A Case Study of Project-Based English Learning Experience in a Simulated Business Context

Autor/inn/en	Huang, Yi-Ching; Huang, Hsin-Yi Cyndi
Titel	A Case Study of Project-Based English Learning Experience in a Simulated Business Context
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 12 (2019) 12, S.12-22 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Business English; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Student Projects; Active Learning; Learning Experience; Undergraduate Students; Elective Courses; Student Attitudes; Simulation; Private Colleges; Foreign Countries; Television; Programming (Broadcast); Campuses; Oral Language; Retailing; Learning Motivation; Course Descriptions; Business Administration Education; Teamwork; Interpersonal Communication; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Business; English; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; English as second language; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schulprojekt; Aktives Lernen; Lernerfahrung; Elective course; Wahlkurs; Schülerverhalten; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Privathochschule; Ausland; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Programmgestaltung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Warenwirtschaft; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Kursstrukturplan; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Simulation technique could be effective if it is cleverly manipulated and incorporated in a project-based learning context. This current study aims to explore students' learning experience in a project-based simulated business context. The participants were 51 second and third year students who took Business English as an elective course at a private university in central Taiwan. In the project, the participants modeled an episode in a reality TV show, The Apprentice, and tried to plan their projects of selling beverages to the students on campus using English. The students were engaged in the whole process from initial project planning to the final oral report of presenting their selling strategies. The results from the participants' questionnaire responses and interview data revealed that they felt the course was more motivating, interactive and practical than traditional business course. It is also suggested that this simulated business project provide students with opportunities for social interaction and a psychologically safe team environment to work collaboratively, which both contributed the development in synergistic knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01