Although English for Academic Purposes researchers have devoted considerable attention to written texts, they have paid less attention to the use of visual representation in the disciplines. This article describes strategies of a first-year university student as she privileges visual texts in both her macroeconomics and reading/writing classes.…

In a dialogic essay, the authors reflect on aspects of their two professional lives in the field of English for special purposes (ESP), discussing their initial reactions to each other as authors, describing how they came to co-edit the present journal, providing personal and selective impressions of each other's careers, and summarizing currently…

Discusses current research and personal experience in designing courses in English for academic purposes that help develop generalizable, transferable skills. Helpful research includes: (1) looking at needs and learning as a continuous process; (2) qualitative rather than quantitative studies; and (3) expert-novice juxtaposition. (Author/LMO)