BUSINESS ENGLISH
Lecturer: Sabrina
Email: Sabrina_bec@sina.com
QQ: 297075340
Cellphone: 13888912101
Contents
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Prologue
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Introduction of the course
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First Session First
section
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The Introduction of BE
What is the BE?
指人们从事商务活动中使用的具有行业特征的英语，这些行业包括
外贸、金融、会计、运输、商法、保险、银行、经济、营销、物流、
企业管理、商业服务等。
Foreign trade
Finance
Accounting
Business law
Economics
Logistics
Management
Business Service
Banking
Marketing
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The Introduction of BE
Why study BE?
Wide business context
Value for study and business career
Facilitate your career
BEC=Business English certificate
• Rigorous quality control
• Wide suitability
• International recognition for work and study
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What is the format of the exam?
Reading
60 minutes
Writing
45 minutes
Listening
40 minutes
Speaking
14 minutes
Reading
提示材料
题型
题
数
一篇较长的或四篇较短的信息性正文（约250~350单词）
搭配
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一篇正文：报刊文章，报告等，留有可填写一句话的空格
（加上7句供选择的句子共约450~580字）
搭配
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一篇正文（约50~550字）
四选项多项选择
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一篇信息性的正文，留有待填写的空格（约200~300字）
四选项多项选择
的完形填空
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短文（150~200字）找出文中额外的、没有必要的词
改错
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Writing
提示材料
题型
语域
写作要求
及对文章的格式要求
内部交流（形式为便条、留
言。备忘录或电子邮件）
40~50字
中性/
非正
式
一段文字资料，选择商
务函件(形式可为信件
、传真或电子邮件），
内部通信（形式可为便
条、备忘录或电子邮件
）、通知、广告等(如
果不是信件，则有格式
或文章类型提示）
商务函件（形式可为信件、
传真或电子邮件）或简短的
报告或建议（形式可为备忘
录或电子邮件）电子邮件
(120~140字）
中性/
正式
Listening
提示材料
题型
题数
三段电话交谈或留言
填空
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二部分短小独白，每部分五个小片段
多选项搭配
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一段较长的谈话或独白、访谈、讨论、讲述等
多项选择
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Speaking
形式和重点
时间
考官和每位考生交谈。 考生介绍个人信息，谈论
目前的情况、过去的经历、将来的打算、表达意
见、推测等
3分钟左右
每位考生就商务话题做“小演讲”。组织一段较
长的谈话，提供信息，表达并证明意见有道理
6分钟左右
考生之间互相交谈并由考官做进一步提示。表达
意见并证明其有道理、推测、比较和对比、赞同
与反对等。
5分钟左右
Overview of the course
Business topic lessons and skills
Topic Area
Personal Identification
The office General business environment
and routine
Entertainment of clients, free time,
relationships with colleagues and clients
Travel and meetings
Using the telephone
Health and safety
Buying and selling
Company structures, system, processes
Products and services
Results and Achievements
Business issues
Success with BEC vantage
1.1 Ways of working
5.2 Participating in a meeting
6.2 Emailing
5.1 The workplace
1.2 Making contacts
3.2 Leaving and taking messages
9.2 Getting through
in BEC preliminary and higher lessons
7.1 Sale
7.2 selling
11.1 Ethical economics
2.1 Company Benefits
2.2 Presenting your company
6.1 Recruitment
10.2 Solving problems
12.2 Handling questions
11.2 Discussing trends
3.1 Starting a business
4.2 Delegating
8.2 Showing you're listening
10.1 Management
12.1 Business law
4.1 Advertising
8.1 Training
9.1 Branding
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Purpose of the course
Introduce you the key information about the BE
Provide a framework of business topic. Familiarize you
with the relevant business knowledge.
Develop your business skills and linguistic level
Enhance your abilities for solving problems
We explore theory and practice for improving your reading, speaking,
listening and writing. We encourage a variety of perspectives on
business English issues.
Plan of the course
1. Forming teams
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Every 4~5 persons constitute a group and designate a team leader for teamwork.
questions discussion, brain storm
2. Teamwork
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At the end of a course, there will be a recap given by one group
The recap will last no more than 15 minutes.
3. Individual assignment
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Business letter writing
Resume
10%
Business Memo 10%
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Evaluation of work-Approximate Weightings
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Class participation
team work
Individual final essay
Final exam
10%
10%
20%
60%
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Requirement
Classes begin and end on time
• Let me know in advance if you will be absent from the class.
• Don’t use your cell phone during a class.
• Respectful comments and humor.
• Courtesy towards all participants
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