Learning Business English in China : The Construction of Professional Identity - Zuocheng Zhang

Learning Business English in China

The Construction of Professional Identity

By: Zuocheng Zhang

Paperback | 12 August 2018

At a Glance

Paperback


$187.31

or 4 interest-free payments of $46.83 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

This book analyses the learning experiences of students of Business English at a Chinese university. It addresses several topical issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) education and Business English teaching, including how ESP students learn, how they develop multiple identities. In particular, it focuses on their professional identity in the classroom, and how these identities are transferred to the workplace. This allows the author to present a model of learning Business English that corresponds to the lived experiences of students in China, but which can also be applied to other ESP learner contexts. In doing so, he demonstrates how to research the professional identity of ESP learners from multiple perspectives, and contributes to the validity of research on language learning and learner identity. This book will appeal to scholars of English for Specific Purposes, Second Language Acquisition, and TESOL Education.
Industry Reviews

"Learning Business English in China may be considered as an outstanding book to instructors and researchers of both ESP and Business English, but it can also be suitable for other kinds of readers, especially when having in mind the increasing popularity of Business English programmes around the world. Additionally, from a methodological viewpoint, this book provides excellent materials on how to study the professional identity of ESP and Business English students from multiple perspectives." (lvaro Subero-Saenz, ESP Today, Vol. 7 (1), 2019)


"Learning Business English in China: The Construction of Professional Identity by Zuocheng Zhang provides a much-needed contribution to teaching and researching L2 writing in Business English, shedding light upon the complexity of acquiring L2 writing skills in business contexts ... . Instructors, researchers, students and practitioners in Business English and L2 writing may all benefit from the pedagogical and academic implications drawn from the study." (Xingsong Shi and Xia Cheng, Journal of Second language Writing, July, 2018)

"Zhang's investigation is impressive in both its scope and detail. ... this book will greatly appeal not only to teachers and researchers of ESP and business English, but also to those teaching or studying other business languages than English, as well as to scholars of second language acquisition." (Brigitte Planken, English for Speciï¬c Purposes, Vol. 50, 2018)

Other Editions and Formats

Hardcover

Published: 24th July 2017

More in Linguistics

Schaum's Outline of Italian Grammar : 4th Edition - Joseph E. Germano

RRP $40.95

$30.25

26%
OFF
Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education : 4th Edition - Janet Fellowes
Oxford Study Indonesian Dictionary : 2nd Edition - Wendy Sahanaya

RRP $35.95

$22.50

37%
OFF
An Introduction to Language : 10th Edition - Victoria Fromkin

RRP $129.95

$108.35

17%
OFF
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows - John Koenig

RRP $39.99

$32.95

18%
OFF
Bringing Words to Life : Robust Vocabulary Instruction 2nd Edition - Isabel L. Beck
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish - Margarita Madrigal

RRP $39.99

$35.35

12%
OFF
Unstructured Content - Peter van Elswyk

$300.50

Research Methods in Linguistics : Research Methods in Linguistics - Dr. Lia  Litosseliti
Teaching and Assessment in Global Aviation English - Jennifer  Roberts
Radical : A Life of My Own - Xiaolu Guo