Study on Self-learning of Business English Students by Network

Abstract

Traditional Business English teaching and learning takes place only in the classroom setting with textbooks. It provides students with zero business English environments. Consequently, students are c onfronted with environmental shock at their work place after graduation. With amazingly rich resources, network-based Business English teaching broadens student's horizon and facilitates student's autonomic learning. It's a promising way for Business English teaching in China. I ntroduction According to the new curriculum requirements released by the Ministry of Education, this paper puts forward a new model of college English teaching reform, namely, the institutions of higher learning should make ful l use of multimedia and network technology, and priority is given to improving the new teaching model with t he teacher adopting a single classroom teaching mode. New teaching model should take modern information t echnology, especially network technology as the support, and it should not be restricted by time and place, in or der to make English teaching go toward the personalized learning and autonomous learning direction (1). This means that the function of network teaching in English teaching with the leap-forward development has gradually transited from the auxiliary role to the teaching of the front desk, plays a dominant position. It has be en proved that web-based foreign language teaching is not only the result of the progress of science and technology in the information age, but also the combination of cognitive psychology and sociolinguistics. A ccording to the China international trade association international business English research council statistics in 2014, business English courses offered in our country had reached more than 400 colleges and universities, and there were tens of thousands of international business English graduates. With the rapid development of international business and continuously expanding enrollment of colleges and universities, due to the current situation of many learners and the shortage of business English teachers, the importance of business English autonomous learning is especially striking. As is known to all, effective English learning is s ituational, being taken place in a specific environment. The so-called environment is in addition to the physical meaning of existence and the existence of psychological meaning, namely the mind(2). The implementation of e ffective language acquisition depends on teachers' attention to two types of environment: Learning business English particular situation. Business work process is essentially a kind of communication and a state of mind in t he business environment and business workers. Business English, business English syllabus stresses, the teaching goal is to develop in the international business environment's ability to communicate in English. It cultivates the practical ability, and helps students get familiar with the different business environment and in a v ariety of business environment for effective communication in English.