Connecting Language and Disciplinary Knowledge in English for Specific Purposes: Case Studies in Law

by Alissa J. Hartig

How are language and disciplinary knowledge connected in the English for Legal Purposes (ELP) classroom, and how far should ELP practitioners go in supporting students' acquisition of the conceptual frameworks that shape the genres they are learning? This book presents a pedagogical model for incorporating these conceptual frameworks into disciplinary language instruction and follows four focal participants as they learn to read and write new genres...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783098503
• ISBN13: 9781783098507
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"