Are you a business executive or a manager who uses English in your career? Then you know that good business communication in English requires focus, vocabulary, and specific linguistic structures. In this course, you will follow along a recently promoted manager as she builds and leads her team to success. Together, you will practice the language and styles of communication needed in English for
• Recruiting and training a professional team to work together with integrity and respect
• Managing and participating in well-organized meetings
• Making telephone conferences more efficient
• Writing professional emails that are easy to read
The activities in this course will give you the opportunity to share your experience and receive immediate feedback from other business professionals around the world.
Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Business English
Business English: Management and Leadership
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Acerca de este Curso
4.8
233 calificaciones
Habilidades que obtendrás
English LanguageWritingManagementCommunicationEmailingMeeting
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Semana
17 horas para completar
Staffing and Hiring Decisions
In this module, you’ll follow Elizabeth through the process of building her team. You’ll look at the way she communicates depending on the situation. From this observation, you’ll be better equipped to make requests using direct and indirect approaches. by analyzing her interactions with her team, her language choices, and the communication patterns she follows. Through the discussion boards and peer reviewed assignment you will synthesize your new skills in real life conversations and activities.
7 videos (Total 43 minutos), 4 readings, 8 quizzes
7 videos
1.1 I Need To Get My Team Together2m
1.3 Direct and Indirect Approaches8m
1.5 More on the Indirect Approach7m
1.8 Summarizing Basics5m
1.12 Making Direct and Indirect Requests7m
1.14 Week 1 Review9m
4 lecturas
1.2 Vocabulary Preview: Staffing and Hiring10m
1.6 Example: An Indirect Message10m
1.10 "Hire Smarter, Work Better"10m
1.15 Quizlet Vocabulary Practice: Staffing and Hiring10m
6 ejercicios de práctica
1.4 Direct and Indirect Approaches10m
1.7 The Indirect Approach16m
1.9 Summarizing Basics6m
1.11 Hire Smarter, Work Better Summary4m
1.13 Making Direct and Indirect Requests10m
1.16 Week 1 Test30m
Semana
25 horas para completar
Meeting Management
Effective business meetings require planning, leadership, and language skills and without these skills, meetings can be unproductive or even boring. Although this module covers topics related to meeting management, it’s definitely not boring because we we have Elizabeth and her team to guide us through the learning process. In this module, you’ll watch and learn from Elizabeth and her team. After completing Meeting Management, you’ll be able to plan and facilitate an effective meeting; summarize key points of an agenda item; and begin to develop strategies to help you to be better understood.
6 videos (Total 41 minutos), 6 readings, 7 quizzes
6 videos
2.3 Effective Meeting Practices8m
2.6 Conference Calling4m
2.8 Future Tense Contractions5m
2.12 Writing Effective Summaries7m
2.14 Week 2 Review9m
6 lecturas
2.2 Vocabulary Preview: Meeting Management10m
2.4 Example: Agenda10m
2.10 The Future of Meetings10m
2.15 Quizlet Vocabulary Practice: Meeting Management10m
"A Conference Call in Real Life" - satire10m
Global Meeting Planner10m
6 ejercicios de práctica
2.5 Effective Meeting Practices18m
2.7 Conference Calling Strategies6m
2.9 Future Tense Contractions8m
2.11 Future of Meetings2m
2.13 Writing Effective Summaries8m
2.16 Week 2 Test30m
Semana
35 horas para completar
Leading and Teaming
Interrupt with confidence, ask for clarification and get the answer you want; hold the floor and keep it: these are some of the skills you’ll learn and apply in Leading and Teaming.
6 videos (Total 38 minutos), 7 readings, 6 quizzes
6 videos
3.3 Handling Interruptions8m
3.5 Conference Calling Tips for the Non-Native Speaker3m
3.7 Strategies to interrupt/Hold the floor5m
3.11 Infinitives and Gerunds8m
3.13 Week 3 Review6m
7 lecturas
3.2 Vocabulary Preview: Leading and Teaming10m
3.4 Amy Cuddy's TED Talk on "Power Posing"10m
3.9 Phrases for Interruption and Clarification10m
3.14 Quizlet Vocabulary Practice: Leading and Teaming10m
The Lewis Model of Cultural Norms10m
Hofstede's Cultural Comparison Tool10m
Directions for Submitting Video/Audio10m
5 ejercicios de práctica
3.6 Communication Lesson Review14m
3.8 Strategies to interrupt/Ask for clarification6m
3.10 Phrases for Interruption and Clarification4m
3.12 Infinitives and Gerunds8m
3.15 Week 3 Test26m
Semana
45 horas para completar
Planning, Organizing, and Delegating
Keeping the business or project running as projected requires planning. This requires information to be organized in convenient packages, like status reports and emails. Planning, Organizing, and Delegating focuses on the language of both. After completing this module, you’ll be able to use concise language to summarize key pieces of information into smaller packages.
7 videos (Total 54 minutos), 5 readings, 7 quizzes
7 videos
4.3 Writing Effective Emails9m
4.5 Communicating Status Reports7m
4.8 Business Communication/Concise Language8m
4.12 Reading Numbers13m
4.14 Week 4 Review: Part 16m
4.15 Week 4 Review: Part 25m
5 lecturas
4.2 Vocabulary Preview: Planning, Organizing & Delegating10m
4.6 Example: Status Report10m
4.10 Business Writing Tips-Changing Nouns to Verbs10m
4.16 Incomplete Status Report10m
4.17 Quizlet Vocabulary Practice: Planning, Organizing & Delegating10m
6 ejercicios de práctica
4.4 Writing Effective Emails16m
4.7 Communicating Status Reports10m
4.9 Business Communication/Concise Language8m
4.11 Changing Nouns to Verbs2m
4.13 Reading Numbers8m
4.18 Week 4 Test30m
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comenzó una nueva carrera después de completar estos cursos
40%
consiguió un beneficio tangible en su carrera profesional gracias a este curso
25%
consiguió un aumento de sueldo o ascenso
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por MA•Jun 10th 2017
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por AK•Feb 26th 2018
Thank you for all the lectures from ASU. The course gave me new knowledge and information in English Business. Thanks a lot!
Instructores
Wanda Huber
International EducatorArizona State University Global Launch
Andrea Mürau Haraway
International EducatorArizona State University, Global Launch
Jenny Young
International EducatorArizona State University Global Launch
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Acerca del programa especializado Business English
This Specialization serves as an introduction to Business English, where you will learn to communicate about topics such as management, finance and marketing. You will also write proposals, executive summaries, and marketing materials. You will also learn the necessary language structures to run a meeting, achieve sales, and negotiate other business transactions. In the Capstone Project, you will apply these skills to communicate and launch a new product in English, making sure that business executives have a variety of linguistic tools with practical applications in business scenarios in a variety of functional areas.
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