Unity in diversity: The view from the (UAE) classroom
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Language Teaching
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012. This talk is about finding 'unity in diversity'. I ask how we can best focus our research efforts and then design our teaching for those of us involved with teaching language for specific business purposes in the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East. In parts 1 and 2 of the presentation I discuss how we need to (i) refer to empirical evidence as the basis for our teaching and training materials, (ii) become more aware of the challenges posed by globalisation, (iii) understand the role played for business people by English as a lingua franca, alongside other languages and (iv) develop closer ties with people working in business and industry. In part 3 I discuss, first, a teaching project involving undergraduate research that is a course for our senior business students on workplace communication and, second, the development of an evaluation instrument to chart our students' progress in terms not only of their language proficiency but also their communication knowledge and skills.
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ISSN
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Volume
48
Issue
2
First Page
235
Last Page
249
Disciplines
Business
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Recommended Citation
Nickerson, Catherine, "Unity in diversity: The view from the (UAE) classroom" (2015). All Works. 3822.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3822
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
no