Introducing English for Academic Purposes

List of contents

Preface to the second edition
Introduction How to use this book
SECTION I THE FIELD OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
Chapter 1 The scope of English for academic purposes
Chapter 2 The global context of English for academic purposes
Chapter 3 The institutional contexts of English for academic purposes
SECTION II THE LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
Chapter 4 Register, genre, discourse
Chapter 5 Describing academic genres
Chapter 6 Describing academic register
Chapter 7 Studying academic language
SECTION III PLANNING, DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
Chapter 8 Approaches informing the teaching of English for academic purposes
Chapter 9 Planning and delivering the English for academic purposes curriculum
Chapter 10 Developing and evaluating English for academic purposes materials and activities
Chapter 11 Assessing English for academic purposes
Conclusion: Moving forward into practice
Glossary
References
Index

About the author

Diane Pecorari is Professor of TESOL at the University of Leeds, UK. She is co-author of Student Plagiarism in Higher Education (Routledge, 2018).
Averil Coxhead is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes Research (Routledge, 2018), and co-author of English for Vocational Purposes (Routledge, 2020).

Product details

• Authors: Coxhead Averil, Diane (Linnaeus University Pecorari, Pecorari Diane
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032752686
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275268-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Introductions to English for Specific Purposes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT: English for specific purposes, ELT: Exams and tests of English for specific purposes, Language learning for specific purposes, Applied linguistics for ELT