Feasibility Study on the Application of EAP in General English Teaching of Fujian-Taiwan Cooperation of Universities

EAP (English for Academic Purposes) is designed to help learners to develop their professional knowledge in English. It was applied in the general English teaching of Fujian-Taiwan cooperation of universities and has achieved good results. This paper analyses the concept and characteristics of EAP and establishes a new college general English teaching mode of cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan in order to provide references for the related researchers. Concept and Features of EAP The formation and development of EAP is closely related to the development of linguistics, especially the development of applied linguistics in the UK. Its formation and development can be divided into two stages. The language research of EAP began in twentieth Century, five, 60s. The academic research of this period advocates the objectivity and the scientific experiment method. At that time, the general view is that science and academic language in rhetoric is simple, and its language is transparent, and can be used to transport knowledge, hypothesis, methods and experimental results. In 1964, Mcintosh, Halliday and Strevens published a book named The Linguistic Sciences and Language Teaching, which is of great significance to the development of linguistics and EAP. This book has made a lot of new ideas on language and language teaching. Theoretical linguistics regards language as an abstract system. Applied linguistics regards language as a tool of communication, and the use of language varies with the context. This view of language is that if the language learners use language as an abstract system to grasp, they cannot be in the specific context of the use of language to communicate. Therefore, language teaching should be based on the specific communicative situation. In this book, the authors put forward the register analysis the notion to analyze the vocabulary and syntax. Theoretically, EAP is applied to the transition course from public English teaching to bilingual teaching in universities, which is determined by the relationship between EAP, public English and bilingual teaching. Public English is a basic language skill, which is the core of non-English majors. It focuses on cultivating students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing, translation and other basic language skills. Bilingual teaching is a tool for learning English as a tool to learn the professional knowledge, access to professional knowledge, therefore, the bilingual teaching in the teaching of professional courses. Therefore, the teaching purpose of EAP is very clear, one is to meet the needs of the learners to learn the special needs directly, and the two is to conform to the objective requirements of the development of modern society for international and compound talents. Professional English has its own vocabulary, syntax and discourse characteristics. It has a unique learning system. It is difficult for the students to adapt to the environment of bilingual teaching only 4th International Education, Economics, Social Science, Arts, Sports and Management Engineering Conference (IEESASM 2016) © 2016. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 1327 through the study of the basic course of public English. This is exactly the point of intervention in EAP and a reform direction of English. Talent Training Mode of Fujian-Taiwan Cooperation of Universities in Fuzhou University From 2012, Fuzhou University and some Taiwan Universities cooperated on the personnel training projects and implemented the 3+1 joint personnel training mode. The teaching materials of students coming to Taiwan learning are full English textbooks, including academic exchange programs. EAP stratified teaching model as a set of English language skills, professional knowledge, cultural background, application ability of learning is one of the open, multi-level English teaching system for training talents to explore an effective teaching approach, the model according to the different stages of the University for the different needs of learning, namely the creation of some general academic English, academic English courses and genre ability application course. The education cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan aimed to focus on the cultivation of marine industry in urgent need of marine engineering and marine science senior applied talents. In teacher and professional person in charge of carefully selected and recommended on the basis, the college purchased a lot of research at the forefront of English original books reference room built, for EAP teaching materials selection and prepared to provide hardware support. The teaching materials enable students to adapt to the real academic environment or occupational environment in the effective use of English professional learning goals. Although freshmen have a certain foundation for the English language, due to lack of language knowledge and language skills, students will encounter difficulties when reading professional textbooks. The start of general academic English courses, such as English debating skills, grammatical skills, academic reading skills, note taking skills, listening skills, shorthand skills courses, guide the students to find out language learning internal and relationship skills and self-understanding process rules, using scaffolding learning strategies, to improve the independent learning management skills, in order to enter the study and build a solid skill of English learning support system of professional. During the sophomore and junior students learned professional characteristic and student’s interest in hobbies actual need. The practice mode set up in university professional compulsory EAP English courses, such as engineering English, business English, etc. Experience accumulation of the first two levels of learning, qualitative change layer focuses leap strength prior students’ English learning ability, that is superb writing skills in English and fluent oral English ability. In this way, college English teaching can cultivate a solid English language skills and extensive professional knowledge. Establish New Mode of General English Teaching Based on EAP in Fujian-Taiwan Cooperation of Universities Teaching Mode. Under the specific Chinese higher education teaching context, the aim of students learning English is to use English directly engaged in their professional study or in English directly engaged in the future work, so that there in the relevant field has strong ability of international communication. Students use English situation mainly include listening to lectures, reports show, course thesis writing, discussions, individual learning, examination, and learning, including listening, speaking, reading and writing, so the teaching goal of EAP courses mainly includes the following three aspects: first, to enable students to master the basic skills of listening and speaking, can understand the main idea of different occasions, the use of English Center; second, improve students’ discourse reading and writing ability; third, consolidate students