Hello again...

This is getting very off-topic!!

I'd say it also deserves its own thread (although, it probably already has one... or hundreds!)

Firstly - EAP is an acronym that I'd expect most experienced, and certainly ALL (decently) qualified English teachers to know. Also, given the number of jobs that advertise for EAP English teachers, I'd say you've put yourself at a distinct disadvantate.

TBH... sorry, but it's now so ingrained into the English written (and often spoken) language, that it's now 'normal'. To not know it, and especially to not teach it, is doing a great dis-service to your students. Acronyms are a significant part of the English language - even used in Business English (FYI, BTW, etc).

While I personally agree that our language shouldn't become "too sloppy", the reality is that languages change, they morph, they get to the point that actual meanings of words are the opposite of their original meaning. We should be teaching our students to be able to understand (and use) modern English - not an English that is decades (or centuries) old. So, basically, it gets up your nose? Tough!! It's something you'll have to deal with! So, no, you're not right. You're expressing your personal opinion, which, going by the way such acronyms have impregnated and taken over our language (especially the written language in sms, email, etc), it's an opinion in a very small minority!

"Why not just type it out?" - why does any acronym exist? Space and time! It's not 'dismissive' in any way. Is 'UNESCO' dismissive? 'UNICEF'? 'CELTA' dismissive? 'IT'? How about 'ps', 'pps', 'ppps'??? If something has become so commonplace (and perhaps cliched), that having it as an acronym is somehow appropriate, doesn't it make more sense just to skip past it as quickly as possible?

Anyway, as I said at the beginning - we're off-topic, and should be thread on it's own....