The purpose of this study is to get the general picture of the actual status of Business English Education and the English language level of the Junior college students majoring in Secretarial studies or related major in order to provide some factual ...
The purpose of this study is to get the general picture of the actual status of Business English Education and the English language level of the Junior college students majoring in Secretarial studies or related major in order to provide some factual data to the field of Secretarial Business English Education. The result of this research will be a useful case study in maximizing the effectiveness of English education, the goal of which as a improved communication skill in the point of Junior college students.
A questionnaire composed of 20 questions on three major fields(respondents' personal data, English education status, English Curriculum) has been used to conduct a survey research. Among the 328 questionnaire circulated, 249 answers were collected and analyzed for some meaningful results as below.
The result showed the unique features of students composition in junior college. Nearly half of the students in junior college has graduated from vocational high school, therefore, a different approach of teaching methods and courses are necessary for them
Majority of the students agreed that their Business English classes are very important in their major curriculum but their efforts in improving their English language ability was not properly linked to the purpose of English education, therefore, it is also necessary to devise a method to encourage their language study. Also instructors in charge of the Secretarial Business English courses need to show further attention to their students and try to find out their needs in language study.
The importance of communicating ability in English is the most important factor in modem English education. The result showed that students also acknowledged the importance of English speaking, listening, and grammar and vocabularies and they want further training on these fields during their Secretarial Business English class.
In conclusion, Secretarial Business English instructors are expected to apply the findings in this study in order to devise the most effective teaching methods, courses, textbooks for the students majoring secretarial studies in junior college.