Specialised English: New Directions in ESP and EAP Research and Practice

• Main Author: Gang Yao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Jaume I. Department of English Studies 2020-06-01
• Series: Language Value
• Online Access: http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/languagevalue/article/view/4727

Reviewed by Gang Yao Universidad de Murcia, Spain Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain   The field of specialized English has expanded on an unprecedented scale. We have already seen that there is a plethora of research articles in specialized top journals like Journal of English for Academic Purposes and English for Specific Purposes, as well as influential volumes and handbooks: in English for Specific Purposes (ESP), publications like The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes edited by Paltridge and Starfield (2013), Introducing English for Specific Purposes by Anthony (2018); in English for Academic Purposes (EAP), publications such as the seminal collection Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes edited by Flowerdew and Peacock (2001), Introducing English for Academic Purposes by Charles and Pecorari (2016), and The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes edited by Hyland and Shaw (2016).