their plans for the future, barriers they perceived to be preventing them from fulfilling their plans, and their initiatives in addressing the barriers.
This conclusive account covered the three essential components of professional expertise, namely, professional knowledge, professional practice, and discursive competence (Bhatia, 2004). She noticed the formulaic nature of business discourse and the importance of 格式 [layout and format] (Interview #2, 30 December, 2009). Also similar to Nan, Mei concluded that she was not “really far away” from being an international business professional because of her knowledge of the business world (Interview #5, 5 July, 2010).