Abstract
As English learners originate from many cultural and language backgrounds, they come to class with different circumstances. This paper examines the backgrounds, common problems and solutions for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students and Language, Literacy, and Numeracy Programme (LLNP) students. EAP students are from Meridian International School based in Surry Hills, Sydney, and LLNP students are from MTC Training Solutions, an LLNP provider commissioned from the Australian government to offer students with English language and numeracy proficiency to gain sustainable employment in Australia. This paper will introduce and provide insights into EAP and LLNP programmes from the perspective of a teacher/trainer. It will highlight the differences in the backgrounds of the two programmes and identify their problems and solutions, thus maximise students’ learning outcomes.
Highlights
Background of EAPIt is interesting to know that the first recorded use of English for Academic Purposes originates from England. Johns (1981) used that term in a conversation with two British Council officers in October 1974
According to Gillett and Wray (2006), EAP is a practical branch of English language teaching (ELT) in which the role of the EAP teacher is to locate what the students need in their academic courses, and assist them to perform better in a specific time-frame
EAP practitioners often find that, either directly or indirectly, they are teaching study skills (Graham, 1997). Those skills taught in EAP courses are:
Summary
It is interesting to know that the first recorded use of English for Academic Purposes originates from England. Johns (1981) used that term in a conversation with two British Council officers in October 1974. According to Gillett and Wray (2006), EAP is a practical branch of ELT in which the role of the EAP teacher is to locate what the students need in their academic courses, and assist them to perform better in a specific time-frame. It aims to teach students vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and the four macro-skills which prepare students for tertiary or vocational education. EAP aims to resolve differences in academic life wherein students might experience some course of actions that might often be considered acceptable in their culture, but not in the new learning environment. In most universities in Australia, EAP is the pre-sessional pathway where learning skills are provided to students to engage them into academic environment
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