Averil Coxhead, Jean Parkinson, James Mackay

English for Vocational Purposes

Language Use in Trades Education

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a linguistic description of English in the context of the trades and investigates how this specialist language is used in real-world contexts. This book is key reading for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of ESP, trades education and vocational education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138326286
• ISBN-10: 1138326283
• Artikelnr.: 57814583

Autorenporträt

Averil Coxhead is an Associate Professor at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Jean Parkinson is a Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. James Mackay is a Principal Academic Staff member at the School of Engineering, Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), New Zealand. Emma McLaughlin is a Learning Advisor at Te W¿nanga o Aotearoa, Porirua campus, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Extracts
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Language in trades education and English for specific purposes
Chapter 2: The Language in the Trades Education project: Methodology
Chapter 3: Tutoring in trades education: Instruction and engagement in automotive technology classroom discourse
Chapter 4: Writing in trades education: The case of the builder's diary
Chapter 5: A descriptive analysis of the use of visual elements in trades education texts
Chapter 6: Technical vocabulary in trades education
Chapter 7: Listening and speaking in trades education
Chapter 8: Reading in trades education
Chapter 9: Putting research into practice in trades education
Chapter 10: Reflections, implications, and directions in trades education research
Appendix 1
References
Index