Tertiary Education ESP Program Delivery in Vietnam and Language Practices in Globalised Workplaces: Examining the Extent of Alignment

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, Thi Chau Ngan; Kettle, Margaret; Doherty, Catherine
Titel	Tertiary Education ESP Program Delivery in Vietnam and Language Practices in Globalised Workplaces: Examining the Extent of Alignment
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 35 (2022) 4, S.440-459 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nguyen, Thi Chau Ngan) ORCID (Kettle, Margaret) ORCID (Doherty, Catherine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
DOI	10.1080/07908318.2022.2076864
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Instructional Materials; Linguistic Input; Work Environment; Telecommunications; Electronic Mail; Teaching Methods; International Trade; Business English; Language Usage; Accuracy; Intercultural Communication; Language Styles; Language Variation; Grammar; Vocabulary Development; Global Approach; Alignment (Education); Language Teachers; Case Studies; Discourse Analysis; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Sprachbildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Telekommunikationstechnik; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Business; English; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; Sprachgebrauch; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Sprachstil; Sprachenvielfalt; Grammatik; Wortschatzarbeit; Globales Denken; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Diskursanalyse
Abstract	This paper investigated the language resources needed for communication in Vietnam's import/export services and the level of alignment with the associated English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. To examine the communicative practices used in this workplace, the study employed methods of semi-structured interviews and a collection of 48 emails and eight phonecalls adopted to interact with customers. Similarly, semi-structured interviews and ESP teaching materials were administered to explore teachers' practices and the language input. The findings indicate an increasingly valuable variety of English as a lingua franca (ELF) which is identified in particular genres with different choices of registers and stylistic features adapted to communicative conditions in the fluid globalised workplace. Given the agility and unpredictability of work in a globalised setting, the analysis shows how the workers' mobile language repertoire is not tied to the criterion of linguistic accuracy, but rather favours the achievement of meaning and function. However, the adaptable, truncated 'good enough' language used in the workplace does not align with the lexicogrammatical focus of the ESP course. The study contributes to understandings of alignment in ESP curricula and materials redevelopment in times of globalisation and countries such as Vietnam where ELF is used for international interactions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01