Language for Specific Purposes

✍ Scribed by Sandra Gollin-Kies, David R. Hall, Stephen H. Moore (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book fully explicates current trends and best practices in LSP, surveying the field with critical insightful commentary and analyses. Covering course areas such as planning, implementation, assessment, pedagogy, classroom management, professional development and research, it is indispensable for teachers, researchers, students.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Historical and Conceptual Overview of LSP....Pages 11-28
Key Trends Affecting Learning, Teaching and Researching LSP....Pages 29-50
LSP in the Twenty-First Century: At the Intersection of Globalisation, Technology and Applied Linguistics....Pages 51-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Course Planning....Pages 77-92
Course Design and Implementation....Pages 93-103
Measuring LSP Learning and Course Effectiveness....Pages 104-117
LSP in Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Contexts....Pages 118-125
LSP and Methodology/Pedagogy....Pages 126-134
LSP Classroom Management and Professional Development....Pages 135-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Research Practices in LSP....Pages 143-178
Case Studies in LSP Research....Pages 179-214
Researchable Projects....Pages 215-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Key Sources....Pages 233-241
Back Matter....Pages 242-276

✦ Subjects

Language Teaching;Applied Linguistics;International and Comparative Education;Language Education