Business English

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about the course

The course is designed for senior college students majoring in business or/and related programs with a higher level of english language proficiency, equivalent of CET-4, or the alike. The purpose of the course is to help the participants understand the use of business english in various business senarios, and to improve their competencies and skills in business communication.

about the text-book

Market Leader, at pre-intermediate and intermediate level, published by Higher Education Press, are adapted to individual needs for classroom lecturing.

  1. warm-up exercises
  2. vocabulary practices
  3. group discussion
  4. business listening
  5. business reading
  6. case study and discussion
  7. advanced reading

supplementary materials

Course participants are suggested to read more and extensively in addition to their daily in-class learning. BEOL provides learners with seriously-picked articles and essays accessible by all to enhance their understanding of real business english as well as various business-related knowledge to broaden their perspectives. These materials, also helpful to equip learners for future career challenges, are selected from media such as CNN, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, AMA, Reuters and etc., and may require higher level of comprehensive language proficiency.

  1. Harvard Business Review 2006
  2. Financial Times
  3. The Apprentice
  4. 公共场所双语标识英文译法
  5. 关于英语辞典的推荐

lecture calendar & materials

Course Book II(pre-intermediate business english)

Course Book III(intermediate business english)