ALMUT KOESTER

En esta obra Almut Koester examina cómo se emplea el lenguaje en el mundo de la empresa y en el lugar de trabajo, estudiando diversas situaciones y datos, y explora las imágenes del trabajo que se presentan en la publicidad, en las revistas especializadas en carreras profesionales y en el entorno laboral. Tambien estudia como interaccionan las personas en el mundo de la empresa por la charla, la cortesia, la atencion al cliente y las relaciones entre jefes y subordinados. El lenguaje del trabajo esta ilustrado con ejemplos animados, tomados del mundo real, contiene un glosario completo e incluye una seccion util sobre la entrada en el mundo laboral, en la que se estudian los anuncios de oferta de empleo y textos que aportan consejos sobre la redaccion de curriculos y el desarrollo de habilidades transferibles.

Almut KoesterThe Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts. The Language of Work: examines how language is used in business and the workplace, looking at a range of situations and data: from meetings to informal negotiations, promotional letters to emails explores representations of work in advertising, career magazines and workplace talk looks at the way people in business interact through small talk, politeness, customer care and management-employee relationships is illustrated with lively examples taken from the real world and includes a full index of terms features a useful section on entering the world of work, exploring job adverts and texts that give advice on CV writing and developing 'transferable skills'.