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English for Academic Purposes, or EAP, refers to learning English in order to use it to study another subject.

If you already work in the EAP sector, or are interested in starting to work in the sector, there is information here to help you.

In this webinar, we discuss Develop EAP: A Sustainable Academic English Skills Course, winner of the 2017 British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in Learner Resources.

This 1978 publication focuses on English for academic purposes (EAP) also referred to at the time as English for educational purposes, and comprises seven chapters. Hawkey's introduction notes 'the significant agreement in all the papers on the importance of designing courses to train specific and relevant study as well as purely communication skills'.

See all the finalists in this award category.
 

This project substantiated the importance of eliciting learner voices and contextualising the CEFR in local contexts.

This publication, from 1978, provides a useful introduction to pioneer approaches to self-directed learning and individualisation in ELT at the time.

Blended learning is an area of ELT that continues to be of interest to practitioners in the field. 

English for Specific Purposes, or ESP, refers to learning English because you have a specific need.

See all the finalists from across the different categories from the ELTons Innovation Awards 2017.