asising personal learning and discovery on the part of the learner, with more task-based, collaborative work between learners, and a more facilitating role for the teacher.role of the teacher is not to provide an orchestration of books through a sense of structured activities, nor just to use the book as a source of teaching materials but to:
ТЗ Clearly devolve the task of working through the book to the students.
ТЗ Ensure that discussion of the task and the project is conducted in the way as it was mentioned using the language of business and professional meetings.
ТЗ Act as consultant for the students.
ТЗ Direct group activities, provide different types of activities.are different thoughts according to the role of teacher. Some schools of methodology see the teacher as ideal language model and commander of classroom activity (Audio-Lingual Method) whereas others see the teacher as background facilitator and classroom colleague to the learners (Communicative Language Teaching). Brieger stated that just as there is no single Business English, there is no single profile of the Business English teacher. The profile is fashioned by the characteristics of the working environment and its view of Business English, as well as by the demands of the learners. However, it is important to remember that the majority of teachers are non-native speakers, largely trained within the local community.
Business English versus General English
Having inquired into the objectives of Business English, its main elements, the peculiarities of Business teachers it becomes obvious that there is specific difference between BE and GE. This issue evokes heated debate between theorists. It is thought that ТР‹business EnglishТЛ is little more than general English in a business context; though there is another thought that in Business English much more student-specific materials can be conceived and a large element of job-specific vocabulary work involved. There is the truth in each of these arguments that leads to compromise between them. The compromise is between general and specific language, between communication and grammatical accuracy.makes Business English different from General English is partly related to language and partly to communication.language to be introduced and practiced in the Business English classroom reflects the professional background of the learner . channels of communication to be developed and practiced reflect the professional world of presentations, meetings and telephoning rather than general communication in discussion.General English and Business English need contexts for developing language knowledge and communication skills. General English uses...
