Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces
Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Business and Communication Quarterly
Abstract
Recent scholarship argues for increased attention to students' linguistic diversity and intercultural communication competence. Our study examined the experiences of 10 working engineers who had graduated from an English-medium international branch campus in the Arabian Gulf. An analysis of their interviews reveals the complex role of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) in workplace communication. Interviewees' reflections about their university experience indicate that they had not previously understood the full rhetorical and communicative nature of BELF. We provide implications for instructors who wish to provide methods that center intercultural professional communication and decenter English as a standardized, static language.
Publication Date
2-21-2023
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hodges, Amy and Seawright, Leslie, "Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces" (2023). SAGE Open Access Agreement Publications. 5.
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