Overview
- Presents a new model of learning Business English and professional identity construction
- Offers insights into the experiences of ESP learners and ESP learning achievements
- Compares how professional identity is narrated by Business English students to how it is actually enacted
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“Learning Business English in China may be considered as an outstanding book to instructors and researchers of both ESP and Business English, but it can also be suitable for other kinds of readers, especially when having in mind the increasing popularity of Business English programmes around the world. Additionally, from a methodological viewpoint, this book provides excellent materials on how to study the professional identity of ESP and Business English students from multiple perspectives.” (Álvaro Subero-Saenz, ESP Today, Vol. 7 (1), 2019)
“Learning Business English in China: The Construction of Professional Identity by Zuocheng Zhang provides a much-needed contribution to teaching and researching L2 writing in Business English, shedding light upon the complexity of acquiring L2 writing skills in business contexts … . Instructors, researchers, students and practitioners in Business English and L2 writing may all benefit from the pedagogical and academic implications drawn from the study.” (Xingsong Shi and Xia Cheng, Journal of Second language Writing, July, 2018)
“Zhang’s investigation is impressive in both its scope and detail. … this book will greatly appeal not only to teachers and researchers of ESP and business English, but also to those teaching or studying other business languages than English, as well as to scholars of second language acquisition.” (Brigitte Planken, English for Specific Purposes, Vol. 50, 2018)
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Book Title: Learning Business English in China
Book Subtitle: The Construction of Professional Identity
Authors: Zuocheng Zhang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59291-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59290-9Published: 24 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86590-4Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59291-6Published: 13 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 277
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Multilingualism, English, Discourse Analysis, Language Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Industrial and Organizational Psychology