A Research on Experiential Education in Business English Based on Task-based Instruction

Abstract

Experiential education is a student-centered teaching method, wherein the teacher introduces or designs a scene related to the teaching content to enhance their learning experience and hence reach the teaching objectives. Task-based instruction (TBI) has become increasingly popular in business English teaching. TBI offers students abundant opportunities to experience business knowledge and English language in class. It can stimulate students’ interest in learning the target language and contribute to students’ overall development. This article analyzes the features of TBI and based on TBI, it sheds some lights on the application of experiential education to business English course. Introduction of business knowledge being the prerequisite and language knowledge being the basis, experiential education creates experiencing situations for the students when the teacher controls the process and evaluates the task completed.