Business English
Communications (BEC)
Are you looking for an opportunity to increase
your language requirement scores (for a
Masters’ school) or to just refresh/improve
upon your business communication skills?
KEY DATES - Thunderbird Campus
SUMMER 2016 (for Fall 2016 matriculates)
BEC I Orientation May 25 - 27
BEC I May 30 - July 1
BEC II Orientation June 29 - July 1
BEC II July 5 - Aug 5
Fall 2016 (for Spring 2017 matriculates)
BEC I Orientation Sept 28 - 30
BEC I Oct 3 - Nov 4
BEC II Orientation Nov 2 - 4
BEC II Nov 7 - Dec 9
**Starting dates are subject to change
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“As soon as our Masters’ program started,
we jumped into group projects that required
writing different business cases. While many
students - even those who spoke English as
their mother tongue - still had to figure out
how to organize their work and cite sources, I
already knew exactly how to deliver my work.
Thanks to the very intense writing classes
during the BEC program, I had clearly in mind
how to organize my papers without wasting
valuable time during theMasters’ level classes”
Peitro Benfatti ’15 (Italy)
“For international students, the BEC program
provides a cross-cultural setting which
enables us to jump-start our graduate school
life, making us successful.”
Shinya Ishihara ’14 (Japan)
“Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of
urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can’t get a message across clearly and
motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter.”
— Gilbert Amelio (President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp)
Completion of Thunderbird’s Business English Communication program consisting
of two 5-week sections of an intensive English language program with courses in:
A. Academic & Business Writing skills
B. American Business &
Cross Cultural Communication
C. Critical Thinking through Case Studies & Reading Strategies
D. Business Presentation skills
Testing and constant feedback from faculty provide you with up-to-date
measurements regarding your progress.
This innovative, immersive, and intensive BEC program offers a unique opportunity
to experience and integrate into the Thunderbird campus lifestyle before your
business courses begin either here or where ever you may be studying
“The BEC course has helped me in many ways. It has improved my skills in English from all
aspects. Whether it is writing, speaking and reading or with presentations ... It has removed
the fear from me and brought in loads of confidence. The other important thing is the
program helps you to settle down before you enter the actual degree program. It makes
you well versed with the environment around.”
— Aditya Kini ’14 (India)
For further information, contact: admissions.tbird@asu.edu
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