English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future

A systematic and critical exploration of the history of EAP from its birth until the present day.

Since its inception in the 1960s, the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has enjoyed a period of almost continual expansion and growth and now represents a multi-million dollar industry worldwide. This book provides readers with a critical and comprehensive overview of EAP’s birth, its historical development and its ongoing trajectory, incorporating along the way the views of individua...