33.2670, Books: Reconceptualizing English for International Business Contexts: Dedović-Atilla, Dubravac

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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:49:00
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Reconceptualizing English for International Business Contexts: Dedović-Atilla, Dubravac

 


Title: Reconceptualizing English for International Business Contexts 
Subtitle: A BELF Approach and its Educational Implications 
Series Title: Language at Work  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
	   http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
	

Book URL: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781800415997 


Author: Elma Dedović-Atilla
Author: Vildana Dubravac

Hardback: ISBN:  9781800415997 Pages: 224 Price: U.S. $ 139.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781800415997 Pages: 224 Price: U.K. £ 99.95


Abstract:

This book presents a critique of current English as a Business Lingua Franca
(BELF) practices using research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The
authors identify English communication behaviors that hinder or promote
success in the workplace, and trace these back to curricula and teaching
practices. The authors suggest which skills employers need and expect from
employees, and question whether English courses concerned with general
academic English skills and business vocabulary are sufficient training for
linguistically-complex workplaces. The book also examines whether the focus on
achieving native-like proficiency with high grammatical standards and a strong
emphasis on form are adequately preparing students who aspire to use English
in professional contexts as a means to ‘get their job done’.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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