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Business Discourse Teaching Materials

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Teaching Business Discourse

Part of the book series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics ((RPAL))

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This chapter will:

  • Identify a number of published materials that have taken business discourse research into account in presenting their approach to teaching;

  • Look at how to evaluate published materials and decide if they are appropriate for a given set of learners;

  • Speculate on the future of business discourse teaching materials and what they are likely to focus on;

  • Present a case study that shows how teaching materials can incorporate research ideas on business discourse, together with a set of tasks related to the development of materials, and a set of further readings.

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  1. Strömstad Academy, Strömstad, Sweden

    Cornelia Ilie

  2. College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Catherine Nickerson

  3. Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Brigitte Planken

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Ilie, C., Nickerson, C., Planken, B. (2019). Business Discourse Teaching Materials. In: Teaching Business Discourse. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96475-1_6

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