Paltridge Brian, Starfield Sue (eds.) The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. — 592 p. — ISBN-10: 0470655321Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP).Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESPFeatures newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholarsExplores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical EnglishConsiders perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnographyBrian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney. With Sue Starfield he is co-author of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language (Routledge, 2007) and with his TESOL colleagues at the University of Sydney Teaching Academic Writing (University of Michigan Press, 2009). With Aek Phakiti he edited the Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (Continuum, 2010), with Ken Hyland the Companion to Discourse Analysis (Continuum, 2011) and with Diane Belcher and Ann Johns New Directions in English for Specific Purposes Research (University of Michigan Press, 2011). His most recent publications are the second edition of his book Discourse Analysis (Bloomsbury 2012) and the Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, edited with Sue Starfield (Wiley-Blackwell 2103).
He is an Editor Emeritus for the journal English for Specific Purposes and a member of the editorial board for the EA Journal, the Taiwan International ESP Journal , the Chinese Journal of ESP and a member of the international advisory board for the International Journal for Researcher Development. He is an honorary advisor to the Advisory Board of the English for specific purposes committee of the China Foreign Languages Education Committee.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).Introduction to the Handbook
The History of English for Specific Purposes Research - Ann M. JohnsESP and Language SkillsESP and Speaking - Christine B. Feak
ESP and Listening - Christine Goh
ESP and Reading - Alan Hirvela
ESP and Writing - Ken Hyland
Vocabulary and ESP - Averil CoxheadAreas of ESP researchEnglish for Academic Purposes - Maggie Charles
English for Science and Technology - Jean Parkinson
English in the Workplace - Meredith Marra
Business English - Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini and Zuocheng Zhang
Legal English - Jill Northcott
Aviation English – Carol Moder
English for Medical Purposes - Gibson Ferguson
English for Nursing: Claiming a Place in Nursing Education - Susan Bosher
Thesis and Dissertation Writing - Paul Thompson
English for Research Publication Purposes - John FlowerdewESP and PedagogyNeeds Analysis and Curriculum Development in ESP - Lynne Flowerdew
Genre and English for Specific Purposes - Brian Paltridge
ESP and Assessment - Dan Douglas
Technology and ESP - Joel BlochResearch Perspectives and Methodologies in ESP ResearchESP and Corpus Studies - Hilary Nesi
ESP and Intercultural Rhetoric - Ulla Connor and William Rozycki
English for Specific Purposes and English as a Lingua Franca – Catherine Nickerson
Critical Perspectives on ESP - Sue Starfield
Gender and Race in ESP Research - Ryuko Kubota and Tin-Lei Chiang
Ethnographic Approaches to ESP Research - Dacia Dressen-Hammouda
Multimodality and ESP Research - Paul Prior
The Future of ESP Research: Resources for Access and Choice - Diane Belcher