University English for Academic Purposes in China : A Phenomenological Interview Study / by Xiaofei Rao.

Dedication -- Preface -- Foreword by Dr. Rudolfo Chávez Chávez -- Foreword by Dr. Anita Hernández -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Definition of the Terms -- Part I Theory and Concepts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 University Academic English: A Rising Global Phenomenon -- 3 Learning Theories that Impact English Teaching and Learning -- 4 English for Academic Purposes as a Critical Pedagogy -- Part II Practice -- 5 Vignettes of Chinese University EAP Learners -- 6 Emergent Themes Surrounding Learner Vignettes -- Part III Revelations, Desire and Legacy in the Science of EAP -- 7 Crystalization of Themes -- 8 What Is and What May Be in the Field of University EAP -- Afterword as Concluding Remarks -- References.

This book uses an in-depth, phenomenological interview approach to explain the generational characteristics of today?s Chinese university youths and the critical dispositions they believe indispensable in acquiring English as an academic language in and outside school settings. By presenting the authentic voices of the recruited participants, the book clarifies how English for academic purposes (EAP), as an emerging global phenomenon and a research-informed practice, enables and empowers them for conscious self-transformation and critical awareness development through language study. The book also explores issues arising in the fields of general English language teaching as well as traditional and critical EAP, and discusses university English language learners? learning needs and rights. The book further promotes a dynamic and transformative University EAP pedagogy of particularity, practicality, and possibility moving from the oppression of language education to its liberation, and the increasing critical consciousness among the present and future university youths in a time of great social changes.