Teaching Second Languages for the Workplace

Communication Networks ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Practice Research ◽

Language Programs ◽

Second Languages ◽

Workplace Interactions ◽

Fitting In ◽

Workplace Language

Workplace culture and organization are evolving as they adapt to globalization and rapid technological development. Likewise, the nature and role of workplace language and the literacy demands of work are changing in the face of increasingly multicultural workplaces and global communication networks. Among these changes, recent research has highlighted the role that informal modes of interpersonal communication play in the functioning of the modern workplace. Successful participation in such interactions is seen as not just a question of fitting in socially, but of doing work through talk. Ethnographic research in the workplace has stressed the importance of understanding language by viewing it within its social setting and understanding the interactional norms of particular communities of practice. Research into language programs for the workplace reflects this shift in emphasis. In contrast to research in the field of language for specific purposes on the specialized vocabulary and formal registers of particular professions, a growing body of research focuses on teaching and learning the language of routine workplace interactions. This article reviews current research into the nature of workplace language, noting in particular the contributions from ethnographic and language socialization research. It then discusses research into four aspects of the content of language programs for the workplace: employability skills, interpersonal communication, intercultural and critical language awareness, and teaching focused on the employment interview. © Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Teaching second languages for the workplace

10.26686/wgtn.12744929 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan Newton ◽

E Kusmierczyk

Keyword(s):

Communication Networks ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Practice Research ◽

Language Programs ◽

Second Languages ◽

Workplace Interactions ◽

Fitting In ◽

Workplace Language

Workplace culture and organization are evolving as they adapt to globalization and rapid technological development. Likewise, the nature and role of workplace language and the literacy demands of work are changing in the face of increasingly multicultural workplaces and global communication networks. Among these changes, recent research has highlighted the role that informal modes of interpersonal communication play in the functioning of the modern workplace. Successful participation in such interactions is seen as not just a question of fitting in socially, but of doing work through talk. Ethnographic research in the workplace has stressed the importance of understanding language by viewing it within its social setting and understanding the interactional norms of particular communities of practice. Research into language programs for the workplace reflects this shift in emphasis. In contrast to research in the field of language for specific purposes on the specialized vocabulary and formal registers of particular professions, a growing body of research focuses on teaching and learning the language of routine workplace interactions. This article reviews current research into the nature of workplace language, noting in particular the contributions from ethnographic and language socialization research. It then discusses research into four aspects of the content of language programs for the workplace: employability skills, interpersonal communication, intercultural and critical language awareness, and teaching focused on the employment interview. © Cambridge University Press, 2011.

INFLUENCE OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS ON INNOVATION ADOPTION — USING MULTI-AGENT SIMULATIONS TO PROJECT THE LAUNCH OF AN INNOVATIVE MEDICAL DEVICE

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management ◽

10.1142/s021987701340021x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (05) ◽

pp. 1340021 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

CHRISTIAN BARROT ◽

JAN KUHLMANN ◽

ANDREA POPA

Keyword(s):

Medical Device ◽

Communication Networks ◽

Personal Communication ◽

Market Penetration ◽

Modeling Framework ◽

Communication Processes ◽

The Social ◽

The Us ◽

Multi Agent

Adoption processes are often heavily influenced by interpersonal communication. Marketing managers are increasingly trying to use these relationships to foster the market penetration of their products. In an empirical study of the US market for an innovative medical device, we survey the social network of (mostly chief) anesthetists from 151 hospitals. We confirm the influences from personal communication on individual adoption decisions through hazard regressions. We then use a multi-agent modeling framework trying to identify what seeding strategies would have been optimal to achieve a fast market penetration, i.e. which and how many anesthetists should be selected to initiate personal communication processes.

A Coalitional Distributed Model Predictive Control Perspective for a Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Application

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21124041 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (12) ◽

pp. 4041

Author(s):

Anca Maxim ◽

Constantin-Florin Caruntu

Keyword(s):

Model Predictive Control ◽

Communication Networks ◽

Predictive Control ◽

Distributed Model ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Test Scenario ◽

Distributed Model Predictive Control ◽

Multi Agent ◽

And Performance

Following the current technological development and informational advancement, more and more physical systems have become interconnected and linked via communication networks. The objective of this work is the development of a Coalitional Distributed Model Predictive Control (C- DMPC) strategy suitable for controlling cyber-physical, multi-agent systems. The motivation behind this endeavour is to design a novel algorithm with a flexible control architecture by combining the advantages of classical DMPC with Coalitional MPC. The simulation results were achieved using a test scenario composed of four dynamically coupled sub-systems, connected through an unidirectional communication topology. The obtained results illustrate that, when the feasibility of the local optimization problem is lost, forming a coalition between neighbouring agents solves this shortcoming and maintains the functionality of the entire system. These findings successfully prove the efficiency and performance of the proposed coalitional DMPC method.

Teaching and learning guide for: Revenge as social interaction: Merging social psychological and interpersonal communication approaches to the study of vengeful behavior

Social and Personality Psychology Compass ◽

10.1111/spc3.12558 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Susan D. Boon ◽

Stephen M. Yoshimura

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Social Psychological ◽

Learning Guide

Editor's Introduction

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1017/s026719051100016x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. vi-vii

Author(s):

Charlene Polio

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Applied Linguistics ◽

Collaborative Writing ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Annual Review ◽

Second Languages ◽

Specific Skill ◽

Second Language Pedagogy

With this volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL), I continue the tradition of my predecessors of producing a volume on the topic second language pedagogy about every five years. Although applied linguistics encompasses more than the teaching and learning of second languages, articles on these topics tend to be among the most downloaded from the ARAL web site. I decided, however, to break with the tradition of focusing mostly on specific skill areas. Because language teaching is a situated activity that cannot be separated from its contexts and learners, the first section is devoted to language learning in or for specific contexts (secondary school settings, online, the workplace, the Asia-Pacific region, and study abroad), and the second section focuses on specific learners (young learners, adult emergent readers, and hearing learners of sign language). These are followed by a section on integrated approaches and includes articles on language-literature instruction, content and language integrated learning, the application of corpus research to language teaching, and multimodal literacy. The final section includes articles on more specific skill areas including teaching non-Roman writing systems, collaborative writing, and pragmatics.

The Development of the Linguistic Persona in the Context of Professionally Oriented University-Level Foreign Language Education

Nizhny Novgorod Linguistics University Bulletin ◽

10.47388/2072-3490/lunn2021-53-1-123-136 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 123-136

Author(s):

Liudmila Konyakhina ◽

◽

Lora Yakovleva ◽

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Language Education ◽

Foreign Language Education ◽

Professional Communication ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Language Programs ◽

University Level ◽

Foreign Language Programs ◽

Foreign Language Instructors

The article discusses a number of issues related to developing the linguistic persona and intercultural competency and focuses on educational ideas, strategies, technologies, and practices that embody intercultural approaches to foreign language education. To ensure the high quality of foreign language education, our priorities must include the development of competences in the area of professional communication in foreign languages. In that regard, the article identifies pedagogical conditions conducive to fostering the socio-cultural competence and the successful development of the learner’s linguistic persona. The authors present mechanisms of implementing the said pedagogical conditions in the following areas: a) developing communication skills and competencies of foreign language instructors; b) modeling situations with communication barriers in diverse ethnocultural environments; c) acquiring and selecting ethnocultural information; d) integrating in-class and out-of-class activities in a foreign language; and e) establishing a good rapport between an instructor and her students. The authors go on to describe the methodological basis for designing the content of foreign language programs, identify optimal approaches to teaching and learning foreign languages, and reflect on the context of the intercultural paradigm in university-level foreign language education.

THE SPEECH FORM OF PROVERBS AND RIDDLES IN CHISHONA UNDER SIEGE

Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies ◽

10.25159/1016-8427/1672 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 53-64

Author(s):

C Rwodzi

Keyword(s):

Communication Networks ◽

Language Change ◽

Speech Communication ◽

Parts Of Speech ◽

Language And Culture ◽

The Social ◽

Legislative Framework ◽

Continued Use ◽

Representative Samples

Proverbs and riddles are representative samples of any African language’s rich tapestry. They form the distilled wisdom of a nation or ethnic group. Proverbs and riddles as parts of speech, form the curriculum of the social traditional higher education for transmission and practice of a nation’s values, beliefs, knowledge system and legislative framework. This article seeks to explore the threats and consequences of language change and development befalling the continued use of proverbs and riddles in everyday human speech communication by the current generation. Technological development, migration across boundaries, social change necessitated by improved infrastructure and communication networks has become agents of language and culture change. The change has perpetuated the gradual disuse of proverbs in modern interactive speech.

Mobile Learning Technologies

International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences ◽

10.11591/ijaas.v7.i3.pp298-302 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 298

Author(s):

Khalil Alsaadat

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Mobile Learning ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Learning Technologies ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

University Campuses ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

The World ◽

Good Environment

<p>Technological development have altered the way we communicate, learn, think, share, and spread information. Mobile technologies are those that make use of wireless technologies to gain some sort of data. As mobile connectedness continues to spread across the world, the value of employing mobile technologies in the arena of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable The fast deployment of mobile devices and wireless networks in university campuses makes higher education a good environment to integrate learners-centered m-learning . this paper discusses mobile learning technologies that are being used for educational purposes and the effect they have on teaching and learning methods.</p>

Proceedings of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

Collective communication and behaviour in response to uncertain ‘Danger’ in network experiments

10.1098/rspa.2019.0685 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 476 (2237) ◽

pp. 20190685

Author(s):

Hirokazu Shirado ◽

Forrest W. Crawford ◽

Nicholas A. Christakis

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Communication Networks ◽

Social Information ◽

Collective Communication ◽

Group Topology ◽

Individual Level ◽

Social Coordination ◽

The Individual ◽

Actual Accuracy

In emergencies, social coordination is especially challenging. People connected with each other may respond better or worse to an uncertain danger than isolated individuals. We performed experiments involving a novel scenario simulating an unpredictable situation faced by a group in which 2480 subjects in 108 groups had to both communicate information and decide whether to ‘evacuate’. We manipulated the permissible sorts of interpersonal communication and varied group topology and size. Compared to groups of isolated individuals, we find that communication networks suppress necessary evacuations because of the spontaneous and diffuse emergence of false reassurance; yet, communication networks also restrain unnecessary evacuations in situations without disasters. At the individual level, subjects have thresholds for responding to social information that are sensitive to the negativity, but not the actual accuracy, of the signals being transmitted. Social networks can function poorly as pathways for inconvenient truths that people would rather ignore.