Interviews in Business Communication

This paper tackles the role and the advantages of studying job interviews in business communication and proposes several activities and strategies that can be implemented in English Business Communication courses and seminars. The first sections of the article deal with certain theoretical issues...

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Main Author: Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Galbeaza)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ovidius University Press 2023-08-01
Series:Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
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Online Access:https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2023-i1/Section%203/4.pdf
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description This paper tackles the role and the advantages of studying job interviews in business communication and proposes several activities and strategies that can be implemented in English Business Communication courses and seminars. The first sections of the article deal with certain theoretical issues related to the concepts of communication (in general), communication in the business environment and job interviews. It further proposes several types of activities that can be employed in order to teach students about job interviews, such as roles and interview simulations, analysis of real interviews, analysis of CVs and cover letters, research projects and presentations, writing and revision exercises, vocabulary exercises on the topic of job interviews, discussions with specialists from the field, online resources and authentic materials. It is expected that the knowledge about employment interviews, implemented in ESP courses and seminars provide students the skills and tools required for the success on the workforce market.
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spelling doaj.art-f410acfba6b54c56bd88fe8e6871e5a92023-08-24T16:01:21ZengOvidius University PressOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series2393-31272023-08-01XXIII1276282Interviews in Business CommunicationAlina Buzarna-Tihenea (Galbeaza)0“Ovidius” University of Constanta, Faculty of Letters, RomaniaThis paper tackles the role and the advantages of studying job interviews in business communication and proposes several activities and strategies that can be implemented in English Business Communication courses and seminars. The first sections of the article deal with certain theoretical issues related to the concepts of communication (in general), communication in the business environment and job interviews. It further proposes several types of activities that can be employed in order to teach students about job interviews, such as roles and interview simulations, analysis of real interviews, analysis of CVs and cover letters, research projects and presentations, writing and revision exercises, vocabulary exercises on the topic of job interviews, discussions with specialists from the field, online resources and authentic materials. It is expected that the knowledge about employment interviews, implemented in ESP courses and seminars provide students the skills and tools required for the success on the workforce market. https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2023-i1/Section%203/4.pdfinterviewscommunicationenglish business communicationespteaching activities
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title Interviews in Business Communication
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