WEEK 1 Introduction, Needs Assessment, Jing Tutorial Focus: Emails Tasks Reading & evaluation authentic material: Enron

n emails Issues of author/recipient(s), relationships, audience Writing prompt: Worst email to boss/coworker/future employer Portfolio Work Written: 5 openings/ 5 closings. Explain the situation, audience, and relationships involved with writing each Audio: How do you currently open/sign-off your emails? Do you use different openings/sign-offs for different addressees?

WEEK 3 Class 2 in lab: Skype for business purposes Focus: Phone correspondence Task Telephone Game & NES/NNES accents Phone strategies: asking for clarification, opening/closing, interruption, turn-taking, summarize a point Voicemails: structure, content, length Communication Breakdown Skype for business purposes Other tech: Voxopop and voicethreads for business purposes Portfolio Work Written: Personal reflection: What are some ways you could improve your phone communication skills? Audio: Listen to prompt. Record a return message as if youre leaving a voicemail

WEEK 2 Peer critique: tutorial & etiquette Focus: Emails Tasks Reading and evaluating authentic material: Enron emails Email body format: Identify transition language in email body Reading for stress & tone: reading emails allowed Writing prompt: Good news versus Bad news Peer revisions Portfolio Work Written: Practice ways to introduce bad news/good news. How are the openings/body/sign-offs different? Audio: Tell a story: A time when you had to break the bad news

WEEK 4 Focus: Marketing & Finance Tasks Writing a strategic marketing plan 4Ps Role play: Business ExecutivesBe your own boss Writing business plan objectives Productivity & SMART goals Writing first draft business plan goals & objectives Peer revision Portfolio Work Written: Write out YOUR opinion of marketing and finance. Are they important in the world? What kind of effect do they have on the world today? Audio: The Smartest Guys in the World. Your thoughts about the movie, corporate ethics and morality in business. How do these issues affect you? What do you think about Enron?

WEEK 5 Focus: CV/Resume Tasks: The Job short film Reading & evaluation authentic material: American & Taiwanese resumes Reading for style and format Writing personal CV/resumes How to stand out Peer revision: resumes Portfolio Work: Written: Visit Purdue OWL website. Choose a resume format and draft a resume. Why did you choose this format? Audio: Summarize past job experience in 2 min. Why did you choose those jobs to highlight?

WEEK 7 Class 2 in lab: PowerPoint tutorial Focus: Business Proposals Tasks Writing proposal openings & closings Writing proposal content: cost, purpose, timeline (4Ps, SMART) Practicing chunk phrases and expressions Peer Writing: mini-business proposals (2 min presentation Peer Revision of mini proposals PowerPoint for final task presentations Portfolio Work Written: Continue working on final task proposal in PowerPoint Audio: Watch the videos of presentations from our class blog. Make notes on the speakers various styles and how they organize their content. Practice and then record your presentation opening and how youre organizing your content. WEEK 8 Midterm conferencesfinal task outline due Focus: Issues at work & Proposal Revisions Tasks **Conferences held during Class 1 Dodging Landmines Discussing problems at work, talking to your boss GROW model for workplace problem solving Proposal Peer Revision Edits: round onewhat are the weak/strong points? Is it clear? Portfolio Work Written: Begin writing final task proposal Audio: Tell us about a time you worked in a group. How did it go? Was there a final product, or is it an on-going process? Was there any peer-review or collaboration? What is negative about group-work? What is positive? How often do you work in a group?

WEEK 6 Focus: Job Interviews Tasks Watching & listening to semi-authentic material: American job interviews Practicing introductions, transitions, key terms Practicing tone and body language Preparing Top 25 Interview Questions Perform mock (quasi-natural) job interviews Peer critique performances Portfolio Work Written: What is important in a job interview? How would you behave in an interview? What is your style in an interview? Audio: Listen to the same interview online done with different styles. Describe each style you see, and predict how effective it is for that particular job. What style would you use? Why?

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WEEK 11 Class 2 in lab: Business Proposal Presentation Focus: Business Meetings Focus: Job Satisfaction & Morale Tasks Tasks Listening to business meeting (conference Discussing: What is Job calls and in-person) satisfaction/dissatisfaction? Writing personal reflections: likes & dislikes at Practicing stating opinions & interruptions work tone, stress, manner Peer share and discussion Turn-taking Watching video: Steve Jobs and motivation Writing meeting agenda & minutes what motivates you at your job? Watching examples of well planned/poorly Watch and take notes on business proposal planned meetings: class discussion what presentation in lab went wrong? Portfolio Work Portfolio Work Written: Imagine you are a supervisor. Written: Write a company-wide email calling Write an email to your department (or for an important meeting to discuss the office) describing job satisfaction goals. financials of the company. Remember that How will you raise morale? your audience is very big Audio: Define job satisfaction in Audio: Does your company have a lot of Taiwanese culture: What does it mean? Is it business meetings? What types: all-office, important? client, in-person, conference call? How often do you participate in meetings? WEEK 10 WEEK 12 Focus: Globalization Focus: Business Idioms/Working Relationships Tasks: Tasks: Class mindmap: What is Globalization? Reading, listening, and evaluation business idioms/expressions Listening to Noam Chomsky Practice expressions in business Discussing globalization vocabulary/politics meetings/job interviews dialogues Writing prompt: How could your business Watch video: How to get along with your effect globalization? coworkers Peer revision Writing prompt: Story about a time you Watching a video: Cultural sensitivity didnt get along with a coworker. How did Speaking and writing in a culturally sensitive you resolve the problem? way Role Play: Unhappy Client Prompt. Portfolio Work How will you improve the relationship? Written: Read Thomas Friedmans editorial Portfolio Work on globalization. Write a response. Is Written: Find and list as many business Friedman correct? Incorrect? How accurate expressions and idioms as you can. Look do you think his predictions are? How would up their origin. What do the idioms tell you change his predictions, or make new you about English business practices? predictions Audio: Do you use any idioms either in Audio: Why is globalization important? Will speaking or writing? Or do you dislike it have a place in your final task business? them and try to never use them?

WEEK 13 Class 2 in lab: proposal presentation practice Focus: Review Week Tasks: Review emailing and scheduling: openings/closings, time-stamps, etc Review phone and job interview skills: register, speaking and listening practice Review CV/Resume skills: organizing your writing, prioritizing and formatting Review Business Meetings and Proposals: audience, register, length, focus and content of a presentation Discussion: How will each skill fit into your final project? In lab: practice presentations in front of small groups Portfolio Work Written: Continue working on proposals Audio: Tell us about a time where you had to give a presentation, whether for work or for school. WEEK 14 Focus: Final Task Presentations Tasks: 8 (4 per class) Students give 20 minute final presentation, 5 minute Q&A, 5 minute critical feedback on presentation Classmates prepare short critique letter for presenters.

WEEK 15 Closing: Student Opinion Exit Survey Focus: Final Task Presentations Tasks: 8 (4 per class) Students give 20 minute final presentation, 5 minute Q&A, 5 minute critical feedback on presentation Classmates prepare short critique letter for presenters. Students complete exit survey

Syllabus Works Cited (The following syllabuses, guides, and general information about EBP inspired our syllabus design) Chen, Yi-chen. (Jan 2010). Content-based business English course for EFL. Retrieved from http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Chien-BusinessEnglish.html Deambrosis, Mercedes Viola. (May 2009). Designing business English programmes 1. Retrieved from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/designing-businessenglish-programmes-1 Deambrosis, Mercedes Viola. (June 2009). Designing business English programmes 2. Retrieved from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/designing-businessenglish-programmes-2 Donaghy, Kieran. (May 2011). Lesson Plan on Jobs. Retrieved from http://filmenglish.com/2011/05/22/lesson-plan-on-jobs/ Graves, Kathlees. (2000). Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers. (p 138). Boston, MA: Heinle Cengage Learning. Jiang, Shaohua. (Jan 2011). ESBP course design for Chinese international business personnel. Retrieved from http://www.asian-espjournal.com/January-2011sj.pdf