Business English teaching has come a long way from its early days of English for Specific purposes. It now encompasses professional skills such as negotiating and presenting, and aspects of intercultural competence, and increasingly is stretching into the arena of interpersonal skills e.g. rapport building, influencing etc.

ΓΕΝΙΚΑ ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΙΝΕΖΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ

Αν θέλαμε να περιγράψουμε συνοπτικά τα βασικότερα στοιχεία την κινέζικης γλώσσας, θα πρέπει να αναφερθούμε στα εξής : 

1) Ανήκει στην σινοθιβετανική οικογένεια γλωσσών

Most students in Greece now take at least a B2 English language examination, with a great many also sitting other examinations at levels further down the CEFR framework. However, the age of the Greek cohort is relatively young and, for most, it is their first time in a formal examination situation: an unfamiliar environment, suspicious invigilators, a strict protocol of precise timing and regulations. The whole experience can be daunting, and there are those in the world of education who campaign vociferously against their students taking any examinations or tests whatsoever.

*The interview was first published in Issue 141 of the TESOL Greece Journal

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