Developing of strategic oral speaking competence in online Business English learning

Abstract

The work addresses the development of strategic oral competence in teaching Business English through distance learning, shifting the focus from linguistic accuracy to communication management in the digital space. The phenomenon of the "digital communication illusion" is examined and four psychological and cognitive barriers that hinder authentic online speech are identified: the Spotlight Effect, synchronization dissonance, loss of nonverbal context, and the passive "digital screen" trap.