On Compiling a Coursebook in Business English for Undergraduate Students in the Faculty of Economics / Diana Phillips.

Practical difficulties in placing economics students and designing instructional materials in English as a Second Language at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), and techniques used for resolving these difficulties, are described. First-year students arrive with heterogeneous backgrounds because, u...

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Main Author: Phillips, Diana
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991.
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Physical Description:9 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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