商用英文

This course will develop the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking in a business context and use authentic materials provided by professional organizations. Each class will revolve around practical tasks and activities encouraging students to provide creative solutions to authentic business problems. These will enable students to consolidate and apply the knowledge they build up over the duration of the course. Interesting and interactive role-playing activities will be employed in each class to ensure that business skills are developed in an engaging and challenging way. These activities are based on the most important business skills such as those required for making presentations, negotiating, and chairing and participating effectively in meetings, among others. Successful students will also build a solid foundation of business related core vocabulary and language expressions commonly used in workplace settings. The course objectives are as follows: 1. To increase the students' ability to read, comprehend and discuss business materials in English. This includes the following skills: A. The ability to extract information from texts as well as from visual forms of representation, such as diagrams and charts, etc. B. An increased understanding of word formation as a means of vocabulary building. C. The ability to define relevant business terms. D. The ability to recognize and use various grammatical structures, especially those characteristic of business writing. 2. To develop business related writing skills. 3. To enhance the students' ability to better understand spoken English. In each class, students have opportunities to learn and practice useful communication skills required in various settings, such as chairing meetings, writing e-mails and business letters, and dealing with emergencies or customers' complaints. It is hoped that students can apply the communication techniques learned in this course by the end of the semester. Students taking this course are required to demonstrate appropriate communication skills based on any business situation assigned, such as giving a presentation about a given company. They are encouraged to actively participate in the class discussion or role play.

For students: 1. Please arrive on time. 2. Attendance is based on the average minutes you are present in each class, but if it's lower than 70, the attendance will be 0. 3. You are required to put away your phone in class, unless you need it to check vocabulary. 4. All leave can only be granted if you submit official proof. 5. You need to preview the pages that are going to be covered in the upcoming class beforehand. 6. Participation is monitored every class during activities. Activities may include the following: how to host a meeting, negotiation, email and letter correspondence, product presentation delivery, etc. Important: 1. Roll call will be taken in the first hour of the first class. If you fail to show up in the first hour, you will be dropped from the class automatically. 2. If you wish to be added to the class, you need to show up on time, but it's not guaranteed. 3. Any change is announced via e-campus. Please do check your email frequently.

Grading: 1. Classroom participation: 20% Includes in-class activities, quizzes, and homework. The more you participate, the higher your score is. 2. Attendance: 10% 3. Midterm (role play): 10% 4. Final presentation: 15% 5. Mock Meeting: 15% 6. Self-introduction: 5% 7. E-mail response: 5% 8. Resume: 5% 9. Interview (interviewer & interviewee): 15%

Your Guide to Business English (Fourth Edition) Author: Tim Ferry Publisher: 寂天 Cosmos Culture Ltd. ISBN: 978-986-318-371-6

地點

Teacher's lounge

時間

By appointment (Tuesdays only)

聯絡方式

paolilee@gmail.com In the subject line, please indicate your English name and the class you are in, either the morning Business English or the afternoon Business English.