Exploring the Use of Internet in Teaching Business English

Internet, with its vast source of information and new communication technology, has been embraced as an important tool for language teaching. This paper explores how teachers of Business English, a branch of ESP, may make good use of Internet to facilitate teaching. It first specifies the scope of Business English, and explores the resources online that can be employed to optimize the Business English teaching and learning experience. It also analyzes the principles underlying the application of Internet resources in Business English classroom, highlighting the need to correctly identify the role of Internet resources, to analyze learner needs, to sensibly evaluate online-materials and to integrate on-line resources into the learning process.