Sunday 2:15 - 3:05 PM
Bong Sun Hwa
Business English: How and What to Teach?

In order to mach the world's economic development, more and more Applied Foreign Languages Departments have been set up in Taiwan recently. The special features for the Applied Foreign Languages Departments are they focus on the training of language expertises who can use and apply language, computer skills and commercial knowledge learning at school to the real world. The language education emphasizes on learning English for specific purposes. This paper aims to explore the argumentative topic: How to teach Business English? And what should students learn from Business English? Subjects were 24 fifth graders (equal to the 11th graders in the U.S. system) from a Commerce college.    The author experimentally taught Business English for 1997 academic year. At the end of year, subjects filled out a questionnaire regarding their attitudes and opinions toward the instruction and learning of Business English. The study results offer valuable references and insights to Business English education.