The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes - Paperback

by Ken Hyland (Editor), Philip Shaw (Editor)

The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes provides an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to English for Academic Purposes (EAP), covering the main theories, concepts, contexts and applications of this fast-growing area of applied linguistics. Forty-five chapters are organised into eight sections covering:

• Conceptions of EAP
• Contexts for EAP
• EAP and language skills
• Research perspectives
• Pedagogic genres
• Research genres
• Pedagogic contexts
• Managing learning.

Authored by specialists from around the world, each chapter focuses on a different area of EAP and provides a state-of-the-art review of the key ideas and concepts. Illustrative case studies are included wherever possible, setting out in an accessible way the pitfalls, challenges and opportunities of research or practice in that area. Suggestions for further reading are included with each chapter.

The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes is an essential reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of EAP within English, Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

Author Biography

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre forApplied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. His publicationsinclude Innovation and Change in English Language Education(edited with Lillian Wong, Routledge, 2013), Teaching andResearching Writing, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2009) andEnglish for Academic Purpose s (Routledge, 2006).
Philip Shaw is Professor in the Department of English, University of Stockholm, Sweden. He is the co-author of World Englishes: AnIntroduction, 2nd edition (with Gunnel Melchers, 2011).