Language Taught for Meetings and Language Used in Meetings
Is there Anything in Common?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22870533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Williams (0000-0002-7987-6069, British Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-58 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/9.1.45 |
| OpenAlex | W2145963443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
This article examines the language used by native speakers of English in business meetings. This is compared with the language taught by business English textbooks for use in meetings. The many exponents for functions that are taught by textbooks of business English are compared with those actually used in the meetings analysed. It is found that there is almost no correspondence at all between the two. This raises questions of whether textbooks are in fact teaching the correct, or the most useful or appropriate language for meetings.
Applied linguistics · Business communication · Business English · Communicative language teaching · Comprehension approach · English language · First language · Language assessment · Language education · Language transfer · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Communication · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.73 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2024 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |