1st Edition

Academic Literacy in English for Academic Purposes Principles and Practices

By Ursula Wingate Copyright 2026
168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Academic Literacy in English for Academic Purposes presents theory- and research-informed teaching approaches to EAP, underpinned by the concept of academic literacy. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the relevant theoretical frameworks, followed by an overview of recent research studies, before proposing teaching approaches to support students in these areas. The book:... Read more

1 Enhancing academic literacy in EAP: Context, purpose and outline of this book

2 What’s in a name? Defining and differentiating EAP, EMI and related concepts

3 Genre-based academic literacy instruction

4 Addressing audiences in academic writing

5 Using sources – reading to write

6 Developing feedback literacy

7 Multilingual practices in EAP/academic literacy instruction

8 Generative AI and EAP: Policies and practices

9 Enhancing the status of EAP: The EAP practitioner as teacher educator

Biography

Ursula Wingate is Professor of Language Education at the School of Education, Communication & Society, King’s College London. She is co-editor of New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education, with Simon Coffey (Routledge, 2018).