Language learning for specific purposes

Introducing Business English provides a comprehensive overview of this topic, situating the concepts of Business English and English for Specific Business Purposes within the wider field of English for Special Purposes.

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

There has been growing scholarly research and interest in writing for academic publication over the past decade and the field of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) has established itself as an important domain within English for Academic Purposes (EAP).

Genre theory has focused primarily on the analysis of generic constructs, with increasing attention to and emphasis on the contexts in which such genres are produced, interpreted, and used to achieve objectives, often giving the impression as if producing genres is an end in itself, rather than a means to an end.

Native and Non-Native Teacher Talk in the EFL Classroom explores and compares the linguistic features of native and non-native English teacher talk with the aid of corpus linguistics.

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This volume provides insights into EAP practitioners' identity and agency in varied contexts and field positions.

Las habilidades investigativas, en las que se concentra esta obra titulada Metodología de investigación: triángulos para su construcción, son clasificadas en: a) habilidades básicas de investigación, las cuales son específicas según la ciencia a abordar y su diálogo con el paradigma de la investigación: empírico-analítico, hermenéutico o sociocrítico; b) habilidades para problematizar, teorizar y comprobar la realidad como centro y contexto de estudio; c) habilidades metodológicas, de percepción, instrumentales, de pensamiento, de construcción conceptual, de construcción metodológica, de construcción social del conocimiento y metacognitivas, y d) habilidades de sistematización y difusión del conocimiento científico.

Critical Thinking for English-Language Learners is an accessible introduction to critical thinking and the use of informal logic for learners of English.

English-Medium Instruction (EMI) is a rapidly growing global phenomenon in countries where English is a second or foreign language.

This book systematically explores and discusses English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research methods frequently deployed by ELF researchers in analysing their data.

This book builds on existing work in genre analysis and move analysis in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and applies this new framework to academic philosophical discourse, offering new insights into how ESP traditions can elucidate shifts in language conventions across disciplinary contexts.

Knowledge is a result of never-ending processes of circulation.

This collection brings together insights from research and scholars' practical experience on the role of language and language use in teacher practices at the university level in EMI contexts, offering global perspectives across diverse educational settings.

Expert help for polishing your English skills for the workplaceYou are on an upward career track, but English still may give you a bit of trouble.

Containing over 7,000 entries, this fully revised edition provides clear, up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of agricultural terms.

This book provides an analysis of persuasive genres in the domain of media, ranging from traditional to new media genres on the internet.

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.

Machine learning can help managers make better predictions, automate complex tasks and improve business operations.

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.