Guidelines for extensive reading of ESP texts on the use of English in Europe
The final text of the Manual covers general issues of the use of English in European transnational companies whose headquaters are, for the most part, located in the states – members of the EU.
This is the continuation of Claude Truchot’s “Key aspects of the use of English in Europe”. Claude Truchot’s survey draws a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the spread of English in Europe.
The article sets the changes in the context of English in the workplace, the extent and limits of the use of English in transnational companies and international organisations, the introduction of English as a vehicular language, its special status in the international operations, and some of the problems of the internationalisation process alongside English and the languages of the countries where they established themselves.
Text 2-24. KEY ASPECTS OF THE USE OF ENGLISH IN EUROPE
(Continued from Text 1-13. After Claude Truchot, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg)