The present study discusses how the genre-based approach is conducted in the teaching of business English report writing. Genre approach is the one that is based on the theory of genre analysis， applying genre and genre analysis to classroom teaching. It aims to help learners command writing skills of business English report with different communicative purposes and text structures in accordance with different genres and thus improve their business English report writing proficiency. At the same time， genre approach makes learners realize that discourses are not only linguistic constructs but also socially meaningful constructs. The book consists of 17 chapters. Chapter One states the present situation in college business English report writing and points out the significance of the study. Chapter Two is the review of relevant literature on this topic. This chapter begins with the definition of genre. In the area of linguistics， genre is a confusing concept. Among the different notions， those of Swales (1990) and John S. Martin (1984) are influential. Swales defined the genre as a class of communicative events， the members of which share some set of communicative purposes. Next， the development of genre analysis is discussed. Genre analysis is an important branch of discourse analysis. The most striking characteristic of genre analysis is its explanatoriness. Thus， genre analysis does not only employ linguistic analysis but also integrate the analysis from the aspects of psychology and sociology. It aims to study the communicative purposes and language using strategies.
