English for international communication
By: edited by Christopher Brumfit.
Contributors: Brumfit, Christopher.; English-Speaking Union.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: World language English series
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: English language -- Foreign countries -- Congresses; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Congresses; Communication, International -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the English-Speaking Union and held at Dartmouth House in London, in November 1980.
Table of contents: title: The English-Speaking Union's English language activities / H.D. Hicks; title: English as an international language I / Christopher Brumfit; title: English as an international language II / G. Widdowson; title: International communication and the concept of nuclear English / Randolph Quirk; title: "Semi-English" and the basic requirements of scientific communication / P.H. Nancarrow; title: Communications at sea / F.F. Weeks; title: Defining and assessing levels of job-related performance / C. St.J. Yates; title: The test of English for international communication (TOEIC) / Protase E. Woodford; title: International communication through non-native varieties of English / Raja Ram Mehrotra; title: The international uses of English / Verner Bickley; title: English as an international language / Christopher N. Candlin.