Language Awareness of Non-Native Speakers in the Business Field.

Pinto dos Santos, Valeria Branco Moreira

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ERIC Number: EJ510168

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Language Awareness of Non-Native Speakers in the Business Field.

Pinto dos Santos, Valeria Branco Moreira

Language Awareness, v3 n3-4 p201-08 1994

Examined the language awareness and attitudes of five Brazilian business professionals who used English as a Foreign Language (EFL), finding that the more exposed to sociocultural aspects of a language an EFL speaker was, the more he or she was able to perceive and talk about language as a whole. (16 references) (MDM)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Business Communication, Business English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Metalinguistics, Pragmatics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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