Business English Course Design: A Teacher's Perspective

LISTA FIGURI /7

LISTA TABELE / 11

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION / 13

CHAPTER 2: A TEACHER’S PROFILE / 17

2.1. Teachers’ professional competences at EU and Romania level / 19

2.2. English language teachers’ competences /31

2.3. The experienced teacher as a mentor for junior English teachers/ 36

2.4. Chapter summary /40

CHAPTER 3: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS /41

3.1. How do learners learn? / 43

3.2. How do teachers teach? /47

3.3. What assessment tools are useful for both learners and teachers?/ 51

3.4. Chapter summary / 53

CHAPTER 4: BUSINESS ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE DESIGN / 55

4.1. Business English - a type of English for Specific Purposes / 57

4.2. Designing Business English programmes to suit students' needs/ 60

4.3. General considerations on course design / 64

4.3.1. Selecting and developing materials. Published versus authentic materials/ 65

4.3.1.1. The use of web resources /71

4.3.1.1.1. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education /71

4.3.1.1.2. Blended learning or combining e-learning techniques with the traditional ones/ 74

4.3.1.2. Types of web resources /77

4.3.1.3. How to use web resources /93

4.3.2. The content/95

4.3.3. Tasks and activities/ 114

4.4. Designing materials and activities for a Business English language course. Practical examples /115

4.4.1. Designing business materials for reading competences /116

4.4.2. Designing business materials for listening competences /120

4.4.3. Designing business materials for speaking competences/ 126

4.4.4. Designing business materials for writing business correspondence competences/ 130

4.4.5. Designing business materials for vocabulary competences / 137

4.4.6. Designing business materials for grammar competences / 143

4.4.7. Designing business materials for self-evaluation /146

4.4.8. Sample of a unit including all six competences and selfevaluation test / 151

4.5. Chapter summary / 171

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS / 173

REFERENCES / 175