The Language of Business: Some Pitfalls of Non-native / Native Speaker Interaction
The Language of Business: Some Pitfalls of Non-native / Native Speaker Interaction
Author(s): Gunta RozinaSubject(s): Foreign languages learning, Business Economy / Management, Pragmatics, Higher Education , Evaluation research
Published by: Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
Keywords: Language of Business; Native and non native speakers;
Summary/Abstract: Why non-native speakers of English find it more difficult to communicate with native speakers than with each other? The author of this article will try to address the issue and present her approach of training learners of ESP to cope with some linguistic and pragmatic difficulties that can arise unintentionally between native and foreign speakers of English and share her experience gained while teaching ESP at tertiary level in Latvia.
Journal: Kalbų Studijos
- Issue Year: 2001
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 100-104
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English