Abstract English for Specific Purposes (ESP) began around fifty years ago as a result of
pressing worldwide demands for fast-paced language training in occupational and …

Introducing English for Specific Purposes presents the key concepts and practices of ESP in
a modern, balanced, and comprehensive way. This book defines ESP and shows how the …

Introducing Needs Analysis and English for Specific Purposes is a clear and accessible
guide to the theoretical background and practical tools needed for this early stage of …

In this study we examine processes of motivational change for middle school language
learners (N= 174) within the classroom ecology of genre-based writing. Through longitudinal …

Discourse analysis is interested, among other things, in the organizational structures of texts,
how conversations are managed, and how different modes of communication combine with …

Many researchers have acknowledged the advantages of process-genre approaches to
teaching writing in various genres in a foreign/second language (L2). However, empirical …

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: De Silva Joyce, Helen.| Feez, Susan. Title: Exploring …

Corpus Linguistics for Vocabulary provides a practical introduction to using corpus
linguistics in vocabulary studies. Using freely available corpus tools, the author provides a …

While only we or even learn (at languages times) the to communicate, primary mode
language of communication. is not the only or even (at times) the primary mode of …

This book argues that adopting ethnographically oriented perspectives on research into
academic writing is a valuable means of deepening understanding of the social influences …