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Ziyuan Zhang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Globalisation poses a challenge for businesses with linguistically diverse staff, prompting the choice of English as the default corporate language. Although many studies extensively explored the role of corporate language policy in large corporations, employees' perceptions of such policy has not been explored adequately. Fewer studies…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Global Approach
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Pan, Lin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This paper focuses on British news reports on the Mandarin Excellence Programme carried out in England by educational institutions at various levels. This research systematically examines the ways in which the learning and teaching of Mandarin Chinese is portrayed as important in English secondary schools due to globalisation and economic demands…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, News Reporting
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Giles, Matt; Pines, Rachyl; Giles, Howard – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This paper expands the theoretical base of intergroup and intercultural communication by testing a new communication model of interdependence (CMII), defined in terms of the embedded nature of groups Giles, M., R. Pines, H. Giles, and A. Gardikiotis. 2018. "Towards a Communication Model of Intergroup Interdependence." Atlantic Journal of…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Intercultural Communication, International Relations, Language Attitudes
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Strubell, Miquel; Marí, Isidor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
Catalan companies have, until very recently, had the Spanish-speaking world as their main market. Following long periods of legal and official repression of the public and commercial use of Catalan, globalisation now places them in a new, multilingual context that makes feasible the use of Catalan alongside that of other languages. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Language Usage
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Sherman, Tamah; Strubell, Miquel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
This thematic collection of four papers explores a number of perspectives on companies in which multiple languages are used. The "organisational" perspective concerns the question of how the presence of or demand for multiple languages in the company is managed--how companies are guided by national and other policies in regard to the use…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Work Environment, Second Languages, Corporations
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Angouri, Jo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
In the multinational corporation (MNC) context the crossing of linguistic boundaries and the fast-paced change of linguistic ecologies due to market trends and new business activities is the rule rather than the exception. Accordingly, the aim of this paper is to discuss language policy and language practice in one consortium of three…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Work Environment, Language Usage, Employee Attitudes