Editorial: The PhD programme in ESP at the University of Napoli Federico II: Reflections and perspectives

This special issue of the International Journal of Language Studies comprises a selection of articles written by some of the young and not so young scholars who hold the PhD Programme in English for Special Purposes from the University of Napoli Federico II, Italy. Owing to different angles and perspectives, the articles may be subsumed under three main headings each defining a particular field of research relating to ESP: Introducing and discussing ESP issues (Grego, Donadio, Fiorito); ESP Applications (Francomacaro, Naddeo and Zollo); Research in ESP discourses (Caliendo Scotto di Carlo, Ortu and Guzzo Gallo).