TITLE:
Research on Teaching Reform of Business English Graduation Thesis (Design) Writing Course for Application-Oriented Undergraduate Students Based on OBE Concept
AUTHORS:
Cuiling Zhao, Jinghuo Zhang, Jing Tian
KEYWORDS:
OBE, Graduation Thesis (Design) Writing Course, Business English Major
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.15 No.5,
May
28,
2024
ABSTRACT: The academic thesis writing course for Business English majors in application-oriented undergraduate colleges urgently needs teaching reform. Taking Business English major of B University as an example, this paper intends to introduce the OBE (Outcome-Based Education) concept into the teaching of the graduation thesis (design) writing course, adhere to a student-centered and outcome-oriented approach, and redesign and continuously optimize the course according to the four steps of Defining, Realizing, Assessing, and Using learning outcomes. The teaching objectives are updated; the teaching mode is reconstructed, including integrating teaching content, adjusting teaching progress, and innovating teaching methods; a diversified comprehensive evaluation system is built; and the actual output is dynamically tracked for constant reflection and continuous optimization. The aim is to effectively enhance the course’s guidance on the graduation thesis (design) process.