Language learning for specific purposes

The context for the teaching and learning of English for specific disciplinary purposes is undergoing profound changes under the influence of economic globalization and new digital communication technologies.

Based on the large corpora of journalistic English, this title examines dependency relations and related properties at both syntactic and discourse levels, seeking to unravel the language patterns of real-life usage.

This volume presents a diverse range of expertise and practical advice on corpus-assisted language learning, bridging the gap between corpus research and actual classroom practice.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of TED talks as a digital-multimodal video genre, exploring the ways in which myriad rhetorical, structural, digital, and multimodal resources are used to communicate scientific knowledge to lay audiences.

In this book, Goundar explores how educational inequalities are responsible for the way students perform in English language-mediated school settings.

This book explores proofreading and editing from a variety of research and practitioner-led perspectives to describe, debate, and interrogate roles and policies within the student and research publication context.

PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need paper and a pencil to complete the exercises.

English for Vocational Purposes provides a linguistic description of English in the context of the trades and investigates how this specialist language is used in real-world contexts.

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP.

This volume provides an important contribution to the study of vocabulary and its relationship to English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research and teaching.

La autora elabora una metodología para la selección objetiva y científica del vocabulario típico del discurso económico empresarial.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of TED talks as a digital-multimodal video genre, exploring the ways in which myriad rhetorical, structural, digital, and multimodal resources are used to communicate scientific knowledge to lay audiences.

Scholars who use English as an additional language confront challenges when disseminating their research in the global market of knowledge production dominated by English.

German and English: Academic Usage and Academic Translation focuses on academic and popular scientific/academic usage.

Real Language SeriesGeneral Editors-Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire and Euan ReidThis is a sociolinguistic series about the relationships between language, society and social change.

Chen proposes a disciplinary literacy (DL) approach to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) planning and teaching in her book, in answer to concerns expressed by some about the growth of CLIL internationally in recent decades.

English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities analyses the issues related to EMI at both a local and international level and provides a broad perspective on this topic.

English for Specific Purposes offers the teacher a new perspective on this important field.

A frank and critical appraisal of English language proficiency as a key issue in higher education today.

The Official Guide to OET is the first guide book endorsed by the test maker (CBLA) and is designed to prepare students for the updated OET exam.

This collection showcases the latest innovations in research on the application of corpora and corpus-based methods in ESP/EAP writing instruction and the many ways in which corpora can be successfully and practically integrated in ESP/EAP programmes.

Private companies that respond poorly to a crisis may go bankrupt, wiping out investments and jobs.

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Within a Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning context, this book investigates how teachers and learners interacted and articulated their understanding of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP)-related knowledge in a synchronous EFL classroom.

This book shows how corpus analyses can enhance students', practitioners' and researchers' knowledge of academic language.

Check Your English Vocabulary for Medicine is a workbook designed to help learners of English improve their knowledge and understanding of core medical terminology.

Academic Writing with Corpora offers a step-by-step accessible guide to using concordancers and aims to help introduce data-driven learning into the academic English classroom.

Examining English medium instruction (EMI) through a corpus-based approach, this volume offers a critical inquiry into the use of different linguistic and pedagogical strategies in the EMI classroom.

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice in the teaching of academic writing within English for Academic Purposes (EAP).

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This innovative collection brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars highlighting the "e;appliability"e; of Systemic Functional Linguistics and the ways in which theoretical and analytical conclusions drawn from its applications can inform and advance the study of language.

The Routledge Student Guide to English Usage is an invaluable A-Z guide to the appropriate use of English in academic contexts.

Nowadays, letters, reports and emails are vital components of business practice.

This book explores Japanese students' learning experiences and challenges in English medium instruction (EMI) from motivational perspectives.

This book presents a lively, rich, and concise introduction to the key concepts and tools for developing clarity and coherence in academic writing.

Focusing on English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in the Arab Gulf states, the authors consider both sociolinguistic and pedagogical perspectives, and explore practical implications.

As the delivery of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) continues to expand internationally, so too must the literature available to support teaching.

In this special edited volume, the editors and invited English Medium Instruction (EMI) researchers, from different parts of the world, outline the latest EMI research methods.

A revolutionary new DVD that teaches you practical English using real conversationsImprove Your English: English in the Workplace combines the video advantages of DVDs with the educational benefits of fluent American English speakers in unscripted interviews.

This dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the terms used in banking and finance, ranging from personal bank accounts to international money markets.

Im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung steht das Bildungssystem vor einer epochalen Veränderung.

Developing Notetaking Skills in a Second Language combines theoretical perspectives with an analysis of empirical classroom studies and offers a detailed discussion that increases pedagogical awareness of factors impacting second language (L2) notetaking performance and instruction.

The imperative that all students, including English learners (ELs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning has become even more urgent and complex given shifts in science and mathematics standards.