A practitioner's commentary on C. Chan (2019): Long-term workplace communication needs of business professionals

IF 3.2 1区 文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS
Katrin Lichterfeld
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This commentary attempts to offer a practitioner's perspective on Chan (2019), which looks at how the communication skills of senior managers have changed throughout their careers. The findings of the study suggest that educators in ESP and higher education should prepare future leaders in a more long-term and holistic way so that they can become successful members of the business community. As they take up leadership functions, they will not only need an advanced proficiency of English but will have to use it as a lingua franca in business combined with relationship building, which requires relational language and soft skills. This repertoire will not only empower them but also create a company culture of trust and integrity for all the stakeholders. Educators in ESP and higher education need to prepare their learners to become holistic leaders and to overcome the challenges of workplace communication using English. This commentary discusses how Chan's findings could also be used to inform corporate training/coaching. It also provides tasks intended to support course participants in learning more about themselves, their own values, and their beliefs that are important for long-term relationship building.

从业者评C. Chan(2019):商务人士的长期职场沟通需求
这篇评论试图从从业者的角度来看待Chan(2019),研究高级管理人员的沟通技巧在他们的职业生涯中是如何变化的。研究结果表明,ESP和高等教育的教育者应该以更长期、更全面的方式培养未来的领导者,使他们成为商界成功的成员。当他们承担领导职能时,他们不仅需要熟练掌握英语,而且还必须将其作为商业中的通用语,并结合关系建立,这需要关系语言和软技能。这不仅会赋予他们权力,还会为所有利益相关者创造一种信任和诚信的公司文化。ESP和高等教育的教育者需要让他们的学习者成为全面的领导者,并克服使用英语进行工作交流的挑战。这篇评论讨论了如何将陈的发现用于企业培训/指导。它还提供了旨在支持课程参与者更多地了解自己、自己的价值观和信仰的任务,这些对建立长期关系很重要。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
5.70
自引率
8.00%
发文量
41
审稿时长
62 days
期刊介绍: English For Specific Purposes is an international peer-reviewed journal that welcomes submissions from across the world. Authors are encouraged to submit articles and research/discussion notes on topics relevant to the teaching and learning of discourse for specific communities: academic, occupational, or otherwise specialized. Topics such as the following may be treated from the perspective of English for specific purposes: second language acquisition in specialized contexts, needs assessment, curriculum development and evaluation, materials preparation, discourse analysis, descriptions of specialized varieties of English.
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