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BUS B104

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English and Communications for Business II

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Course Start Date	Course Level	Duration	Credits	Language	Fees ($) (including lab fees)	Future Semesters
01-Apr-2013	Foundation	1 semester	5	English	4,175	Apr 2014, Apr 2015

Course Coordinator: Mr Kevin Chu, BA (Hons) TESL (CityU HK); PGCE (HKU), MSSc (CUHK)

Course Developers: Betty Fu Sharp and Kenneth Wong

Advisory prerequisite(s)
You are advised to have already studied BUS B103.

Aims
This course aims to:

• Introduce students to the basic concepts needed for writing business reports and proposals, and delivering presentations;

• Acquaint students with some theories of effective communication;

• Introduce students to major business communication issues;

• Provide students with the strategies and skills that are needed to apply communication theories and concepts to business-related communication;

• Help students develop skills for communicating effectively in groups and in the employment process.

Contents
The course covers the following topics:

• Business communication strategies

• Team communication, oral communication and business etiquette

• Reports and proposals

• Oral presentations

• Employment communication

Learning support
There will be 18 hours of tutorials.

Assessment
There are two tutor-marked assignments and one three-hour examination for the course. Students are required to do an oral presentation as part of the second assignment.

Set book(s)
Li, K C (2012) Effective Business Communication in English, 3rd edn, Singapore: Pearson Education.