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The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context

With the aim of attempting to attain particular communicative goals, Communication Mobility (CM) can be viewed as one of the key elements in the complex construct of professional communicative competence in terms of oral English proficiency. CM has been proposed as an ability to employ a set of sp...

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Main Authors: Marina, Olga, Krich Rajprasit,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10700/1/12454-39665-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.107002017-10-02T03:56:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10700/ The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context Marina, Olga Krich Rajprasit, With the aim of attempting to attain particular communicative goals, Communication Mobility (CM) can be viewed as one of the key elements in the complex construct of professional communicative competence in terms of oral English proficiency. CM has been proposed as an ability to employ a set of specific communicative strategies to facilitate professional communication, particularly among non-native English speakers. This preliminary study aims to identify perceived CM levels among Thai and Russian professionals working in international companies; to investigate possible correlation between personal factors (i.e. age, work experience, their perceived level of oral English proficiency, frequency of their attendance at meetings conducted in English, and frequency of English usage in their workplace) and CM; to compare these factors and the conditions in which CM may be developed among these two groups; and to predict the possibility of the development of CM. A quantitative method was employed and responses to the specifically designed questionnaire were obtained from 60 participants. The findings revealed that Russian participants were rated as very good users of CM, while Thai participants were only rated as fair CM users. In general terms, for both groups, only the frequency of English language use in the workplace was found to correlate with the perceived CM. The frequency of English language use in their workplaces was the only factor for the Thai participants to predict the development of CM. Such findings help in designing ESP courses which attempt to simulate workplace communicative situations, often seen as problematic and uncertain. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10700/1/12454-39665-1-PB.pdf Marina, Olga and Krich Rajprasit, (2016) The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 22 (2). pp. 167-186. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/807
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description With the aim of attempting to attain particular communicative goals, Communication Mobility (CM) can be viewed as one of the key elements in the complex construct of professional communicative competence in terms of oral English proficiency. CM has been proposed as an ability to employ a set of specific communicative strategies to facilitate professional communication, particularly among non-native English speakers. This preliminary study aims to identify perceived CM levels among Thai and Russian professionals working in international companies; to investigate possible correlation between personal factors (i.e. age, work experience, their perceived level of oral English proficiency, frequency of their attendance at meetings conducted in English, and frequency of English usage in their workplace) and CM; to compare these factors and the conditions in which CM may be developed among these two groups; and to predict the possibility of the development of CM. A quantitative method was employed and responses to the specifically designed questionnaire were obtained from 60 participants. The findings revealed that Russian participants were rated as very good users of CM, while Thai participants were only rated as fair CM users. In general terms, for both groups, only the frequency of English language use in the workplace was found to correlate with the perceived CM. The frequency of English language use in their workplaces was the only factor for the Thai participants to predict the development of CM. Such findings help in designing ESP courses which attempt to simulate workplace communicative situations, often seen as problematic and uncertain.
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author Marina, Olga
Krich Rajprasit,
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Krich Rajprasit,
The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context
author_facet Marina, Olga
Krich Rajprasit,
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title The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context
title_short The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context
title_full The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context
title_fullStr The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context
title_full_unstemmed The role of personal factors in 'Communication Mobility' development of Thai and Russian professionals in BELF context
title_sort role of personal factors in 'communication mobility' development of thai and russian professionals in belf context
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10700/1/12454-39665-1-PB.pdf
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