Business English and the World Wide Web: An E-commerce Web Page Project Anthony Crooks Sendai Board of Education Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan.

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Business English and the World Wide Web: An E-commerce Web Page Project Anthony Crooks Sendai Board of Education Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan

Outline Introduction Rationale behind the project Background of students Procedure - week by week Product Problems, issues and solutions

Rationale 5 week computer class – what to do? Maintaining of interest for students. Application of acquired skills. Internet-competent class members.

Background of Students Participating students were: – enrolled at an Intensive English program (IEP) in Melbourne, Australia. – in the final weeks of a Business English course. – close to upper-intermediate in English competence. – computer and Internet literate. – had completed a web page in the past. – in their mid-twenties. – from Asia.

Week 1 Examination and analysis of commercial Internet sites. Revision of students’ web page design techniques. Re-familiarization with web page design package (HotDog). Provision of primary assignment.

Primary Assignment In groups of four, students were to advertise a local business with a website. Their websites should comprise three linked web pages and featuring some of the characteristics found in commercial websites. Their websites should make viewers’ interested in using or buying the businesses’ products and services.

Week 1 (continued) Students compiled relevant interview questions for business proprietors in the community close to the IEP center. By Week 2 they were to have found a business to use as a website client, and have arranged a time to meet the proprietor.

Week 2 Before class, students: – had identified a business and obtained some data. – arranged to meet proprietors for interview about their businesses. Initial interview questions were narrowed and refined. Basic web page design skills were further revised.

Weeks 3 & 4 Preparation of the web pages - discussion on content and design. Opportunity for me to inspect their progress and offer suggestions and advice. Some students used class time to re-interview proprietors and take photos of their businesses.

Week 5 Websites ‘tweaked’ and then inspected and critiqued by class. Assessment by class members and myself. General feedback about the value of the project.

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Advantages of the Project Students were engaged in a wide range of language acts. – Reading (web pages, business brochures). – Speaking and listening (to each other, to business proprietors). – Writing (web pages). – Working collaboratively in English towards products of which they were genuinely proud.

Problems In a number of cases: – students used fliers from restaurants to compile their web pages resulting in little English usage. – students had difficulty finding compliant proprietors. – members of the groups ‘took a back seat’ and were merely observers rather than participants in the creation process.

Solutions Find compliant proprietors and set up interviews for students. Have students create their own products and services to advertise. Upload the files to the Internet for ‘completion.’ Reduce groups to pairs. Ensure that students have specific roles to play in each group.

Japan-Specific Issues Conducting this project in Japan would reduce the demand on the students to speak English. Greater emphasis needs to be placed on: – the students’ interaction in English in class. – the preliminary tasks and discussions (e.g. web page examination). – the presentation of the final page in English. Foreign businesses in Japan could be used.

Requirements A computer room with sufficient computers for student use (i.e. one computer per pair). Computers with power enough to handle web design processing tasks (e.g. Pentium+ models). An Internet connection. Web space – free servers such as Homestead, Geocities & NBCi.

Resources - Software At a minimum, Microsoft Word (saving pages at HTML files) or Netscape Composer. Shareware and freeware packages such as CoffeeCup Free HTML or Arachnophilia (both available at Online page-building at Geocities and Homestead (suitable for those institutions with with dedicated Internet access).

Resources - Software Programs to edit and view images: – Paint Shop Pro - – ACDSee - Programs to upload files to the Internet: – WS_FTP LE - – CuteFTP -

Resources - Webspace Free webspace is available at the following sites: – Geocities: – Homestead: – NBCi: – Tripod: – Angelfire:

Resources - Web Page Guides McFredies, Paul (2000) The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Web Page, fourth edition, Macmillan. Smith, Bud E. (2000) Creating Web Pages for Dummies, fifth edition, IDG Books Worldwide. (free online training).

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