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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

By Ariadna Jiménez

  • ESP

    swales first, example in episodes by Barber (1962), was devoted to countingh gramatical features across genres

  • the focus of much of the ESP

    Grammar and technical English

  • grammar and technical English

    republished and disscuser in episodes (1988: 58-68) Had amajor impact. Joined by Marytodd Trimble, Louis Trimble

  • The ESP journal

    Washinton School work represented an important turning point for ESP, with rhetorical consern, particulary as they were inferred from "devices" witin the text, becoming a central research focus.

  • The more recent past 1981-1990 (broadenin the scope/introducing central concepts)

    acecond histrical period ESP bounded by the work of Jonh Swales. Aspets of articule introdutios, "fi rst appeared in the united kingdom in 1981.

  • Tecnology, posters, telexes, slides and computer-mediated instruction.

    Though computers werw not widely emploged betgueen 1981 and 1990, varios research studies the tecnologies available.

  • T he More Recent Past: 1981– 1 990 (Broadening the Scope/Introducing Central Concepts)

    The attempt to widen ESP ’ s scope by the English for Specifi c Purposes Journal was certainly made and, as a result, the period may have been the most inclusive in terms of topics for published research and pedagogical practice.

  • Technology: Posters, telexes, slides, and computer mediated instruction

    Zak and Dudley- E vans examined two features of the telex: word omission and word abbreviation, suggesting how they might be taught in Business English.

  • Central ESP concepts: Genre and rhetorical moves

    The term genre, which continues to be highly salient in ESP research, began to appear in the ESP literature, often as linguistic “ d evices” were contrasted among text types. Morrow

  • Central ESP concepts: Genre and rhetorical moves

    Gunawardena compared the uses of the present perfect in the rhetorical divisions within biology and biochemistry research articles

  • Central ESP concepts: Genre and rhetorical moves

    the appearance of Genre Analysis, the two major terms in the field, genre and rhetorical moves , were introduced and discussed; and many of the current topics and research approaches were already in place.

  • Intercultural rhetorics

    nother important characteristic of the 1990– 2 011 period is the dominance of genre in ESP research, since Swales’ Genre Analysis initiated a remarkably productive topic for scholars

  • the introduction and importance of new international journals

    the journal of second language writing (JSLW)was founded in 1991by Bona Leki and TonySilva

  • Genre: The central concept

    Bhatia ’ s (1993, 2004, 2008) continuing work has demonstrated, however, that genre analysis can and should be completed on professional genres, as well.

  • Genre: The central concept

    Studies of advanced academic genres continue to predominate, a concern for those who believe that the most intransigent academic issues can be found in novice undergraduate education.

  • The introduction and importance of new international journals

    In 2 004, Samraj examined the discourse features of graduate student research papers “ in order to increase our understanding of this heterogeneous genre and the dimensions along which it can vary across sub- d iscipline

  • The introduction and importance of ew international journals

    . Halleck and Connor, using the increasingly popular corpus methodologies, examined the rhetorical moves in TESOL conference proposals