Business English Correspondence SYLLABUS

Business English Correspondence SYLLABUS, Sep. 2015

Lecturer: Jing Liang     Class: 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Tuesday

Email: caroline_liang@126.com       Phone: 138********7530

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Business English correspondence is the communication or exchange of information in a written format for the process of business activities. Business correspondence can take place between organizations, within organizations or between the customers and the organization. The correspondence is generally of widely accepted formats that are followed universally.

There are two primary course objectives:

1. To get the skills of writing business letters or emails. We will focus on:

• Identifying and Arranging the Parts of a Business Letter

• Identifying and Using the Layout of Business Letters

• General Principles of Business Letter Writing

    

  2. To practice writing all kinds of business letters which are as follows.

1. Letters of establishing business      relations

2. Letters of inquiry, offer      counter-offer, acceptance

3. Letters of placing, accepting or      declining an order

4. Letters of negotiating terms of      payment

5. Letters of applying to open a L/C

6. Letters of arranging shipment

7. Letters of arranging insurance

8. Letters of complaints/claim

COURSE MATERIALS

Book (optional):Business English Correspondence, (1nd Edition), by Weifeng Xiang

Course Packet (required): Class Notes; Letter writing

GRADES

Final Examination60%

Class Participation20%

Homework20%

100%

COURSE SCHEDULE