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May 2010
Special Edition
2009 Conference Proceedings
Chonqing University China
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Index

1. Foreword. By Dr. Paul Robertson and Prof. Roger Nunn
2. Ping Huang. Where are we ESP Practitioners?-- A Report of the First International Conference “ESP in Asia.”
3. Nunn, Roger. Aspects of a Model for Analyzing Competent Academic
Texts in ESP
4. Cheng, Winnie. Using a Specialised Corpus of Engineering English for ESP Practice
5. Lin Wei. Specifying Context: A Way to Decoding Legal Language
6. Qixuan Zhang. Content-based Instruction in the English for   Music Education classroom
7.   Christian Anthony C. Agutaya and Jesse T. Zamora. English Language Proficiency of Agricultural Students in Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT), Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
8.   Huang Ping and Shen Yan. The Integrated Theory Study on Module Structure Annotation of Texts in Academic Genre
9.   Yan Xiaorong and Zhai Lili. The Application of Communicative Approach in Business English Teaching
10.   Huang Yunlin and Song Yanping. An Experimental Study on Different Employment Interviews of State-Owned Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises --- from the Perspective of Hofstede’s Four Cultural Dimensions
11. Huang Ping and He Lingli. Contrastive Genre Analysis of Research Methods in English and Chinese experimental Research Articles
12.   Wang Qiaoshan. The Evaluation of Computer English Coursebooks:A Case Study of Three Coursebooks Used at CQUPT
13.   Han Huabing. On the Methodology Employed in ESP Teaching Under Register Theory
14. Yingchun Li. Challenges and Opportunities for ESP Education Today
15.   Jiang Shujuan. Research on the Metaphorical Quality of Science English Words
16.   Julan Feng. A Study on ESP Teacher Education Models in Chinese Context
17.   Kwannin Kuo. A Content-based Teaching Module Designed for a Course of English for Science and Technology
18.   Chen Jun and Li Xiaomei. The application of Concentrating Chunks Strategy in English Vocabulary Teaching at Vocational School
19.   Supardi. Pragmatics for EFL Learners to Choose the Appropriate Meaning of the Word from Dictionary: A Constraint Faced by Law Students of Jember University
20.    Liu Peipei. Analyses of Necessity and Feasibility on Test of English for Machinery Engineering
21.    Liao Rongxia and Chen Min. How to Write a Biomedical Research Paper
22.    Yuan Yaowei Mo Zaishu. A Survey of Research Papers in the Asian ESj
23.   Ruijun Zhang. Translation of Medical Research Paper Titles from Chinese into English Based on Corpus Linguist

April 2010
Volume 6 Issue 1
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Foreword by Winnie Cheng

1. Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi & Munir Shuib. Investigating the English Language Needs of Petroleum Engineering Students at Hadhramout University of Science and Technology
2. Yanling Hwang & Siouzih Lin. A Study of Medical Students’ Linguistic Needs in Taiwan
3. Carmel Heah & Sujata S Kathpalia. Integrating Product, Process and Team Teaching in Writing Instruction
4. Yan Zhang & Jiyue Hu. A Genre-based Study of Medical Research Article Introductions: A Contrastive Analysis Between Chinese and English
5. Afnan H. Fatani. Electronic Syllabus Design for Language & Computers: Bridging the Gap Between Two Disciplines Using Moodle as a Learning Management System (LMS)
6. Fei-Wen Cheng. A Socio-cognitive Modeling Approach to Teaching English Argumentation

August 2009
Volume 5 Issue 2
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Foreword by Winnie Cheng

1. Philippa Mungra. - Conceptual Metaphors in Academic Medical Research Articles
2. Md. Momtazur Rahman, Thang Siew Ming, Mohd Sallehhundin Abd Aziz, & Norizan Abdul Razak.- Needs Analysis for Developing an ESP Writing Course for Foreign Postgraduates in Science and Technology at National University of Malaysia
3. Mark Brierley & Jonathon Adams.- Simultaneous Group Presentations
4. Khaled Jebahi. - Using a Commercially Developed ESP Textbook: A Classroom Dilemma
5. Ebrahim Zangani.- The ESP Textbook Problem: The evaluation of ESP textbooks in Humanities in the Undergraduate Program of Iranian Universities
6. Hesamoddin Shahriari Ahmadi. - A Comparison of Genre: Biological Science Research Article Abstracts by Iranian and Native English-Speaking Scholars

May 2009
Volume 5 Issue1
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Foreword by Damian J. Rivers

1. Michael Lessard-Clouston. Definitions in Theology Lectures: Implications for Vocabulary Learning
2. Yi-Ching Huang. A Case Study of Teacher’s English Learning
3. Abul-Qasim Avand. Using Translation and Reading Comprehension of ESP Learners
4. Jianying Du, Huazhong. Content and Language in Tertiary Education in China: A Case Study in Wuhan Law
5. Tong Thi My Lien. Assessing the Perceptions and Difficulties of Students at COT, VNU in Making ESP Presentations
6. Ahmad Sabouri Kashani. Freire’s Bottom-Up Bridges Student-Centeredness: A Rebuttal to Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhossein
7. Seyed Vahid Aryadoust. Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language

July 2008
Volume 4 Issue 2
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Foreword by Tatiana Slobodina

1. Damian Rivers. - English as an International Business Language (EIBL): The need for an increase in theoretical and practical research focusing on written business communications across cultural boundaries in relation to multinational corporate language selection.
2. Julian Gimenez. - Academic Writing in Nursing: Genres, Marking Criteria and Course Design
3. David Dalton. - The Foreign Language Engineering Writer - What Makes a Readable Memo Report?
4. Davud Kuhi. - An Analysis of the Move Structure of Textbook Prefaces
5. Ya-fen Lo and Chuen-maan Sheu. - The Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an English Tour Guide Project

April 2008
Volume 4 Issue 1
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Foreword by Theron Muller

1. Peter Sampson. Using Discourse Analysis to Prepare Learners forOverseas University Study
2.   Le Cheng, King Kui Sin and Jian Li. A Discursive Approach to Legal Texts: Court Judgments as an Example
3.   Anil Pathak. Deconstructing the Textbook Myth: Using Discourse-DisordersAnalysis for Job Interview Training
4.   Zahra Amirian, ZohrehKassaian and Mansoor Tavakoli. Genre Analysis: An Investigation of the Discussion Sections of Applied Linguistics Research Article

November 2007
Volume 3 Issue 2
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Foreword by Yong Chen

1. Ali Jahangard. Which Word Types (Technical or General) are more Difficult to Retain by the Iranian High School Learners?
2. Gholam Reza Zarei and Sara Mansoori. Metadiscourse in Academic Prose: A Contrastive Analysis of English and Persian Research Articles
3. Farzaneh Khodabadeh. A Contrastive Analysis of Rhetorical Figures in English and Persian Advertisements
4. Ruth Ming Har Wong. Motivation and Strategies to Learn English: The Case of Pre-service Teachers of Chinese
5. Carmella Lieske. - Japanese Nursing College Students’ Use of English Outside of the Classroom

April 2007
Volume 3 Issue 1
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Foreword: Dr. John Adamson

1. Farzaneh Khodabandeh. Analysis of students' errors: the case of headlines
2. Renata Suzuki. Designing Consciousness-Raising Tasks for an Economics English Course
3. Theron Muller. Innovating the Longman Preparation Series for the TOEIC Test: Advanced Course with Discourse Analysis
4. Katayoon Afzali & Mohammad Hassan Tahririan. Strategic Needs of ESL Students in Developing
their Literary Competence
5. Mohammad Ali Salmani-Nodoushan. Are Task Type and Familarity Predicators of Performance on Tests of Language for Specific Purposes?
6. Gao Jiajing. Designing an ESP course for Chinese University Students of Business
7. Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini. Real Flowers or Plastic Flowers in Learning Medical English: A Reply to Kashani, Soheili, and Hatmi

November 2006
Volume 2. Issue 2
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Foreword: Dr. John Adamson

1. Dr. Anil Pathak and Dr. Francesco Cavallaro Teaching Conflict Resolution: A Study of Two Interactive Methods
2. Françoise and Roger Nunn. Teaching Language and Research Skills through an International Media Project
3. Renata Suzuki Corpora Applications to Economics Presentations: A Case Study
4. David F. Dalton. Using descriptive assessment rubrics as teaching and learning tools
5. Dr. Ahmad Sabouri Kashani, Dr. Soraya Soheili, & Dr. Zinat Nadia Hatmi. Teaching English to Students of Medicine: A Student-Centered Approach

June 2006
Volume 2. Issue 1
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Foreword.

1. Adamson, J. Interview with Shigeo Toda, Seiko Epson
2. Mansour Arvani. A Discourse analysis of business letters written by Iranians and native speakers
3. Yong Cheng. From Common Core to Specific
4. Adamson, John. The Globalization Debate in Business English: Exploiting the Literature through matrices

December 2005
Volume 1. Issue 3.

1. Patil, Z.N. Oral Presentation Skills for Prospective Business Executives
2. Kelly, J. China: Business English: - A new wave
3. Robertson, P. How to Become a Flight Attendant in Korea: English Skills
4. Williams, R. Doing Business in Korea and Japan
5. NIKIYOMA Infotech Private Limited Company review

September 2005
Vol.1. Issue 2.
Academic articles

1. Ming Nuan Yang. Nursing Pre-Professionals Medical Terminology Learning Strategies
2. Peter Dash. Canada, Venezuela of the North
3. Chi-yu Chang. How American Culture Correlates the Process of Globalization
4. Esmat Babaii & Hasan Ansary. The Discourse Structure of and Sociopolitical
Strictures on TV Commercials
5. Meiling Wang & Sirkku Aaltonen. Sino-Finnish E-Mail Project. A Teaching Tool for Tertiary Business Communication Course