TY - BOOK AU - Paltridge,Brian AU - Starfield,Sue TI - The handbook of English for specific purposes T2 - Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics SN - 9781118339824 AV - LB1576 U1 - 372.6 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, UK PB - Malden, Ma., Wiley-Blackwell KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - EDUCATION KW - Elementary KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Englisch KW - gnd KW - Fachsprache KW - Sprachunterricht KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I. ESP and language skills -- pt. II. Areas of ESP research -- pt. III. ESP and pedagogy -- pt. IV. Research perspectives and methodologies in ESP research N2 - Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English Considers persp UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118339855 ER -