课程内容简介(英文) §Compose letters using correct tone, business conventions, language, cohesion, and appropriate length to convey the necessary meaning and effect§Adopt letter conventions such as layout, addressing, salutation, complimentary close as well as mechanical accuracy will be examined§Develop clear and well-organized internal company reports based on raw miscellaneous data and supplemented with own content§Observe standard report conventions, organize information content to have the desired effect, employ appropriate matter-of-fact language, and meet the requirements of internal distribution§Understand the full meaning of business-related text from press articles, business journal, company reports, letters, and other forms of business communications§Detect and handle argument, bias and persuasive devices, and answer questions while seeking information from difficult text§Convert and reformulate text and data from memos, faxes, letter, article abstracts, phone conversations, guidelines and other forms of communications§Express attitudes, declarative sentences, viewpoints, arguments and others using proper linguistic structures§Express linguistic concepts such as existence, location, distance, motion, direction (destination, prepositions), arrangement, dimension (size, verbs, weight, volume), time (duration, sequence, future and past reference, continuity), number (fractions, negative/positive), quantity (percent, calculations), quality (shapes, visibility, texture, material, smell), evaluation (quality, acceptability, opinion)§Build vocabulary in the areas of personal identity and relationships (personality, character, work teams), personal interests (hobbies, sport, mass media, current affairs), travel (modes of transport, talking about journeys), business accommodation (premises, regional analysis), deal making (prices, payments, exchange rates, terms and conditions, negotiating)§Discuss pay, hours of work, holidays, routines, health and safety, accident reports, equipment operational instructions, technical proposals, prospects§Express opinion, disagreement, solve communication problems and more |