This paper deals with language management within a transnational business network, with a specific focus on the process of noting. In an analysis of one business encounter involving one Japanese and one Australian business representative, language management is found to occur at the grammatical,… read more
Alongside of the concept of academic competence, this paper introduces the notion of “academic interaction” in reference to all aspects of communicative and non-communicative behaviour in academic situations. It is argued that we must undertake more inquiry of the processes and outcomes of… read more
This paper deals with Japanese students who enroll in a postgraduate program at an Australian university. Using the language management model, I analyse the types of difficulties they experience in the English academic context in terms of deviations from the norm, and then examine the various… read more