NEW APPROACHES TO TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH TO FUTURE ECONOMISTS

Keywords: business environment, professional training, language competence, business communication, new methods of teaching

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of teaching business English to future specialists in Economics in the context of quickly changing business environment. The authors of the article investigate the challenges which face professional training of future economists and prove a very important role of acquiring skills in English for special purpose for future professional activity describing the current requirements to teaching business English to students of non-linguistic specialties. The new methods of teaching a foreign business language are revealed and the importance of gaining skills to maintain the stable contacts with business partners by means of perfect knowledge of English is proved. The authors define the main principles of organizing a business foreign language teaching in higher educational establishments and analyze the indicators of successful acquiring of language skills by students of economic faculties. The set of tasks aimed at further formation of language competence and acquisition of practical skills of language proficiency is suggested.

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2018-02-23
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Dzevytska, L., & Romanenko, O. (2018). NEW APPROACHES TO TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH TO FUTURE ECONOMISTS. Scientific Journal of Polonia University, 26(1), 86-91. https://doi.org/10.23856/2610