Difficulties and Strategies in Business English Terminology Translation

This research aims to develop the materials of reading by conducting need analysis in order to meet the needs of business administration students. The method of research was a research and development (R&D) by Borg and Gall which are modified in to three main cycles, namely: evaluation and needs assessment, materials development, and materials validation. The study found that the existing materials of reading II are not match with the needs analysis result. Thus, the researcher added 13 more basic competencies of the syllabus and materials of reading related to the learners needs and learning needs. Keywords: Business English; Materials; Reading; Task-Based Language Instruction Approach

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The Word Class Adjective in English Business Magazines Online

Journal of Language and Cultural Education ◽

10.2478/jolace-2018-0018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 99-115

Author(s):

Borislav Marušić ◽

Sanda Katavić-Čaušić

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Word Formation ◽

Word Class ◽

Business English ◽

Starting Point ◽

Comprehensive Picture ◽

English Syntax ◽

The Empirical Analysis ◽

Insight Into

Abstract The aim of this paper is to research the word class adjective in one sequence of the ESP: Business English, more precisely English business magazines online. It is an empirical study on the corpus taken from a variety of business magazines online. The empirical analysis allows a comprehensive insight into the word class adjective in this variety of Business English and makes its contribution to English syntax, semantics and word formation. The syntactic part analyses the adjective position in the sentence. The semantic part of the study identifies the most common adjectives that appear in English business magazines online. Most of the analysis is devoted to the word formation of the adjectives found in the corpus. The corpus is analysed in such a way that it enables its division into compounds, derivatives and conversions. The results obtained in this way will give a comprehensive picture of the word class adjective in this type of Business English and can act as a starting point for further research of the word class adjective.

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Bahasa Inggris Bisnis dari Perspektif Alumni Jurusan Akuntansi Politeknik Negeri Padang

Journal Polingua : Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Education ◽

10.30630/polingua.v4i1.106 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 10-16

Author(s):

Martini Martini

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Language Skills ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Business Communication ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Teaching Material ◽

Business English ◽

Reading And Writing ◽

English Curriculum ◽

English Class

As a part of dissertaion research entitled “Developing A Model Of Business English Teaching Material For Students Of Politeknik Negeri Padang”. This article tells about the needs of Business English in workplaces from the graduate students persperctive. The information gottten can be used as inputs is designing Business English curriculum which in based on Link and Match concept between the needs of workplaces and educational institutions. A survey was done by spreading online questionnaires by using Google drive to the graduates of accounting department, who work for some companies in Indonesia. By using descriptive analysis, finding of the research obtains an overview that four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) are very impportant in business communication. It menas that they must be taught in Business English class. Next, it is also obtained that grammar, vocabulary, pronounciation, and translation are also very important to be taughy. Besides, this study can determine some business topics that are needed for Business English class.

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