社交英文：人際與商務溝通

Navigating the workplace can be tricky sailing, especially in a different culture and a foreign language. This course aims to help prepare students to interact effectively and appropriately with colleagues, customers, peers, invited guests and superiors, among others, in both formal and informal business situations. In line with the objective of helping students to become more confident and effective communicators in English, the course will focus primarily on students' speaking and listening skills. Students will engage in a wide variety of individual, pair and group activities, role plays and discussions, in addition to focused listening activities, associated with each of these areas. At the end of this course, successful students will be able to: Evaluate various business and social situations and interact accordingly with colleagues and associates. Develop meaningful and beneficial relationships with peers. Identify and avoid potentially dangerous behaviours and inappropriate business practices. In addition, this course and it's assessments will help students to develop their intercultural communicative competences including interaction skills, cultural knowledge, and critical awareness. Please be aware that this is an English language skills course and not a computer science course. Networking here refers to the practice of developing business or social relationships between humans, and not linking computers together. Just so we're clear.

CEFR B2 - C1

The first period of class will be student led and each week students will share some information they have researched on the class topic with the entire class. They will be required to create one slide within a shared presentation file and talk for 1 - 2 minutes on their allocated topic. The second period of each class will be led by the instructor and will put an emphasis on student focused activities. Students will be engaged in group discussions, role plays, mini projects, poster presentations, competitive interactive games and more.

Final grades will be calculated based upon the following: Participation & Attendance (10%) Students should be aware that attendance is mandatory for all parts of the course. Self-study & Topic Sharing (20%) Each week students will share some information they have researched on the class topic with the entire class. They will be required to create one slide within a shared presentation file and talk for 1 - 2 minutes on their allocated topic. Oral Assessments (70%) Students will conduct 3 individual and small group oral performances. The performances will be used to demonstrate the students ability to participate in small talk, navigate a fabricated workplace incidence of inappropriate behaviour, and engage an audience.

Due to the varied nature of the content of the course, a single text will not be followed. However, a suggested reading list will be provided including texts addressing both language for networking and professional skills. The course will make use of both authentic and non-authentic texts, and additional handouts and resources will be used as the course progresses. Suggested titles include: Networking in English, Barney Barrett and Pete Sharma, Macmillan English, ISBN 9780230732506 English for Socializing, Sylee Gore and David Gordon Smith, Oxford English, ISBN 9780194579391