Multilingualism at work [electronic resource] : from policies to practices in public, medical and business settings / edited by Bernd Meyer, Birgit Apfelbaum.

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9789027288028

9789027219299

Title:

Multilingualism at work [electronic resource] : from policies to practices in public, medical and business settings / edited by Bernd Meyer, Birgit Apfelbaum.

Author:

Meyer, Bernd.

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1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Hamburg Studies on multilingualism ; v. 9

Contents:

Multilingualism at work: a brief introduction / Birgit Apfelbaum and Bernd Meyer -- -- Public sector. Linguistic competence and professional identity in English medium instruction / Juliane House and Magdalène Lévy-Tödter -- The multilingual organization of remembrance in Nazi camp memorials / Birgit Apfelbaum -- Achieving bilingualism in the Canadian federal public workplace: Does language training matter? / Guillaume Gentil, Josée Bigras and Maureen O'Connor -- Medical sector. Managing linguistic diversity in a South African HIV/AIDS day clinic / Christine Anthonissen -- Interpreter-mediated interaction as a way to promote multilingualism / Claudio Baraldi and Laura Gavioli -- Nurses as interpreters? Aspects of interpreter training for bilingual medical employees / Bernd Meyer, Kristin Bührig, Ortrun Kliche and Birte Pawlack -- Business sector. Conflicting discourses of rapport and co-membership: multilingual gatekeeping encounters at a day labor center in southern Arizona / Elise DuBord -- Plurilingual practices at multilingual workplaces / Georges Lüdi, Katharina Höchle and Patchareerat Yanaprasart -- Do other languages than English matter? International career development of highly-qualified professionals / Maria Amelina -- Multilingual business writing: The case of crisis communication / Kristin Bührig and Claudia Böttger.

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Subject Term:

Multilingualism.

Language acquisition.

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Meyer, Bernd.

Apfelbaum, Birgit.

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2010

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This volume focuses on work situations in Europe, North America and South-Africa, such as academic, medical and public sector, or business settings, in which participants have to make constant use of more than one language to cooperate with partners, clients, or colleagues. Central questions are how the social and linguistic organization of work is adapted to the necessity of using different languages and how multilingualism impinges on the communicative outcome of different types of discourse or genres. Thus, the authors are all interested in multilingual practices 'at work', which is to say how different forms of multilingual communication are managed, flexibly adjusted to, acquired, and/or improved in a given workplace setting that often calls for particular implicit or explicit language policies. Thus, this volume contributes to the study of workplace communication in a globalized world by drawing on different types of authentic data.

Birgit Apfelbaum; Bernd MeyerJuliane House; Magdalène Lévy-TödterBirgit ApfelbaumGuillaume Gentil; Josée Bigras; Maureen O'ConnorChristine AnthonissenClaudio Baraldi; Laura GavioliBernd Meyer; Kristin Bührig; Ortrun Kliche; Birte PawlackElise DuBordGeorges Lüdi; Katharina Höchle Meier; Patchareerat YanaprasartMaria AmelinaKristin Bührig; Claudia Böttger

1 Multilingualism at work	p. 1
2 Public sector
3 Linguistic competence and professional identity in English medium instruction	p. 13
4 The\multilingual organization of remembrance in Nazi camp memorials	p. 47
5 Achieving bilingualism in the Canadian federal public workplace	p. 81
6 Medical sector
7 Managing linguistic diversity in a South African HIV/AIDS day clinic	p. 107
8 Interpreter-mediated interaction as a way to promote multilingualism	p. 141
9 Nurses as interpreters?	p. 163
10 Business sector
11 Conflicting discourses of rapport and co-membership	p. 187
12 Plurilingual practices at multilingual workplaces	p. 211
13 Do other languages than English matter?	p. 235
14 Multilingual business writing	p. 253
15 Index	p. 273

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