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Books

  • Ortiz, C. and Scott, M., 1979, Reading English for Academic Purposes, Monterrey, Mexico: Instituto Tecnologico Y de Estudios Superiores (textbook) 325 pp.
  • Scott, M., 1980, Reading Text Efficiently, Monterrey, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (textbook) 100 pp.
  • Scott, M., 1981, Read in English, London & New York: Longman (textbook) 126 pp. ISBN 0-582-74851-8.
  • Celani, A. Holmes, J., Ramos, R., Scott, M., 1988, The Brazilian ESP Project: An Evaluation, São Paulo: Educ, 219 pp. ISBN 85-283-0003-X.
  • Barbara, L. and Scott, M. (eds), 1994, Reflections on Language Learning, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 247 pp. ISBN 1-85359-257-9.
  • Scott, M. & Thompson, G. ,2001, (eds.) Patterns of Text: in honour of Michael Hoey, Amsterdam: Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-2572-9.
  • Celani, M.A.A., Deyes, A.F.,Holmes, J.L. & Scott, M.R., 2005. ESP in Brazil: 25 years of evolution and reflection, São Paulo: Catholic University Press & Mercado de Letras. 416 pp. ISBN 85-283-0329-2 and 85-7591-050-7.
  • Scott, M. & Tribble, C., 2006, Textual Patterns: keyword and corpus analysis in language education, Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Software

  • Scott, M. & Johns, T, 1993, MicroConcord, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-458322-8.
  • Scott, M., 1996, Wordsmith Tools, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-458984-6.
  • Scott, M., 1997, Wordsmith Tools version 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-459283-9.
  • Scott, M., 1999, Wordsmith Tools version 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-459289-8.
  • Scott, M., 2002, Guardian Keywords Database Viewer, Amsterdam: Rodopi. (in cover of Scott 2002 below).
  • Scott, M., 2004, WordSmith Tools version 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0-19-459400-9.

Articles

  • Scott, M., 1979, "A Problem in Reading Comprehension", Modern English Teacher, pp 10-11.
  • Scott, M. and McAlpin, J., 1979, "Towards a Wider Repertoire of Exercise Types" in D.P. Harper (ed.) Papers from the Second Latin American Regional Conference on ESP, London:The British Council, London, 1979, pp. 45-56.
  • Ortiz, C. and Scott, M., 1981, "Some Implications of Instrucción Personalizada", D.P.Harper (ed.) Papers from the Second Latin American Regional Conference on ESP, London:The British Council, London, pp 115-20.
  • Scott, M., 1981, "Teaching & Unteaching Coping Strategies", Working Papers of Brazilian ESP Project, No. 1, São Paulo:PUC-SP, 10 p.
  • Scott, M., 1981, "Some Thoughts on Testing Reading Comprehension in EAP", 1981, Working Papers of Brazilian ESP Project, No. 1, São Paulo:PUC-SP, 11 p.
  • Scott, M. 1981, "Reading Comprehension in English for Academic Purposes", The ESPecialist, No. 3, pp. 41-51.
  • Scott, M., 1981, "The Problem of Specialism: How Specialized Ought Our ESP Courses to Be?" The ESPecialist, No. 3, pp. 52-56.
  • Scott, M., 1982, "An Investigation into Student Preferences Regarding the Topics of Texts, The ESPecialist no. 4, pp. 19-25.
  • Scott, M., 1983, "Exercise-Types for EAP Comprehension", The ESPecialist No. 7, pp. 17-44.
  • Scott, M., 1983, "Report on the Workshop on Course Design Held in the Centre-West Regional Seminar", The ESPecialist No. 7, pp 4-16.
  • Scott, M., 1983, "Lendo nas Entrelinhas", Cadernos PUC, 16., pp 101-24.
  • Scott, M., Bayer, E., Quintanilha, T. & Zanatta, M., 1984, "Implementing an Individualized Course at UFSC 1981-82", The ESPecialist No. 9, pp. 65-9.
  • Scott, M., 1984, "Self-Access in ESP", Working Papers of Brazilian ESP Project No. 12, São Paulo: PUC-SP, 10 p.
  • Scott, M., Carioni, L., Zanatta, M., Bayer, E. & Quintanilha, T., 1984, "Using a Standard Exercise in Teaching Reading Comprehension", English Language Teaching Journal, 38, No. 2, pp. 114-20.
  • Scott, M. "Reading Comprehension in EAP", 1984, English Teaching Newsletter, CPEIP, Min. of Education, Santiago, Chile, Vol 8, No. 3.
  • Scott, M., 1984,"Considerações Sobre o Embasamento Educacional e Filosófico de uma Metodología Centrada no Aluno", Cadernos PUC, No. 17.
  • Scott, M., 1985, "Research Design for EAP", The ESPecialist No. 11., pp 26-34.
  • Scott, M., 1985, "Some Thoughts on Organizing a Workshop", The ESPecialist No. 12, pp 88-96.
  • Scott, M., 1986, "The Understanding to Direct: Conscientização and Reading" Working Papers of Brazilian ESP Project No. 18, São Paulo: PUC-SP, 26 pp.
  • Scott, M., Dias, R., Alves, N. & Pimenta, S., 1988, "Teaching Critical Reading Through Set Theory" Working Papers of Brazilian ESP Project No. 20, São Paulo: PUC-SP, 29 pp.
  • Scott, M., 1988, "Critical Reading Needn't be Left Out" The ESPecialist Vol. 9, nos 1/2, pp. 123-38.
  • Scott, M., 1991, "A Brazilian View of Language Awareness", in C. James & P. Garrett (eds.) Language Awareness in the Classroom, London: Longman, pp 278-89. ISBN 0-582-06737-5.
  • Alderson, J.C. & Scott, M., 1992, "Insiders, Outsiders and Participatory Evaluation" (with J. Charles Alderson) in J.C. Alderson & A. Beretta (eds.) Evaluating Second Language Education, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 25-57. ISBN 0-521-42269-8.
  • Scott, M., 1992, "What Does Inferring From Context Mean?", in M.S.Z. de Paschoal & M.A. Celani (eds.) Lingüística Aplicada: da aplicação da lingüística à lingüística transdisciplinar, São Paulo: EDUC, pp. 195-222.
  • Scott, M., 1994, "Metaphors and Language Awareness", in L. Barbara & M. Scott (eds.) Reflections on Language Learning, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, pp. 89-104. ISBN 1-85359-257-9.
  • Barbara, L., Celani, A., Collins, H. & Scott, M., 1996, "A Survey of Communication Needs in the Brazilian Business Context", ESP Journal Vol 15, No. 1, pp. 57-91.
  • Scott, M., 1997, "Critical Reading for ESP, or how Napoleon became a general", for J. Pique & D.J. Vieira (eds) Applied Languages: Theory and Practice in ESP, Valencia: University of Valencia Press, pp. 139-150. ISBN 84-370-2902-3.
  • Scott, M., 1997, "PC Analysis of Key Words -- and Key Key Words", System, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1-13.
  • Collins, H. & Scott, M., 1997, "Lexical Landscaping in Business Meetings", in S. Harris and F. Bargiela (eds.) The Languages of Business: an international perspective Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 183-210. ISBN 0-7486-0833-8.
  • Scott, M., 1997, "The Right Word in the Right Place: Key Word Associates in Two Languages", AAA - Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 239-252.
  • Scott, M. 1998, 'Focusing on the Text and Its Key Words', in TALC 98 Proceedings, ed. C. Stephens, Oxford: Humanities Computing Unit, Oxford University, pp. 152-164.
  • Barbara, L., & Scott, M., 1999, "Homing in on a Genre: invitations for bids" in F. Bargiela-Chiappini & C. Nickerson (eds.) Writing Business: genres, media and discourses, Harlow: Longman, pp. 227-54. ISBN 0-582-31985-4.
  • Scott, M., 2000, 'Focusing on the Text and Its Key Words', in L. Burnard & T. McEnery (eds.), Rethinking Language Pedagogy from a Corpus Perspective, Volume 2. Frankfurt: Peter Lang., pp. 103-122.
  • Scott, M. 2000, Reverberations of an Echo, in B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk & P.J. Melia (eds.) PALC'99: Practical Applications in Language Corpora. Lodz Studies in Language, Volume 1. Frankfurt: Peter Lang., pp. 49-68.
  • Scott, M. 2001, "Comparing corpora and identifying key words, collocations, and frequency distributions through the WordSmith Tools suite of computer programs", in M. Ghadessy, A. Henry & R.L. Roseberry (eds.) Small corpus studies and ELT: theory and practice. Amsterdam: Benjamins. pp. 47- 67.
  • Scott, M., 2001, 'Mapping Key Words to Problem and Solution' in M. Scott & G. Thompson (eds.) Patterns of Text: in honour of Michael Hoey, Amsterdam: Benjamins, pp. 109-127.
  • Scott, M., 2002, ‘Language Awareness and the teacher: why is LA important for language teaching?’ in D. Lasagabaster & J.M. Sierra (eds.) Language Awareness in the Foreign Language Classroom, Vitoria, Spain: University of the Basque Country, pp. 23-35.
  • Scott, M., 2002, ‘Picturing the key words of a very large corpus and their lexical upshots – or getting at the Guardian’s view of the world’ in B. Kettemann & G. Marko (eds.) Teaching and Learning by Doing Corpus Analysis, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 43-50 and cd-rom within the cover of the book. ISBN 90-420-1450-4.
  • Scott, M. 2005. "Sapir", "Whorf", "Sinclair". Encyclopaedia entries in S. Chapman & C. Routledge (eds.) Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 238-41, 268-71, 254-5 respectively. ISBN 0 7486 1758 2.
  • Scott, M. 2006. "The Importance of Key Words for LSP" in Arnó Macià, E., A. Soler Cervera & C. Rueda Ramos (eds.), Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: issues and prospects. New York: Springer, pp. 231-243.
  • Scott, M, 2007. "John Sinclair (1933-2007) Language Pioneer and Explorer". Language Awareness. Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 79-80. Available now thanks to Multilingual Matters.
  • Scott, M, 2008. 'In Search of a Bad Reference Corpus' in D. Archer (ed.) (forthcoming 2008) What’s in a word-list? Investigating word frequency and keyword extraction. Ashgate

 

Anthologies

  • Scott, M. (ed.) "Reading/Leitura", Ilha do Desterro, No. 13, UFSC, 1985, 105 pp.

Research Reports

  • Williamson, R. & Yates, G. [Davies F.I., and Scott, M. (eds)] 1992, An Aspect of Training: Report of the ELU/MIC/MTEC Survey of Communication Skills Needs in Local Organisations, University of Liverpool (mimeo) 67 pp. + appendices.
  • Barbara, L., Celani, A., Collins, H. & Scott, M., 1994, "A Survey of Communication Needs in the Brazilian Business Context", PUC-SP & Liverpool: DIRECT Working Papers No. 16, 21 pages.