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Publication details [#60262]

Mulken, Margot Van and Berna Hendriks. 2015. Your language or mine? or English as a lingua franca? Comparing effectiveness in English as a lingua franca and L1–L2 interactions: implications for corporate language policies. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 36 (4) : 404–422.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

business language | communicative efficiency | lingua franca | multilingualism | workplace conversation

Language as a subject

Dutch | English | German

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study examines the efficiency of task problem solving language use in dyadic, computer-mediated chat sessions between non-native speakers, using English as a lingua franca (ELF) and native and non-native speakers of German and Dutch (L1–L2). As L1–L2 participants appeared more succesful in achieving communicative aims, international organisations applying a corporate language may gain from allowing multilingual workplace practices.