English for Business Professionals
This course focuses on English language and communication skills needed for success in commercial or industrial business in Manitoba and in field-specific academic programs. Students will improve their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills associated with business, as well as learn about the cultural differences of the Canadian workplace, the business culture in Canada, how to conduct oneself at meetings, how to negotiate in a Canadian context, how to make a presentation, how to network, how to foster good customer relations, how advertising and marketing work in Canada, and how to compose daily business correspondence.September 10- December 3,2012
Monday and Wednesday
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Course Outline
This program focuses on speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills associated with conducting business in Canada. Other topics include:
- The cultural differences of the Canadian workplace
- The business culture in Canada
- Marketing in Canada
- Ethics and business
- Interviews and meetings
- Problem solving techniques
- Delegation in the Canadian context
- Negotiation in the Canadian context
- Giving of instructions
- Business idioms
