In this collective volume, we seek to bridge gaps between research and
practice in the teaching and learning of English for Specific Purposes
(ESP) with a set of strong research-based contributions drawing on a
wide range of ESP contexts. It offers new theoretical and pedagogical
insights for ESP practitioners and researchers alike, going beyond
descriptions of ESP situations and programmes to bring in sound research
design and data analysis which are firmly anchored in previous ESP
research. The nine papers in this collection cover a variety of ESP
domains, from medicine, technical science, and engineering to social
sciences and the humanities, in order to encapsulate current trends and
new developments in ESP teaching and learning research in Europe.