Directions for the Future

Contents: Tony Dudley-Evans: Thoughts on the past and the future of EAP - Ron White: The ivory tower in the marketplace - Jeanette Littlemore: Conceptual metaphor as a vehicle for promoting critical thinking amongst international students - Ros Richards: Presenting critical thinking as a study strategy for UK higher education - David Catterick: Mapping and managing cultural beliefs about language learning of Chinese EAP learners - Andy Curtis: Working with advanced Chinese students: EAP at the doctoral level - Fiona Cotton: 'The lecturer doesn't want my opinion'. Mismatched expectations: pedagogical approaches - Martha A. Jones/Roger Bird: Campus language: helping students to understand academic spoken language in the EAP classroom - Zoe Kantaridou: Steps to autonomy: curriculum design for a long-term EAP course - John Straker: What makes a good EAP tutorial? - Kenneth Anderson/Cathy Benson/Tony Lynch: Feedback on writing: attitudes and uptake - Johnson A. Kalu: Writing: an assessment of students' learning outcomes - Siân Preece: Language and identity issues with home students on EAP writing programmes at the University of Westminster - Irene Turner/Val Godwin/Lynda Wilks: A measure of success: changes in vocabulary usage on intensive EFL courses - Alan Tonkyn/Juliet Wilson: Revising the IELTS speaking test - Jo McDonough: Patterns of change in EAP research methodology - Keith Morrow: Getting published in an academic journal.

The Editor: Leslie Sheldon, an international educational consultant based in Canada, has published extensively in English for Academic Purposes (particularly with regard to the practical applications of 'e-pedagogy') and English/American Literature. A senior academic manager with substantial experience in the private/public sectors (and a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences), he is Director of the English Language Teaching Division at the University of Strathclyde (retired), and most recently was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa.

"This collection of articles brings the reader up-to-date with recent developments in EAP research, and the variety of the topics certainly mean that there is something in this book for anyone interested in EAP." (Linda Vekemans, International Journal of Applied Linguistics)