Challenges of teaching Business English in higher education

Abstract

The present paper focuses on teaching business English at the university level, given the place of the English language in the European Union and the general objective to have a common European higher education area. The paper is divided into four parts: the first part presents some aspects related to foreign languages in Europe and the advantages they offer in an increasingly dynamic labor market, the second part gives an overview of business English in some Romanian and European universities offering programs of study in economics, the third part makes reference to the competences that students in economics should develop during their undergraduate and graduate studies and to the challenges involved, while the last part presents some conclusions.