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The Evolution of English as the Business Lingua Franca: Signs of Convergence in Chinese and Finnish Professional Communication [PDF]
, 2013 This study questions the conventional view of the indirectness of Chinese communication. Drawing on qualitative interviews with Finnish and Chinese business professionals, the authors examine the effect of cultural identity on the directness of the ...
Kankaanranta, Anne, Lu, W.
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You, Too, Will Speak English Soon: The Pros and Cons of English as a Business Lingua Franca [PDF]
, 2018 This paper discusses the increasing use of English as a Business Lingua Franca (BELF). In particular, this paper examines case studies from several companies located in diverse countries (Japan, Germany, and Finland), where English has been implemented ...
Wiggers, Heiko
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Iperstoria, 2019 For fourteen years, students enrolled in the Master Program in English Language for International Trade have had to cope with the use of English as a Lingua Franca in business settings.
Juan Carlos Palmer Silveira
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The Importance of Integrating Effective Teaching Methods in Business English Classroom [PDF]
, 2023 The paper highlights the importance of integrating effective methods in teaching English for Specific Purposes, in particular Business English. According to the survey, which includes the contribution from 48 BE instructors worldwide, the article ...
Abesadze, Anna +3 more
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Poslovna angleščina kot lingua franca [PDF]
, 2017 In our era of globalisation, English is at the top of the languages used in international business. A vast majority of business communication in English is carried out by non-native speakers of English.
Gajšt, Nataša
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Collagenous Inflammatory Mucosal Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 4, Issue 5, Page 196-200, 1990., 1990 A new group of collagenous inflammatory disorders of the gastric and intestinal mucosa has been described in the past two decades. These entities appear to be characterized by a distinct histopathologic lesion in the subepithelial region of the lamina propria.
Hugh J Freeman
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Iperstoria, 2019 Differences in the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of participants to ELF communication, as well as in their linguistic abilities, may pose obstacles to the accomplishment of communicative goals in international encounters (Kaur 2011, Mauranen 2006).
Valeria Franceschi
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Language as an issue in international internal communication: English or local language? If English, what English? [PDF]
, 2012 The present paper discusses internal communication in the global context, with a focus on language as an issue for the organization. Although ‘language’, naturally, is a resource that enables any – internal or other – communication, it has not been ...
Kankaanranta, Anne +1 more
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Iperstoria, 2019 Review of Global Interactions in English as a Lingua Franca. How Written Communication is Changing under the Influence of Electronic Media and New Contexts of Use by Franca ...
Marco Bagni
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Iperstoria, 2019 Review of English in Business and Commerce: Interaction and Policies; English in Europe Volume 5, edited by Tamah Sherman and Jiří ...
Shwanea Sum Pok Ting
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