English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) is a sub-field of Academic (EAP), itself applied linguistics. This article considers ERPP from world Englishes perspective, considering the question as to what sort appropriate ERPP: standardised model, preferred at present, or varietal, Englishes, which would take more account fact that majority scholars publishing their work in are no longer An...

Emerging from the growing body of work on English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education are challenges to policy implementation, particularly when it is implemented top-down without a careful needs analysis or fails address problems associated with ‘English-only’ implementation and so-called ‘native speaker’ norms. Our study responds this need by exploring role EMI classrooms. We draw da...

The aim of this article is to establish the relevance of teaching reading and writing skills to students at Madrid Polytechnic University, and to show the relationship and interdependence of these activities in EAP courses. The skills involved in reading and writing processes for academic purposes for L2 students are compared and commented on from a rhetorical point of view. Learning tasks base...

This paper is a qualitative and quantitative corpus-based study of how academic writers use the personal pronouns I and inclusive and exclusive we. Using a multidisciplinary corpus comprising of journal research articles (RAs) from the fields of Business and Management, Computing Science, Economics, and Physics, I present data extracts which reveal how I and we can help writers create a sense o...

The paper reports on the benefits of imbedding an online negotiation support system (NSS) into experiential learning framework English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course. Proponents projects in second/foreign language classroom emphasize by doing. To test claim, performances students two advanced level EAP courses at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, were compared. One course was developed w...