Language Institute
Thammasat University
EL 226 English for Import-Export Business
Course Outline 1/2015
Course Description
Terminology, idioms, and typical business documents related to the import-export
business will be studied in this class. Other areas emphasized are listening and
speaking. Students will practice reading and writing business documents concerning
imports and exports.
Course Objectives
1. To help students develop their reading and writing skills in the context of
international trade with concentration on import and export business
2. To help students enhance their speaking skill through the oral presentation,
group discussions, and the interview on the topics relevant to import-export
business
3. To familiarize students with some documents used in import-export business.
4. To equip students with English structure, vocabulary, terms, and expressions
which are useful in import-export business
5. To provide students with some key foundation concepts of import-export
business.
6. To encourage students to keep up with current events in the field of importexport business
Textbook
English for Import-Export Business
By Associate Professor Dr. Sucharat Rimkeeratikul
(Available at Thammasat University Bookstore)
Teaching Methods
Lectures, group discussions, pair work, role plays, assignments, and group/
individual presentations.
Course Evaluation
Attendance & Class Participation
Assignments, Oral Presentation(s)
and, or Interview
Quizzes
Midterm Examination
Final Examination
Total
20
30
points
points
30
40
60
180
points
points
points
points
The Final Project is recommended to be done as a group work to enhance
students’ team work skills. The design of the project can be different from one
section to another section, depending on the decision made by the instructor.
However, the content should be relevant to either the import-export business concept
or the English language used in the import-export business.
As for the Oral Presentation, it can be done in class based on the Final Project
content, or it can be done in the form of interview by having each group of students
come to have an interview or having each student come for it as an individual.
Midterm Examination: October 7, 2015 Time: 8.00-10.00 hours
Final Examination: December 15, 2015 Time: 9.00-12.00 hours
Attendance Policy
 Two points will be deducted for each absence.
 More than 8 absences throughout the course
or more than 4 absences prior to the midterm exam
or more than 4 absences prior to the final exam will result in an automatic F
Schedule and Instructors
Add/Drop period: August 26 – August 31, 2015
Drop “W” period: October 19 – 26, 2015
Instructors
Sec/Gr
900001
910001
Day
Time
Wednesday 14.00-17.00
Friday
14.00-17.00
Room
LITP 2E
LITP 2E
Instructor
A. Matthew S. Mickel
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sucharat Rimkeeratikul
Tentative Teaching Schedule
EL 226
Semester 1/2015
Week
Topic
Activities
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1
Course Introduction
Unit 1: Part 1 – 4
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2
Unit 1: Part 5 – 9
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3
Unit 2: Part 1 – 4
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4
Unit 2: Part 5 – 8
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5
QUIZ I
Unit 2: Part 9
Unit 3: Part 1 – 4
Use the book, let students talk in the
Expansion (p.34) (part 5)
Use the book, PowerPoint (PPT) for
Participial Phrase (Part 6)
Part 7*: Paragraph Writing (Use webbased e-learning)
Part 8: Listening/Speaking (Use webbased e-learning) (Video-embedded)
Quiz: coverage some parts of Unit 1 and 2 as
agreed upon in class
Ex: Incoterms/ Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Unseen Passage Reading
 Part 9: Letters of Credit (L/C) (Use
web-based e-learning and Book)
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6
Course Outline is ready for each
student
Student Biodata (sheet) (Let student
write/read/ public speaking about
themselves)
Introduce web-based e-learning* to
students
Use the book, let students talk in the
Expansion (p.11) (part 5)
Use the book, PowerPoint (PPT) for
Relative Clause (Part 6)
Part 7**: Paragraph Writing (Use
web-based e-learning)
Part 8: Listening/Speaking (Use webbased e-learning) (Video-embedded)
Part 9: Incoterms (Use web-based elearning and Book*** )
Part 1: Book and web-based e-learning
Part 2+3: Reading Passage (Book and
PPT)
Part 4: Reading Skill (Skimming)
(Book and PPT****)
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Part 1: Book and web-based e-learning
Part 2+3: Reading Passage (Book and
PPT)
Part 4: Reading Skill (Skimming)
(Book and PPT)
Week
Topic
Activities
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7
Unit 3: Part 5 – 8
& REVIEW
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8
9
10
Midterm
October 7, 2015 Time: 8.00-10.00 hours
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Part 9: Bill of Exchange(B/E) (Use
web-based e-learning and Book)
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Part 1: Book and web-based e-learning
Part 2+3: Reading Passage (Book and
PPT)
Part 4: Reading Skill (Scanning)
(Book and PPT)
Unit 3: Part 9
Unit 4: Part 1 - 4
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11
Unit 4: Part 5 – 9
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12
QUIZ II
Unit 5: Part 1 -4
Use the book, let students talk in the
Expansion (p.89) (part 5)
Use the book, PowerPoint (PPT) for
Concessive Clauses (Part 6)
Part 7*: Paragraph Writing (Use webbased e-learning)
Part 8: Listening/Speaking (Use webbased e-learning) (Video-embedded)
Part 9: Proforma Invoice (Use webbased e-learning and Book)
Quiz: coverage some parts of Unit 3 and 4 as
agreed upon in class
Ex: L/C, B/E, Proforma Invoice/ Grammar/
Vocabulary/ Unseen Passage Reading
 Part 1: Book and web-based e-learning
 Part 2+3: Reading Passage (Book and
PPT)
 Part 4: Reading Skill (Transitional
Words) (Book and PPT)
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13
Use the book, let students talk in the
Expansion (p.62) (part 5)
Use the book, PowerPoint (PPT) for
Participial Phrase (Part 6)
Part 7*: Paragraph Writing (Use webbased e-learning)
Part 8: Listening/Speaking (Use webbased e-learning) (Video-embedded)
Unit 5: Part 5 – 9
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Use the book, let students talk in the
Expansion (p.89) (part 5)
Use the book, PowerPoint (PPT) for
Concessive Clauses (Part 6)
Part 7*: Paragraph Writing (Use webbased e-learning)
Part 8: Listening/Speaking (Use web-
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14
Unit 6: Part 1 – 3
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Part 1: Book and web-based e-learning
Part 2+3: Reading Passage (Book and
PPT)
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Students are assigned at the beginning
of the semester to collect newspaper
articles that have topic relevant to
each unit in the book to update the
information.
For the project, students compile the
articles, for each article make
vocabulary list and their meaning plus
sentence samples, summarize the
article, and on top of that students
must analyze the situation and write 2
or 3 sentences as the comments using
their analytical minds and ImportExport Business knowledge learned
from this class and use English as the
medium to express their ideas.
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15
Final Project
Submission
and Oral
Presentation
FINAL
EXAMINATION
based e-learning) (Video-embedded)
Part 9: Proforma Invoice (Use webbased e-learning and Book)
December 15, 2015 Time: 9.00-12.00 hours
Web-based e-learning* = e-learning on the website of Thammasat University
(www.tu.ac.th)
Part 7** = Paragraph Writing of each unit
If time does not allow teaching into details in class, student is asked to use
web-based e-learning to study by themselves outside the class.
Book*** = Textbook used for the class of EL 226 (English for Import-export
Business)
English for Import-Export Business
By Associate Professor Dr. Sucharat Rimkeeratikul
(Available at Thammasat University Bookstore)
PPT**** = PowerPoint Presentation (prepared by Sucharat Rimkeeratikul)