Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP. It's for novice researchers, graduate students and for ESP practitioners who want to do some research themselves. The author takes the reader step by step through the stages of research, starting with choosing a topic and reviewing the literature through to writing up research findings. Examples are taken from academic journals and dissertations to highlight aspects of the research process.The book covers the following areas: developing a research project research design theoretical approaches to ESP research choosing a research topic quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods in ESP research validity, reliability and ethics writing up research in ESP The book includes recommendations for further reading and tasks. There is also a glossary and a chapter providing advice, templates and links to useful research sources.Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for anyone wanting to conduct research in ESP.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Developing a research project.
Chapter 3 Theoretical approaches to ESP research
Chapter 4 Researchable topics in ESP
Chapter 5 ESP research design: methodological approaches
Chapter 6 Quantitative methods in ESP
Chapter 7 Qualitative methods in ESP research
Chapter 8 Validity, reliability and ethics in ESP research
Chapter 9 Using research findings
Chapter 10 Resources for developing and conducting research in ESP

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lindy Woodrow, Lindy (University of Sydney Woodrow, Woodrow Lindy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780367503703
• ISBN: 978-0-367-50370-3
• Seiten: 242
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Serien: Routledge Introductions to English for Specific Purposes; Print on Demand
• Themen: Schule und Lernen > Sonstiges; Linguistics, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, ELT: English for specific purposes, Applied linguistics for ELT