Vocabulary and English for Specific Purposes Research

Vocabulary and ESP Research provides an important contribution to the study of vocabulary and its relationship to English for Specific Purposes research and teaching, presenting both the author's original research and a comprehensive review of current research in this field.

Averil Coxhead is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Approaches to identifying specialised vocabulary for ESP Chapter Three: The role and value of word list research for ESP Chapter Four: Multi-word units and metaphor in ESP Chapter Five: Specialised vocabulary in secondary school/middle school Chapter Six: Pre-university, undergraduate and postgraduate vocabulary Chapter Seven: Specialised vocabulary research and the professions Chapter Eight: Vocabulary in the trades Chapter Nine: Vocabulary research and ESP: Curriculum, classroom tasks and materials design and testing Chapter Ten: Future directions and conclusion