The Impact of Various Approaches to The Process of Learning and Teaching EAP. How To Make Portfolio In EAP

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This article discovers the impact of diverse approaches to teaching and learning English for Academic Purposes (EAP). It focuses on the combination of corpus-based approaches, systematic functional linguistic approaches and needs analysis. Keywords: Approach, English, EAP, COCA, corpora, CALL, language, vocabulary, needs analysis, method, essay, learners. systematic functional linguistic approach as well. This Introduction: Corpus based approaches. approach is one of the genre-based approaches. It As many target learners have limited vocabulary of consists of teaching-learning cycle, genre families and some particular subjects in English and there are often social functions. When I use teaching-learning cycle, gaps when they give speech about one specific topic, firstly I identify the genre in learners’ work, for example the role of using corpora is important. Corpus of in writing essays. Then we analyze the genre together Contemporary American English (COCA) types of with the students. And again the students write a new corpora is used instead of dictionary. As Charles, M. example for this topic. For this time they know their and Pecorari, D. (2015) informed that corpora plays mistake and try not to repeat them in a new sample. It very important role in EAP and both a direct and an is easy to improve one’s knowledge of the content and indirect role are widespread in language learning. context of the genre, and it is aimed to increase a Indirect role of corpora is the foundation of dictionaries critical approach in the direction of it (Charles, M. & and reference grammars (p. 46). I recommend utilizing Pecorari, D. 2015, pp. 51-52). COCA to learners, because they struggle lack range of Needs analysis. especially academic vocabulary that they are required to know and use. By searching words in COCA is In needs analysis which is very productive and appropriate solution for this problem as there are given demanded part of EAP, instructor identifies weak a number of relevant phrases, texts, concepts of points, strong points and needs of students. As Deutch, grammatical themes. Y. (2003) referred that needs analysis could be resulted successfully when the needs of academic language are On the other hand, learners often have difficulties and accurately identified. As for my IELTS course learners, I mistakes in writing essays that they forget or could not used triangular method that students, needs and use academic words appropriately. COCA is the very methods are relevant to each other. Firstly, I intend to one that can be widely used in writing to choose and take a questionnaire and testing method in order to differentiate academic words from common used ones. define correct usage of grammatical constructions in Learners can easily identify them by the help of corpus. writing essays and letters. In that method I distribute Systematic functional linguistic approach. some grammar tests that is made up step by step from At the same time of using corpora I try to use easy to difficult. Secondly, I address to interview with American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity Research 18 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajsshr American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity Research (ISSN: 2771-2141) each member of the course. I prepare some topics to deadline. speak like profession, your favorite book, your favorite Teaching and learning activities. singer, about your weekend, unforgettable day in your Teachers and students follow teaching and learning life and others that could clarify speaking level of the activities (TLAs) in order to gain their desire in learning students, fluency of their speech and the range of objectives (Charles, M. & Pecorari, D, 2015, p. 68). At academic words in their spoken discourse. Thirdly, I the beginning of the course the learners are given offer to each participant of the group to take a text samples of essays, simple texts to read and analyze, from a corpus. Students have to read and retell the text easy topics for speaking and listening. Step by step they briefly what they understand. become more difficult, learners’ abilities also increase As a result of these three methods I clarify weakness, progressively. Assignments are required to do out of strength and needs of the learners. For example, some the class. Essays are also written out of the class. students demonstrate lack knowledge of writing, but I do not use lectures at all. Students have to read all they perform good result from speaking. Some of them tasks and texts at home, when something is can easily understand what the text about is and retell misunderstandable then I may give short and quick it fluently, in contrast, it is difficult to skim, to explanation in order to save time for other activities comprehend the text because of lack of academic too. We have discussion on particular topics, vocabulary. All the problems and difficulties that sometimes in small groups sometimes individually. I related to the academic