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This chapter will:
· Provide a brief survey of published materials for Language for Specific Business Purposes and Business Communication
· Profile six sets of research-based teaching materials
· Discuss the approaches taken in each case and show how these are related to business discourse research.
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Further reading
Brett, P. (2000). Integrating multimedia into the Business English curriculum: a case study. English for Specific Purposes, 19, 269–90. An author’s account of a research-based evaluation of his own published teaching materials.
Clampitt, P. (2000). Communicating for managerial effectiveness ( 2nd edn. ). Beverly Hills: Sage. A classic practice-based textbook in the US tradition.
Jones, A., & Sin, S. (2004). Generic skills in accounting: Competencies for students and graduates. Sydney: Prentice Hall/Pearson Education. A research-based textbook for accountants in the LSP tradition that focuses on how communicative skills contribute to professional expertise.
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© 2007 Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, Catherine Nickerson and Brigitte Planken
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Bargiela-Chiappini, F., Nickerson, C., Planken, B. (2007). Research-based Teaching Materials. In: Business Discourse. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627710_5
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