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Learners and Business Discourse Learning Outcomes

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This chapter will:

  • Identify different types of learners and how to evaluate their needs;

  • Discuss how to define a set of learning outcomes and how to assess them;

  • Show how to move from the workplace to the classroom using a research-based approach aimed at understanding more about a set of learners and how they engage with business discourse;

  • Provide a case study that illustrates how to approach specialized professional discourse, together with a set of tasks related to learners and learning outcomes, and a set of further readings.

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  1. Strömstad Academy, Strömstad, Sweden

    Cornelia Ilie

  2. College of Business, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Catherine Nickerson

  3. Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Brigitte Planken

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Ilie, C., Nickerson, C., Planken, B. (2019). Learners and Business Discourse Learning Outcomes. In: Teaching Business Discourse. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96475-1_7

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