An Preliminary Analysis of AI-integrated Workplaces on Higher Vocational Business English Students' Occupational Competence: Taking Nanjing Engineering Vocational College as an Example

Ningling Yu; Dr. Thillai Raja A/L Pertheban

doi:10.54097/k836jb19

Authors

Ningling Yu
Dr. Thillai Raja A/L Pertheban

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/k836jb19

Keywords:

AI-integrated Workplace, Higher Vocational Education, Business English students, Occupational competence, Education Reform.

Abstract

The business field is ushering in the rise of AI-integrated workplace, a trend accompanied by the rapid development of AI technology. At the level of knowledge updating iteration, skill application and innovative thinking, this change poses a brand new challenge to the occupational ability of higher vocational business English students. Analyzing the case of Nanjing Engineering Vocational College, the article reveals the shaping of students' occupational ability in AI-integrated workplaces, the dilemmas encountered, and the strategies for coping with the change. The application of AI technology puts forward new requirements for learning styles and vocational skills, and at the same time gives rise to innovations in educational content and the expansion of practical opportunities, so that effective countermeasures for vocational development will significantly enhance students' adaptive and innovative abilities. The implementation of effective countermeasures for career development will significantly enhance students' adaptive and innovative abilities.

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