The Status of English for Business Purposes

English is the mostly used medium for international business communication. Business men around the world use English at work. They use English in finance, industry and exchanging goods and services. As regards Evan Frando (2005:1), “Business English is communication with...

English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Definition of ESP : There are almost as many definitions of ESP as the number of scholars who have attempted to define it. Many others have tried to define ESP in terms of what it...

The linguistic situation in Algeria

The linguistic situation in Algeria Following the initial sociolinguistic purposes of our study and trying to stick to the steps of a precise and concise sociolinguistic research, we intentionally avoided detailing the historical events that Algeria witnessed. Nevertheless, we give...

Social Aspect of Code Switching

The present chapter aims at presenting some aspects of the sociolinguistic situation in Algeria. It highlights the different periods which marked the history of the country, and the role of the various invaders who participated in the shaping of the...

Language Attitude Change According to the Variables of Gender

Easing language conflict problems is a critical challenge for language management and language planning. This research investigates a potential solution: altering the current negative mental representations about the languages in conflict. We need, first, to agree on what is meant...

Politesse entre interaction et ritualité

La théorie des actes du langage :  C’est impossible d’aborder la notion de l’interaction sans passer par celle de l’acte du langage. Fréquemment il s’agit de produire quelque chose de « concret » par opposition au seul usage « abstrait...

Languages Varieties and Social Structure

Languages Varieties and Social Structure: Language, Dialect, and Variety: he phrase variety of language is used to refer to different manifestations of language. What make one variety of language distinct from another are the linguistic items that are involved in...

Les femmes et le style de communication au travail

Les femmes et le style de communication au travail  Dans son œuvre, Trumen (2001) affirme que beaucoup de problèmes et de tension entre les genres proviennent des différences de styles de conversation de chaque sexe. Pour elle, chacun a son...

L’adaptation trans culturelle chez les étudiants universitaires internationaux

Au Québec, il est possible de distinguer de plus en plus d' étudiants internationaux. L'automne dernier, plus de 38 000 étudiants internationaux étaient inscrits dans des programmes universitaires réguliers. On en comptait environ 25 000 en 2009, ce qui correspond...

Démarches d’ investigation scientifique et technologique

Le Programme de formation de l'école québécoise (PFEQ) (2007b) stipule que les démarches « correspondent essentiellement aux façons de faire dans un contexte de résolution de problèmes en science et en technologie. » (p. 25) Hasni, Belletête et Potvin (2018)...