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"English as Corporate Language" in the Multilingual Reality of Multinational Companies
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Kankaanranta, Anne; Karhunen, Päivi; Louhiala-Salminen, Leena – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
This conceptual paper advances the notion of "English as corporate language" in the multilingual reality of multinational companies (MNC) with novel insights from the English as lingua franca (ELF) paradigm of sociolinguistics. Inspired by Goffman, Erving. 1959. "The presentation of self in everyday life." New York: Doubleday.…
Descriptors: Corporations, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
The Business Communication Classroom vs. Reality: What Should We Teach Today?
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Louhiala-Salminen, Leena – English for Specific Purposes, 1996
Focuses on written business communication in a changing technological environment. The article presents the results of a questionnaire and interview study conducted among Finnish business professionals on their English business communication with special emphasis on developments in the organization, structure, and language of written…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business English, Change Agents, English for Special Purposes
The Fly's Perspective: Discourse in the Daily Routine of a Business Manager.
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Louhiala-Salminen, Leena – English for Specific Purposes, 2002
Reports on an observation study of the discourse activities for one day of a Finnish business manager who works in a multinational corporation. His discourse activities were tape recorded and copies were taken of written materials. Examined salient features that characterize discourse activities in a multinational corporation and tested the…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)