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Business English: Networking
Business English: Networking
This course is part of Business English Communication Skills Specialization
Instructor: Richard Moore
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Intermediate level
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Approx. 28 hours
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18 assignments
Taught in English
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This course is part of the Business English Communication Skills Specialization
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There are 5 modules in this course
In the first week, you’ll practice introducing yourself and learn some new vocabulary to talk about what you do in your job.
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10 videos7 readings4 assignments1 peer review3 discussion prompts
In Week 2, you’ll study vocabulary to describe your company (or any company - you don’t have to be working right now to take this course!).
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7 videos7 readings5 assignments3 peer reviews1 discussion prompt
In week 3, we will introduce you to writing professional emails.
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10 videos5 readings7 assignments1 peer review
Week 4 is all about telephoning and making arrangements to meet.
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3 videos6 readings3 peer reviews
In Week 5, we return to email to talk about arrangements, make changes, and update. This last week includes some practice with texting too.
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3 videos6 readings2 assignments3 peer reviews1 discussion prompt
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The course assists the best way to communicate and professional email writing .
NZ
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Reviewed on Sep 28, 2020
This course was easy to follow. They gave you the example before tell you to do assisgnments. I love doing those assisgnments because I can discuss with peers and they gave me points.
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Reviewed on May 20, 2020
Both lecturers, Richard and Daphne has done a good job by making the course simple and easily understandable for students. Assignments and Quizzes have helped to improve oneself.
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