The Storyline Approach in Teaching Business English to Linguistic Students

The paper is devoted to the experimental learning using Storyline approach for linguistic students of Faculty of Foreign Languages of Tomsk State University. We consider an optimal design of a story setting in business context and define target skills assigned to the whole story. We present the results of experimental learning in a group of adult linguistic students and analyse the impact of the Storyline methodology on different components of communicative competence development. Finally we suggest some pedagogical implications for more effective teaching.