Summer 2014

Special Supplement: English for Medical Purposes

Table of Contents

Main Articles

Literature review: Explicit instruction vs. incidental acquisition in vocabulary learning / Karlyn Butler

Principles underlying an exploratory approach to teacher development / Jerry G. Gebhard

Patterns of English usage in Central Switzerland / Susanne Oswald  

Voices of Experience

Teacher development belongs to teachers / Willy Cardoso

The power of persuasion / Gabrielle Jones

10 steps to becoming an EMP trainer / Ros Wright

Content or methodology: Which should be the main focus of the ESP teacher in teaching health professionals? / Sam McCarter

The essential role of vocabulary in healthcare communication / Catherine Richards

What is it like to be colourblind? A web-based, guided discovery for ESP learners / Jeane Summermatter

Challenges in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) / Kay Bentley

The search for authenticity in ESP assessment / Ivana Vidaković

Being surreptitious in the classroom: Impression management in English for Medical Purposes / Evan Frendo

And more…