english in international business elective course (5 ects) viŠnja kabalin boreniĆ, ph.d....
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ENGLISH IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
ELECTIVE COURSE
(5 ECTS)
VIŠNJA KABALIN BORENIĆ, Ph.D.
([email protected], office 16, webpage)
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
• develop business communication skills in English (reading, writing, listening, speaking) within the following business topics:
personal development, corporate image, supply chain, managing conflict, risk management, investment, free trade
• develop academic skills: writing summaries
• advance presentation skills: researching and presenting a topic
• develop critical thinking
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REQUIRED READING
The Business Advanced (MacMillan)
Student's Book + DVD-ROM
• Profil, Algoritam Maksimirska, VBZ
• selection of texts and exercises:p. 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23,32, 33, 34, 44, 45, 70, 71, 84, 85, 96, 97
• DVD-ROM (autonomous work at home)
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CLASS ORGANISATION
• contact teaching: Friday 14.30-16.00
16.15-17.00
• office hours: Thursday 15.00-16.00
• autonomous learning at home: material on DVD-ROM
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STUDENT OBLIGATIONS
• REGULAR ATTENDANCE (7/10)
• CLASS PARTICIPATION
• RESEARCHING AND PRESENTING A TOPIC (IN TEAMS)
• WRITING SUMMARIES
• TAKING 2 PROGRESS TESTS
• ORAL EXAM
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REGULAR ATTENDANCE• full-time students who do not attend regularly will not be
graded and will not receive the teacher’s signature at the end of the course
CLASS PARTICIPATION • individual initiative and contribution is rewarded
PROGRESS TESTS• reading comprehension, use of new vocabulary, summary
writing
ORAL EXAM• discussion of topics covered with active use of new vocabulary
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WRITING SUMMARIES
• class or home assignment
• summaries of 2 texts covered (coursebook)
• 1 summary - REQUIREMENT FOR EACH
PROGRESS TEST!
PRESENTING A TOPIC
• 4 students - 15 minutes • topic (extension or illustration
of topics covered in class)
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DATE CLASS PRESENTATION TOPIC
8 NOV INTRODUCTION SUMMARY WRITINGUS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRESENTATIONS TOP TIPS…
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15 NOV TOP TIPS cont.THE PETER PRINCIPLE
WORKPLACE/WORK ETHIC
22 NOV JOHARI WINDOW CORPORATE IMAGE
29 NOV CORPORATE IMAGE:THE BIG MAKEOVERCSR
OUTSOURCING
6 DEC SUPPLY CHAIN CSR
13 DEC PT1MANAGING CONFLICT
SUPPLY CHAIN
20 DEC RISK MANAGEMENT MANAGING CONFLICT
10 JAN INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT
17 JAN FREE TRADE INVESTMENT
24 JAN REVISIONPT2
FREE TRADE
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GRADING
• 2 PTs 50%
• Oral exam 15%• Summaries 10%• Presentation 10% • Class participation 15%
TOTAL
91- 100%= 5 80-90%=4 61-79%= 3 51-60%= 2
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PRESENTING A TOPIC (handout)
• 3-4 students - 15 minutes
• structure (beginning, body, ending)
• rapport (audience)
• signalling (signposting, phrases)• topic (purpose, research, selection...)
• venue/time?
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Presentations:
sales presentations
talks at conferences
lectures
board meetings...
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DISCUSS your personal experience:
a) Listening to a presentationb) Giving a presentation
Speaking too longSpeaker-centered / No relationship with the audienceSpeaking in a monotoneLack of preparation / FocusProjecting the wrong imageUsing visual aids ineffectivelyData Dump / Starting with detailUsing inappropriate humorOffering weak evidence Not knowing the audience
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Top ten mistakes speakers make
1 Lack of preparation / Focus
2 Speaking too long
3 Not knowing the audience
4 Projecting the wrong image
5 Using visual aids ineffectively
6 Data Dump / Starting with detail
7 Using inappropriate humor
8 Speaking in a monotone
9 Speaker-centered / No relationship with the audience
10 Offering weak evidence • http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/resources/2004/11/top_ten_mistakes_speakers_make/
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Elements of presentations:- preparation
- delivery
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Preparation- purpose WHY?- audience TO WHOM?- content WHAT?
- brainstorming, research- selection- grouping, sequencing, organisation
- structure HOW?- (intro, body, conclusion)
- visuals- REHEARSING
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Preparation: content (what?)• Preparing the main part1. writing an essay vs. identifying key points2. reading aloud vs. making notes3. key points vs. reorganizing
4. notes on cards5. rehearsing from notes
DANGERS: DANGERS:Learning by heartFormal languageLong sentences & words
MORE NATURAL
Requires discipline, self-assurance & patience
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Presentation structure (how?)• A rule of thumb is...
... tell your audience
what you are going to say,
say it,
then tell the audience
what you have said.
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Structure• Introduction
– welcome your audience– introduce your subject– outline your structure– give instructions about questions
• Body– the “real” presentation
• (structure, signalling, summarising)
• Conclusion– recap, conclude, end, handle questions
RB, p 51
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Delivery– enthusiasm
– control
– natural language(spoken, signposting / signalling)
– rapport with audience (creating rapport)
– visual support
– body language (eye contact, loudness, natural, relaxed behavior, polite behavior)
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• Short words• Short sentences• Repetition• Synonyms• Redundancy• Signalling/Signposting
• Long words• Complex sentences• Coherence• Condensed language
• Paragraphs (topics)
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Spoken vs. Written Language
• Short words• Short sentences• Repetition• Synonyms• Redundancy• Signalling/Signposting
• Long words• Complex sentences• Coherence• Condensed language
• Paragraphs (topics)
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Signpost - Tell your audience where they are!
1 Explain the s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (outline)
2 S _ _ _ _ _ the start of each part:Let me begin with... This brings me to...
3 R _ _ _ _ and move on:
Having established the facts we can move on to..
Use clear v _ _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ signals between s_ _ _ _ _ _ _”
4 C_ _ _ _ _ and rephrase:In other words... Let me expand on that...
5 Conclude→ Study useful phrases in RB, pp 52-54Team work: phrases to transfer from member to member
EXERCISE: RB p 55
t r u c t u r e
i g n a l
e c a p
e r b a l r a n s i t i o n e c t i o n s
l a r i f y
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E.g.:• This is all I have to say.
• That’s all from me.
• Which brings me to the end of my part.
• I give the floor to my colleague...
• Here is my colleague X who will tell you about ...
• I believe X will have more to say about ...
• X, would you, please, take over from here...
• Thank you, Y, I enjoyed the intro you made.
• Thanks. My friend Y told you about..., and I will...
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Most common complaints about the slides
• speakers read the slides to us 62.0%
• text so small I couldn't read it 46.9%
• slides hard to see because of color choice 42.6%
• full sentences instead of bullet points 39.1%
• moving/flying text or graphics 24.8%
• overly complex diagrams or charts 22.2%
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Delivery– enthusiasm
– control
– natural language(spoken, signposting / signalling)
– rapport with audience (creating rapport)
– visual support
– body language (eye contact, loudness, natural, relaxed behavior, polite behavior)
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Creating rapport
• strategies for creating rapport:- we (all), us, our, ours, ourselves- question tags: e.g. aren’t we; haven’t they..- negative questions: Isn’t it true that...
Don’t we all...
Handout
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1 Personal development, BA p 6DiscussionAdvise on how to make a good impression and
“get on” in one’s career.
Discuss issues below in pairs and agree on 5 top pieces of advice:
dress meetings colleagues
your boss business lunches
conferences dealing with emails/phone calls
HW: search the web for texts about “success at work” and compile a list of advice provided