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English for Vocational Purposes: Language Use in Trades Education book cover

1st Edition

English for Vocational Purposes Language Use in Trades Education

By Averil Coxhead, Jean Parkinson, James Mackay, Emma McLaughlin Copyright 2020
236 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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English for Vocational Purposes provides a linguistic description of English in the context of the trades and investigates how this specialist language is used in real-world contexts. As the demand for English-speaking workers in the trades grows internationally, a major gap in the research on language in the trades is evident. Based on courses in construction and engineering at a polytechnic... Read more

List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Extracts; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Language in trades education and English for specific purposes; Chapter 2: The Language in the Trades Education project: Methodology; Chapter 3: Tutoring in trades education: Instruction and engagement in automotive technology classroom discourse; Chapter 4: Writing in trades education: The case of the builder’s diary; Chapter 5: A descriptive analysis of the use of visual elements in trades education texts; Chapter 6: Technical vocabulary in trades education; Chapter 7: Listening and speaking in trades education; Chapter 8: Reading in trades education; Chapter 9: Putting research into practice in trades education; Chapter 10: Reflections, implications, and directions in trades education research; Appendix 1; References; Index

Biography

Averil Coxhead is an Associate Professor at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Jean Parkinson is a Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

James Mackay is a Principal Academic Staff member at the School of Engineering, Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), New Zealand.

Emma McLaughlin is a Learning Advisor at Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Porirua campus, New Zealand.

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