Business English for Academic Purposes

The course prepares students for their entrance in the job market (finding job adverts, writing a CV and cover letter). It develops - writing skills such as CV and cover letter and professional formal letter and emails - speaking skills such as personal presentation for job search, answering interview questions, negotiating. It practices the vocabulary and structures of the English language that support the skills above.

Objectives

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Prerequisites

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Syllabus

1. Successful businesspersons: o Larry Page & Sergey Brin (Google) o Haji-Ioannou (EasyJet) 2. Company profile (Hellenic Fabrics) o practice in numbers 3. Advertising 4. Applying for a job o Job advertisements o CV and cover letter o Personal presentation o Interview questions 5. Many happy e-turns o Complaining 6. Business across cultures 7. Business etiquette 8. SWOT Analysis 9. Case study: Struttura 10. Telecommuting 11. The future of work 12. Crisis management 13. Company Accountability 14. Businessman in literature: The Little Prince