Under the guidance of the Teaching Guiding Committee for undergraduate Business English Program, the preliminary online knowledge contest of the 2nd “51 Learning Cup” National College Comprehensive Business English Competence Contest was held on May 14, 2022, so as to promote the construction, learning and reformation of the discipline of Business English through contests and to improve the practical competence of business English students. The Contest is sponsored by China Association of International Trade and Beijing 51Learning Technology Co. Ltd, co-organized by Jiangxi Foreign Languages Society and undertaken by the School of Foreign Languages, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.

21 business English students were selected to enter the provincial competition in the preliminary contest. A coaching team will be set up for guidance, aiming at excellent results in the provincial competition.

The online knowledge contest reportedly adopts a format of machine scoring combined with manual reviewing. It mainly examines the language skills and cross-cultural business communication knowledge through objective and subjective questions. In terms of language skills, it evaluates the contestants’ competence of English listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation in international business context; and the business knowledge test examines business transactions in international business, especially the knowledge concerning international trade affairs.

By Zeng Yijun and Du Jingping