The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two
leading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key research
findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP).
* Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins
and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP
* Features newly-commissioned contributions from a
global team of leading scholars
* Explores the history of ESP and current areas of
research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and
business, legal, and medical English
* Considers perspectives on ESP research such as
genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua
franca and ethnography

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University
of Sydney. He is co-author of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in
a Second Language (with S. Starfield, 2007), Teaching
Academic Writing (with L. Woodrow, D. Hirsh, A. Phakiti, H.
Shen, L. Harbon, and M. Stevenson, 2009), and co-editor of New
Directions in English for Specific Purposes Research (with D.
Belcher and A. Johns, 2011).
Sue Starfield is Associate Professor in the School of
Education and Director of The Learning Centre at the University of
New South Wales. She is co-editor of the international
peer-reviewed journal English for Specific Purposes, and
co-author of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second
Language: A Handbook for Supervisors (with B. Paltridge,
2007).