Abstract
The Nordic Journal of English Studies was created in 2002 in order to offer a forum for Nordic scholars in English language and literature and to promote the field of English studies in the Nordic countries. It is affiliated to the Nordic Association of English Studies (NAES). Starting from 2007 the journal is open access and only published electronically.
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IntroductionBusiness communication skills in one or several foreign languages (and in the second domestic language Swedish/Finnish) form the language requirement of all Finnish tertiary-level students of Economics and Business Administration
Business communication skills in one or several foreign languages form the language requirement of all Finnish tertiary-level students of Economics and Business Administration
To ensure the quality of a new high-profile Business English curriculum and to discover the extent to which a language expert’s course description meets the needs of authentic business professionals (“authentic” in this case meaning that executives are employed in real-life, and local, business positions), the views and opinions of Finnish business executives were studied by means of a semistructured questionnaire
Summary
Business communication skills in one or several foreign languages (and in the second domestic language Swedish/Finnish) form the language requirement of all Finnish tertiary-level students of Economics and Business Administration. The present research and survey originated from the fact that, starting on 1 January 2010, two eastern Finnish universities, the University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio, will form a new University of Eastern Finland (UEF) with the two existing university language centres, in Joensuu and in Kuopio, merging into one. Such fundamental changes demand reforms across the curriculum. Their jobs ranged from Export Managers (N=3), (Strategic) Buyers (4), Vice Presidents (3), Managing Directors (3), Financial, Technical, Commercial, Purchasing, Project, R & D, Business Unit, Development, HRM, and HR Development Managers to Export Sales Representative, Controller, Marketing Consultant, and Business Adviser.
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