This study challenges the traditional approach of focusing on English as a foreign language learning in international business settings. The primary objective in such settings is to successfully create a linguistically correct document. Rather than relying on accumulated incomplete individual language knowledge, an alternative approach is to «solve a written language problem» by employing online tools to search for certain unknown technical terms. The author of this study advocates that the use of bilingual text search engines as a more viable problem-solving tool than traditional online dictionaries. Therefore, he examines how well participants are able to select correct verb-object expression using either an online dictionary or a bilingual text search engine.
| ISBN: | 9783631674451 |
| Publication date: | 17th July 2017 |
| Author: | Alexander M. Zielonka |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 254 pages |
| Series: | Konzepte des Lehrens und Lernens |
| Genres: |
Business and Management Bilingualism and multilingualism Language teaching and learning Education Organizational theory and behaviour |