Business English for Cross-cultural Communication
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Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Overview
Duration | 21 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Highlights
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- Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Course details
- Communication skills to help you engage in dialogue instead of debate
- How small but powerful acts of kindness (micro-affirmations) can lead to positive behavior changes
- How to be a meaningful ally
- Strategies to bridge divides, build inclusion, and create places where everyone feels welcome
- 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.
Business English for Cross-cultural Communication at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome module
Objectives and outcomes
Learning how to learn
Learning vocabulary
The HKUST Grammar Guide
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
Culture and communication strategies
Digital communication8m
The cultural situation
The cultural situation
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
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"
Concluding module
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