TITLE:
Research on the Influencing Factors of University English Teachers’ Transformation under the Background of New Liberal Arts—Taking the Transformation of English Teachers into Business English Teachers as an Example
AUTHORS:
Tang Li, Le Sun, Zongyun She
KEYWORDS:
English Teacher, Transformation, Business English Teacher, Influencing Factors, Logit-ISM Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.10,
October
22,
2024
ABSTRACT: From a disciplinary perspective, business English belongs to the interdisciplinary major of new liberal arts. The teaching staff of business English major mainly come from the transformation of college English or English major teachers. Based on a survey of 350 questionnaires, this article applies the Logit-ISM model to analyze the influencing factors of English teachers’ transformation to business English teachers and the hierarchical correlation between these influencing factors. It is found that 9 factors, such as the discipline integration trend and children’s education, have a significant impact on the transformation of English teachers into business English teachers; the factors related to family environment and job pursuit have a surface impact on the transformation of English teachers, while the factors related to work status and environment have an intermediate impact. In the long run, the teachers’ individual characteristics and the discipline integration trend are the profound factors driving the transformation of English teachers into business English teachers. Based on the research result, this article puts forward suggestions for promoting the development of business English teachers in terms of personnel selection and policy support for transformation.