Examining the Interaction Among Components of English for Specific Purposes Ability in Reading: The Triple-Decker Model

by Cai

The book presents the Triple-Decker Model that describes the interactive mechanism among key constituents of English for Specific Purposes Ability (ESPA): language knowledge, strategic competence and background knowledge (nursing knowledge).

First, the model reveals that ESPA constituents can be assigned to three groups according to their roles in determining ESPA in reading: automators (language knowledge and background knowledge)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303432913X
• ISBN13: 9783034329132
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 296 Pages