Business English for Cross-cultural Communication

This course aims to prepare you for working in an cross-cultural Business setting. We'll learn about common cross-cultural theories and how they are relevant to everyday business practices in a globalised world. By combining all of your vocabulary, reading, speaking, and writing skills that you acquired in the previous three courses, you will learn how language plays an important role in cross-cultural communication. You will also enhance your cross-cultural understanding and will be able to use vocabulary, tone and style, and spoken and written communication skills within a cross-cultural Business context. Skills learned in this course help prepare you to deliver the professional business presentation in the Capstone project. After completing this course, you will be able to: - identify possible cross-cultural issues and misunderstandings in communication - apply strategies to overcome possible cross-cultural issues and misunderstandings in communication - produce documents with an appropriate style for business communication purposes within a cross-cultural situation - deliver a speech with an appropriate style for business communication purposes within a cross-cultural situation

• Use vocabulary, tone, and style in spoken and written communication within cross-cultural business contexts
• Identify potential cross-cultural communication issues and misunderstandings
• Apply strategies to overcome cross-cultural communication challenges
• Produce documents with appropriate style for business communication in multicultural settings
• Deliver speeches aligned with cross-cultural business communication standards

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete short practice activities