English for Vocational Purposes: Language Use in Trades Education

ISBN-13: 9781138326286 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 220 str.

Averil Coxhead; Jean Parkinson; James MacKay

Opis

This book provides a linguistic description of English in the context of the trades and investigates how this specialist language is used in real-world contexts. This book is key reading for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of ESP, trades education and vocational education.

Spis treści

List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Extracts; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Language in trades education and English for specific purposes; Chapter 2: The Language in the Trades Education project: Methodology; Chapter 3: Tutoring in trades education: Instruction and engagement in automotive technology classroom discourse; Chapter 4: Writing in trades education: The case of the builder’s diary; Chapter 5: A descriptive analysis of the use of visual elements in trades education texts; Chapter 6: Technical vocabulary in trades education; Chapter 7: Listening and speaking in trades education; Chapter 8: Reading in trades education; Chapter 9: Putting research into practice in trades education; Chapter 10: Reflections, implications, and directions in trades education research; Appendix 1; References; Index