[EDLING:717] Re: 20Re: “E-learning: how to focus on the functional aspect of Business English”

[Tanja Angelovska]

Thank you a lot for your support and help. I appreciate it a lot and would also be very grateful for further recommendations and thoughts on this topic.



Have a nice day



Best regards

Tanja


"Francis M. Hult" <fmhult at dolphin.upenn.edu> wrote:Tanja,

You might find this article useful.

Tarnopolsky, O. & Kozhushko, S. (2003). Acquiring Business English in a
Quasi-Natural Business Environment: A Method of Teaching Business English to
Students of Business and Economics. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics
18 (2):55-88.

You can get it online here

http://www.wpel.net/v18/v18n2.html

It's not about e-learning specifically but it describes a curriculum for
teaching business English.

Francis


Quoting Tanja Angelovska :

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> Dear linguists
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> At the moment I am working on my Master Thesis titled “E-learning: how to
> focus on the functional aspect of Business English”
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> Taking into consideration the typical structure of business English I want to
> focus on some form-function opposition, as business English courses tend to
> focus on the functional aspect of language. I will concentrate on the form
> and function as far as tense/aspect is concerned as the business people tend
> to explain the function of eg. the future tense much more in detail than
> "ordinary" English teachers.
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> I need your help in suggesting me some new literature /articles connected
> with this topic and if possibly some suggestions on what other parts I can
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> Hopefully some is familiar with this.
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> Thanks a lot in advance. Please send all answers on my email:
> tanja_angelovska at yahoo.de
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> Best regards
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> Tanja Angelovska
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