Intermediate Business English 

Course ID: B7303H5D  

Credits: 2

Objective: 

Strengthen the basic understanding of business English and writing, and use specific example letters to explain the establishment of business relationships, inquiry and ordering, quotation and payment, shipment and claims, as well as private and general business activities. It also introduces email exchanges, including general and professional emails.

Course Prerequisites: None

Outline:

Part one – Writing

Part two – Model letters

1. Business relations

2. Enquiries and orders

3. Offers

4. Payment

5. Shipment

6. Claims

7. Personal and general

Part three – Model e-mails

8. How to write e-mails

9. Generic e-mail

10. E-mail for specific industries

Schedule Type: Lecture  

Reference: 

1. Holt, Ron; Grigor, Deborah and Sampson, Nick (2004), International Business Correspondence for All Occasions, Macmillan Publishers Limited. 

2. Taylor, Shirley (2004), Model Business Letters, E-mails & Other Business Documents, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education Limited. 

Course Schedule (subject to change): None

Evaluation: 

Midterm exam 30%. Final exam or report 30%. Quiz 20%. Class participation and discussion 20%.