LANG 2000-55

Brief

This course is designed for students of intermediate English proficiency who have no many writing experiences in the real world, and aims to develop their written communication skills for workplace purpose. Students who wish to take this course do not need to have any business background, but will expect to be engaged in completing short writing exercises, applying useful phrases to produce proper languages for specific purposes, and collaboratively writing to get their ‘business’ done.

Description

Course keywords: intermediate English proficiency, written communication skills, for workplace purpose, applying useful phrases, produce proper languages Business Letters and Email Messages, Fall 2019 Instructor: Pei-Ju Huang Tuesday 10:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Credits: 2 (Elective) COURSE DESCRIOTION &I GOAL This course is designed for students of intermediate English proficiency who have no many writing experiences in the real world, and aims to develop their written communication skills for workplace purpose. Students who wish to take this course do not need to have any business background, but will expect to be engaged in completing short writing exercises, applying useful phrases to produce proper languages for specific purposes, and collaboratively writing to get their ‘business’ done. By the end of the course students are expected to: (1) read emails and letters, grasp main points, and respond to the other person; (2) write emails and letters to communicate relevant information for various business occasions and needs, following a conventionalized or standard format (3) produce neat business email messages or letters to convey clear and coherent meaning in a structured manner. PREQUISITES Students who wish to take this course should: 1. complete the courses of Intermediate English I and II, or Elementary English I and II 2. be able to write a paragraph of at least 120 words about things and people using simple language, e.g. descriptions of friends, what happened during the day 3. be reasonably proficient in most of these language areas: adverbial phrases of time, place, and frequency including word order; prepositional phrases (time & place); prepositions of time (on/at/in); modals; future time; past simple; present perfect; simple passive; connecting words CORE CAPABILITIES (英文核心能力指標) 英語溝通與表達能力 35% 深度分析與組織思考能力 20% 英語學習策略與技巧 25% 對英語與多元文化的國際視野 10% 善用英語學習資源，培養獨立學習英語的習慣能力 10% COURSE TEXTBOOK Littlejohn, A. (2005). Company to Company: A Communicative Approach to Business Correspondence in English (4th e.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521609753 Classroom Language English 70% Chinese 30% COURSE LANGUAGE English 70% Chinese 30% COURSE RULES & REQUIREMENTS 1. Participation is required in any English class; writing courses need students’ active thinking and participation, too. Silent and inactive sit-ins, sleeping, or using cell phones in class will cause the credits of “Attendance & Participation” (10%) not to be granted. *NO FREE POINT for this category! 2. Attendance determines your participation. Thus absence up to eight hours and frequent lateness will make your semester grade suffer. Absence may be authorized under exceptional circumstances if a proof of justifiable reason can be provided. 3. Students should always bring A4 loose-leaf paper together with the textbook to the class. In-class writing exercises may be handed in upon request. 4. Writing assignments have to be printed out and handed in on the specified date. Each of the required writing tasks loses 10% of each day when the assignment is late including weekends. Plagiarism is absolutely NOT permitted. Students who are found plagiarizing will get a ZERO for that assignment. 5. Presentations should be made according to the course syllabus. Requests on the make-up for the presentations will not be accepted. Be sure you attend the presentations as scheduled and on time. EVALUATION 1. Attendance & participation 10% 2. Writing assignments 30% 3. Mid-term exam 25% 4. Presentations 10% 5. Final paper 25% 6. Learning progress . Extra 5% TENTATIVE SYLLABUS Week 1 Orientation and course overview Week 2 Unit 1 Making Enquiries Week 3 Unit 1 Making Enquiries Week 4 Unit 1 Making Enquiries Week 5 Unit 2 Business Prospects Week 6 Unit 2 Business Prospects Week 7 Unit 3 Contacting customers Week 8 Unit 3 Contacting customers Week 9 Mid-term exam Week 10 Unit 4 When things go wrong Week 11 Unit 4 When things go wrong Week 12 Unit 5 Getting things done Week 13 Unit 5 Getting things done Week 14 Job search writing Week 15 Job search writing Week 16 Group presentation Week 17 Group presentation Week 18 Course wrap-up & Final project DUE

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限大學部2年級,中級生,初級生

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Elective

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