English in Job Recruiting. A Hard or a Soft Skill?

Abstract - English

Sociolinguistic research on language and work (Park & Wee, 2012) has analysed knowledge of English by workers as a soft skill that an individual must possess in order to gain access to jobs in the current globalized economy... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Hanna Klimava (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

Topic Area

Language and work

Session

F8ALT2/P » Paper (08:00 - Friday, 29th June, ARTS Lecture Theatre 2)

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