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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, Second Edition presents a state-of-the-art survey of research in this rapidly growing field, offering diverse perspectives on the challenges faced in helping students develop competence in English for specific contexts of use. Original essays by an international team of scholars address all major aspects of ESP, including speaking, reading, writing, legal and academic English, nursing, multimodality, intercultural rhetoric, English as a lingua franca, and ethnography. This fully revised edition incorporates new areas of ESP research and addresses changing demands on English Language Learners (ELLs), featuring entirely new chapters on identity and ESP research, call center communication, Global Englishes, translanguaging and multiliteracies, and the emergence of new digital genres. Featuring in-depth reviews of the most recent findings in ESP research,
The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, Second Edition, is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, researchers, and educators working in TESOL, ELL/ELT, applied linguistics, and language studies.
List of contents
Author Biographies ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Overview of the Handbook 1 1 English for Specific Purposes Research: An Historical Overview 7
Vijay K. Bhatia Part I ESP and Language Skills 27 2 ESP and Speaking 31
Christine B. Feak and Clarice S.C. Chan 3 ESP and Listening: Theory, Technology, and Multimodality 53
Christine C. M. Goh and Jean C. P. Lee 4 ESP and Reading 73
Alan Hirvela 5 ESP and Writing 89
Ken Hyland 6 Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes 107
Averil Coxhead Part II ESP and Pedagogy 125 7 Needs Analysis and Curriculum Development in ESP 129
Lynne Flowerdew 8 Genre and ESP 149
An Cheng 9 English Medium Instruction and English for Specific Purposes 167
Diane Pecorari and Hans Malmström 10 ESP and Assessment 185
Dan Douglas 11 Materials Development and English for Specific Purposes 205
Nigel Harwood 12 ESP Teacher Development 225
Helen Basturkmen Part III Areas of ESP Research 243 13 English for Academic Purposes 247
Maggie Charles 14 English for Science and Technology 265
Jean Parkinson 15 English in the Workplace 285
Meredith Marra 16 Business English 305
Zuocheng Zhang 17 Legal English: Past, Present and Future 323
Jill Northcott 18 English for Medical Purposes 343
Gibson Ferguson 19 English for Nursing 363
Susan Bosher 20 Call Center Communication 383
Eric Friginal 21 Thesis and Dissertation Writing 403
Paul Thompson 22 English for Research Publication Purposes 421
John Flowerdew 23 Digital Genres and Practices in English for Specific Purposes 445
Carmen Pérez-Llantada Part IV Research Perspectives and Methodologies in ESP Research 465 24 ESP and Corpus Studies 469
Hilary Nesi 25 ESP and Intercultural Rhetoric 487
William Rozycki and Ulla Connor 26 English for Specific Purposes and English as a Lingua Franca 505
Catherine Nickerson 27 Global Englishes, Translanguaging, and ESP 525
Fan Fang and Will Baker 28 Critical Perspectives on ESP 543
Sue Starfield 29 Gender and Race in ESP Research 563
Ryuko Kubota 30 Identity and ESP 583
Ron Darvin and Yue Zhang 31 Ethnography in ESP 599
Dacia Dressen-Hammouda 32 Multimodality and ESP Research 619
Christoph A. Hafner 33 The Future of ESP Research: Resources for Access and Agency 641
Diane D. Belcher Index 659
About the author
SUE STARFIELD is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. Her books include
Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors and
Change and Stability in Thesis and Dissertation Writing: The Evolution of an Academic Genre. She is Editor Emeritus of the journal
English for Specific Purposes and the founding Co-Editor of the
Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes.
CHRISTOPH A. HAFNER is Professor in the Department of English at City University of Hong Kong. He is President of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association and past President of the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics. He has published widely on English for specific purposes, digital literacies, and language learning and technology. His latest book is
Understanding Digital Literacies: A Practical Introduction.
