Acerca de este curso: This course aims to prepare you for working in an cross-cultural Business setting. We'll learn about common cross-cultural theories and how they are relevant to everyday business practices in a globalised world. By combining all of your vocabulary, reading, speaking, and writing skills that you acquired in the previous three courses, you will learn how language plays an important role in cross-cultural communication. You will also enhance your cross-cultural understanding and will be able to use vocabulary, tone and style, and spoken and written communication skills within a cross-cultural Business context. Skills learned in this course help prepare you to deliver the professional business presentation in the Capstone project. After completing this course, you will be able to: - identify possible cross-cultural issues and misunderstandings in communication - apply strategies to overcome possible cross-cultural issues and misunderstandings in communication - produce documents with an appropriate style for business communication purposes within a cross-cultural situation - deliver a speech with an appropriate style for business communication purposes within a cross-cultural situation
Creada por: Universidad Científica y Tecnológica de Hong Kong
Enseñado por: Sean McMinn, Senior Insructor
Center for Language Education
Enseñado por: Kin Tang, Instructor
Center for Language Education
Enseñado por: Delian Gaskell, Instructor
Center for Language Education
| Información básica | Curso 4 de 5 en Inglés empresarial para personas no nativas Specialization |
| Compromiso | 6 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Welcome module
Welcome to Week 1! This week, we will cover Module 1 where we introduce you to the objectives and structure of this Specialization and course.
1 video, 4 readings
- Reading: Objectives and outcomes
- Discussion Prompt: How is this course relevant to you?
- Reading: Learning how to learn
- Reading: Learning vocabulary
- Discussion Prompt: How do you learn English?
- Reading: The HKUST Grammar Guide
SEMANA 2
What is culture?
Welcome to Week 2! This week we will cover Module 2 where we introduce you to basic cultural theories and language skills you will use in general cross-cultural business situations. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
4 videos, 7 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Reading: Objectives and outcomes
- Reading: Vocabulary prep
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary practice
- Discussion Prompt: How would you define culture?
- Reading: Can we define culture?
- Discussion Prompt: What about your culture? Does it change?
- Vídeo: English as a Lingua Franca
- Discussion Prompt: Same word, different meaning?
- Reading: Objectives and outcomes
- Reading: Vocabulary list
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary practice
- Vídeo: Challenging grammar: comparative and superlative forms
- Reading: More on comparative and superlative forms
- Reading: Relatively, rather, compared to
- Vídeo: Challenging English sounds /ʃ/ "sherry" and /ʧ/ "cherry"s
Calificado: Say it right.
Calificado: Module 2
SEMANA 3
Culture and communication strategies
Welcome to Week 3! This week we will cover Module 3 where we introduce you to ways of cultural understanding can guide business communication strategies basic and the language skills you will use in general cross-cultural business situations. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
9 videos, 8 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Vocabulary prep
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary prep
- Discussion Prompt: Is it culturally appropriate?
- Discussion Prompt: Cross-cultural communication blunders
- Reading: Cross-cultural communication barriers
- Vídeo: The cultural situation - Part 1
- Vídeo: The cultural situation - Part 2
- Vídeo: Cultural strategy - Writing
- Vídeo: Cultural strategy: Speaking (Part 1)
- Vídeo: Cultural strategy: Speaking (Part 2)
- Reading: Avoiding cultural faux pas in international business
- Reading: Objectives and outcomes
- Reading: Vocabulary list
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary practice
- Vídeo: Challenging English Grammar: Connective choice
- Reading: Adverb and Connective Choice
- Reading: List of conjuncts
- Vídeo: Challenging English Sounds - /ŋ/ “thing” and /ŋk/ “think”
- Vídeo: Rhythm, stress and pausing
- Reading: Peer review practice: Sample of a culturally insensitive email
- Practice Quiz: Culturally insensitive email: peer review practice
- Peer Review: Culturally insensitive email: Correct and rewrite
Calificado: Avoiding cultural and communicative faux pas
Calificado: Module 3
SEMANA 4
Culture and management communication
Welcome to Week 4! This week we will cover Module 4 where we introduce you to common cultural frameworks used in the business world, how theories inform management in cross-cultural situations and language skills you will use in management situations. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
5 videos, 5 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: More on Hofstede's cultural dimensions
- Reading: Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions: applications, further studies, and criticisms
- Discussion Prompt: Do you agree with Hofstede?
- Vídeo: Cross-cultural communication skills for management
- Vídeo: Directness of language
- Reading: Objectives and outcomes
- Reading: Vocabulary list
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary practice
- Vídeo: Challenging English Grammar:The continuous tense
- Reading: More on the continuous (past, present, future)
- Vídeo: Challenging English sounds: /w/ "west"-v- /v/ "vest"
- Peer Review: Say it right
Calificado: Hofstede's cultural dimensions mini-case
Calificado: Module 4
SEMANA 5
Culture, application and ethics
Welcome to Week 5! This week we will cover Module 5 where we introduce you ways you might apply cultural frameworks to authentic workplace situations, business ethics in today's international worlds and the language skills you will use in these situations. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.
6 videos, 4 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Directness of communication - in Cross Cultural Contexts
- Vídeo: Business Negotiations
- Discussion Prompt: Can cultural frameworks be applied in the real world?
- Vídeo: Applying Cultural Frameworks in Business Ethics
- Discussion Prompt: Cross Cultural Frameworks and Business Ethics
- Reading: Objectives and outcomes
- Reading: Vocabulary list
- Practice Quiz: Vocabulary practice
- Vídeo: Challenging English Sounds-/l/ "light" and /r/ "right"
- Vídeo: Challenging English Grammar: Misplaced modifiers & dangling participles
- Reading: More on misplaced modifiers & dangling participles
- Vídeo: Analyzing case studies
Calificado: Applying cross cultural frameworks in cross cultural communication - mini-case analysis
Calificado: Applying cross cultural frameworks in cross cultural business negotiations and ethics - mini-case analysis
Calificado: Module 5
SEMANA 6
Concluding module
Welcome to Week 6! This week we will cover Module 6 where we will conclude the course and you will need to complete the final exam and post-course survey.
Calificado: Final exam
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| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
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it was perfect course for me i learned a lot of think in this course and i hope to learn more
Excellent Course!!
I have learned a lot how to act with different cultures, but also about English language.
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JZ
great course for non native speakers