This course aims to improve your Business English writing skills by developing your use of vocabulary, grammar, understanding of different business writing genres, and your ability to write professional business documents. Skills learned in this course will be used in the cross-cultural communications course and help prepare you to produce the professional business documents in the Capstone project. After completing this course, you will be able to: - write business emails - write an executive summary - write persuasively in English - adapt content to purpose, context and audience - use appropriate style and tone of writing for business purposes
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1完成時間為 1 小時
Welcome Module
Welcome to Week 1! This week, we will cover Module 1 where we introduce you to the objectives and structure of this Specialization and course.
2 個視頻 （總計 6 分鐘）, 4 個閱讀材料
4 個閱讀材料
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
Learning how to learn10分鐘
Learning vocabulary10分鐘
The HKUST grammar guide10分鐘
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2完成時間為 2 小時
Business writing genres
Welcome to Week 2! This week we will cover Module 2 where we introduce you to basic genres of business writing and the writing process. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
5 個視頻 （總計 34 分鐘）, 5 個閱讀材料, 3 個測驗
5 個視頻
Business letters, memos and emails: The basics8分鐘
Report writing7分鐘
The writing process, part 17分鐘
Challenging grammar: -ing vs. -ed2分鐘
5 個閱讀材料
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
Vocabulary list10分鐘
Commonly confused words10分鐘
Sentence pattern you should know #110分鐘
3 個練習
Vocabulary quiz10分鐘
Challenging grammar: -ing vs. -ed2分鐘
Module 2 Quiz30分鐘
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3完成時間為 8 小時
Writing emails
Welcome to Week 3! This week we will cover Module 3 where we introduce you to emailing and the language skills you will use in business emails. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
7 個視頻 （總計 38 分鐘）, 8 個閱讀材料, 10 個測驗
7 個視頻
Context and directness8分鐘
Writing to persuade6分鐘
Rhetorical devices5分鐘
The writing process, part 22分鐘
Paragraphing6分鐘
Challenging grammar: Missing verb 'to be'3分鐘
8 個閱讀材料
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
What do we mean when we say, 'rhetoric'?10分鐘
The concept of kairos10分鐘
Peer-review practice: Sample persuasive email10分鐘
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
Vocabulary list10分鐘
Sentence pattern you should know #210分鐘
Peer review practice: Sample email10分鐘
8 個練習
Using the Direct Approach practice2分鐘
Writing to persuade practice2分鐘
Peer-review practice: Persuasive email16分鐘
Vocabulary quiz10分鐘
How concise are you?12分鐘
Pattern #2 Independent Clause: Appositive8分鐘
Module 3 Quiz30分鐘
Peer review practice8分鐘
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4完成時間為 7 小時
Writing memos
Welcome to Week 4! This week we will cover Module 4 where we introduce you memos and how to write according to audience and purpose. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
6 個視頻 （總計 32 分鐘）, 8 個閱讀材料, 9 個測驗
6 個視頻
Audience, purpose, tone and style7分鐘
Plain English6分鐘
Gender sensitive language8分鐘
Active and passive voice3分鐘
Challenging grammar: Comma splice3分鐘
8 個閱讀材料
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
Objectives and outcomes10分鐘
Vocabulary list10分鐘
Sentence patterns you should know #3 & #410分鐘
Reasons to use the passive voice10分鐘
Tone & Style – Avoid using clichés in your writing10分鐘
Peer review practice: Sample memo with errors10分鐘
Peer-review practice: Sample memo10分鐘
7 個練習
Plain English practice2分鐘
Vocabulary quiz10分鐘
Practising your active and passive voice6分鐘
Tone & Style – Avoid using clichés in your writing2分鐘
Module 4 Quiz30分鐘
Peer review practice quiz for grammar and vocabulary errors8分鐘
Peer-review practice quiz for memo14分鐘
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來自English for Effective Business Writing的熱門評論
Good course. Excelent material but the girl of the videos speaks too low, always need to put the volume at the maximum and somethimes also in that way I hardly can listen to her.
This course was very useful for me and I learned a lot about business communication and English writing. I think everyone who is in business needs to learn in this course.
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Sean McMinn
Senior InstructorCenter for Language Education
Kin Tang
InstructorCenter for Language Education
Delian Gaskell
InstructorCenter for Language Education
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About the 面向非母语人士的商务英语 專項課程
This Specialization will introduce non-native speakers of English to methods for developing English language and communication skills for the workplace, doing business, cross-cultural understanding, and business case study analysis. You'll apply these skills in the final Capstone Project by analysing a current business case study and providing recommendations to a target audience in both presentation and written formats.
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