Investigating Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Transient International Groups (TIGs) in BELF Contexts
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https://doi.org/10.13136/2281-4582/2019.i13.233Parole chiave:
CoP, communities of practice, ELFAbstract
Being relevant to the study of ELF more generally, the notion of Community of Practice (CoP) has been especially central to the work of some BELF scholars (e.g. Ehrenreich 2009, 2018; Cogo 2016). While many institutional business contexts in which ELF is used regularly (alongside and mixed with other languages) fit the criteria of a CoP, other (B)ELF contexts do not. Furthermore, even many existing CoPs tend to be comprised of smaller (and often more fleeting) groups and multilingual teams. To describe these smaller and less stable inter-/transcultural social clusters, recent work on ELF has proposed the notion of Transient International Groups (TIGs) (Pitzl 2018). This article will engage with characteristics of CoPs and TIGs in order to show how these two concepts complement each other with regard to BELF research. Discussing central criteria of the CoP framework and subsequently introducing key propositions of the TIGs approach, in particular concerning metadata and data analysis, the article highlights the research potential of exploring TIGs alongside more established CoPs. It is argued that working with both concepts and approaches – CoPs and TIGs – is likely to help us gain a more sophisticated understanding of the organizational and social dynamics that influence BELF communication.Riferimenti bibliografici
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Ehrenreich, Susanne. “English as a lingua franca in multinational corporations - Exploring business Communities of Practice.” English as a lingua franca: Studies and findings. Eds. Anna Mauranen and Elina Ranta. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. 126–151.
Ehrenreich, Susanne. “English as a Business Lingua Franca in a German Multinational Corporation: Meeting the Challenge.” Journal of Business Communication 47.4 (2010): 408–431.
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Holmes, Janet and Miriam Meyerhoff. “The Community of Practice: Theories and methodologies in language and gender research.” Language in Society 28.2 (1999): 173–183.
House, Juliane. “English as a lingua franca: A threat to multilingualism?” Journal of Sociolinguistics 7.4 (2003): 556–578.
Jenkins, Jennifer. “Repositioning English and multilingualism in English as a Lingua Franca.” Englishes in Practice 2.3 (2015): 49–85.
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Lave, Jean and Etienne Wenger. Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Pitzl, Marie-Luise. “Describing multilingual creativity and emerging norms in interaction: Towards a methodology for micro-diachronic analysis.” Norms and the study of language in social life. Eds. Kamilla Kraft and Janus Mortensen. 28 pages (under review).
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Planken, Brigitte. “Managing rapport in lingua franca sales negotiations: A comparison of professional and aspiring negotiators.” English for Specific Purposes 24.4 (2005): 381–400.
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Wenger, Etienne. Communities of practice. Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998
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