Общение в аспекте понимания. Книга 2. Сборник статей

Atask-basedactivityoftenusedinCLILinlanguageclassesisthecase study method. Studentsanalyze case studiesin various areasof business suchashumanresources,nance,management,marketingorspeciccom­pany-related and company-based cases presenting real-life problems the companiesface.Whenteachingthelanguage,teachersmostfrequentlyuse mini-cases created for didactic purposes. We can nd such cases in some business English course-books. Students rststudythebackground infor­mation in which they get some basic information about the company and themarketsituation.Then,theyanalyzesomefactualinformationoftenpre­sentedinthe formofgraphs, gures,tablesand asexcerptsfrom business andnancialdocuments.Quitefrequently,studentsdonotreceivecomplete informationandthentheyneed tousetheiranalyticalskills tondoutthe missinginformation.Thiswaytheycanidentifytheproblemandndalter­nativesolutions.Atalaterstage,studentspresenttheirsolutionsanddiscuss whichthebestoneinisgivencircumstances.Nexttheydeviseanactionplan andfollowituptoseeifthedecisionwasright.