In texts for general English, the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and
speaking are usually featured. The typical implementation of general English texts in
company programs weight the listening and speaking skills more heavily, because these are
the two skills that are the most underdeveloped by the Japanese educational system in
general.
Compared to business simulation materials, general English materials seem to better
match the domain of language sampled by the TOEIC test. This coverage is mainly in the
sampling of structure. While some of the contexts of interaction featured in the general
English texts have little overlap with the content domain of international English (e.g., a
'process' lesson in which A instructs B in the process of replacing a printer cartridge), a
wider sampling of language structures, and a relatively more frequent use of written texts
increases its potential overlap with the two skills of reading/structure and listening assessed
on the TOEIC test.
Current Events/News (News). An unstructured approach to language teaching
material features current news items for reading and discussion. The content coverage of
these materials, which are for the most part English language newspapers and magazines
such as NewsWeek or Time, differs from both business simulations and general English.
The primary difference is in language selection. Newspapers and current events magazines
are not edited for non-native readers, and thus may feature a wider range of idiomatic and
specialized usage not common to international English, or to business domains of language
use. No interface to language functions is provided in news materials.
The usual approach to using current events materials is in having learners read and
then discuss opinions about the news. In this regard, the main purpose of these materials is
more related to language maintenance and practice than to learning of new structures or functions. The use of current event materials can nonetheless lead to incidental learning of
new vocabulary and grammatical forms.
In texts for general English, the four skills of reading, writing, listening, andspeaking are usually featured. The typical implementation of general English texts incompany programs weight the listening and speaking skills more heavily, because these arethe two skills that are the most underdeveloped by the Japanese educational system ingeneral.Compared to business simulation materials, general English materials seem to bettermatch the domain of language sampled by the TOEIC test. This coverage is mainly in thesampling of structure. While some of the contexts of interaction featured in the generalEnglish texts have little overlap with the content domain of international English (e.g., a'process' lesson in which A instructs B in the process of replacing a printer cartridge), awider sampling of language structures, and a relatively more frequent use of written textsincreases its potential overlap with the two skills of reading/structure and listening assessedon the TOEIC test.Current Events/News (News). An unstructured approach to language teachingmaterial features current news items for reading and discussion. The content coverage ofthese materials, which are for the most part English language newspapers and magazinessuch as NewsWeek or Time, differs from both business simulations and general English.The primary difference is in language selection. Newspapers and current events magazinesare not edited for non-native readers, and thus may feature a wider range of idiomatic andspecialized usage not common to international English, or to business domains of languageuse. No interface to language functions is provided in news materials.The usual approach to using current events materials is in having learners read andthen discuss opinions about the news. In this regard, the main purpose of these materials ismore related to language maintenance and practice than to learning of new structures or functions. The use of current event materials can nonetheless lead to incidental learning ofnew vocabulary and grammatical forms.
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