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Developing good academic practice on learning business English with open web-based educational resources: The results of a pilot study
Dina, Tatiana Aurora and Ciornei, Silvia Ileana

Published2015
JournalProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume 203, Pages 310-315
Original PublicationInternational Conference Education and Psychology Challenges - Teachers for the Knowledge Society
CountryRomania, Europe

ABSTRACT
As information and communication technology systems are becoming increasingly important in every matter of today's world, there is a great pressure on teachers to integrate technology into education, as well. Another reason for integrating computer network technology during classes is to fit the students’ needs, to improve their communication skills in doing business, overall business competence, as well as autonomous learning ability, as a basis for their future work and international business communication. Students should thus be able to reach a solid foundation in English, as well as enough business background.

Keywords business English · communication technologies · digital natives · open web-based educational resources

ISSN1877-0428
RefereedYes
RightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
DOI10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.300
URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815049484
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