Home » Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes
Product Image

Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes

Helen Basturkmen
€192.20
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=Helen Basturkmen
applied linguistics
Author_Helen Basturkmen
BLE
Category=CJA
Category=CJP
communities
community
course
Critical Applied Linguistics
curriculum development strategies
Data Set
discourse
EAP
Elt
ELU
English For Specific Purposes
English Grammar
eq_bestseller
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
esp
Follow
General Academic Purposes
General English Language Teaching
graduate level ESP pedagogy
Held
Identi Ed
instruction
instructional material design
language
Language Learning
learning
Metacognitive Strategy Training
Mutual Knowledge
Nursing Care Plans
professional communication skills
Research Article Introductions
second language acquisition
sociolinguistic analysis
Str
target
Target Discourse Communities
Target Environments
Target Language Group
Target Workplace
teaching
Text Organization

Product details

  • ISBN 9780805844177
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Nov 2005
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

This volume presents a range of views about language, learning, and teaching in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Its purpose is to go beyond individual cases and practices to examine the approaches and ideas on which they are based. The aim is for readers to adopt an analytical stance toward the field and to identify current perspectives in ESP and the ideas driving them.

Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes does not promote any one approach, but rather identifies and illustrates those in evidence today. The main emphasis is on the links between theory and ESP teaching and research. Ideas from linguistics, sociolinguistics, education, SLA, and social theories are described. Links are then made between these ideas and ESP course designs, instructional materials, and research projects. Thus the book moves back and forth between descriptions of theories, teaching practice, and research.

Part I introduces the book's approach to description of ESP and the framework used to investigate it. Part II examines ideas of language, learning, and teaching in ESP. Recognizing that ESP is taught in many different countries and contexts, the author draws on a wide range of examples of teaching practice and research from around the world and from different branches of ESP, including English for Academic Purposes, English for Professional Purposes, and English for Vocational Purposes. From Chapter 3 onward, each chapter includes Questions for Discussion and Projects, to encourage readers to research and analyze the practices of ESP in their own contexts and to consider the ideas they draw on in their own teaching.

This text is geared toward graduate-level TESOL education courses.

More from this author