TEACHING PUBLIC SPEAKING TO BUSINESS STUDENTS
TEACHING PUBLIC SPEAKING TO BUSINESS STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: Teaching English to Business students as compared to teaching General English is from the very beginning a challenging task. If we go further and try to integrate public speaking skills into the teaching process, this task will be even more thought-provoking, both for the teachers and the students. It is commonly known that people are reluctant to speaking (more than 70% of the people worldwide experience nervousness when they have to speak in public), let alone in a foreign language in front of an audience. Therefore, integrating public speaking skills and tasks into Business English classes, is intended to better prepare the students for the presentations and projects that they will have to deliver in their future jobs, at the same time enabling them to acquire the necessary concepts and strategies that a good public speaker should master. Moreover, combining traditional face to face public speaking with digital public speaking would instruct and prepare the university graduates for a business digital age, that is so likely to be more ubiquitous in the not-too-distant future.

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