Handbook of Business Communication

Ruth Trinder

16New media in teaching and learning business languages

1.Introduction

2.Main terms and issues

3.Languages for specific (business) purposes, technology and globalisation

4.Focus on the setting: Technology in four types of learning environments

5.Focus on the “technology solution”: Examples of technology use in different settings

6.Focus on learner differences

7.Conclusion

1Introduction

Despite the ubiquity of the so-called new media in business life, the extent to which they are employed in the service of (business) language teaching and learning varies greatly. This contribution explores developments and research in the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL), where the introduction of second generation Internet-based ...