9 English for Academic Purposes

9EAP is a course for students who have or are learning English as an additional language, regardless of length of stay in New Zealand. It is a junior course within our EAP programme which focuses on the academic language and literacy skills required for success in New Zealand, and is an alternative programme to mainstream English.

This course focuses on developing students' English language skills for general and academic purposes. Students complete topic-based units which incoporate content knowledge based on social issues around the world, with key language skills ranging from vocabulary and grammar to resource credibility and completing a social inquiry. Course content is scaffolded and differentiated to cater to the different language levels of students in the class, and also encourages productive language use to express ideas and opinions both in written and verbal form.