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Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is an accessible and practical guide to research in ESP. Its for novice researchers, graduate students and for ESP practitioners who want to do some research themselves. The author takes the reader step by step through the stages of research, starting with choosing a topic and reviewing the literature through to writing up research findings. Examples are taken from academic journals and dissertations to highlight aspects of the research process.

The book covers the following areas:











developing a research project





research design





theoretical approaches to ESP research





choosing a research topic





quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods in ESP research





validity, reliability and ethics





writing up research in ESP

The book includes recommendations for further reading and tasks. There is also a glossary and a chapter providing advice, templates and links to useful research sources.

Introducing Researching English for Specific Purposes is essential reading for anyone wanting to conduct research in ESP.
List of figures
x
List of tables
xiv
Acknowledgements xvii
1 Introduction
1(5)
Who is this book for?
1(1)
What is ESP?
2(1)
ESP research
3(3)
2 Developing a research project
6(13)
Typical stages in an ESP research project
6(1)
Choosing a research topic
6(4)
Topics covered in an ESP course
6(3)
Topics relevant to a work situation
9(1)
Topics of personal interest
9(1)
Expertise of ESP staff/supervisor
9(1)
Reviewing the literature in ESP
10(3)
Stage 1 Getting basic knowledge of the area
10(1)
Stage 2 Reading widely
11(1)
Stage 3 Identifying the gap
12(1)
Stage 4 Writing the literature review
13(1)
Reading the literature
13(2)
The research proposal
15(2)
Further reading
17(2)
3 Theoretical approaches to ESP research
19(22)
Genre
19(6)
Key aspects of genre theory
20(1)
ESP tradition of genre
20(2)
Systemic Functional Linguistics tradition of genre
22(1)
Rhetorical Genre Studies
22(1)
Typical methodological approaches in genre studies
23(2)
Intercultural perspective on ESP research
25(4)
Key aspects of intercultural rhetoric
26(2)
Typical methodological approaches in intercultural rhetoric
28(1)
English as a lingua franca
29(3)
Key issues in ELF theory
29(1)
Typical methodologies in ELF and BELF
30(2)
Academic literacies (Ac Lits)
32(2)
Key issues in academic literacies theory
32(1)
Typical methodologies in academic literacies
33(1)
Multimodality
34(3)
Key issues in multimodality
35(1)
Typical methodologies in multimodal studies
35(2)
Critical perspectives in ESP
37(3)
Key issues in critical ESP
37(1)
Typical methodologies in critical ESP
38(2)
Further reading
40(1)
4 Researchable topics in ESP
41(27)
Areas for ESP research
41(27)
English for academic purposes
41(1)
Major considerations in EAP
42(3)
English for business, professional and occupational purposes (EBPOP)
45(1)
Major considerations in English for business, professional and occupational purposes
46(3)
Language analysis
49(1)
Major considerations in language analysis
50(3)
Needs analysis
53(1)
Major considerations in needs analysis research
53(2)
ESP language assessment
55(1)
Major considerations in language assessment
56(4)
Teaching ESP
60(1)
Major considerations in teaching ESP
60(3)
Learning ESP
63(1)
Major considerations in learning ESP
63(3)
Further reading
66(2)
5 ESP research design: methodological approaches
68(19)
Paradigm
68(1)
Approach to research design
69(18)
Quantitative research design
69(7)
Qualitative research design
76(5)
Mixed-methods research design
81(4)
Further reading
85(2)
6 Quantitative methods in ESP
87(33)
How to choose the most appropriate methodological approach?
87(1)
Types of research design using quantitative methods
87(6)
Cross-sectional research
89(1)
Longitudinal research
89(1)
Survey
90(1)
Experimental and quasi-experimental research
90(2)
Correlational research
92(1)
Evaluative research project
93(1)
Quantitative data collection methods
93(5)
Questionnaires
93(1)
Likert scales
94(1)
Can-do scales
94(1)
Semantic differential scales
95(1)
Multiple choice questions
95(1)
Binary choice questions
96(1)
Rating scales
96(1)
Open questions
97(1)
Developing questionnaires
97(1)
Introduction to the questionnaire
98(1)
Administering questionnaires
98(1)
Validation studies
98(3)
Predictive validity
100(1)
Inter-rater reliability
101(1)
Corpus studies
101(3)
Participants
104(2)
Data analysis
106(11)
Descriptive statistics
107(2)
Inferential statistics
109(1)
t-tests
109(1)
Assumptions of f-tests
109(1)
ANOVA
110(1)
Assumptions of ANOVA
111(1)
Regression
112(1)
Assumptions of regression
112(1)
Correlation
113(1)
Assumptions of correlations
113(1)
Factor analysis
114(1)
Assumptions of factor analysis
114(2)
Non-parametric tests
116(1)
Further reading
117(3)
7 Qualitative methods in ESP research
120(39)
Research design
120(12)
Case study
120(4)
Ethnography
124(5)
Action research
129(2)
Grounded theory
131(1)
Qualitative research methods
132(14)
Interviews
133(2)
Group interviews
135(1)
Focus groups
135(1)
Think-aloud and stimulated recall
136(1)
Interviewer effects
137(1)
Observations
138(2)
Observation schemes
140(2)
The observer paradox
142(1)
Diaries, journals and logs
142(1)
Types of diaries, journals and logs
143(3)
Qualitative data analysis
146(9)
Content analysis
148(1)
Discourse analysis
149(1)
Grammatical analysis
150(1)
Genre
150(2)
Critical discourse analysis
152(2)
Corpus analysis
154(1)
Multimodal discourse analysis
154(1)
Further reading
155(4)
8 Validity, reliability and ethics in ESP research
159(14)
Reliability
159(4)
Validity
163(3)
Ethics
166(4)
The role of the researcher
170(1)
Further reading
171(2)
9 Using research findings
173(20)
Writing the research report/dissertation
173(3)
Writing a dissertation
176(12)
The introduction
176(1)
The literature review
176(2)
The methodology chapter
178(2)
The results chapter
180(4)
The discussion chapter
184(2)
Conclusion
186(2)
Publishing research
188(2)
Further reading
190(3)
10 Resources for developing and conducting research in ESP
193(33)
Published research in ESP
193(9)
Academic journals
193(2)
Handbooks
195(1)
Other handbooks in ESP
196(1)
Overviews of research approaches and methods in ESP in academic journals
196(1)
ESP organisations
196(1)
Master's dissertations
197(1)
Research guidelines
197(1)
Author guidelines for publishing
198(1)
Quantitative research guidelines
198(1)
Ethics guidelines
198(1)
Data analysis software packages
199(1)
Useful corpora for ESP research
199(1)
Coronavirus corpus
200(1)
Software for analysis of corpora - concordances
200(1)
Word lists in ESP
201(1)
Tests used in ESP
201(1)
Effect sizes
201(1)
References
202(17)
Appendices
219(7)
1 Example of participant information statement
219(2)
2 Participant information statement template
221(1)
3 Example of participant consent form
222(1)
4 Guidance on writing a research proposal in English for specific purposes (ESP)
223(2)
5 Example of assessment criteria for research proposal
225(1)
Glossary 226(9)
Index 235
Lindy Woodrow is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Introducing Course Design in English for Specific Purposes (Routledge, 2017) and Doing a Masters Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Routledge, 2020).
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