Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP.

Informationen zum Autor Lindy Woodrow is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes (Routledge, 2017) and Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2020). Klappentext Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP. It's for novice researchers, graduate students and for ESP practitioners who want to do some research themselves. The author takes the reader step by step through the stages of research, starting with choosing a topic and reviewing the literature through to writing up research findings. Examples are taken from academic journals and dissertations to highlight aspects of the research process.The book covers the following areas:developing a research projectresearch design theoretical approaches to ESP researchchoosing a research topicquantitative, qualitative and mixed methods in ESP researchvalidity, reliability and ethicswriting up research in ESPThe book includes recommendations for further reading and tasks. There is also a glossary and a chapter providing advice, templates and links to useful research sources.Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for anyone wanting to conduct research in ESP. Zusammenfassung Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Developing a research project. Chapter 3 Theoretical approaches to ESP research Chapter 4 Researchable topics in ESP Chapter 5 ESP research design: methodological approaches Chapter 6 Quantitative methods in ESP Chapter 7 Qualitative methods in ESP research Chapter 8 Validity, reliability and ethics in ESP research Chapter 9 Using research findings Chapter 10 Resources for developing and conducting research in ESP ...

Autorentext

Lindy Woodrow is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes (Routledge, 2017) and Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2020).

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Developing a research project.

Chapter 3 Theoretical approaches to ESP research

Chapter 4 Researchable topics in ESP

Chapter 5 ESP research design: methodological approaches

Chapter 6 Quantitative methods in ESP

Chapter 7 Qualitative methods in ESP research

Chapter 8 Validity, reliability and ethics in ESP research

Chapter 9 Using research findings

Chapter 10 Resources for developing and conducting research in ESP