Factors influencing the design and implementation of EAP content-based courses for second-language underprepared students at tertiary level : a Southern African perspective.

Abstract

This study explores the factors which influence the design and implementation of EAP content-based courses for second-language learners at tertiary level. It draws upon international experience in this area, information from a case study of an adjunct EAP, content-based engineering course at the University of the Witwatersrand and the experience of other EAP practitioners in Southern Africa. A set of key ,comprehensive factors which affect the success and effectiveness of EAP content based courses are identified.