From the digital coalface: Building a range of blended English-language communicative competence courses in partnership with corporate learning and development stakeholders

This paper provides an analysis of the perceived needs of corporate learning and development teams with regard to language and communication training. secondly, it offers an academic framework drawing on the work of leading writers in the field in order to integrate the lived curriculum development experience with a basis in theory. the paper then describes the process of course building, both regarding the pedagogical and technological elements of the development project. finally, it offers an a posteriori set of findings regarding the necessary elements of a successful blended communicative competence course for corporate application.