1633 Business English for Effective Communication
Content
- Characteristics of business English
- English as lingua franca in a business context
- Business email messages
- Summarising spoken business messages
- Characteristics of English in spoken presentations in business context
- Language (vocabulary) of spoken business presentations
- Using visuals
- Sequencing presentations (introduction, …, conclusion, Q@A)
- Creating visuals
- Useful expressions in successful presentations
- Justification and clarification in presentations
- Argumentation of positions in presentations
Objectives and competences
Objectives
Student:
- participates in spoken and written discourse in business English;
- listens and understands spoken messages;
- uses formal English in business context;
- listens to professional spoken messages and summarizes them in spoken and written form;
- designs and holds an advanced oral presentation in business context.
Competences
- ability to use spoken and written English in business context
- ability to read and understand spoken messages in complex business situations
- ability to explain their arguments or justify their decisions in business context
- ability to deliver a complex spoken presentation
- ability to work in multicultural environment.