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Week 1
Introduction
1 Brands and branding
2 Verbal identity
3 Case study: Innocent Drinks
4 Summary of Week 1
References
Acknowledgements

Week 2
Introduction
1 What is EAP?
2 Using corpora in the EAP classroom
3 First-person pronouns
4 Assisting EAL students
5 Students’ views
6 Benefits of using corpora
7 The teacher’s perspective
8 Building your own corpus
9 Further exploration
10 Summary of Week 2
References
Acknowledgements

Week 3
Introduction
1 Defining organisational culture
2 Where is organisational culture?
3 Case study: Linguistic Landscapes
4 Culture and language
5 Constructing relationships through language
6 Positioning organisations as authorities
7 Working with NGOs
8 Changing the culture
9 Summary of Week 3
References
Acknowledgements

Week 4
Introduction
1 Describing clinical symptoms
2 Generic features of a clinical consultation
3 Summary of Week 4
References
Further reading
Acknowledgements

Week 5
Introduction
1 The scope of speech and language therapy
2 The nature of an SLT’s interventions
3 Speech and language therapy with bilingual children
4 Summary of Week 5
References
Acknowledgements

Week 6
Introduction
1 Mediation as a professional domain
2 Mediation, conflict resolution and language study
3 The work of a mediator
4 Managing interpersonal meaning
5 The manipulation of grammar?
6 Language used to hedge or soften
7 Moving clients towards new views of a situation
8 Summary of Week 6
References
Acknowledgements

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