Why should a Business English Teacher be a Constructivist Teacher?

• Authors: Joanna Lempart
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article provides some considerations related to the issue of learning and teaching Business English in Poland. It explains the difference between Business English, General English and English for Specific Purposes. The main aim of it is to present the characteristics of the Constructivist Business English Teachers. In order to this the constructivist approach to second language learning and teaching is briefly presented and a few. valuable suggestions are provided on how to it can be employed in Business English teaching.

Keywords

EN

business English; constructivist Teacher

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Glottodidactica
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 34
• Pages: 87-92

Dates

published

2018-11-05

Contributors

author

Joanna Lempart

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/gl.2008.34.9