Foreign Language Management in Lazio SMEs

Autor/in	Incelli, Ersilia
Titel	Foreign Language Management in Lazio SMEs
Quelle	In: Language Policy, 7 (2008) 2, S.99-120 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1568-4555
DOI	10.1007/s10993-008-9085-8
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Competence; Language Planning; Second Languages; Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Guidelines; Business; Questionnaires; Competition; Educational Policy; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Interviews; Ethnography; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachkompetenz; Sprachwechsel; Second language; Zweitsprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Richtlinien; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Fragebogen; Wettkampf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnografie; Italien
Abstract	This paper investigates the foreign language management strategies of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lazio, Italy. Based on empirical data from a questionnaire survey and ethnographic interviews, it also aims to validate the hypothesis that macro-level language planning (on a national scale) may not reflect language problems occurring in the micro-dimension of a company or region, giving rise to discrepancies in the language education system. Using this approach, I have attempted to build on the Language Management Theory framework proposed by J. Nekvapil and M. Nekula ["Current Issues in Language Planning," 7(2&3):302-327, 2006] in their study of Czech multinationals. There will be a high price to pay for companies that fail to have the linguistic competence to play a full part in a competitive global market increasingly centred on English as the lingua franca as well as on multilingual communication. This leads to the need to carefully observe the relationship between macro- and micro-level language planning and reconsider national education policies. (Author).
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