Individual membership is available to anyone in the academic community with an interest in EAP. It entitles you to:
Discounted rates for events
Members can attend biennial BALEAP conferences and one-day Professional Interest Meetings at members’ rates.
TEAP accreditation scheme
The scheme encourages and recognises the professional development of individual BALEAP members and those employed at BALEAP member institutions.
Voting Rights at the AGM
As a member, you have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting held in April. As a member, you also vote for in the elections to select new Executive Committee members.
Access our exclusive discussion list
As an individual member you can sign up to the discussion list. Here you can keep in touch with colleagues around the world and:
- Raise topics of mutual concern
- Contribute to discussions
- Engage in informal consultancy or surveys
- Advertise events of interest to the EAP community
- Obtain advice about teaching, course design, materials, assessment, recruitment, professional development
This is a great way of keeping in touch with a very large number of EAP practitioners. Many professionals, whether they are starting out in EAP or are experienced managers of EAP units use the discussion list to connect with other practitioners.
Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP)
Each member will receive a paper or electronic copy of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP). For new members, this starts in January and then runs for the whole calendar year
Individual members are also able to
- Join a Special Interest Group in a particular field related to EAP
- Receive information on all BALEAP activities
- Become part of executive committee and contribute to shaping the future of EAP.
I can’t remember how I discovered BALEAP, but I can remember the relief I felt when I came across the community. I was developing my EAP career and was beginning to have the opportunity to influence course design, teacher development, and assessment on a pre-sessional course. The Can Do Framework and the TEAP Competency Framework were an invaluable source of guidance, as were the resources from conferences and PIMs I attended and presentations that were made available online. Then the Testing Guidelines came to my attention and were frequently referred to in my research and for practical application. More recently, I have been directly involved with the TEAP scheme and with TAFSIG, which has given me the opportunity to connect with and benefit from a huge community of practice.
Fiona Orel, Member
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BALEAP membership offers you easy access to a growing community of English for Academic Purposes and Academic Literacy practitioners, scholars and researchers from a variety of different contexts.
