Abstract:
Abstract: This study investigates the need of English language learning for business
students considering the need for incorporating English for specific purposes (ESP)
and English for general purposes (EGP) in a learning friendly course curriculum to
improve business English communication and proficiency in English to meet the
need for business students in a tertiary level. This study also aims to understand the
views on English for General Proposes (EGP) considering the set up of objective
oriented class room environment to execute the lesson plan within a smoother,
flexible, out come based course curriculum and teaching-learning methods and
supporting the students to incorporate their needs for ESP and EGP as well. As per
English learning it is very important to reconstruct the course objective for ESP
classroom as business students require some special care while learning the second
language. So, the study analyses the need for learning English for business students
as they used to learn English as a global language to serve the purposes of specific
needs. To set up an objective oriented class environment incorporating the general
English with Business English is a fundamental need for those students who are
learning English to serve with proficiency. The authors tried to bring out the
characteristics and the classification of ESP along with it sub-classes. The attempt is
made to focus on the different roles played by an ESP teacher in the class.
Regarding Business English, the authors shows how to collect course materials and
methods of making the Business English learners communicatively competent.
