Foreign language competence in companies – a survey

Silva, Isabel Figueiredo; Menezes, Helena; Silva, Isabel Oliveira; Gonçalves, Teresa

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Silva, Isabel Figueiredo

Menezes, Helena

Silva, Isabel Oliveira

Gonçalves, Teresa

Abstract(s)

The project Communicating in Multilingual Contexts meets the Enterprises will provide a virtual learning environment offering language learning materials in six different languages thus opening up opportunities for better trained, and thus more competitive, future and in-service employees. A needs analysis survey of foreign language competences in companies was carried out in order to identify the key language competences commonly required by different sectors of the labour market and design relevant language materials. This paper presents data collected in the Castelo Branco region of Portugal.

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Trabalho apresentado no Seminário “Multilingualism – Europe’s New Perspective” que decorreu na Technical University of Košice, Eslováquia em 30 de Março de 2009.

Keywords

Needs analysis Survey Foreign language competences Foreign language materials

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/327

Citation

SILVA, I.F. [et al.] (2009) - Foreign language competence in companies – a survey. In Seminário “Multilingualism – Europe’s New Perspective”, Kosice, 30 Março - Actas. Kosice : Technical University. p. 16:29. Comunicação.