The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes

Buch | Hardcover

670 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-77471-1 (ISBN)

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The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes provides an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to English for Academic Purposes (EAP), covering the main theories, concepts, contexts and applications of this fast growing area of applied linguistics. Forty-four chapters are organised into eight sections covering:

Conceptions of EAP

Contexts for EAP

EAP and language skills

Research perspectives

Pedagogic genres

Research genres

Pedagogic contexts

Managing learning

Authored by specialists from around the world, each chapter focuses on a different area of EAP and provides a state-of-the-art review of the key ideas and concepts. Illustrative case studies are included wherever possible, setting out in an accessible way the pitfalls, challenges and opportunities of research or practice in that area. Suggestions for further reading are included with each chapter.

The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes is an essential reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of EAP within English, Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre forApplied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. His publicationsinclude Innovation and Change in English Language Education(edited with Lillian Wong, Routledge, 2013), Teaching andResearching Writing, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2009) andEnglish for Academic Purpose s (Routledge, 2006). Philip Shaw is Professor in the Department of English, University of Stockholm,Sweden. He is the co-author of World Englishes: AnIntroduction, 2nd edition (with Gunnel Melchers, 2011).

List of figures

List of tables

Notes on the contributors

Acknowledgements

1

Introduction

Section 1: Conceptions of EAP

Section 2: Contexts for EAP

Section 3 EAP and language skills

Section 4 Research perspectives

Section 5 Pedagogic genres

Section 6 Research genres

Section 7: Pedagogic contexts

Section 8: Managing learning

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, color; 28 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1220 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-77471-5 / 1138774715
ISBN-13	978-1-138-77471-1 / 9781138774711
Zustand	Neuware