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The researchers tend to be descriptive, involving statistical grammar counts within written discourses. Swales first example in "Episodes" by Barber
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The relationships between EST grammar or lexicon and the authors ’ rhetorical purposes in texts were central, a connection that continues to be the focus of much of the ESP discourse analysis.
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The interest in linguistic “ devices, ” particularly as they related to rhetorical purposes, remained popular.
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The work of John Swales, whose seminal “ Aspects of Article Introductions, ” first appeared in the United Kingdom.
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The attempt to widen ESP ’ s scope by the English for Specific Purposes Journal was certainly made
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They expressed their concerns that ESP continued to be limited and was therefore considered irrelevant by most of the TESOL community.
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They have suggested that the teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was not born as a coherent type of teaching but as an evolution that responded to the needs of learners of language for science, technology and business especially
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The term genre, which continues to be highly salient in ESP research, began to appear in the ESP literature, often as linguistic “devices ” were contrasted among text types.
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The Journal of Second Language Writing (JSLW ) was founded by Llona Leki and Tony Silva
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Articles about academic argumentation, text analysis, and other issues that overlap with ESP interests appeared with increasing frequency.
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Liz Hamp , Lyons and Ken Hyland established the Journal of English for Academic Purposes ( JEAP).
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Have experienced a rapid increase in international submissions.