scholarly journals Designing tasks for the Business English classroom

ELT Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Evans
Keyword(s):  
Business English ◽  
English Classroom

College Business English teaching in the context of multimedia network

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110077
Author(s):  
Yan Liang
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Business English ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Multimedia Network ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
Reform Model

With the advent of the Internet age, network information technology is rapidly entering college English classes, which fundamentally changes the mode of college English teaching. In college English classroom teaching mode, as a brand teaching form, College English multimedia network teaching environment has brought advantages to classroom teaching, but also brought about impacts on teaching concepts, teaching models, teaching methods and other aspects. There are some phenomena that are inconsistent with the reform model at the students, teachers and the environment. The balance of traditional English classroom teaching has been broken, which has affected the smooth progress of college business English classroom teaching mode reform. It is very important to analyze and resolve these imbalances and find ecological methods for optimizing university English education. In this context, the advent of multimedia-assisted education technology has provided better conditions for the implementation of Business English classroom education in universities. Multimedia-powered business English education allows teachers to create a better language learning environment in class more conveniently and quickly, helping students acquire grammar knowledge and achieve their educational objectives.

scholarly journals SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (BUSINESS ENGLISH) AS POWERFUL PEDADOGICAL TOOL IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY

10.23856/2512 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Olgа Bratanych ◽  
Sergii Skydan ◽  
Melisandra Leonardos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefits ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Business English ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
The North ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
English Classroom

 The authors have analyzed the conceptual framework of self-directed learning theory; described some issues of self-directed learning within the field of higher education in the North America and identified some challenges of self-directed English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learning in the Ukrainian Economic University setting; shared some practical information about using it as a pedagogical tool in an ESP (Business English) classroom for advanced learners in the context of Ukrainian Economic University; characterized the ESP course containing a self-directed learning component; showed who is more likely to become an efficient self-directed ESP learner; presented some ideas on the role of the teacher in involving students in self-directed ESP learning; selected several ways to foster an ESP learner autonomy: established a number of economic benefits of self-directed ESP learning.

scholarly journals Authentic materials in the Business English classroom: Annual Reports

Kalbotyra ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (67) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel F. Ruiz-Garrido ◽  
Juan Carlos Palmer-Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Construction ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Business English ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
International Firms ◽  
English Classroom

International firms are interested in getting the best possible professionals, those who are able to communicate accurately at the workplace. To help them, the use of authentic materials in the classroom can enhance students’ options to succeed in their prospective working environment. From a genre-based perspective, annual reports can be useful for that purpose, as they offer a real corporate image of the companies, helping students to understand better how firms work. This paper shows a practical implementation of three activities that are carried out among three different groups of students at a Spanish public university to promote their communicative skills. To do so we have followed a multimodal approach, so that our students can experience, conceptualize and apply meaning to a genre (annual report), completing some tasks in which they have to communicate in English the information appearing in those texts. The final pedagogical recommendations enhance the benefits of using authentic materials in the English for business communication classroom. The combination of multimodality and genre-based pedagogy lead students to understand the current meaning construction in professional settings. 

scholarly journals Identity Construction of Chinese Business English Teachers from the Perspective of ESP Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Guihang ◽  
Zhu Miao
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Business English ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
English Program

As an interdisciplinary major, Business English has a distinct difference from General English. Therefore, Business English teachers and General English teachers are also very different. However, nowadays, most Business English teachers in most colleges are with the educational background of English Language and Literature. They are facing serious problems of teacher identity construction. As Business English is generally considered to be a branch under English for Specific Purpose (ESP), there is a close connection between Business English and ESP. Therefore, ESP theory can provide a theoretical basis for the development of Business English program and can also provide some guidance for the identity construction of Business English teachers. Based on Needs Analysis and learning-centred approach of ESP theory, combining former researches of this field and observation findings of actual Business English classroom in a university, this article summarizes three identities that Business English teachers should construct: teaching practitioners and researchers, learners, and businesspeople. The study of teacher identity is of great significance to the successful construction of multidimensional teacher identities for Business English teachers and to the realization of their professional development.

scholarly journals Jak określić potrzeby językowe pracowników w miejscu pracy

Neofilolog ◽  
1970 ◽  
pp. 145-157
Author(s):  
Paweł Sobkowiak
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Business English ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
Learner Needs

Globalization of business and use of English in corporations as lingua franca has resulted in growing demand for Business English courses in the workplace. This article tries to present a concise profile of an adult language learner in a broader context of adult education and the implications for the Business English classroom. The claim is made that if we want to provide tailormade courses for employees in companies a thorough analysis of their language needs should be carried out first. Explicitly discussed here are the types of adult learner needs in the business context and the methodology which may be employed in determining them.

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