ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on different types of English for academic purposes (EAP) course, with a focus on specificity. EAP courses range from English for general academic purposes, such as a pre-sectional English course, to English for specific academic purposes courses, where the main focus is on content. The chapter discusses two main approaches to course design: content-based instruction, also termed 'content and language integrated learning', and academic literacy’s. An academic-literacy’s approach can be applied to more traditional types of EAP by involving the students in the analysis of their academic settings. The chapter addresses the role of subject specialists in English for specific purposes course design. It considers how specificity can be achieved by utilising a student’s-as-researchers approach, where students investigate the contextual influences on academic language and tasks. Ethnography plays an important role in EAP research. Researchers observe and experience writers' views and practices from the inside in different settings.
