Course Description and Learning OutcomesEnglish for Business Communication Fundamentals

Upper Intermediate

Course Description and GoalsThe English Language Institute’s (ELI) Upper Intermediate English for Business Communication gives learners tools to both improve their knowledge of the business world and to help learners apply current knowledge in using workplace communication. While students explore such areas as finance, marketing, and human resources, they are exposed to relevant vocabulary and grammatical structures through business articles and texts taken from popular business periodicals. This gives their students real-world context and better enables learners to apply their new skills and knowledge immediately.

Learning OutcomesStudents will be able to use the following business language skills in English:1. Build working relationships2. Set goals and accomplish them on a deadline.3. Incorporate creative strategies for team building.4. Ask the appropriate questions to collect the needed information.5. Lead a briefing and delegate tasks6. Be able to begin a variety of discussions and affectively tell a story.7. Negotiate and/or come to an agreement.8. Effectively work with and lead coworkers and be culturally sensitive.9. Learn how to approach cohorts or various professional statuses.10. Assess with others how to solve a problem and effectively execute a plan.11. Make an effective presentation12. Handle conflicts while being culturally sensitive13. How to persuade and influence others14. How to motivate others and be encouraging15. Report past events

Students will be familiar with vocabulary related to the following topics:1. Mergers and acquisitions2. Project planning3. Team building4. Technology and information5. Advertising6. Law and litigation7. Brand management8. Investment9. Energy10. Investment and the market11. Banking12. Training13. Consulting

Students will be familiar with the following basic grammatical concepts:1. Articles2. Modal forms3. Questions forms4. Relative clauses5. Gerunds and infinitives6. Passive7. Adjectives and adverbs8. Emphasis9. Conditionals10. Future forms11. Time clauses12. Reference words13. Clauses and sentence structure14. Reported speech

Students will be familiar with the following basic writing forms:1. Memos2. Emails3. Reports4. Expository essays5. Persuasive essays6. Minutes7. Formal correspondence

Students will be familiar with the following basic English sounds and pronunciation rules:1. The shwa2. Voiced and unvoiced /th/3. Silent syllables4. Words ending in s5. Borrowed words6. Syllable stress7. Stress and intonation in questions8. Sentence and word stress