ERIC Number: EJ1045598
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Publication Date: 2014
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Entrepreneurship and Student Motivation
Vorholt, Julie; Harris, Erica
English Teaching Forum, v52 n3 p30-37 2014
This article describes a three-week project-based unit on entrepreneurship conducted with students in communications classes in an Academic English context. A detailed road map of the project is given, starting with an introduction and ending with final presentations and poster sessions. Students were motivated by their own interests in business and by the assignment to create a new business venture of their own. A handout for replicating the project accompanies the article.
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Student Motivation, English for Academic Purposes, Business Communication, Active Learning, Student Projects, Units of Study, Curriculum Implementation, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Program Descriptions, English Language Learners
US Department of State. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, SA-5, 2200 C Street NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20037. e-mail: etforum@state.gov; Web site: http://www.forum.state.gov
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Language: English
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