English for Academic Purposes Programs: Key Trends Across Canadian Universities

Because of the large number post-secondary English for academic purposes (EAP) programs and varying ways they are structured, it can be difficult to identify how a particular program fits within overall landscape university education. To general trends across Canada, webpages 74 EAP at 50 public English-medium universities were examined key information related each program. Data analysis included descriptive statistics as well graphical representation. The results pointed typical that independent units offer non-credit courses with some credit options, have international tuition fees around $9,000 per semester, provide approximately 22 hours instruction week, generally require IELTS scores over 5.0 or TOEFL iBT 59 entry. These an avenue comparison indicate need future research better understand programming is conceptualized in Canadian context.