This chapter reviews the history of English for specific purpose's (ESP) research in four
sections: The Early Years (1962–1981), The Recent Past (1981–1990), The Modern Era …

Globalization and international development in language education have inspired a shift
from the learning of traditional College English to English for Specific Purposes (ESP). This …

This book provides a comprehensive overview of approaches to academic literacy
instruction and their underpinning theories, as well as a synthesis of the debate on …

GENRE: AN INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY, THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PEDAGOGY
provides a critical overview of the rich body of scholarship that has informed a “genre turn” in …

This third edition of Teaching and Researching Writing continues to build upon the previous
editions' work of providing educators and practitioners in applied linguistics with a clearly …

Discourse in English Language Education introduces students to the major concepts and
questions in Discourse Studies and their applications to language education. Each chapter …

Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, BUILDING GENRE KNOWLEDGE provides a
unique look into the processes of building genre knowledge while offering a dynamic theory …

Since the early 1980s, in much of the work within a genre-analytic approach, communicative
goal or purpose has been used as an important and often primary criterion for deciding …

This is the first book-length study of bilingual, international, and immigrant students in
English writing courses that attempts to fully embed their writing experiences within the …

Increased attention to genre in writing studies has brought a proliferation of new terms and
concepts for capturing the complexity of writers' knowledge about genres, including genre …