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EN33205 English for Business

Supplementary Subject Learning Area of Foreign Languages
Level M.6 Semester 1 40 periods: 1 credit

The learning area of the course envelops the module of business negotiation; preparing the
students for the academic part, admission assessment examinations, GAT, IGCSE, and pursuance into higher
education; or as an alternative, for career or business. On top of academic learning, this course focuses on
realistic business communication and negotiation skills in all five English skills: listening, speaking, reading,
writing and thinking; as well as building confidence and fluency. It also exposes them to current global
cultures and pressing issues. Students will thus be curious and inquiring in creative knowledge together with
caring and principled understanding of universal societies and communities, towards Innovative Education
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and New Normal Business of the 21 century.
The teaching procedures introduced in this course highlight language learning process, business
communication and negotiation proficiencies via lectures and tutorials; collaborative learning teams;
student-led facilitation of topics; outline learning; videos, games, role plays and lots of practice (which makes
perfect); community involvement and field trips that will encourage and motivate students to develop
themselves to the maximum potentiality. Throughout the series, students should be able to use English for
business communication and negotiation skills in acquiring intelligence and happiness towards excellence,
including the ability to choose and use media and applications, update on present trends, and do soul
searching on top of thinking and problem-solving, in full wholesome and holistic sense – physical,
intellectual, emotional and social.

The course also enables students to build good character, high scholarship, responsible citizenship,
keen sportsmanship, zealous integrity and moral development, and healthy and well-balanced lifestyle.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Understand and employ the proper words / expressions / idioms / phrases in English for business
communication and negotiation, working especially on pronunciation with implications of stress,
intonation, pausing and thought groups.
2. Focus on listening and speaking with concentration on meaning and thinking to build confidence,
and develop and consolidate the target language for business negotiation.
3. Transfer tasks with practice on target language in defined communication contexts relating to
immediate environment, home or studies to create a bridge between the classroom and world.
4. Integrate reading and writing tasks for comprehension, communication – not necessary to
understand every word; but to understand the main ideas, and stimulate thoughts and ideas.
5. Practise with modular structure to enhance business negotiation techniques, and participation in
class and group discussions, activities and projects for teamwork and collaboration.
6. Elicit ideas, impressions and opinions.
7. Make suggestions with own experience, however limited.
8. Prepare communication tasks for business negotiation, such as bargaining and striking a deal.

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