English for Vocational Purposes: Language Use in Trades Education

by Jean Parkinson, Averil Coxhead, Emma McLaughlin, et al.

Book Overview

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 in New Zealand, this book offers an empirical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138326283
• ISBN13: 9781138326286
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"