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Cultural terms for communication: sources of intercultural asynchrony in ESL settings in Finland.(English as a Second Language)(Report)

Communication Reports

| April 01, 2007 | Wilkins, Richard J. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Western States Communications Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

This work presents an analytical approach to assessing intercultural communication through cultural terms for communication. Using data drawn from discussions and interviews with Finnish informants I show how the term asiasta puhumisen [speaking to the fact of the matter] functions in Finnish classrooms for adult education and what impact it has on Business English classes for English as a Second Language (ESL). Intercultural analysis based on these descriptions shows that the asiasta puhumisen term is one source of asynchronous communication when a foreign expressive order meets the Finnish one and has the potential to undermine the success that foreign teachers feel ...

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