Responses from Tiina Räisänen – article discussion 23/09/23
After a lively discussion of “Towards a Richer Understanding of Language and Identity in the MNC: Constructing Cosmopolitan Identities Through ‘English’”,
Teaching BELF communication strategies
Fifteen business trainers from all over the world, this time also from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, met to have a conversation about BELF…
Materials for BELF-oriented teaching
Ten of us met on Saturday 13 August 2022 to have a conversation about BELF-oriented materials. As always, the group consisted of a mixture of …
Conceptualising English as a business lingua franca
On Saturday 9 July 2022, we had our second session of “Conversations about BELF”. Our discussion about Miya Komori-Glatz’s paper had the following highlights…
Welcome to our blog about BELF
This group is for anyone who has an interest in English as a business lingua franca (BELF) and its implications on language teaching and learning. …