Introducing Genre and English for Specific Purposes

✍ Scribed by Sunny Hyon

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Series: Routledge Introductions to English for Specific Purposes
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Genre analysis has become a key approach within the field of English for Specific Purposes and helps students understand particular language use patterns in target contexts. Introducing Genre and English for Specific Purposes provides an overview of how genre has been conceptualized and applied in ESP, as well as the features that distinguish ESP genre research and teaching from those of other genre schools. The macro and micro aspects of ESP genre-based pedagogy are also analysed and include: different possibilities for planning and designing an ESP genre-based course; the concrete, micro aspects of materials creation; and how genres can be learned through play. Introducing Genre and English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for students and pre-service teachers who are studying Genre, English for Specific Purposes or language teaching methodologies.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Part I: Introduction
1. Introducing genre in English for Specific Purposes
What is a genre?
Why genre in ESP?
Early genre work
Preview of the rest of this book
Part II: ESP genre analysis
2. Analyzing genre moves
What are moves?
How to do a moves analysis
Seeking input from specialist informants
Cross-cultural moves comparisons
Using and revising existing move models
Tying it all together: analyzing moves in a TED Talk
3. Analyzing lexicogrammatical features
Methods of lexicogrammatical analysis
Some concordance lines for significant in critique genres in BAWE
Studying linguistic politeness in genres
Cross-cultural lexicogrammatical comparisons
Connecting moves and lexicogrammatical analysis
4. Analyzing genre contexts
The value of analyzing genre contexts
How to study genre contexts
Gaining access to a context
Critical ethnography
PART III: ESP genre-based learning and teaching
5. Designing genre-based courses
The role of instruction in genre learning
Needs and rights analysis
How to do a needs analysis for a genre-based course
From needs analysis to course design
Four genre-based course designs
6. Creating and assessing genre-based teaching materials
Genre-based tasks
Sequencing genre-based activities
Text selection
Assessing the impact of course materials
7. Exploring future issues: genre play, learning, and transfer
What is genre play and why study it?
Forms of genre play
What makes genre play work?
Possibilities for future genre play research
What is genre learning transfer and why study it
Current observations of genre learning transfer
Possibilities for future genre learning transfer research
References
Index