Overview
- Uses a unique evaluation framework to evaluate corporate English training programs
- Utilizes a multidisciplinary conceptual framework
- Interprets the training effectiveness of corporate English programs from different perspectives
- Facilitates a better understanding of the effectiveness of corporate English training programs
- Presents theory, practice and policy development of corporate English training
Part of the book series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (TVET, volume 22)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Chinese workplaces
- Communication skills
- Communicative competence development
- Corporate training programs
- English for Specific Purposes
- Lifelong learning
- Program development
- Program implementation
- TESOL
- TVET
- Technical and vocational education and training
- Training effectiveness
- Training evaluation
- Workplace English
- Workplace learning
- Workplace training
About this book
This book will benefit both companies that are developing their training and development strategies and private training organizations that are developing training programs for particular industry and business needs. It will also be an excellent resource for learners who are seeking business English communication skills opportunities and trainers who are refining their workplace teaching practice.
This book reiterates the significance of business English communication skills development programs in terms of the benefits to economic globalization, human capital development, employability, sustainable livelihoods, and lifelong learning in China. Having conducted a policy evaluation at both the national and local levels, this book also informs policy stipulation for corporate employee language training schemes. Although this book primarily examines corporate experience in China, the findings and recommendations will have important implications for other countries in Asia and worldwide.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English Language Training in the Workplace
Book Subtitle: Case Studies of Corporate Programs in China
Authors: Qing Xie
Series Title: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30157-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30155-6Published: 28 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80734-8Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30157-0Published: 18 July 2016
Series ISSN: 1871-3041
Series E-ISSN: 2213-221X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 262
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Language Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education