Exploring the socio-contextual nature of workplace writing: Towards preparing learners for the complexities of English L2 writing in the workplace

Hilali, Tayba Sulaiman Al; McKinley, Jim

doi:10.1016/j.esp.2021.03.003

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“…It would be interesting and helpful to look at BELF in other contexts. In fact, it was articles on BELF's use in Hong Kong (Evans, 2013), London/Europe (Cogo, 2012), Oman (Al Hilali & McKinley 2021) and others that inspired our own. As noted in our findings and others we cite, the multilingual nature of the workplace will only grow in the future.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces

Hodges

Seawright

2023

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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Recent scholarship argues for increased attention to students’ linguistic diversity and intercultural communication competence. Our study examined the experiences of 10 working engineers who had graduated from an English-medium international branch campus in the Arabian Gulf. An analysis of their interviews reveals the complex role of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) in workplace communication. Interviewees’ reflections about their university experience indicate that they had not previously understood the full rhetorical and communicative nature of BELF. We provide implications for instructors who wish to provide methods that center intercultural professional communication and decenter English as a standardized, static language.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The prevalence of this mindset has formed what Maylath (2019) calls "a cult of monolingualism" in technical and professional communication (p. xvii). But as Al Hilali and McKinley (2021) note, it is not about the specific language that students need "but how to use language in socially constructed spaces in the workplace" (p. 95).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces

Hodges

Seawright

2023

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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“…As a result, several authors have found success after first gaining exposure via social media. Writing a three-or four-line article is not difficult for individuals who have had a formal education since information is readily available online and can be checked and corrected if the user knows how to utilize the available online tools (Al Hilali & McKinley, 2021). To put it optimistically, these sites appeal to both persons with a talent for writing but no interest in pursuing it professionally and those who have never picked up a book.…”

Section: Literature Review Social Mediamentioning

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The Impact of Social Media on Literature

Shahwan

2023

SSRN Journal

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“…Also, a recent questionnaire survey research by Lou, Li, and Zhao (2020) in China among 110 first-year ESP students reported that writing and speaking should be emphasized although participants ranked reading and listening as the first importance. Yet, drawing from the interviews among vocational college graduates in Oman, Al Hilali and McKinley (2021) suggested that ESP course designers need to address the text-context relationship and contextualised nature of written genres.…”

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Gifted High School Students’ Needs for English Learning in Vietnam Contexts

Hung¹,

Ai²

2021

AWEJ

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The learning needs of English students have been researched over the past decades in different countries, especially among non-speaking English ones. The core goal of these studies was to examine if learner needs/wants and learning outcomes of the English course/curriculum provided are sufficiently matched, i.e., whether or not students feel satisfied (because their needs/wants are met). Expanding this line of research, the current study attempts to find out the needs for English learning among gifted high school students in the current Vietnam context by seeking the answer to the main question: How do these students report their needs for English learning? The findings are supposed to provide useful insights into this English learning – teaching setting. One hundred and eighty English-majored students from five gifted high schools in five provinces of Vietnam participated in a questionnaire-interview survey. The obtained results show that most participants opted for English because they needed it for future employment and cross-cultural/national communications for long-term purposes. As a result, they wanted to practice more English speaking and listening skills rather than other components of English knowledge (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary) and skills (reading, writing). Yet, their English practices in the classroom did not place much emphasis on speaking-listening skills, i.e., their needs were not very satisfactorily met. Some of the findings echo those of previous research, and some are first reported in the current study.

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Exploring the socio-contextual nature of workplace writing: Towards preparing learners for the complexities of English L2 writing in the workplace

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces

Transnational Technical Communication: English as a Business Lingua Franca in Engineering Workplaces

The Impact of Social Media on Literature

Gifted High School Students’ Needs for English Learning in Vietnam Contexts

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