Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney. He is co-author of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language (with S. Starfield, 2007), Teaching Academic Writing (with L. Woodrow, D. Hirsh, A. Phakiti, H. Shen, L. Harbon, and M. Stevenson, 2009), and co-editor of New Directions in English for Specific Purposes Research (with D. Belcher and A. Johns, 2011). Sue Starfield is Associate Professor in the School of Education and Director of The Learning Centre at the University of New South Wales. She is co-editor of the international peer-reviewed journal English for Specific Purposes, and co-author of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Supervisors (with B. Paltridge, 2007).

“Though this volume is intended for graduate students and teachers of TESOL and applied linguistics, the accessible style of the handbook appeals to a wider audience.  Overall, this book is an invaluable resource for teaching and research.”  (Discourse Studies, 18 November 2014)“The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes would make an excellent addition to school or university collections.  It could also be an excellent textbook for a dedicated course on ESP in a teacher education program . . . The Handbook provides a broad overview of the field, with sections specifically oriented to teachers, administrators and/or teacher educators (‘ESP and language skills’, ‘ESP and pedagogy’), as well as to researchers (‘Areas of ESP research’, Research perspectives and methodologies in ESP research’).”  (English Australia Journal, 1 March 2013)

• Notes on Contributors viiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction to the Handbook 11 The History of English for Specific Purposes Research 5Ann M. JohnsPart I ESP and Language Skills 312 ESP and Speaking 35Christine B. Feak3 ESP and Listening 55Christine C. M. Goh4 ESP and Reading 77Alan Hirvela5 ESP and Writing 95Ken Hyland6 Vocabulary and ESP 115Averil CoxheadPart II Areas of ESP Research 1337 English for Academic Purposes 137Maggie Charles8 English for Science and Technology 155Jean Parkinson9 English in the Workplace 175Meredith Marra10 Business English 193Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini and Zuocheng Zhang11 Legal English 213Jill Northcott12 Aviation English 227Carol Lynn Moder13 English for Medical Purposes 243Gibson Ferguson14 English for Nursing 263Susan Bosher15 Thesis and Dissertation Writing 283Paul Thompson16 English for Research Publication Purposes 301John FlowerdewPart III ESP and Pedagogy 32317 Needs Analysis and Curriculum Development in ESP 325Lynne Flowerdew18 Genre and English for Specific Purposes 347Brian Paltridge19 ESP and Assessment 367Dan Douglas20 Technology and ESP 385Joel BlochPart IV Research Perspectives and Methodologies in ESP Research 40321 ESP and Corpus Studies 407Hilary Nesi22 ESP and Intercultural Rhetoric 427Ulla Connor and William Rozycki23 English for Specific Purposes and English as a Lingua Franca 445Catherine Nickerson24 Critical Perspectives on ESP 461Sue Starfield25 Gender and Race in ESP Research 481Ryuko Kubota and Liz T. Chiang26 Ethnographic Approaches to ESP Research 501Dacia Dressen-Hammouda27 Multimodality and ESP Research 519Paul PriorConclusion to the Handbook28 The Future of ESP Research: Resources for Access and Choice 535Diane BelcherIndex 553