Penn Language Group for Global Professional Communication (PLGGPC) aims to promote excellence in teaching and research of professional languages for global citizens. Originally named the ‘Penn Business Language Group’, this group was first created in the mid-1990’s to promote the teaching of languages for business purposes and to provide instructive presentations and workshops to help the appointed language faculty further develop their literary background to be able to teach business-specific language and content. In 2006, Claire Babanoury, directing the French Language and Culture Program at the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, took over the coordination of the group under the auspices of the Penn Language Center and strengthened the group in organized meetings and workshops. As the number of business language instructions and other professional language courses grew at Penn, a reassessment of the group’s needs was deemed necessary....
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