical Issues

How Important Are Dialogic Speaking Needs?

Diversity of Terms and Types of Events

Current Contributions

Event Types and Discourse Features

Socialisation

Disciplinary Learning

Recommendations for Practice

Future Directions

15 Listening to Lectures

The Lecture Genre

Lecture Listening and Comprehension

Oral and Written Lecture Features

Word Recognition

Vocabulary Knowledge

Background and Contextual Knowledge

Discourse Organization

Multimodality

Note-taking

Pedagogical Implications

16 Acquiring Academic Vocabulary

Introduction/definitions

What Is Academic Vocabulary?

What Are Some Characteristics of Academic Vocabulary?

Vocabulary in Written and Spoken Academic Texts

Critical Topics

Part IV Research Perspectives

17 Systemic Functional Semiotics and EAP

Introducing Systemic Functional Theory

EAP From the Perspective of Register

EAP From the Perspective of Field

EAP From the Perspective of Tenor

EAP From the Perspective of Mode

Shifting Perspective On EAP to Foregrounding Pedagogy

EAP and Visible Pedagogy

Uptake of Visible Pedagogy Informed By SFS

Providing Evidence in Support of Visible Pedagogy

Analyzing the Enactment of Pedagogy With a Pedagogic Register

Looking Ahead: Knowledge About Language Guiding Integration of GenAI

18 Corpus Studies in EAP

Types of EAP Corpora

Some Methods of Analysing Academic Corpora.

Some Practical Applications of Corpus Analysis.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-052479-6

1-003-49335-1

1-04-065626-9

9781003493358

OCLC:

1577547248

Publisher Number:

CIPO000340253