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  Course Objective

 In a systematic way, students are led to go through all the fundamental writing practices of business world. Various writings are provided, including writing business correspondences, memos, and reports, to potential employers at workplace.

本課程系統式的介紹學生了解商用英文寫作的基本格式、資料收集方法、及專業商用英文寫作的技巧。針對將來打算進入職場同學所安排的寫作文體包含1) reference formats (APA ), 2) business letters, 3) resume, 4) cover letter, 5)memos, and 6) reports。

  References

Murdick, W. (1999). The portable business writer. New York, US: Houghton Mifflin.
Ashley, A. (2003). Oxford handbook of commercial correspondence. Oxford, UK: OUP.

  Grading

I. Participating as an individual--
A. Attendance, in-class writing & take-home assignments: 50%
B. Final business report: 30%
II. Participating as a group--
Creative Group Presentation: 20% 
(Present the textbook chapters creatively in any format you like.)