Source: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/teach-business-english/
"Know your students expectations - ask them, they know their business :"
"Then, tie your lessons to them, and make it obvious that you’re targeting their needs and interests. Show your students that you have listened to them and that they need to do the specified activity if they want to achieve their goal."
"All students have expectations when taking an english class":
Talk while on ameeting or with a collegue
connect with clients
keep their job
How
How to talk on telephone
how to handle complaints
prepare and make a presentation
write and read analyses and reports
2 - Customize lessons:
"each student may have a distinct job role, industry, or area of focus. Use real-life scenarios:
industry-specific vocabulary, and materials that closely resemble their professional documents, such as emails, reports, and contracts
Customized lessons for: language skills they’ll directly apply in their careers,"
3 - Combine grammar with business topics
"More than jargon, string the jargon together to make comprenesible sentence". "mix it in with something they like":
adverbs of frequency with Sales - sometimes
connectors with Finance - in spite of
must and have to with Human Resources - In order to - you must have
4 - Use Outside Sources for more realistic environment
"Use newspapers, magazines, trade journals, technical texts, sources from the internet, leaflets, brochures, company information, radio, TV and company videos."
5 - Make discussion
"Play dumb, ask questions, let them explain things you really want to know"
6 - Communication
"Effective communication means success in business"
"Encourage classroom discussions debates and role playing activities to simulate". This is "practicing articulating their thoughts". Let them write these thoughts. Let them intereact confidently.
7 - Stay updated
"Business environments are dynamic, with new trends, technologies, and terminologies emerging regularly", " stay updated with these changes"
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