Part 1 - English for Academic Purposes: Introduction

Introduction to English for Academic Purposes, or EAP.
This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript of the programme.
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ANNOUNCER:
It’s time for Academic Listening - a series for students at English-speaking universities.
Imagine: today is the first day of your uni life … How do you feel? Excited and confident? Or
maybe a little anxious? How do you think you’ll cope? And how can you make the learning
experience easier? For an insight, join Susan Fearn and members of the World Service class of
2001.
Susan: Well, if you think you might have problems, don’t worry. You’re not alone.
CLIP: Students
Angelica: Entering into the English speaking educational system for me was quite a change -
the main problem was understanding lectures - academic English is quite high level of speaking
therefore the first was to become familiar with the listening understanding.
Constant: I think the pronunciation of English people is not the same as I learned at school - I
come from Ivory Coast, it's in West Africa - the teacher in my country had a French accent -
the teacher of English - and it's not the same accent here, so I think the pronunciation, the
accent is quite different .
Emma: You know how to express yourself in your own language - you know what you want
to say but it's difficult to put it in the exact words.
Susan: In this series we’ll enter the world of further education and focus particularly on
some of the linguistic problems experienced by students like you. And we’ll try
to identify strategies for coping with study in another language. Students and
teachers will share their tips on effective learning, and give advice on some of
the pitfalls to avoid. There’ll be a mix of theory, practice and personal
experience.
In this first programme, we focus on a special kind of English course, designed
to prepare students for their studies. It’s called EAP.
CLIP: Christine Reeves
EAP is actually studying English for Academic Purposes.
Susan: Christine Reeves teaches at Bell Norwich, a language school in the East of
England.
CLIP: Christine Reeves
That means studying English - the kind of English that you're likely to need to cope with life
and studying at a British University or any other English speaking university - it could be the
United States it could be Australia - and it prepares them and gives them necessary skills
which enable them to manage their studies.
Susan: English for Academic purposes is a particular kind of English – used by a
particular group of people. If you speak Academic English, you’ll know a
special vocabulary associated with your subject, and you’ll be used to writing or
speaking in a particular way. You’ll know how to structure an essay or a
report, for example; and you’ll be familiar with the language used in lectures,
seminars and tutorials.
If you study EAP, you’ll practise special language skills for studying at a high
level, and you’ll gain a number of useful strategies to make your learning more
effective. Christine Reeves again.
CLIP: Christine Reeves
Most EAP courses would cover various components - for example here at Bell the
components we would always cover would be study skills, the students would also do quite a
heavy component of writing, there would be a lecture, a weekly lecture, and there would
normally be a component of social English to help them manage at the bank, for example, that
sort of thing.
Susan: An EAP course introduces you to the special language associated with the
academic world – common words, expressions, particular structures. It
provides a range of advanced study skills.
good EAP course will give you training in general English as well. During
your university course, you’ll lead a double life. 
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