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Esp
The researchers tend to be descriptive, involving statistical grammar counts within written discourses. Swales first example in "Episodes" by Barber -
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The early years
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John Lack-strom, Larry Selinker, and Louis P. Trimble
The relationships between EST grammar or lexicon and the authors ’ rhetorical purposes in texts were central, a connection that continues to be the focus of much of the ESP discourse analysis. -
Linguistic "devices"
The interest in linguistic “ devices, ” particularly as they related to rhetorical purposes, remained popular. -
A second historical period in ESP
The work of John Swales, whose seminal “ Aspects of Article Introductions, ” first appeared in the United Kingdom. -
ESP's scope
The attempt to widen ESP ’ s scope by the English for Specific Purposes Journal was certainly made -
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The more recent past
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John Swales and Ann Johns
They expressed their concerns that ESP continued to be limited and was therefore considered irrelevant by most of the TESOL community. -
Hutchinson and Waters
They have suggested that the teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was not born as a coherent type of teaching but as an evolution that responded to the needs of learners of language for science, technology and business especially
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Morrow contrasted the use of conjuncts in two genres: business news stories and academic journal articles.
The term genre, which continues to be highly salient in ESP research, began to appear in the ESP literature, often as linguistic “devices ” were contrasted among text types. -
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The Modern Age
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Second language writing
The Journal of Second Language Writing (JSLW ) was founded by Llona Leki and Tony Silva -
Interest in ESP
Articles about academic argumentation, text analysis, and other issues that overlap with ESP interests appeared with increasing frequency. -
Journal of English for Academic Purposes
Liz Hamp , Lyons and Ken Hyland established the Journal of English for Academic Purposes ( JEAP). -
ESP increase
Have experienced a rapid increase in international submissions.