Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
ESP Today
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Abstract
© 2018 University of Belgrade. An increasing number of researchers and practitioners with an interest in ESP have begun to consider the role that information communication technologies can play in the classroom. In addition, recent work in English for Specific Business Purposes has emphasized the importance of introducing more computer-mediated communication into the curriculum, in an effort to help learners to develop the skills they will need in the workplace. In this article I discuss a business English course for undergraduate students in the Gulf Region with three areas of focus, that addresses this concern: (i) it combines a flipped classroom approach and a project-based learning approach, (ii) it presents students with a series of mobile learning tasks that centre on a set of three interdependent instructional goals, i.e. interaction, production and reflection, and (iii) it allows students to develop their skills in two specific areas related to computer-mediated communication in the workplace, i.e. dealing with different audiences and selecting appropriate media. My aim is to give an account of a real classroom experience of relevance for the teaching of English for Specific Business Purposes at tertiary level.
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ISSN
Publisher
University of Belgrade
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
65
Last Page
83
Disciplines
Business
Keywords
Audience, Flipped classroom, Mobile learning, Multi-media, Project-based learning
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Nickerson, Catherine, "Mobile and multidimensional: Flipping the business English classroom" (2018). All Works. 2408.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/2408
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yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series