关于编制商务英语立体教材的探讨

Discussion on the Development of Three-Dimensional Materials in Business English Teaching

作为专门用途英语的一种,商务英语与一般用途英语的一个主要区别在于它要求授课教师根据学生的英语水平、专业需求等设计课程并编写教材.本文以交际法和以学习者为中心的教学思想为立足点,借鉴国外权威培训机构资深商务英语教师的理论,结合我国国情,提出编制商务英语立体教材的重要性,并进而提出了一些关于如何编写立体教材的建议.

As a branch of English for Specific Purposes, Business English differs from General English in that it demands the teacher to design course and develop materials according to the learners' language level requirements and job-specific requirements. Based on the communicative approach and the learning-centered approach, this paper, applying some world-wide famous Business English trainers' theories to our country's specific situation, elaborates the advantages of developing three-dimensional materials in Business English teaching and, more importantly, provides some suggestions to three-dimensional materials developers.