NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 進階商用英文(二)(6127)
Course Name	(Eng.) Advanced Business English(II)
Offering Dept	Department of Accounting
Course Type	Elective	Credits	3	Teacher	王韶濱
Department	Department of Accounting/Graduate	Language	English	Semester	2025-SPRING
Course Description	This course is designed to equip students with essential business communication skills, emphasis is placed on improving their listening and speaking ability. Students are expected to practice and prepare for the speaking and listening topics assigned before classes. The course is interactive and dynamic in the context of all business occasions. Students are required to speak English all through the course. The course expects the students to be familiar with all business communication techniques via conversation, scenarios drills at the end of the course.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)

Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Competency Indicators

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Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1. COMMUNICATION
2. Global View
3. Professional Knowledge

2.Global Vision

100

Discussion

Lecturing

topic Discussion/Production

Exercises

Oral Presentation

Quiz

Attendance

Assignment

Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule

Week	Course Content
Week 1	Date Course Activities 02/24 Course Introduction, registration, ice-breaking and grouping 03/03  TED: The era of blind faith in big data must end (2011)  BEP: Virtual Teams 1: Video Conference Meetings 03/10  TED: A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy  BEP: Virtual Teams 2: Managing Remotely 03/17  TED: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech (2005)  BEP: Virtual Teams 3: Video Conferencing with Clients 03/24  TED: Forget the pecking order at work (2015)  BEP: Financial English: Discussing Taxes 1 03/31  Debate: Should we pay taxes or not?  BEP: Financial English: Discussing Taxes 2 04/07  TED: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success  BEP: Top 10 Business English Skills (1) 04/14  TED: Bitcoin, sweat, tide. Meet the future of branded currency. (2013)  BEP: Top 10 Business English Skills (2) 04/21  TED: The way we think about work is broken (2014)  BEP: Project Management English 10: Internal Debrief Meeting 04/28  TED: How online marketplaces can help local economies, not hurt them. (2020)  BEP: Management English: Conflict Resolution (1) 05/05  Debate: Should the government increase the NHI rates?  BEP: Management English: Conflict Resolution (2) 05/12  TED: How humans and AI can work together to create better business.  BEP: English Idioms for Strengths and Weaknesses (1) 05/19  TED: 2 questions to uncover your passion — and turn it into a career.  BEP: English Idioms for Strengths and Weaknesses (2) 05/26  TED: How supply chain transparency can help the planet.  BEP: Teleconference English: Running Online Meetings 06/02  TED: The happy secret to better work. (2011)  BEP: Teleconference English: Participating in Online Meetings 06/09  TED: As work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify (2013)  BEP: Interview English: 2nd Round Technical Interview in English 06/16  TED: Dare to disagree (2012)  BEP: Interview English: Second Round Behavioral Interview 06/23 Final Exam: Group Business Conversation (5 minutes; Peer Review)
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Evaluation

1. Attendance and participation 50%
2. Quizzes and assignments 20%
3. Final Exam 30%

Textbook & other References

* Business news
* TED Talks
* Business English Pod
* VoiceTube (VT; mobile app)

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

PLEASE REFER TO iLearning and Facebook

Office Hours

Mondays 13.00 – 14.00, or by appointments
Email: spwang@nchu.edu.tw
Tel: 04 2284 0828 # 659
Messenger

Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs

include experience courses：N

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