This course is designed especially for postgraduate students majored in international business. It is the study of the mastery of parts of speech, sentence construction, effective writing and speaking, and the principles of punctuation and capitalization. The minimum essentials for business correspondence are reviewed.
Business English Reading and Writing course has two parts. One part is business English reading, which is designed to provide students with abundant exposure to authentic Business English texts from various sources in the field of economics and management. The intensive reading activities in and after the class are aimed to increase students' vocabulary in the above fields and familiarize them with the contextual use of the words and phrases. This course also expects to help students to cultivate the ability of discourse analysis and style appreciation. Topics of common interest are covered in order to broaden students' vision and build a global perspective. The other part of this course focuses on the basic writing skills needed in the real business world.
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