An Investigation into Undergraduate Students’ Readiness for Intercultural Written Communication in a Foreign Language

Bibliographic Data

ID12634113
AuthorsTatiana V Salynskaya (Division of Human Resource Management, corresponding author), I G Tuchkova (0000-0002-5388-8862, State University of Management), Arina A Yasnitskaya (Division of Human Resource Management)
Year2021
Volume21
Issue2
Pages70-81
Publication date2021-07-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1404-1634 • E-ISSN: 1404-1634
PublisherInternational Collaboration for Research and Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.36923/jicc.v21i2.15
OpenAlexW4292257418
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Employees’ ability to interact with international business partners in writing determines the success of their work, but difficulties conducting business correspondence in a foreign language complicate this process. The study aims to assess undergraduate students’ readiness for participation in intercultural written communication in a foreign language. The initial research data included the English language proficiency level for 169 undergraduate economics and management students and a list of difficulties performing written assignments. The study determined the degree of students’ awareness of how to write a business letter and readiness to conduct intercultural written communication. The level of the readiness was divided into high (8.88%), medium (66.27%), and low (24.85%). Such levels are enough for development of the students’ writing skills

Business communication · English as a foreign language · Foreign language · Intercultural communication · International business · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Process (computing · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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