One of the consequences of the digital era has been the undeniable rise in the use of English in business. Studies have shown that large numbers of people in the business community now rely on English to get their work done, and at the same time, that many business transactions now take place through digital technologies in the form of computer mediated communication (CMC). In this study, we will be discussing a recent project carried out with high-proficiency learners of business English located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with no previous business experience, which aimed to help our learners to develop the CMC skills they will need to succeed in the contemporary UAE workplace, with specific reference to email. In doing so, it went beyond what is normally included within the textbook and attempted to place our learners in a writing space more similar to that of the modern business context.

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将研究付诸实践：超越教科书式商务英语学习者的电子邮件任务设计

数字时代的后果之一是不可否认的英语在商业中的使用增加。研究表明，商界中的大量人现在依靠英语来完成他们的工作，与此同时，许多商业交易现在都是通过计算机中介通信 (CMC) 形式的数字技术进行的。在这项研究中，我们将讨论最近与阿拉伯联合酋长国 (UAE) 的高水平商务英语学习者进行的一个项目，该项目以前没有商业经验，旨在帮助我们的学习者发展他们将要学习的 CMC 技能需要在当代阿联酋工作场所取得成功，具体参考电子邮件。在这样做，