Lecturer: John Declan Chandler (林少弘)
Email: declanchandler6@gmail.com
Phone: 0981711968
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%.