The term EAP was first used in 1974, when it was a minor branch of English Language Teaching (ELT). It has grown enormously in the years since, mainly due to the internationalisation of higher education and the increasing use of English as the language of academic knowledge exchange. EAP has had its own professional body since 1972, originally called SELMOUS (Special English Language Materials for Overseas University Students), which changed its name in 1989 and is now known as BALEAP (The British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes), which supports the professional development of English for Academic Purposes. EAP has its own professional journal, the Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP), first published in 2002.