The paper focuses on a work-in-progress comparative research on Chinese and Italian manuals for the specialized language training of civil servants published since 1993. The selected sources are considered parallel texts and their content and structure are discussed with the aim of identifying what kind of language skills are requested for the documents’ drafting in the public administration in China and Italy. In particular, the paper tries to assess similarities and differences in the training discourses promoted in the two realities and to outline which kind of professional identity is planned for the civil servants in the future.
Specialized language training for civil servants in China and in Italy today : a comparative perspective / B.M.R. Mottura. - In: CHINESE PUBLIC AFFAIRS QUARTERLY. - ISSN 1557-3176. - 3:1(2007), pp. 80-89.
Specialized language training for civil servants in China and in Italy today : a comparative perspective
B.M.R. MotturaPrimo
2007
Abstract
The paper focuses on a work-in-progress comparative research on Chinese and Italian manuals for the specialized language training of civil servants published since 1993. The selected sources are considered parallel texts and their content and structure are discussed with the aim of identifying what kind of language skills are requested for the documents’ drafting in the public administration in China and Italy. In particular, the paper tries to assess similarities and differences in the training discourses promoted in the two realities and to outline which kind of professional identity is planned for the civil servants in the future.
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