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A Study on Problems and Strategies of Business English Curriculum Design and Teaching
Author(s)
YUAN Zhi-qian
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2018.02.005
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Quzhou University, Quzhou, China
ABSTRACT
A large portion of the current business English course designs in China’s colleges still employ the mode of general English course design and teaching in a traditional way and this has brought about many problems. This paper mainly discusses the problems in detail and underlying causes, and then tentatively proposes several practical and feasible strategies on how to address these problems from the perspective of needs analysis.
KEYWORDS
business English, course design, needs analysis, strategies
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