Corporate Secretarial Bilingual Activity: An English Teaching Proposal Based on Corpora Directed to the Secretaries

Authors

  • José Roberto Lourenço Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo, São Paulo

Keywords:

English Language, Secretarial Activity, Corpus Linguistics and Teaching.

Abstract

This article presents part of research conducted in the field of Corpus Linguistics about the use of corpora in English Language Teaching specifically directed to corporate secretarial activities. The study developed at the doctoral level had FATEC-SP students as voluntary respondents to a questionnaire on corporate secretarial activities; the responses presented as one of the most important and frequent secretarial activities, "Reading, Preparation and Presentation of Administrative Report". We present a model of practice in English Teaching with an initial focus on "Company History, Strategies and Structure".

Author Biography

José Roberto Lourenço, Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo, São Paulo

José Roberto Lourenço is Professor of Business English and English chair responsible for the courses in Secretariat and Tourism at (FATEC-SP). He received his PhD in Applied Linguistics with a focus on Corpus Linguistics from PUC-SP. His interests include educational development in the areas of Business and English.

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Vol. 36 No. 2 (2015)

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