Multilingualism at work from policies to practices in public, medical and business settings / edited by Bernd Meyer, Birgit Apfelbaum.
| Other author | Meyer, Bernd. |
| Other author | Apfelbaum, Birgit. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., |
| Description | vi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Hamburg Studies on multilingualism ; v. 9 Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 9. ^A1248402 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010015265 |
| ISBN | 9789027219299 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 902721929X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9789027288028 (eb : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 902728802X (eb : alk. paper) |