Students’ Errors in Writing English Business Letters
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https://doi.org/10.3986/JZ.29.2.10Keywords:
poslovni angleški jezik, napake, poslovno pismo, slovenski jezik, angleški jezikAbstract
This article focuses on the status of business English in the Slovenian university environment and the correct composition of business letters. Based on an analysis of cover letters written by undergraduate students at the University of Primorska between 2015 and 2018, it presents the common mistakes students make in writing business letters. It examines the basic categories and presents the results. In addition, attention is drawn to the problems that students usually encounter in writing these letters.
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Kompara Lukančič 2015b = Mojca Kompara Lukančič, Matematične vsebine v angleškem jeziku, interno študijsko gradivo, Univerza na Primorskem, 2015.
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