Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces

Autor/inn/en	Hodges, Amy; Seawright, Leslie
Titel	Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces
Quelle	In: Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 86 (2023) 4, S.498-513 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hodges, Amy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2329-4922
DOI	10.1177/23294906231154860
Schlagwörter	Engineering; Work Environment; Language Usage; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Intercultural Communication; International Education; Language of Instruction; Language Attitudes; Communicative Competence (Languages); Alumni; Business Communication; Foreign Countries; Engineering Education; Higher Education; Universities; Qatar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Arbeitsmilieu; Sprachgebrauch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Internationale Erziehung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Sprachverhalten; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Unternehmenskommunikation; Ausland; Ingenieurausbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Katar
Abstract	Recent scholarship argues for increased attention to students' linguistic diversity and intercultural communication competence. Our study examined the experiences of 10 working engineers who had graduated from an English-medium international branch campus in the Arabian Gulf. An analysis of their interviews reveals the complex role of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) in workplace communication. Interviewees' reflections about their university experience indicate that they had not previously understood the full rhetorical and communicative nature of BELF. We provide implications for instructors who wish to provide methods that center intercultural professional communication and decenter English as a standardized, static language. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01