This survey article looks first at the changing demands of the workplace in a globalized
economy. The new work order creates a new word order, and the workforce has become a …

Oral examinations are widely used in undergraduate and postgraduate medical
examinations, including those for membership of royal colleges. In recent years the validity …

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This book looks at the role of cultural studies and intercultural communication in language
learning. The book argues that learners who have an opportunity to stay in the target …

Are new reproductive and genetic technologies racing ahead of a society that is unable to
establish limits to their use? Have the" new genetics" outpaced our ability to control their …

Langauge and Discrimination provides a unique and authoritative study of the linguistic
dimension of racial discrimination. Based upon extensive work carried out over many years …

Seventy six senior academics from 11 countries invite The BMJ's editors to reconsider their
policy of rejecting qualitative research on the grounds of low priority. They challenge the …

Workplaces are held together by communicative practices. At the local level, such practices
include talk (eg, face-to-face encounters with colleagues and clients, telephone …

This is a detailed study of understanding in a second language, related to the actual lives of
minority workers. The focus is on everyday interactions between these workers and the …

This chapter provides a sketch of the assumptions, values, frameworks and techniques that
currently characterise linguistic ethnography. In keeping with the dynamic that makes it a …