Ken Hyland
Sympathy for the devil? A defence of EAP
ability communicate english essential academic success many students researchers language established fairly firm grip higher education particularly lives postgraduate students also academic research careers increasingly tied ability publish international journals english countless students academics around world therefore must gain fluency conventions relatively standardized versions academic writing english understand disciplines establish careers successfully navigate learning eg hyland 2009 english academic purposes eap teaching academic writing particular emerged support process hyland amp shaw 2016 hyland 2017a however eap relationship english language education generally seen number different perspectives flatter field among critical complicit relentless expansion english threatens indigenous academic registers eg phillipson 1992 canagarajah 1999 remedial service activity periphery university life spack 1988 imposes imprisoning conformity disciplinary values native norms second language writers eg benesch 2001