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The Evolution of English as the Business Lingua Franca: Signs of Convergence in Chinese and Finnish Professional Communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
core   +1 more source

The Training of Business Professionals in ELT Materials: a Focus on Email Writing

open access: yesIperstoria, 2019
Nowadays, business organizations are faced with the challenge of operating in a global, informational, and highly networked context. The globalization of business and the fast growth in digital technology are having a massive impact both on business ...
Paola Caleffi, Franca Poppi
doaj   +1 more source

Introducing Business Presentations to Non-Native Speakers of English: Communication Strategies and Intercultural Awareness

open access: yesIperstoria, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Language as an issue in international internal communication: English or local language? If English, what English? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Collagenous Inflammatory Mucosal Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

open access: yesCanadian 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
wiley   +1 more source

Global Interactions in English as a Lingua Franca. How Written Communication is Changing under the Influence of Electronic Media and New Contexts of Use. Franca Poppi

open access: yesIperstoria, 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
doaj   +1 more source

English in Business and Commerce: Interaction and Policies; English in Europe Volume 5. A cura di Tamah Sherman e Jiří Nekvapil

open access: yesIperstoria, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Extremely low-frequency spectroscopy in low-field nuclear magnetic resonance

open access: yes, 2009
We demonstrate a new phenomenon in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, in which nuclear spin transitions are induced by radio frequency irradiation at extremely low frequencies (of the order of a few Hz).
Carravetta, Marina   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Belf Competence as Business Knowledge of Internationally Operating Business Professionals [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Business Communication, 2010
Business English as a lingua franca (BELF) has come to dominate as the shared code used to “get work done” in international business. In this article, the authors explore internationally operating business professionals’ perceptions of BELF communication and its “success” at work, based on selected data from an online survey (N = 987) and in-depth ...
Kankaanranta, A., Planken, B.C.
openaire   +6 more sources

English as a Lingua Franca in International Business: Resolving Miscommunication and Reaching Shared Understanding. Marie-Luise Pitzl

open access: yesIperstoria, 2019
Review of English as a Lingua Franca in International Business: Resolving Miscommunication and Reaching Shared Understanding by Marie-Luise ...
Monica Antonello
doaj   +1 more source

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