English for Academic Purposes in Neoliberal Universities
Subtitle: a Critical Grounded Theory
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9783319104485
Subjects: English language, study and teaching (higher)
Description: The critical grounded theory presented in this book offers valuable insights on the social processes and strategies used by Blended English for Academic Purposes Professionals (BLEAPs) at higher education institutions, as they struggle to negotiate the challenges arising from a new focus on recruiting international students and hunting for other resources for their universities. Drawing from in-depth interviews with numerous research participants at over eleven higher educational institutions in the UK, Japan and the United States, this work focuses on those who have been precariously placed as middle manager at many EAP and TESOL programs. Lacking in both positional power or permanence, these 'BLEAPs' are faced with many challenges as they seek to understand  their changing role in higher educational institutions, and engage in strategies that can help them gain greater control over issues in their profession.