Study on the Effective Ways to Organize Business English Classes

Juan LI

Abstract


The increase of international business activities has been an increasing demand for business English talents. To cultivate qualified business English talents in limited teaching hours, the classroom teaching patterns should be innovated to stimulate the students’ initiative. Based on the characteristics of business English, this paper discusses the effective ways to organize business English classes, which include explosive teaching, simulation, role play and case study in hope of increasing the teaching efficiency of business English and shed light on the improvement of business English teaching.


Keywords


Business English; Classroom teaching; Practicability

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