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The document discusses various experts' definitions of English for Business. It notes that Business English vocabulary is a distinctive feature that is used for efficient communication in business settings. Business English terms often originate from other domains and acquire new meanings. It is considered a variety of English with vocabulary covering a range of business activities. While having aspects in common with general English, Business English aims and content can differ radically from general English courses by focusing more on specific business skills and disciplines. An accurate and wide vocabulary is important for effective communication and job performance in business.

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Business English

The document discusses various experts' definitions of English for Business. It notes that Business English vocabulary is a distinctive feature that is used for efficient communication in business settings. Business English terms often originate from other domains and acquire new meanings. It is considered a variety of English with vocabulary covering a range of business activities. While having aspects in common with general English, Business English aims and content can differ radically from general English courses by focusing more on specific business skills and disciplines. An accurate and wide vocabulary is important for effective communication and job performance in business.

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  • The Definition About English for Business

Name : Nita Asdiyatma

NIM : 5.16.06.14.0.016
Course : English for Business

The definition about English for Business based on experts.

1. According to Nelson (2000) wonders, among other things, whether there is an entity
that can be defined as Business English lexis and what it is formed by.
2. According to Thoma (2011: 101-102) business English vocabulary is accordingly the
most distinctive feature of business English. Business English is a linguistic variety that
is used to communicate efficiently in business settings and that is caused by the
structure of economic situations and ultimately the mental representations of these
situations in the form of specific content knowledge.
3. According to Grygiel (2015:8-10) …. business English is most really associated by its
users with a special kind of language or language variety. The name itself – Business
English – has been coined to resemble such designations of generally recognized
language varieties as British English or American English
4. According to Charteris-Black & Ennis (2001) and Resche (2012) most of these terms
originate from biology. General English terms acquire new meanings in business
English, the basic meanings of lexical units are sometimes used figuratively in the
business English genre. Often these terms used figuratively, or metaphorical extensions
as Jeannette Littlemore 2008 calls them have origins in other domains than business.
5. According to Fan Feiran and Zhoubin (2014) once made a definition of Business
English in which Business English is the English variant of a social function, is a branch
of English for specific purpose, is English used in business occasions, and is a kind of
Standard English containing a variety of business activities and suiting the need of
commerce.
6. According to Donna (2000), business English has much in common with general EFL
but in many ways is very different as the aims of a course may be quite radically
different from those of a general English course
7. According to Frendo (2005), business English is an umbrella term for a mixture of
general everyday English. General business English and ESP
8. According to Abarca (2010), business English is the term can be used to describe
courses that range from an essentially English for General English Business course that
includes the teaching of some business lexis, to very specific courses, either in
particular skills such as participing in or chairing meetings or report writing or in
particular disciplines such as finance or marketing.
9. Guffey and Seefer (2010: 441) think that in the world of business, accurate
communication is particularly important and uphold that there is an explicit connection
between size of vocabulary and job performance, i.e. in the working environment the
difference between skilled workers, supervisors and executives is also shown
respectively by a wider range of lexis and a more precise knowledge of the meaning of
words.

Name : Nita Asdiyatma NIM : 5.16.06.14.0.016 Course : English for Business The definition about English for Busine

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