米国の Business Correspondence-Style, Letter Elements, and Punctuation-

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This paper summarizes the presentation the author made at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Association of Practical English held at Waseda University, Tokyo in September 1998.<br>In order to know the practicability of the business English textbooks in Japan in terms of business correspondence, the author surveyed eighteen textbooks published between 1958 and 1998, together with several business English reference books. A comparison was made between the contents of these textbooks and reference books, and those in the actual business correspondence the author received between 1994 and 1998. The research was made regarding the following: 1) style, 2) letter elements, and 3) punctuation.<br>The author first found that there are some discrepancies between the styles quoted in the textbooks and those actually in use, and also that the more economical styles (i. e. simple, non-time consuming) tend to be used. The author contends that the name of styles should be standardized. The second finding is that there is not a big difference between the letter elements used in the textbooks and those actually in use, although the nomenclature is not standardized and there are various Japanese translations of these elements. The third finding is that among the various kinds of complimentary closes in the textbooks, only a few are very common in actual business correspondence. The author also shows that the most popular ones are changing.<br>To conclude, the author asserts that it is necessary to teach the students the knowledge and skills needed in doing business correspondence in contemporary international society so that they can utilize in the workplace what they acquired while at college. To realize this, we teachers should look at the actual business correspondence as well as textbooks which are sometimes imperfect.

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  • CRID
    1390001205346053504
  • NII論文ID
    130003866836
  • DOI
    10.11200/japeronso1991.1999.65
  • ISSN
    18844413
    1883230X
  • 本文言語コード
    ja
  • データソース種別
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
  • 抄録ライセンスフラグ
    使用不可

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