This new book Developing Global Business Communication in Asia, co-authored by our Dr Jane Lockwood and a business English specialist Dr Neil Elias, is an essential guide for anyone who wishes to develop successful business communication. It provides authentic and memorable workplace scenarios where learners become English communicators when solving authentic problems doing business together.
The book aims to help you to:
- Use authentic workplace materials to solve problems using English
- Understand how language can be used as a lingua franca effectively when communicating
- Understand how intertextuality between shared spoken and written texts drives communication
- Improve communicative performance in spoken and written texts
- Become familiar with the communication realities of workplaces that are becoming increasingly technology driven and globalised
Buy now at the Taylor & Francis Group website (promo code: DGB21, valid until 23 May).
Dr Jane Lockwood will also be the opening speaker of the "TALKING ACROSS THE WORLD" Symposium (TAW) on 21 May. She is going to talk about the new challenges in professional and business communication in a post-Covid world.
Academics, professionals, and students who wish to learn about the new research agendas, effective teaching methods, and best practices in digitalized professional communication are welcome to join.
