科目名稱(Course)：（中文）進階職場英文寫作

　　　　　　　　　（英文 English）Advanced Business Writing

教學目標(Objective)： 

CEF B1-B2 (equivalent to an intermediate- high intermediate level of writing on the TOEIC test). The objectives of this course are to improve students’ ability to:

1. Understand a wide range of business communications and related documentation.
2. Complete and/or extract information from a wide range of textual, tabular and diagrammatic sources.
3. Respond appropriately in concise and accurate English to a variety of situations.
4. Show a high level of appreciation of register, and vary their written tone.
5. Enjoyment and confidence in business writing.
6. Autonomous learning ability.

教學內容綱要 (Course outline and content)：

　　The course hopes to improve students’ writing ability in order that they may be able to respond fast and accurately to business situations requiring more complex responses. The course is suitable for intermediate level students.
　　Students will be placed in a simulated situation. They will be given a role (such as an executive or personal assistant) in a commercial company and a tray of realistic business documents. These documents will include a range of complex business communications.
　　Students will read and understand these documents before drafting appropriate responses to them Their responses will take the form of a letter, fax, memo, invitation, press release, article, analytical report or another form of complex communication.
　　Students’ writing will be assessed according to how accurate they have interpreted the source documents, whether their responses convey the message accurately and with appropriate variation of tone and register, and whether their communication achieves the desired result.

CEF B1-B2 (equivalent to an intermediate- high intermediate level of writing on the TOEIC test). The objectives of this course are to improve students’ ability to:

1. Understand a wide range of business communications and related documentation.
2. Complete and/or extract information from a wide range of textual, tabular and diagrammatic sources.
3. Respond appropriately in concise and accurate English to a variety of situations.
4. Show a high level of appreciation of register, and vary their written tone.
5. Enjoyment and confidence in business writing.
6. Autonomous learning ability.

6500 English function and content words published by the College Entrance
Examination Center

1. Students will be given a mid-term and a final exam. Each exam will be based on the learning content. Each exam will count 30 %.
2. In-class writing tasks and homework will count 30 %.
3. Attendance and oral participation in class will count 10%

Objectives:

　　Demonstrate an understanding of a wide range of internal and external business communications, e.g. memos and letters, written telephone messages, faxes and emails.
　　Complete or extract information from a wide range of business documents: orders and requisitions, quotations and invoices, graphs and charts, timetables and travel itineraries, policy statements, company procedures, contracts, minutes of the meeting, etc

Objectives:

　　Write concise letters, memos and faxes in response to a wide range of business situations.
　　Draft other documents for business purposes: invitations, speeches, minutes of meetings, advertisements and mail shots, press releases, articles and circular letters.
　　Draft a short analytical report.