ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the teachers with practical strategies for addressing language with their English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students in ways that are authentic and fully integrated with other class goals and activities so that students can be prepared to communicate successfully for academic purposes. Researchers and teacher educators who on the language aspect of second language (L2) writing tend to place heavy emphasis on the problem of error in student writing and whether/how best to treat it pedagogically. The focuses on a crowded EAP syllabus, teachers should thoughtfully set goals for what they and their students should try to discuss and learn about various language structures. While the absolute neglect of language in writing instruction is likely indefensible for any group of student writers regardless of language background, it is especially so for L2 writers, who are simultaneously attempting to acquire a L2 along with advanced academic writing skills.
