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 InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
Descriptionvi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesHamburg 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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