Guia docente 2017_18 Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución

Contenidos

Tema	Subtema
1. Introduction	Outline of the contents and aims of the course as well as the evaluation system
2. What is English for Specific Purposes (ESP)?	Review of the main tenets of ESP
3. The History of ESP research	Outline of the short history of this discipline: 3.1. The Early Years (1962-1981) 3.2. The Recent Past (1981-1990) 3.3. The Modern Age (1990-)
4. Central ESP concepts	Explanation and analysis of the concepts of genre, rhetorical moves, context and other central ESP concepts
5. Methodological approaches to ESP research	Corpus studies, macro and microanalyses of texts, diachronic and synchronic research
6. Research directions on ESP research	Review of the most common and fruitful branches of ESP research. 5.1. English for Academic Purposes 5.2. English for Science and Technology 5.3. Business English 5.4. Legal English 5.5. English for Research Publication Purposes 5.6. English for Thesis and Dissertation Writing