RT journal article
T1 The intercultural component in Business English textbooks
A1 Lario-de-Oñate, M. Carmen
A1 Vázquez Amador, María
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 interculturality
K1 textbooks
K1 course books
K1 Business English
K1 international communicative competence
AB The relationship between culture and business is crucial; therefore, in aninternational business context Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)is essential for effectively dealing with other cultures. The Common EuropeanFramework of Reference for Languages highlights the relevance of interculturallanguage education in developing effective communication across linguistic andcultural boundaries (Council of Europe, 2001). Thus, in recent years, whereasthere has been an increasing interest in Intercultural Business Communication(IBC), relatively little attention has been paid to the study of the interculturalcomponent in texts used for the teaching of English for Business, despite thefact that textbooks are a key resource for language instructors. This paper aimsto examine the role that the intercultural component has played in BusinessEnglish textbooks since the 1960s. It explores whether and to what extent thosetextbooks have promoted the acquisition of ICC, at the same time it reviews thedevelopment of ICC as a concept and the ways in which it has been taught overthe years. A selection of 67 general Business English textbooks publishedbetween 1963 and 2009 are analysed.
SN 1139-7241
YR 2013
FD 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/17948
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/17948
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026