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Class Objectives E-mail: gogotim@ccms.nkfust.edu.tw 4 Seniors, Department of English 1) autobiography, 2)resume, 3) cover letter, 4) business letters, 5)memos, 6) reports, and 7) reference formats (APA ) In a systematic way, students are led to go through all the fundamental writing practices of business world. Various writings are provided, including writing business correspondences, memos, and reports, to potential employers at workplace. Students will write professional business documents. Students will also engage in the peer review of their classmates papers in order to be able to better understand the writing process. In addition, on-the-spot interviews and writing a report for this interview are both possible requirements for this unique business writing course. Students are trained to write in the business world where certain type of citation, choice of tones, and genres of writing are expected. It is expected that each student will produce a ready package of self-selling written document to be used in job searching upon graduating. I. Ashley, A. (2003). Oxford handbook of commercial correspondence. Oxford, UK: OUP. II. Clark, D. (2006). Essential BULATS: Business language testing service. Cambridge, UK: CUP. III. Littlejohn, A. (2005). Company to company: A task-based approach to business emails, letters, and faxes. Cambridge, UK: CUP.

Business English Writing

Instructor : Jeng-yih Tim Hsu

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Participating as an individual A) Attendance, in-class writing & take-home assignments: 50% B) Final business report and presentation: 30% II. Participating as a group Creative Group Presentation: 20% (Present the chapters from Ashley (2003) creatively in any format you like.) Week 12/23 Week 23/2 Week 33/9 Week 43/16 Week 53/23 Week 63/30 Week 74/6 Week 84/13 Week 94/20 Week 104/27 Week 115/4 Week 125/11 Week 135/18 Week145/25 Class Overview; Pre-course test: BULTAS Resume; Autobiography; Job-search letters Sales Letters; Marketing NKFUST Enquiries Replies to inquiry Orders; Memo Midterm WeekLittlejohn (2005) (Report topics due!!!) Reports; Guest Speech 1 Payment; Guest Speech 2 Complaints and adjustments Credit; Banking Presenting your business reports, Part I Presenting your business reports, Part II Final examLittlejohn (2005)

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