Learning Business English in China : The Construction of Professional Identity

This book analyses the learning experiences of students of Business English at a Chinese university. It addresses several topical issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) education and Business English teaching, including how ESP students learn, how they develop multiple identities. In particul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Zhang, Zuocheng (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319592916
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-59291-6
Physical DescriptionXV, 277 p. 14 illus., 11 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • - Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Conceptualising professional identity
  • Chapter 3. Methodology
  • Chapter 4. Emerging professional identity
  • Chapter 5. Mode, access, and agency in participatory learning
  • Chapter 6. Discursive construction of professional identity
  • Chapter 7. Reception of students' professional identity construction
  • Chapter 8. Towards a model of learning Business English learning and professional identity construction.