Developments in English for Specific Purposes (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) - Softcover

Dudley-Evans, Tony; St John, Maggie Jo

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9780521596756: Developments in English for Specific Purposes (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
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ISBN 10: 0521596750 ISBN 13: 9780521596756
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is an important and distinctive part of English Language Teaching. Since the late 1980's ESP has changed in two very significant respects. Firstly, English for Business Purposes has become an increasingly important, even dominant, area of ESP. Secondly, the work of discourse and genre analysis on the one hand and the results of computer-based analysis on the other provide a fuller understanding of how specific texts, both written and spoken, work. This book provides an update on these major developments in ESP and a summary of where the discipline is now. It is practical and accessible while covering a wide range of both theoretical and methodological topics. It also charts how ESP has been influenced by new ideas in the areas of management training, human resource development, sociology and intercultural training.

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This book provides a practical and accessible update of major developments in ESP today.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521596750
ISBN 13 
9780521596756
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320
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