English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

The EAP course is designed to build outstanding English language skills including listening, speaking, reading, and writing, along with a higher level of understanding of grammar and vocabulary. Students practice through debates, group discussions, essay writing, report writing, review writing, case studies, and reflections on documentaries, videos, reports, and articles.

The course is designed for adult learners from diverse academic backgrounds who wish to go for higher education, particularly tertiary or vocational education. It helps students fit in the community and at their working places in general.

Students appear for a placement test and oracy test to check their proficiency level in English and are placed in the classes suited to their proficiency levels. Progress is then monitored through progress tests and writing assignments.

EAP-I introduces more advanced grammatical knowledge, increases personal vocabulary, and encourages autonomous learning, preparing learners for advanced social immersion and higher academic goals. EAP-II builds on EAP-I skills and focuses on more complex conversation patterns involving paralinguistic and non-verbal features, targeting a higher level of competence in academic writing and presentations.

In reading, students read a variety of modified texts including case studies, essays, reports, debates, journal articles, and reviews, learning various strategies to comprehend and analyse texts by focusing on structures. In writing, students write different types of essays, reports, reviews, and case studies to practise their analytical and critical thinking along with English proficiency, and learn to use basic and effective technological tools to present their ideas.