English-as-an-additional-language job interviews: pragmatics training for candidates and analyzing performance on both sides of the table

Previous job interview studies have found that evaluations of English-as-an-additional language (L+) candidates related less to demonstrated qualifications and more to matches or mismatches in communicative expectations. Candidates’ pragmatic skillfulness can affect interviewers’ perceptions of thei...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Travers, Nicholas
Other Authors: Huang, Li-Shih
Format: Others
Language:English
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8539