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Whose Culture and How Far? Culture Presentation in Current Business English Textbook Series

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Textbooks used in this study:

  • Baade, Kate, Christopher Holloway, Jim Scrivener, and Rebecca Turner, (2009), “Business Result Advanced Student’s Book”, (Oxford University Press; Oxford, UK).
  • Dubicka, Iwonna, and Margaret O’Keeffe, (2011). “Market Leader Advanced Business English Course Book”, (Pearson Education; Harlow, UK).
  • Cotton, David, David Falvey, and Simon Kent, (2011), “Market Leader Upper-Intermediate Business English Course Book”, (Pearson Education; Harlow, UK).
  • Cotton, David, David Falvey, and Simon Kent, (2012), “Market Leader Pre-Intermediate Business English Course Book”, (Pearson Education; Harlow, UK).
  • Duckworth, Michael, and Rebecca Turner, (2008), “Business Result Upper-Intermediate Student’s Book”, (Oxford University Press; Oxford, UK).
  • Grant, David, and Jane Hudson, (2009), “Business Result Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book”, (Oxford University Press; Oxford, UK).

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