Business Writing

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Business Writing

• Tao Xiang (? ?)

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Basic Information

• Chinese course title??????
• Total class hours40
• Credits2.5
• Selective course

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Business English

• Specific English on various kinds of commercial
  activities, suitable to commercial needs
• Language features of BE
• Business related
• Diction formal, brevity, flat
• Structure formal, complicated
• Clear, no ambiguity
• Etiquette

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Business Writing

• Use business English to communicate with others
  in proper ways, especially in written forms.

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Frame of Business Writing

• Process
• Forms
• Language
• Relevant knowledge Business, culture, etc.

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Value of Business Writing

• The changing workplace
• Globalized economy
• Internet speed
• Culturally diverse work force
• Team-based organizations
• Effective business writing
• Perfect English
• Good job
• Bright future

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What do you want to learn in the course?
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Learning Objectives

• Master procedures of business writing
• Master forms and characters of normal business
  messages
• Write proper business messages
• Own basic English communication capabilities of
  internationalized people

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Barriers to Business Writing

• Barriers
• Language
• Confidence
• Laziness

How to Learn?

• Tools
• Practice
• Constructive criticism
• Prepare for the coming job

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Strengthening Business Writing Skills

• Honest assessment of where you stand
• Learn from experiences
• Keep practicing
• Focus on what you need the most work
• Applying what youve learned

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Detailed Learning Methods

• Practice writing
• Listen, discuss and read
• Teamwork
• 3-4 diverse persons per team
• Team leader is responsible for the teams
  performance and gives scores of members.
• Presentations
• Others

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Detailed Requirements

• Writing
• 10 messages
• Listening
• 20 materials
• Speaking
• 10 times of discussion (about half an hour per
  time) in teams and one report on platform
• Reading
• 200 pages

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Detailed Requirements

• Presentation in class
• A 1,000-word report and 10-minute presentation
• PPT
• Evaluation indexes
• A 90 -- 100 B 80 -- 89
• C 70 -- 79 D 60 -- 69F Below 60?

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Assessment

• 30 for presentation
• 15 for individual performance
• 15 for team work
• 30 for individual performance in and after the
  classes
• 40 for the final exam
• Mock interview?

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Listening exercise

• Voa special English report
• Questions
• What?
• Where?
• Who?
• How?
• Why?

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References

• Thill / Bovee,???????(7/e),???????,2008?
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• ?????,??????(?2?),?????????,2009?
• ???,?????????(?2?), ???????,2007?
• Journal Economists, Business Week, etc.
• Web www.listeningexpress.com,etc.

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Syllabus

• Course introduction 4 hours
• Letters, memos, E-mail, and other brief messages
  20 hours
• Reports and oral presentations 8 hours
• Employment messages 6 hours
• Review 2
  hours

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Any Questions?
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I am here to serve you!

• Txiang_at_mail.neu.edu.cn
• http//faculty.neu.edu.cn/txiang/teaching.html
• 024-83671629
• Office room 516 at SBA building
• Office hour 2-5pm on Wednesday or by appointment

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Writing Exercise

• Write a letter to me
• Assess your performance last term
• Show your objectives in the near future,
  especially in the college life
• Tell what you want to learn in this course
• Pay attention to the letters form
• More than 150 words