ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) emerged from the broad concept of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). EAP is intended to facilitate learners in academic setting whilst the latter is more general in its purpose and approach. As such, lack of fundamental knowledge and understanding among ESL e...

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Main Authors:	Nor Yazi, Khamis, Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim, Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai, Zarina, Mohd Ali, Zuraina, Ali
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2015
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12458/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12458/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12458/1/pbmsk-2015-yazi-esl%20educators%20belief%20in%20teaching.pdf

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spelling	ump-124582018-05-18T02:47:31Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12458/ ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners Nor Yazi, Khamis Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai Zarina, Mohd Ali Zuraina, Ali LB Theory and practice of education English for Academic Purposes (EAP) emerged from the broad concept of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). EAP is intended to facilitate learners in academic setting whilst the latter is more general in its purpose and approach. As such, lack of fundamental knowledge and understanding among ESL educators on the differences of the two teachings could lead to ineffective EAP classroom practices. This study identifies 72 ESL educators’ belief on EAP teaching for low level engineering undergraduates at four Malaysian technical universities. The study used an online reflective questionnaire adapted from Alexander (2012) and semi structured interviews with eight senior members of the institutions. The findings indicated a tension which might exist between the beliefs about general CLT and specific EAP teaching among the educators. The lack of awareness among the educators on the differences between the two has consequences on their EAP practices. The senior educators concurred with the findings and highlighted the need of specific EAP competency and formal trainings for the ESL educators in teaching EAP at the Malaysian technical and engineering based higher education institutions Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12458/1/pbmsk-2015-yazi-esl%20educators%20belief%20in%20teaching.pdf Nor Yazi, Khamis and Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim and Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai and Zarina, Mohd Ali and Zuraina, Ali (2015) ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners. International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL), 3. pp. 63-77. ISSN 2289-7208 (print); 2289-9294 (online) http://ijleal.ump.edu.my/images/volume3/IJLEAL003.NOR_YAZI_et_al.pdf
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spellingShingle	LB Theory and practice of education Nor Yazi, Khamis Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai Zarina, Mohd Ali Zuraina, Ali ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners
description	English for Academic Purposes (EAP) emerged from the broad concept of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). EAP is intended to facilitate learners in academic setting whilst the latter is more general in its purpose and approach. As such, lack of fundamental knowledge and understanding among ESL educators on the differences of the two teachings could lead to ineffective EAP classroom practices. This study identifies 72 ESL educators’ belief on EAP teaching for low level engineering undergraduates at four Malaysian technical universities. The study used an online reflective questionnaire adapted from Alexander (2012) and semi structured interviews with eight senior members of the institutions. The findings indicated a tension which might exist between the beliefs about general CLT and specific EAP teaching among the educators. The lack of awareness among the educators on the differences between the two has consequences on their EAP practices. The senior educators concurred with the findings and highlighted the need of specific EAP competency and formal trainings for the ESL educators in teaching EAP at the Malaysian technical and engineering based higher education institutions
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author	Nor Yazi, Khamis Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai Zarina, Mohd Ali Zuraina, Ali
author_facet	Nor Yazi, Khamis Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai Zarina, Mohd Ali Zuraina, Ali
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title	ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners
title_short	ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners
title_full	ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners
title_fullStr	ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners
title_full_unstemmed	ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners
title_sort	esl educators’ belief in teaching english for academic purposes (eap) to low level learners
publisher	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate	2015
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ESL Educators’ Belief in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to Low Level Learners

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