SemesterFall Semester, 2018
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Department of International Business Sophomore Class B, Department of International Business
Course NameElite Business English: Making proposals and Negotiation Skills
InstructorKU JU-CHUN
Credit2.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Course Introduction



 



 



2



1



2



Preparing to negotiate



Unit 1A:



p.80



review p7 three broad cultural type



2



1



3



Preparing to negotiate



Unit 1B:



Quiz on three cultural type



p.9 negotiating as a team



hand-in paper on pros and cons analysis on team negotiation and one-on one deal



2



1



4



Relationship-building



Unit 2A



Individuals give 2-minute briefing on one’s  paper



p.81, 87, 103



group work: select your dream team and prepare PPT(not more than 5 slides) for group oral presentation next class



2



1



5



Relationship-building



Unit 2B



Group presentation on the selection of dream team & rationales behind the choice



 



P.84



2



1



6



Establishing a procedure



Unit 3A&B:



P.85



2



1



7



The proposal stage



Unit 4A:



p.86



2



1



8



The proposal stage



Unit 4B:



p.87, p.104



2



1



9



Questioning techniques



Unit 5A:



p.89



2



1



10



Midterm exam



Midterm exam



Midterm exam



2



1



11



Questioning techniques



Unit 5B:



p.90, p.105



2



1



12



Exploring interests



Unit 6A:



p.91, p.96



2



1



13



Exploring interests



Unit 6B:



p.92, p.106



2



1



14



The bargaining zone



Unit 7A:



p.29 part 9, 10,11



2



1



15



The bargaining zone



Unit 7B



p.94, p.108



2



1



16



The bargaining zone



Unit 7C



p.33 part 3-4



2



1



17



Handling breakdowns



Final presentation : pair-up to role play business negotiation



Unit 9B



P.43 part 5



Prepare role-play final presentation



2



1



18



Final presentation : pair-up to role play business negotiation



Final presentation



Final presentation



2



1



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

NIL


Requirement/Grading

Attendance, learning attitude, in-class participation and contribution. 20%



Class activities including pair/group work, discussion, role-play speaking tasks, class presentation: 20%



Midterm examination: 30%



Final pair-up roleplay negotiation: 30%


Textbook & Reference

Textbook:



International Negotiations by Mark Powell, Cambridge University Press.



ISBN 978-0-521-14992-1



 



Reference:



1.English for Negotiating by Charles Lafond, Sheila Vine, Birgit Welch, Oxford University Press.



2.English for Specific Purposes by Keith Harding, Oxford University Press.



3.Getting to say Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Penguin Group.



4.Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve your Goals in the Real World by Stuart Diamond, Crown Business



5.English for Business Studies: A Course for Business Studies and Economics Students, by Ian Mackenzie, Cambridge University Press



6 Business Vocabulary in Use by Bill Mascull, Cambridge University.



7. English for Business Communication, by Simon Sweeney, Cambridge University Press.



8. Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business. By Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd. 1997


Urls about Course
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/inernationalnegotiations http://www.businessculture.com http:// www.for-a-better-business.com
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