Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:30th Jun '22
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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 project
- research design
- theoretical approaches to ESP research
- choosing a research topic
- quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods in ESP research
- validity, reliability and ethics
- writing up research in ESP
The 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.
ISBN: 9780367503680
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 517g
242 pages