Outcome-based Program Design for a Business English Syllabus in the Post-Pandemic Era
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Developing a fulfilling and comprehensive syllabus appears to be the prerequisite of any quality and well-balanced language program. It is a challenging task that many ESP (English for Specific Purposes) have to encounter at some point in their professional life. This paper is written to show the development of a Business English syllabus which can draw on information obtained from some recent alumni of the Business English program on the basis of needs analysis, a useful approach that can be effortlessly transferred. The focus will be placed on actual students’ needs pertinent to the circumstances where students practically need English language skills and a threshold when students’ learning outcomes reign supreme. It was concluded that by organizing a curriculum in an educational system around what is necessary for the students to be able to achieve would fulfill skills and knowhow they truly need in the real professional life, and yet the implementation of the revised syllabus needs further investigation to ascertain its spiraling, positive expected outcomes.
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