An analysis of business English coursebooks from an ELF perspective

Si, Jinghui

doi:10.1093/elt/ccz049

Cited by 26 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The course books used in C1, C2, C5, C6, C8, and C9 are found to be introduced from English-speaking countries, written by native English speakers, and thus incorporate native-speaker Standard English. This echoes findings of many course book analyses where language input, both written and oral, is grounded in native-speaker Standard English (Si, 2020). Given that teaching activities are mainly organized around the course book, the proportion of native-speaker Standard English in the classrooms takes around 40% (See Figure 3).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 75%

“…This is in stark contrast with many European HEIs, in which linguistic diversity is regarded as an essential rationale for establishing EMI courses and programs (Dearden & Macaro, 2016). The intractable issue emerges here is that if linguistic diversity is contextually non-present, it is often pedagogically overlooked, as indicated in this study and many others (Si, 2020). More specifically, EMI is perceived more as an ideologically motivated choice in the pursuit of internationalization than an informed pedagogical practice in demand for imparting disciplinary knowledge.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Lost in the EMI Trend: Language-Related Issues Emerging From EMI Practice

2023

Sage Open

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The prominent increase in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has triggered the need for investigating EMI in practice in various contexts. Studies focusing on linguistic attitudes of EMI practitioners and learners are beginning to emerge but there are few studies exploring language-related issues in EMI practice. In response to this, this study investigates how language-related issues in EMI are conceptualized, approached and navigated. Data are drawn from document analysis, classroom observations and semi-structured interviews. The study finds that EMI courses were established without much presence of linguistic diversity and without an overt policy. Seemingly, EMI is treated as an invaluable commodity in the pursuit of internationalization. This puts the consistence and quality of EMI into question. It also finds that the practitioners have made polarized language decisions despite of an overall “English-only” preference. The polarized decisions lead to two modes of silence, namely “the English-only silence” and “the silence of English.” In addition, nativized Englishes were found to play in a key role in constructing EMI discourses, despite of a deeply-rooted belief in the Standard English ideology. This conflict between practice and perception reinforces the complexity of practitioners’ professional identity. Furthermore, it is also found that EMI, as an important way to pursue internationalization that celebrates heterogeneity, has a potential to circulate homogeneity. The findings are of significance for universities to (re)consider and (re)conceptualize language-related issues in EMI practice, and on the basis of this, design appropriate EMI curricula.

show abstract

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 75%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Lost in the EMI Trend: Language-Related Issues Emerging From EMI Practice

2023

Sage Open

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Explore the situation" [18]. e teaching content that integrates light, color, sound, and shadow can enable students to expand their imagination in the three-dimensional space where sight and hearing are intertwined, as if they are in various real language environments, and they can better and faster devote themselves to the teaching process [19]. In business English learning, use the knowledge of business English that has been learned to express their feelings, help students to think directly in business English, and use business English to communicate [20].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Quality Evaluation of Business English Classroom Teaching Using Improved DA-BP Algorithm

Zhang

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

With the international development of China’s economy, there is an increasing demand for complex talents who are proficient in English and familiar with business operation and management of enterprises. However, it is worth exploring how to explore a proven teaching quality monitoring model for business English (BE) majors. The evaluation system of business English classroom teaching quality should not focus on the effect of teachers’ “teaching,” but on students’ “learning” experience and the effect of “learning.” English teaching should take into account the actual situation of students, especially that some students have a poor English foundation and insufficient understanding of English learning. They can improve their English cultural literacy and enhance their intercultural communication skills from learning English. Therefore, when evaluating teaching quality, indicators such as teaching methods and learning strategies should be introduced and emphasis should be placed on motivating students’ learning attitudes, emotions, awareness, and experiences to promote cooperative inquiry learning. In this paper, we propose an improved DA-BP algorithm to measure the teaching quality of BE, which has achieved good evaluation results with an accuracy rate of 93%, enriched the content of business English classroom teaching and cultivated more comprehensive and better composite talents for the society.

show abstract

“…Under the background of the reform of English teaching, realizing the effective connection between English teaching and bilingual teaching has become one of the important teaching goals of major colleges and Published by Francis Academic Press, UK -49-universities at this stage. At the same time, the quality of bilingual teaching has gradually become an assessment of college English teaching level index [11]. At present, most universities still adopt a single "uniform" teaching method in English teaching.…”

Section: College English Curriculum Reform Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

College English Curriculum Setting and Evaluation Based on Language Curriculum Design Model——Taking English Translation Course as an Example

2022

FER

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

College English curriculum construction is the core of college English teaching reform, and evaluation is an effective means to promote and strengthen college English curriculum construction. To organize the evaluation of college English courses, it is necessary to determine the indicators and standards that reflect the quality of the courses, establish a course evaluation organization to implement them, and truly achieve truth-seeking, scientific and fairness. While the popularization of higher education provides more people with the opportunity to receive higher education, the problem of the decline in the quality of personnel training in institutions of higher learning has aroused widespread concern. Curriculum refers to the overall conception of an educational institution to meet the learning needs of students and achieve the desired educational purpose. Curriculum setting is the material content and important guarantee for the implementation and realization of talent training goals, and it is the concrete manifestation of social development needs and school training goals. The teaching goal of college English is to cultivate students' English application ability, enhance crosscultural communication awareness and communicative ability, and at the same time develop autonomous learning ability, improve comprehensive cultural literacy, and enable them to be effective in study, life, social interaction and future work. Use English to meet national, social, school and personal development needs.

show abstract

An analysis of business English coursebooks from an ELF perspective

Cited by 26 publications

References 10 publications

Lost in the EMI Trend: Language-Related Issues Emerging From EMI Practice

Lost in the EMI Trend: Language-Related Issues Emerging From EMI Practice

The Quality Evaluation of Business English Classroom Teaching Using Improved DA-BP Algorithm

College English Curriculum Setting and Evaluation Based on Language Curriculum Design Model——Taking English Translation Course as an Example

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About