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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

Sue Starfield (Edited by), Christoph A. Hafner (Edited by)

9781119985006, Wiley

Hardback, published 12 May 2025

704 pages
28 x 19 x 3.7 cm, 1.474 kg

A field-defining survey of research in the rapidly growing field of English for Specific Purposes, now in its second edition

The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes provides an up-to-date account of the origins, development, current state, and future directions in the study of English as used in its specific contexts, including medical English, business English, and academic English. Featuring research from leading authorities, this comprehensive volume addresses all key aspects of ESP, including speaking, reading, writing, legal English, nursing, assessment, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca, and ethnography.

The second edition of the Handbook is fully revised to incorporate new areas of ESP research and reflects changing demands on English Language Learners (ELL), including a new historical overview of the field by Prof. Vijay K. Bhatia and entirely new chapters English medium instruction and ESP research, materials development, teacher development, call center communication, Global Englishes and translanguaging, identity, and the emergence of digital genres. Unmatched in its breadth and depth of coverage, The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes:

  • Features original state-of-the-art reviews relevant to scholars and students working across applied linguistics and education
  • Features contributions by scholars working on ESP in a wide range of international contexts
  • Addresses current and emerging challenges in ESP, with implications for related fields of TESOL and English language education more broadly
  • Includes in-depth reviews of new ESP research findings and suggestions for further scholarship

Part of the Wiley Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series, The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, Second Edition, is an essential reference for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, researchers, and educators working in TESOL, ELL/ELT, applied linguistics, and language studies.

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

 

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