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English for professional and academic purposes /

English in academic and professional settings has received great attention over the last 50 years, as its use has become a key asset for anyone interested in improving his/her chances of communicating internationally. However, it still offers rich opportunities for teachers and researchers working o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ruiz-Garrido, Miguel F., 1968-, Palmer, J. C. (Juan Carlos), Fortanet, Inmaculada
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, ©2010.
Colección:Utrecht studies in language and communication ; 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Current trends in English for Professional and Academic Purposes / Miguel F. Ruiz-Garrido , Juan C. Palmer-Silveira and Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez
  • Formality in academic writing: The use/non-use of phrasal verbs in two varieties of English / Dushyanthi Mendis
  • The 'dialectics of change' as a facet of globalisation: Epistemic modality in academic writing / Carmen Pérez-Llantada
  • Hidden influencers and the scholarly enterprise: A cross-cultural/linguistic study of acknowledgments in medical research articles / Françoise Salager-Meyer , María Ángeles Alcaraz Ariza and Maryelis Pabón Berbesí
  • Researching into English for research publication purposes from an applied intercultural perspective / Ana I. Moreno
  • Research reports in academic and industrial research / Philip Shaw
  • Information use and treatment adherence among patients with diabetes / Ulla M. Connor , Elizabeth M. Goering , Marianne S. Matthias and Robert Mac Neill
  • "Check it out"
  • The construction of patient empowerment in health promotion leaflets / Inger Askehave and Karen K. Zethsen
  • Who "we" are: The construction of American corporate identity in the Corporate Values Statement genre / Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich
  • Evaluating and designing materials for the ESP classroom / Ana Bocanegra-Valle
  • From text to task: Putting research on abstracts to work / John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak
  • Approaching the essay genre: A study in comparative pedagogy / Ruth Breeze
  • Academic writing in the disciplines: Practices in nursing, midwifery and social work / Julio Gimenez
  • English language education for science and engineering students / Thomas Orr
  • Notes on contributors.