Business communications instructors enroll an increasing number of English-
as-a-second-language (ESL) students in their classes, yet find that the
assigned communications and grammar texts are often inappropriate for
this population. Research in the grammatical, rhetorical, and lexical items
characteristic of business does exist, as do nonnative speaker "general"
grammar texts. However, much more needs to be done before the English
characteristics of business can be identified and adequately presented to
the ESL student.
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