Becoming Aware of National Culture for Improved Learning of Business French - A Desirable Option? Cover Image

Prendre connaissance de la culture nationale afin de mieux étudier le français des affaires, une option souhaitable?
Becoming Aware of National Culture for Improved Learning of Business French - A Desirable Option?

Author(s): Ruxandra Constantinescu-Ştefănel
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: business French; business English; teaching/ learning; cultural dimensions; business correspondence

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the author’s experience in teaching business correspondence in French to students who learn both business French and business English. The author is interested in the interferences between the French and the British communication styles and in the errors such interferences cause in the students’ written productions. She proposes an original solution to diminish or even eliminate these errors. At the same time, her solution increases students’ cultural awareness and their motivation.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-54
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: French