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研究生课程满意度研究——以广东外语外贸大学商务英语研究生项目为案例

日期:2018年01月15日 编辑:ad201409061620251260 作者:无忧论文网 点击次数:1033
论文价格:300元/篇 论文编号:lw201612131215143659 论文字数:44824 所属栏目:研究生教育论文
论文地区: 论文语种:English 论文用途:硕士毕业论文 Master Thesis

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION


1.1 Research Background

Business  English,  as  a  major  in  Chinese  higher  education,  has  been  given  a  lot  of attention  in  order  to  improve its  education  quality.  Many  researches  have  been conducted  with  this  purpose,  and  among  these  studies  some focus  on  improving Business  English  curriculum.  Curriculum,  as  a  basic  form  of  teaching  and  training students,  is considered  an  indispensible  part  in  graduate  education.  It  has  great significance  to  graduate  students  in  expanding their  knowledge  volume  and developing  research  abilities.  Thus  it  has  attracted  a  lot  of  attention  from  both educators  and  graduate  students.  Although  many  researches  have  been  done  in  the field of graduate curriculum, few of them are empirical studies from the perspective of students. As students are the direct audience of curriculum, the author thinks  that students’ evaluation will give helpful insights to improve curriculum.

Therefore, this paper offers an empirical study from the perspective of graduate students,  aiming  at  finding  out possible  solutions  to  perfect   Business  English graduate curriculum. To get empirical data, it investigates Business English graduates’ satisfaction  of  the  curriculum  offered  by  the  Business  English  graduate  program  in Guangdong University  of  Foreign  Studies  (henceforth  GDUFS).  Thus,  this  thesis  is also  a  case  study.  The  subjects  of  the investigation  are  the  graduate  students  in  the three-year  Business  English  graduate  program.  The  aspects investigated  are curriculum design, course content, teaching, and performance assessment, etc. 

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1.2 Research Purpose and Significance

By  investigating  graduate  students’  satisfaction  of  the  Business  English  graduate program, the study tries to get full information on: First, what are their expectations from  the  curriculum  and  what  are  their  evaluation  of  the curriculum  in  terms  of  its value and quality; Second, to what extent they are loyal to the program and whether they have complaints ; Third, which aspects of the curriculum have greater influence on  student  satisfaction  than  others; Fourth,  whether  there  are  differences  in  student satisfaction between students of different grades in the program, and if yes, what are they,  and  what  are  the  possible  reasons.  The  information  will  give  insights  into  not only students’ overall perception of the program, but also suggestions about what can be done to improve student satisfaction as one possible way to improve the quality of curriculum. 

This  study  has  both  theoretical  and  practical  significance.  On  one  hand,  this paper  further  develops  student satisfaction  theory,  as  it  expands  student  satisfaction into   a new field , Business English education. On the other hand, it also enriches the research  i