Course Summary
This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in advancing their careers and improving their communication skills in the business world. It covers essential vocabulary and phrases, effective writing techniques, and professional presentation skills.Key Learning Points
- Learn industry-specific vocabulary and phrases to communicate effectively in a business setting
- Improve your writing skills for emails, reports, and other professional documents
- Develop confident presentation skills for meetings, interviews, and public speaking engagements
Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have
- USA: $80,000
- India: ₹1,200,000
- Spain: €50,000
- USA: $80,000
- India: ₹1,200,000
- Spain: €50,000
- USA: $90,000
- India: ₹1,500,000
- Spain: €60,000
- USA: $80,000
- India: ₹1,200,000
- Spain: €50,000
- USA: $90,000
- India: ₹1,500,000
- Spain: €60,000
- USA: $75,000
- India: ₹1,000,000
- Spain: €40,000
Related Topics for further study
- Business Communication
- Vocabulary and Phrases
- Writing Techniques
- Presentation Skills
- Professional Development
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a strong understanding of industry-specific vocabulary and phrases
- Improve your writing skills for professional documents
- Develop confidence in your presentation skills in a business setting
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Intermediate level of English proficiency
- Access to a computer and internet connection
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Self-paced
- Online
Similar Courses
- Advanced Business English
- English for Business and Entrepreneurship
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Columnist for the Financial Times
- Author and Business Trainer
Related Books
Description
This course aims to improve your Business English language skills by developing your vocabulary and reading skills and your understanding of tone, style and knowledge of communication methods. We'll also cover how these language skills can enhance audience analysis, business case analysis and basic business communication strategies. Skills learned in this course will often be referred to and needed to complete the speaking, writing and cross-cultural communications courses of this Specialization.
Outline
- Welcome module
- Welcome to our course
- Introduction to our Specialization
- How this course is organized
- Objectives and outcomes
- Learning how to learn
- Learning vocabulary
- The HKUST English Grammar Guide
- Communication basics
- What is communication?
- Communication channels
- Verbal & non-verbal communication
- Describing things and events
- Giving explanations
- Role play: explanations
- Challenging grammar: modals
- Objectives and outcomes
- The Mehrabian Myth
- Objectives and outcomes
- Vocabulary list
- Peer review practice: sample text
- More on modals
- What if? Using modals in conditional statements
- Vocabulary quiz
- Peer review practice
- Module 2
- Genres and styles
- Communication barriers
- Understanding genres
- Introduction to tone and style
- Formal and informal communication
- Comparing and contrasting
- Role play: comparing and contrasting
- Challenging grammar: concern
- Objectives and outcomes
- Directness of communication
- Objectives and outcomes
- Vocabulary list
- Are you concerned?
- Peer review practice: sample text
- Vocabulary practice
- Peer review practice
- Module 3
- Audience and purpose
- Spoken vs. written communication
- Conducting an audience analysis
- Defining purpose for spoken and written communication
- Matching purpose, audience, medium, tone & style
- Making polite requests
- Role play: making requests
- Challenging grammar: relative clauses
- Objectives and outcomes
- Peer review practice: sample pitch and text
- Objectives and outcomes
- Vocabulary list
- More on relative clauses
- Peer-review practice
- Vocabulary practice
- Module 4
- Analyzing business cases
- Analyzing case studies
- Strategies for critical reading
- Supporting arguments
- Role play: supporting arguments
- Challenging grammar: quantifiers
- Objectives and outcomes
- Strategies for critical reading
- Business case: Renewable energy and the hotel industry
- Objectives and outcomes
- Vocabulary
- A few or a little?
- More on quantifiers
- Peer-review practice: sample text
- Vocabulary practice
- Peer-review practice
- Module 5
- Concluding module
- Post course survey
- Final exam
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