Perspectives on teaching workplace English in the 21st century. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mable Chan.
• Authors: Chan, Mable, 1972-
• Editors: Chan, Mable
• Contents: Acknowledgements Preface List of Contributors 1. Workplace communicative competence: On the value of pragmatic and interactional skills for English-speaking professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Jenks 2. Communicative needs of Chinese professionals in Hong Kong and pedagogical implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mable Chan 3. Struggles with BELF communication: Workers’ perceptions of communicative practices at a multinational corporation in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Junko Saito 4. The big technology disruptor: changes in the way we are communicating in English at work in Asian workplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Lockwood 5. Exploring L2 learners’ use of communicative strategies: Implications for designing communicative tasks from a (B)ELF perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Yee Him Chan & Ivy Wing Shan Chan 6. Digital literacies for virtual meetings: Exploring new challenges experienced by university business students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xiaoyu Xu 7. Workplace Spoken Communication in English: Its status for graduate employees in Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenda Crosling, Munir Shuib, Siti Norbaya Azizan & Graeme Atherton 8. Teaching oral presentations at work: Bridging the gap between textbooks and workplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phoenix W. Y. Lam 9. Challenges facing Thai professionals when giving English presentations . . . . . . Krich Rajprasit 10. Learning workplace language in a vocational educational setting . . . . . . . . Jean Parkinson1 & Averil Coxhead 11. Genre analysis of persuasive texts: sales correspondence, invitations and charity appeals, and pedagogical implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mable Chan Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 651.7; Business communication; English language -- Business English; English language -- Business English -- Study and teaching; Business communication -- Study and teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000894165; 9781000894097
• Related ISBNs: 9780367485016
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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