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BUSINESS ENGLISH
Aims
The aims of this course are to enable students to
develop the ability to:
write apt and accurate English suited to the
stated purpose
understand and write English using formats that
are current and common in business communication
adopt the tone, form, layout, content and
composition appropriate to the requirements of a
given situation
understand spoken and recorded Business English at
the defined level
participate in conversations
Objectives
To assess the students ability to:
respond adequately to given stimulus information
and instructions
select appropriately from the information provided
to produce a balanced, relevant message
write business communication in a variety of forms
including: a memo, a leaflet, a notice, a report, an
article, a letter
summarise from a passage/passages of text to
produce, for example, a list or structured notes
use a suitable layout for the form of
communication used
write with appropriate levels of clarity,
relevance, economy, logic, accuracy
expand, reduce, rewrite, reassemble elements of
text for a requested purpose
omit irrelevant information
use a suitable tone
SYLLABUS
TOPICS
1 Business letters
2 Company leaflets
3 Business reports
4 Business-related articles
5 Lists and/or structured notes
6 Memos
7 Company notices
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