{"id":5051,"date":"2014-11-25T10:46:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T10:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2014-11-25T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T10:46:29","slug":"article-moving-into-eap-navigating-the-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=5051","title":{"rendered":"Article: Moving into EAP: navigating the transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"color: #363636;\">The OUP ELT\u00a0blog has published an article dealing with international tests.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>First and foremost, you\u2019ll want to know what EAP really is. \u2018What is EAP?\u2019 might sound like a straightforward question, but there\u2019s quite a lot to it. For some people EAP means study skills \u2013 for example making notes while listening to a lecture \u2013 yet there\u2019s much more to EAP than this.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s helpful to start with the three key words in EAP \u2013 English, Academic, Purposes \u2013 and look at each of these in turn.<\/p>\n<h2>What English should we focus on?<\/h2>\n<p>English is such a vast language that we need to be clear about what\u2019s most relevant for our students, and spend time on this. We simply don\u2019t have the time to cover everything.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFor vocabulary, it\u2019s useful to divide the language up into three broad groups:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Core vocabulary \u2013 the most frequent words including prepositions and determiners, and frequent nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs<br \/>\n\u2022 Academic vocabulary \u2013 this is central to EAP and includes all the words which express meanings in any discipline, for example \u2018argument\u2019, \u2018in terms of\u2019, and \u2018significantly\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/oupeltglobalblog.com\/2014\/11\/13\/moving-into-eap-navigating-the-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read full article<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP ELT\u00a0blog has published an article dealing with international tests. First and foremost, you\u2019ll want to know what EAP really is. \u2018What is EAP?\u2019 might sound like a straightforward question, but there\u2019s quite a lot to it. 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