[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-589000-105":59,"doc-detail-589000-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","improving-students-language-skills-in-business-english-course-experimental-study","IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE SKILLS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE - EXPERIMENTAL STUDY","","A comparative experimental study evaluates whether a blended “Business Communication” e-course on the LMS Moodle platform improves students’ business English reading outcomes. The paper uses a hypothesis-testing approach (t-Test) to measure statistically significant differences between 144 first-year and 97 second-year economics students in standardized departmental tests after three advanced courses. Findings show the experimental group achieved higher final evaluation results, confirming the effectiveness of an alternative business English teaching format.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/improving-students-language-skills-in-business-english-course-experimental-study/589000/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/improving-students-language-skills-in-business-english-course-experimental-study/589000.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Nguyễn Văn Học","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-29","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":34},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What teaching approach does the experimental group receive?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The experimental group enrolls in a “Business Communication” e-course on the LMS Moodle platform and completes various Internet-supported activities.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How are the results of the two groups compared?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"A hypothesis-testing method using a t-Test assesses the significance of differences between both groups’ knowledge levels based on standardized business English tests.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What do the research findings conclude about the e-course?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The experimental group achieves better final evaluation results than the control group, supporting that the alternative business English teaching form is effective.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},589000,1792190811,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":34,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},1374402739827,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/14000c97e7351f1a627?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1787885694763230660","DOI: 10.20535/2410-8286 .226493  \nIMPROVING STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE SKILLS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE:  \nEXPERIMENTAL STUDY  \nZuzana Hrdličková  \nUniversity of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Applied Languages, Slovakia  \n[zuzana.hrdlickova@euba.sk](zuzana.hrdlickova@euba.sk)  \nIt is evident from the PISA 2018 results that a trend in mean performance in reading has been declining in the Slovak Republic. The KEGA Project “Idioms in Business Communication”, run at the Department of English Language, aims at improving reading literacy, widening formal and informal vocabulary and facilitating business communication. Both traditional and modern styles of language teaching are used. The control group of students does a traditional course and the experimental group of students enrols in a“Business Communication” e-course on LMS Moodle platform, as well. With the use of the Internet and supporting materials, this group is involved in various activities. The paper compares the study results of 144 first-year and 97 second-year students of the University of Economics in Bratislava achieved in departmental standardised business English tests after completing three courses in business English for advanced students. The method of Hypothesis Testing (t-Test) assesses the significance of the difference between the levels of knowledge of both groups. The research findings prove that the experimental group of students achieved better results in final evaluation than the control group of students. The results also confirm that an alternative form of business English teaching was effective.  \nKeywords: reading text; business term; idiomatic expression; reading literacy; LMS Moodle; blended learning; summary.  \nIntroduction  \nIn each round of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), one subject is tested in detail. In the seventh assessment, in 2018, 79 countries and economies participated in it and the main subject was reading, as it was in 2000 and 2009. The data (OECD, 2019a) tell us that seven countries or economies, including the Slovak Republic, saw declining mean performance across all three subjects. Regarding the performance in reading, Slovak participants achieved unsatisfactory results in the assessments in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012. In addition, mean performance in reading along with science did not change significantly between 2015 and 2018. When comparing countries and economies’ performance in reading in the last assessment, the Slovak Republic is in the 41st place, i.e. statistically significantly below the OECD average.  \nThe data also indicates that there is a close inter-relationship between a student’s performance in PISA and his/her parents’ level of education (as measured by their educational qualifications) . Countries with more highly educated and skilled adults are at an advantage over countries where parents have less education, or where many adults have low literacy skills (OECD, 2019a) . In the past, proficiency in reading, writing and arithmetic made a solid foundation for young adults entering university or launching a career. The definition of literacy has stretched; it means education, knowledge or skill in a particular area, as well.  \nNot only Slovak pupils or high-school students but also undergraduates face problems when working with reading texts. Therefore, reading literacy needs to be improved in higher education.  \nMany scholars deal with the issue of whether the language of the text affects first-or second-language readers (Alderson, 2000) . Schlesinger (1986) investigates whether syntactic complexity causes processing difficulties for readers. Berman (1984) discusses a number of linguistic variables that make texts harder to process for readers, e.g. the opacity and heaviness of the constituent structure of sentences. Vocabulary difficulty has consistently been shown to have an effect on understanding for readers (Freebody & Anderson, 1983) . It has also been shown that topic (un)familiar","cbCaifZKwvgPKSom","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifZKwvgPKSom","pdf",397426,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Background on PISA reading performance\n## Role of parents’ education and literacy\n## Challenges in reading texts in higher education\n## Prior research on text difficulty and comprehension\n## Vocabulary load and idiomatic expressions","[{\"question\":\"What teaching approach does the experimental group receive?\",\"answer\":\"The experimental group enrolls in a “Business Communication” e-course on the LMS Moodle platform and completes various Internet-supported activities.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the results of the two groups compared?\",\"answer\":\"A hypothesis-testing method using a t-Test assesses the significance of differences between both groups’ knowledge levels based on standardized business English tests.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the research findings conclude about the e-course?\",\"answer\":\"The experimental group achieves better final evaluation results than the control group, supporting that the alternative business English teaching form is effective.\"}]","IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE SKILLS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE - EXPERIMENTAL STUDY | PDF",1792066352,28]