Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138963139 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 200 str.

Averil Coxhead

Opis

Vocabulary and ESP Research provides an important contribution to the study of vocabulary and its relationship to English for Specific Purposes research and teaching, presenting both the author's original research and a comprehensive review of current research in this field. Key features include: an outline of the nature and role of vocabulary in ESP from both quantitative and qualitative approaches; analysis of context in vocabulary research in four key areas; and a review of the application of vocabulary research to professional and pedagogical practice. Written by a leading researcher, Vocabulary and ESP Research provides key reading for those working in this area.

Spis treści

Chapter One: Introduction  Chapter Two: Approaches to identifying specialised vocabulary for ESP  Chapter Three: The role and value of word list research for ESP  Chapter Four: Multi-word units and metaphor in ESP  Chapter Five: Specialised vocabulary in secondary school/middle school  Chapter Six: Pre-university, undergraduate and postgraduate vocabulary  Chapter Seven: Specialised vocabulary research and the professions  Chapter Eight: Vocabulary in the trades  Chapter Nine: Vocabulary research and ESP: Curriculum, classroom tasks and materials design and testing  Chapter Ten: Future directions and conclusion

O autorze

Averil Coxhead is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.