Business English for Cross-cultural Communication
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Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Overview
Duration | 22 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 4 of 5 in the Business English for Non-Native Speakers Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Approx. 22 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Course details
- 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
Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome module
Welcome
Objectives and outcomes
Learning how to learn
Learning vocabulary
The HKUST Grammar Guide
What is culture?
What is culture?
English as a Lingua Franca
Challenging grammar: comparative and superlative forms
Challenging English sounds /?/ "sherry" and /?/ "cherry"s
Objectives and outcomes
Vocabulary prep
Can we define culture?
Objectives and outcomes
Vocabulary list
More on comparative and superlative forms
Relatively, rather, compared to
Vocabulary practice
Vocabulary practice
Module 2
Culture and communication strategies
Digital communication
The cultural situation - Part 1
The cultural situation - Part 2
Cultural strategy - Writing
Cultural strategy: Speaking (Part 1)
Cultural strategy: Speaking (Part 2)
Challenging English Grammar: Connective choice
Challenging English Sounds - /?/ ?thing? and /?k/ ?think?
Rhythm, stress and pausing
Vocabulary prep
Cross-cultural communication barriers
Avoiding cultural faux pas in international business
Objectives and outcomes
Vocabulary list
Adverb and Connective Choice
List of conjuncts
Peer review practice: Sample of a culturally insensitive email
Vocabulary prep
Vocabulary practice
Culturally insensitive email: peer review practice
Module 3
Culture and management communication
Hofstede's cultural dimensions
Cross-cultural communication skills for management
Directness of language
Challenging English Grammar:The continuous tense
Challenging English sounds: /w/ "west"-v- /v/ "vest"
More on Hofstede's cultural dimensions
Hofstede?s Cultural Dimensions: applications, further studies, and criticisms
Objectives and outcomes
Vocabulary list
More on the continuous (past, present, future)
Vocabulary practice
Module 4
Culture, application and ethics
Applying Cultural Frameworks
Business Negotiations
Applying Cultural Frameworks in Business Ethics
Challenging English Sounds-/l/ "light" and /r/ "right"
Challenging English Grammar: Misplaced modifiers & dangling participles
Analyzing case studies
Directness of communication - in Cross Cultural Contexts
Objectives and outcomes
Vocabulary list
More on misplaced modifiers & dangling participles
Vocabulary practice
Module 5
Concluding module
Final exam
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