讲座时间：2016年11月17日（星期四）下午2:00-3:30
讲座地点：文波楼语音210教室
讲座题目：Teaching English for the international workplace: meeting the challenge
主讲人简介：
Evan Frendo is a freelance trainer and consultant based in Berlin, Germany. He has been active in corporate language and communications training since 1993, and specializes in the fields of ESP and business English. A frequent speaker at conferences, he also travels regularly in Europe and Asia to run courses or to work as a consultant. His clients have come from many places and have included large corporate training departments such as Siemens Learning Campus and Audi Academy, as well as groups and individuals from a range of industries including oil and gas (e.g. Schlumberger), accounting and finance (e.g. PwC), logistics (e.g. Schenker), retail (e.g. Metro), automotive engineering (e.g. Volkswagen), and many others. Evan has experience in writing for both print and digital media, and also authored or co-authored several textbooks such as English for Accounting (Oxford), English for the Oil and Gas Industry (Pearson) and English for Construction (Pearson). He is currently a Chief Examiner for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (English for Accounting).
讲座摘要：
Business English teachers face some tricky challenges when it comes to deciding what and how to teach. This is especially true when we look at recent research into how people interact in business contexts, which is questioning a lot of what teachers have been taking for granted. For example, how do we teach English if we don't have a standard model to follow? How can we take advantage of learning in other ways, such as via communities of practice within organizations? How do we deal with soft skills and intercultural training? How should we approach specific lexis and genres? And how do we test our learners, if at all? This talk will look at these and similar questions, and discuss possible options.
