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ntext of specific business situationsthat the learner will be involved in. In the book, teaching business English, a business skillschecklist is included. It consists of five parts: speaking, interacting, listening, reading andwriting.
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Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework............ 11
3.1 Language Competence Theory..... 11
3.1.1 Chomsky’s Linguistic Competence ........ 11
3.1.2 Communicative Competence Theory ...... 11
3.1.3 Bathia’s Discursive Competence............ 15
3.2 Language Use Tasks......... 17
3.2.1 Definitions and Classifications of Task.... 17
3.2.2 Task Components.... 18
3.2.3 Language Use Tasks ......... 19
3.3 Language Competence Based on Tasks............ 21
Chapter 4 Research Design ........... 24
4.1 Research Questions .......... 24
4.2 Participants............ 24
4.3 Research Instruments........ 24
4.3.1 Interview Outline..... 24
4.3.2 Questionnaire ......... 25
4.4 Research Methods and Process .... 26
Chapter 5 Findings.... 27
5.1 Tasks to be Completed by Employees in Foreign Enterprises........... 275
5.2 The Composition of English Competence Needed in Foreign Enterprise ..... 30

Chapter 6 Discussion

In this study, we use the basic guidelines of NA for the purpose of identifying Englishlanguage needs of the employees working in the foreign enterprises so as to get a betterunderstanding of the workplace language needs. Specifically, it also investigated the workplacelanguage needs perceived by employees working in the foreign enterprises; the perceptions ofgraduates’ workplace language needs of employers; the extent of the English language needsperceived by employees and employers matched; the composition of English competence in ForeignEnterprise. In this chapter, two parts will be divided, including the first part will summarizes theworkplace English needs perceived by employees and employers; the second part discusses theimplications for the thesis( including the implications for college English teaching).

6.1 Workplace English Needs Perceived by Employees

There are six variables of employees working in the foreign enterprises listed in the followingtable to describe the basic information, including gender, companies nature, job designation, Englishcertificate, graduation major and education level.As shown in table 6.1, among the four different company natures, joint venture companies havethe largest number and take up 34%. Cooperative ventures take up 28%, ranking the second.Foreign-owned companies take up 26% and foreign-invested companies take up 6%. Among 5foreign-invested companies, English is supposed to be used most frequently.Different positions are classified according to process of foreign enterprises. In table 6.1, thenumber of supervisors takes up 6%.The number of employees working at operational level takes up 82%. The operational levelpositions include translator, salesman and secretary, which are supposed to use Englishcommunication frequently.In terms of certificates obtained, the employees who have got CET-T4 take up 42.2%. 26.7% ofthe employees have got CET-6. The employees who have got TEM-4 and TEM-8 totally take up17.8%. All together 94.5% employees have got foreign language certificates. The informationreveals that most employees have a satisfactory level of proficiency in Engli本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。