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’”,
Building Linguacultural Competence into a Business English Textbook
In his presentation on 28/01/2023, Lucas Peltonen put forward some questions:
• How can we improve the linguacultural competency of Business English
speakers?
Integrating BELF and intercultural communication in digital teaching
On 26 November 2022, our continuously growing BELF community was happy to learn about a joint virtual project of two business schools using digital tools for…
BELF 101: understanding BELF basics
The October conversation was extremely fruitful with participants from Asia, Europe and Latin America. We decided to have a quick introduction to BELF basics…
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…
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…
Dynamics of teaching ‘BELF’ for business interactions
We were extremely pleased that Dr. Anne Kankaanranta took us on an exciting journey in our first session of “Conversations about BELF” on 4 June 2022. …
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. …