Development of a graduate school EAP course for engineers

This paper discusses the creation process of an English for Academic Purposes Course that targets graduate school (masters´ and PhD program) English language learners majoring in engineering at a private university in Japan. The course focuses mainly on the academic paper writing process, presenting and question-and-answer skills, as well as improving general communication proficiency. The authors commence by outlining the rationale for creating an English for Academic Purposes course. Subsequently, the different stages the course went through from a voluntary non-credited workshop to a credited stand-alone course, the goals of the course, the target group, course material creation with an online test component, and methods of quality control are described. Challenges encountered during development together with solutions and adjustments to cater to the course participant needs and to meet the requests of the administration are discussed.