ELFA vs. Genre: A new paradigm war in EAP writing instruction?

Volume: 25, Pages: 30 - 44
Published: Jan 1, 2017
Abstract
Genre approaches to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing instruction have recently been challenged by proponents of what is claimed to be a new paradigm for EAP – English as a Lingua Franca Academic (ELFA). From an ELFA perspective, EAP programmes are described as unfairly imposing national or native models on non-native speakers of English, and the genre-based paradigm which informs many EAP writing instruction programmes is...
Paper Details
Title
ELFA vs. Genre: A new paradigm war in EAP writing instruction?
Published Date
Jan 1, 2017
Volume
25
Pages
30 - 44
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