What is EAP and how is it best taught and learnt in a variety of academic contexts? English for Academic Purposes discusses this fast-growing area of language teaching and provides comprehensive answers to questions that both novice and experienced teachers ask.Recommended for reference, or for language teacher educators to use as a basis for teacher education courses and seminars, English for Academic Purposes helps you to become more familiar with a range of key concepts, and gives you a better understanding of how they impact on your teaching.The book includes:all aspects of EAP including language, texts, reading, writing, listening, speaking, materials, and assessmentthe core concept of critical thinking and how it affects language usehow to use technologies to open up new opportunities for EAP teaching and learningExtra resources, including links to all of the resources described in the book, are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/ohlteap This book is part of Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers, the highly regarded series covering the topics language teachers want to know more about.