The ESL Student in the Business Communication Class

Business communications instructors enroll an increasing number of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students in their classes, yet find that theassigned communications and grammar texts are often inappropriate forthis population. Research in the grammatical, rhetorical, and lexical itemscharacteristic of business does exist, as do nonnative speaker "general"grammar texts. However, much more needs to be done before the Englishcharacteristics of business can be identified and adequately presented tothe ESL student.