3rd Party English : The Communication Breakdown

Authors

Michael N. Long

Publication Date

1984-01-01

Abstract

Most of us, and most of our learners, have at some time had the experience of listening to an announcement through the public address system, at an airport or a railway station, and we know how difficult it is to understand it. Because, however, we know how to deal with the redundancies of language we more often than not manage to filter out the information we require, in spite of background noise, distortion and other interference. If that same announcement is in a language other than our own the result is quite different.* Even those of us who consider ourselves proficient may be lucky to catch the required information, and those of us with a lesser skill may decide it is not worth the effort of trying.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.14.1.2

First Page

6

Last Page

10

Recommended Citation

Long, Michael N. (1984) "3rd Party English : The Communication Breakdown," PASAA: Vol. 14: Iss. 1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.14.1.2
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol14/iss1/2