Brian Paltridge

Brian Paltridge is a noted Professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Sydney. He has published widely in the areas of teaching English as a second or foreign language, the analysis of discourse, academic writing, the importance of Genre, and the use of English for research purposes.^[1][2]

He served as the editor of the TESOL Quarterly (Wiley) from 2014 – 2017.^[3]

Selected publications

• Paltridge, B. (2021). Discourse analysis (pp. 41-44). Springer International Publishing.
• Paltridge, B., & Starfield, S. (Eds.). (2013). The handbook of English for specific purposes (Vol. 592). Boston: Wiley-blackwell.
• Paltridge, B. (2001). Genre and the language learning classroom. University of Michigan Press.