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 essential business skills such as those required for talking on the telephone, making arrangements and appointments, socializing, making a speech and presentation, and running a meeting. 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 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 that characteristic of business email writing. 2. 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。本課程適合第一次接觸商用英文的同學選修。 備註1:選課系統上之正選生若第一堂(2/14)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。 備註2:第一堂課未出席的非正選生,若自行於系統加選會由教師退選! 有特殊狀況請於加退選截止前來信告知。 備註3:欲加簽本課程的同學,請務必一定要出席第一次上課(2/14)方能取得候補資格,之後自行於系統加選候補會由教師退選。 請特別注意:本課程每節課均有設計與同儕討論並利用教室的語言設備合作完成練習活動,因此為實體課程,必須到班(交大校區綜合一館語言教室)。請欲修習本課程同學仔細考量!!

(1) Attendance: * Attend classes and participate in class and activities. * Late arrivals and unexcused absence 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 presentations, and quizzes will be given in the 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 textbooks in class. * No make-up exams will be given unless there is an official reason with prior approval.

(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%

Go Global-English for Global Business, Garry Pearson, Graham Skerritt, Hiroshi YOSHIZUKA, Cosmos Culture Ltd, 2020 (ISBN978-986-318-915-2)

地點

Assembly Building 1 A517

時間

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聯絡方式

tommywang@nycu.edu.tw