Developing reading materials for graduate level EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses at Ankara University

To keep up with the recent innovations and changes in science and technology all over the world, researchers or those prospective researchers of the future have to be prepared to follow the printed materials on the relevant fields within their interest. To carry this out, the universities are kept responsible for transfering the ’’hightech” information from the developed countries to make use of that invaluable information, and put them into public and academic use. This transfer is done through receptive skills: reading and listening. Despite the fact that both skills are facilitated in universities for information transfer, reading is the more important skill of the two. Therefore, reading is given great importance by scientists and researchers. To train scientists competent in reading skill requires an extensive study of reading techniques and strategies. Keeping in mind this overall importance of reading in academic settings, the focus of this study is on: Developing Reading Materials for Academic Purposes Courses at the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences English Preparatory School in Ankara University.