English for Academic and Technical Purposes. Studies in Honor of Louis Trimble

The papers in this "Festschrift" are theoretical and descriptive in nature as well as practical. The first section of the book contains theoretical papers dealing with the following topics: criteria for course design, logical argumentation, a taxonomic approach to scientific vocabulary, fu...

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Main Author Selinker, Larry, Ed
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Newbury House Publishers, Inc 1981
Subjects
Curriculum Development
English for Special Purposes
Grammar
Material Development
Postsecondary Education
Reading Instruction
Sciences
Second Language Instruction
Teaching Methods
Technology
Vocabulary
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Summary:The papers in this "Festschrift" are theoretical and descriptive in nature as well as practical. The first section of the book contains theoretical papers dealing with the following topics: criteria for course design, logical argumentation, a taxonomic approach to scientific vocabulary, function of a type of particle in a chemistry textbook, verb forms and functions in some medical texts, anaphoric functions of some demonstrative noun phrases in scientific and technological English, tense usage, and a comparative analysis of English and Romanian in scientific and technical discourse. The second section deals with designing modular materials, developing a reading curriculum, subjects and objects in English for special purposes (ESP) materials, thoughts from the classroom on ESP materials, interpretation of "information transfer," the case study as needs assessment in ESP, and processing learning texts. The third section is a bibliography of Louis Trimble's works. (AMH)
ISBN:0883771780
9780883771785