Theme: EAP in Asia: New Developments and Strategies

Venue: Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Hosted by: China English for Academic Purposes Association (CEAPA)

College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fudan University

Co-organizer: Fudan University Press

Plenary speakers: Ken Hyland, John Flowerdew, etc

Important dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 1, 2016

Abstract requirement: about 300 words with title, name, affiliation and contact details

Notification of Acceptance: March 30, 2016

Conference dates: May 28-29, 2016

Abstracts should be submitted to: Ms.WANG Na at eapforum@126.com

For more details, please go to: http://www.ceapa.cn/d.asp?id=205

Conference working language: English and Chinese

Conference fee: 400 RMB or 70 US dollars

EAP has been broadly taught in a large number of tertiary institutions around the world. As the growing number of EMI courses has been offered in Asia against the background of the internationalization of higher education, EAP has been increasingly implemented on campuses and taken on new aspects. For example, EAP has been included in the newly-published China College English Teaching Guidelines, an important sign of a paradigm shift in ELT at tertiary level. This conference aims to explore the new developments and stratigies of EAP teaching, and to further spread awareness and expertise in EAP in China and other Asian countries and regions, by offering

1. keynote speeches from two or three internationally renowned EAP experts

2. a forum on the relationship between for EAP and critical thinking

3. parallel/workshop sessions presenting theories, practices and advice on how language teachers and learners can benefit from EAP, inside and out of the classroom. Teachers without any background on EAP can also benefit from them.

4. an opportunity for publishers and software developers to present their products

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

1. EAP skills and levels

2. Academic literacy and EAP

3. EAP assessment and evaluation

4. EAP curriculum design

5. EAP teaching pedagogy and model

6. EAP and critical thinking

7. Connection between EGP and EAP

8. EAP class materials and text-books development

9. EAP, teacher development and teacher transformation

10. EAP writing theory and practice

11. EAP and academic study 12. EAP and interdisciplinary intervention

13. Information technology and EAP

14. Academic environment and academic identity establishment

15. EGAP and ESAP

Organizing Committee

CAI Jigang, ZOU Bin, KANG Zhifeng, GONG Rong, LIU Yueming and WANG Chunyan

China English for Academic Purposes Association (CEAPA)

July 13.2015