[eBook Code] The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes (eBook Code, 1st)

Notes on Contributors vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction to the Handbook 1

1 The History of English for Specific Purposes Research 5
Ann M. Johns

Part I ESP and Language Skills 31

2 ESP and Speaking 35
Christine B. Feak

3 ESP and Listening 55
Christine C. M. Goh

4 ESP and Reading 77
Alan Hirvela

5 ESP and Writing 95
Ken Hyland

6 Vocabulary and ESP 115
Averil Coxhead

Part II Areas of ESP Research 133

7 English for Academic Purposes 137
Maggie Charles

8 English for Science and Technology 155
Jean Parkinson

9 English in the Workplace 175
Meredith Marra

10 Business English 193
Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini and Zuocheng Zhang

11 Legal English 213
Jill Northcott

12 Aviation English 227
Carol Lynn Moder

13 English for Medical Purposes 243
Gibson Ferguson

14 English for Nursing 263
Susan Bosher

15 Thesis and Dissertation Writing 283
Paul Thompson

16 English for Research Publication Purposes 301
John Flowerdew

Part III ESP and Pedagogy 323

17 Needs Analysis and Curriculum Development in ESP 325
Lynne Flowerdew

18 Genre and English for Specific Purposes 347
Brian Paltridge

19 ESP and Assessment 367
Dan Douglas

20 Technology and ESP 385
Joel Bloch

Part IV Research Perspectives and Methodologies in ESP Research 403

21 ESP and Corpus Studies 407
Hilary Nesi

22 ESP and Intercultural Rhetoric 427
Ulla Connor and William Rozycki

23 English for Specific Purposes and English as a Lingua Franca 445
Catherine Nickerson

24 Critical Perspectives on ESP 461
Sue Starfield

25 Gender and Race in ESP Research 481
Ryuko Kubota and Liz T. Chiang

26 Ethnographic Approaches to ESP Research 501
Dacia Dressen-Hammouda

27 Multimodality and ESP Research 519
Paul Prior

Conclusion to the Handbook

28 The Future of ESP Research: Resources for Access and Choice 535
Diane Belcher

Index 553