Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes (Series)

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English for Academic & Professional Purposes is designed to meet the needs of multilingual English users in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The series features books from leading voices in English for Academic, Professional, and Special Purposes and Applied Linguistics. Series titles address specific disciplines and audiences in Anglophone, multilingual, English as a lingua franca, or English medium instruction settings. Titles can focus on communication in academic settings or professional settings such as medicine, business, or law, and they can address areas such as writing in various genres and digital spaces, multimodal communication, and skills needed for advancement in graduate programs.

Series Editors

Christine M. Tardy, Professor of English Applied Linguistics, University of Arizona

Raffaella Negretti, Professor in Educational Psychology and Applied Linguistics, Chalmers University of Technology

Lisa McGrath, Associate Professor of Educational Linguistics, Sheffield Hallam University

Call for Proposals

We welcome proposals in the English for Academic & Professional Purposes for any project that falls within the scope of the series. We are particularly interested in proposals that address any of the following areas:

  • ESP/EAP in digital learning contexts
  • ESP/EAP in EMI, lingua franca, and other multilingual contexts
  • Multimodal communication in academic and/or professional contexts
  • Emerging academic genres
  • Professional development for ESP/EAP teachers
  • Critical and multilingual orientations to ESP/EAP

To propose a project in the series, submit a completed Interest Form to University of Michigan Press Acquiring Editor, Haley Winkle, haleywin@umich.edu by December 31, 2024. You may later be asked to submit an extended proposal with sample chapters.

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Academic Writing for Graduate Students

Essential Tasks and Skills

4th Edition

Over 30 years of helping graduate students position themselves as junior scholars

Commentary for Academic Writing for Graduate Students

Essential Tasks and Skills

4th Edition

A collegial guide to help graduate students position themselves as junior scholars

Speechcraft

Discourse Pronunciation for Academic Communication

2nd Edition

Teaching students pronunciation skills for everyday communication

Instructor Guide for Speechcraft

Discourse Pronunciation for Academic Communication

2nd Edition

The resource teachers need to help students become comfortable with everyday speech

Practical Pronunciation

Pronunciation Strategies in Practice

An essential reference book on English pronunciation, written in accessible language with practical strategies to promote autonomous learning

Writing Recommendation Letters

The Discourse of Evaluation in Academic Settings

The first book-length guide to academic recommendation letters, supported by real-world examples

Creating Contexts

Writing Introductions across Genres

Revised/expanded English in Today's Research World

Speechcraft

Discourse Pronunciation for Advanced Learners

Core text to assist international students and others with pronunciation and communication