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 ensuring 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 student's ability to read, comprehend and discuss business materials in English. This includes the following skills: (1) The ability to extract information from texts as well as from visual forms of representation, such as diagrams and charts, etc. (2) An increased understanding of word formation as a means of vocabulary building. (3) The ability to define relevant business terms. (4) 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 student's ability to better understand spoken English.

英文程度分級:CEFR B1-B2 英語程度相當通過GEPT中級初試(含)以上者 英語程度相當TOEIC「綠色」證書(含)以上成績者 備註:選課系統上之正選生若第一次上課未出席也未事先完成缺課請假程序,將視同放棄修課權利,名額將直接由候補者遞補。

(1) Attendance: * Attend classes and participate in class and activities * Late arrivals and unexcused absence for 3 times without prior approval or official reasons will affect your attendance mark. (2) Assignments and Final Project: * Turn in each assignment on time. Scores will be deducted for late assignments. You will be asked to turn in the late assignment within one week. * Finish your group presentation collaboratively with your members. (3) Class Etiquette and Participation: * Turn off your cell phones during class ABSOLUTELY. Each cell phone ringing during class may affect the score in“participation”. * Dozing off or without a book will affect your grade. (4) Others * The details of assignments, group presentation, quizzes will be given in weekly course schedule and E3. * Adjustments may be made in the syllabus to meet students' needs and course requirements. * Intellectual Property Right: Use only copyrighted textbook in class. * No make-up exams will be given unless there is an official reason with prior approval. (5) Available Support Service * International Express https://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/business_esp/international_express/?cc=tw&selLanguage=zh&mode=hub * Business English conversations http://businessenglishconversations.com/index.php/email-optin/ * BBC (General & Business English) http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/ * Business Writing http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/ 以上資源僅為建議,不列入課程要求,可根據個人學習能力需求及課程期待值,自行上網學習。

(1) Attendance: 10% (2) Participation 10% (3) Midterm exam: 20% (4) Final exam: 20% (5) Weekly Assignments 15% (6) Quizzes: 10% (7) Group Presentation: 15%

International Express – Intermediate, Keith Harding & Alistair Lane, Oxford University Press, 2014 (ISBN978-0-19-459786-9)

地點

Assembly Building 1 A518

時間

Contact teacher to make appointment

聯絡方式

tommywang@nctu.edu.tw