SOME DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH TO THE ALBANIAN STUDENTS
SOME DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH TO THE ALBANIAN STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: One of the aims of specialized language courses is to prepare students for professional communication with other specialists worldwide. Successful communication means not only to be able to speak about a certain problem or subject but it also means to be able to talk about various needs. When planning any ESP course, teachers of English language should consider the idea that the students’ purposes and interests are too large extent uniform. As a variety of ESP, Business English implies specific terminology which might look like a daunting task both for teachers and students, when, in fact it only proves to be a matter of preparation and teaching it is not a lot more difficult than teaching general English. The present paper tackles the difficulties of teaching business specific vocabulary or terminology considering the case of the Albanian students at the University of Vlora in Albania, offering some solutions to overcome the problems that both teachers and students may encounter. The aim of this article is to summarize an innovative, task-based business English course for university students studying business.

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