| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | Introduction to course and text | Student preparation: familiarise self with layout of textbook.
(30 minutes).
What is ‘business English’?
What communication skills are required in the workplace?
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| 第2回 | Study strategies and pronunciation practice | Student preparation: familiarise self with general content of textbook, especially second half (30 minutes).
Identify goals and target weaknesses.
Learn/revise the IPA.
Geographical and cultural varieties of English.
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| 第3回 | Writing application letters and revising resumes (i) | Student preparation: reflect on strategies for writing resumes. New students begin to memorise IPA symbols (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Grammar and vocabulary of resumes.
Resumes and cultural differences.
Grammar practice: past & perfect tenses. |
| 第4回 | Writing application letters and revising resumes (ii) | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare own resume
(30 minutes).
Continuing students also prepare application letters.
Grammar and vocabulary of letters.
Register in speaking and writing.
Pronunciation practice: weak stress.
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| 第5回 | Emailing etiquette, comparisons between emails and letters. | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on differences between emails and letters (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Grammar practice: have + 物・事＋過去分詞
Vocabulary point: ‘miss’ Politeness in Japanese and English.
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| 第6回 | Politeness in electronic communications | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on purposes of politeness in business communication (30 minutes).
Key patterns: ‘keep ’, ‘keep on’.
Pronunciation practice: liaison.
Dictation practice: intelligent listening.
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| 第7回 | Explaining the office to a newcomer | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on strategies for clear explanations
(30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Grammar and vocabulary of explanation.
Grammar practice: It is ＋形容詞＋to.
Key pattern: ‘in case’, ‘in case of’.
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| 第8回 | Giving clear instructions | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on personal pronunciation weaknesses(30 minutes).
Pronunciation practice: accent (i) accent & meaning change. (ii) intonation and meaning change.
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| 第9回 | Casual Friday and office culture | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and think up office-based dialogue scenario (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Grammar and vocabulary of descriptions.
Key patterns: ‘I wish I were’.
Dialogue-writing: advice and strategies.
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| 第10回 | Clothing at work | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and start writing dialogues (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Vocabulary point: ‘pick’.
Key pattern: ‘more like ~t |
| 第11回 | Comparing bosses | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and start writing dialogues (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Vocabulary point: ‘pick’.
Key pattern: ‘more like ~than’ |
| 第12回 | What makes a good boss? Management styles | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and continue dialogue-writing (30 minutes).
Grammar of comparison: adverbs
Pronunciation practice: consonant clusters.
Dialogue-writing practice.
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| 第13回 | Dealing with difficult clients | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on how to deal with difficult clients
(30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Vocabulary of communicative control.
Grammar practice: 間接疑問文
Further points about the IPA.
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| 第14回 | Mid-term revision, questions and practice exercises | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and go over all new vocabulary from this semester's classes (60 minutes).
Key patterns: ‘must’.
Dialogue-performance practice
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| 第15回 | Discussing the economy | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on vocabulary-building strategies
(30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Economics and business vocabulary (i).
Memorizing key expressions.
Vocabulary-building strategies (i)
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| 第16回 | Socializing with the boss | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare to discuss a short item from this week's news (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Talking about news items.
Grammar practice: 付加疑問の用法.
Pronunciation practice: vowel distinctions.
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| 第17回 | Small talk and business talk | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare to discuss a short item from this week's news (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Key pattern: ‘why don’t you/we?’.
Dictation practice: phonetic writing.
Dictation practice: the value of grammar.
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| 第18回 | Internet Trading | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and thoroughly revise IPA symbols
(30 minutes).
Vocabulary and grammar of trading.
Vocabulary point: nearly, almost, barely, mostly.
Pronunciation practice: abbreviated forms.
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| 第19回 | Passwords and security | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Discussion on what makes a good password.
Grammar point: ‘most’, ‘almost’, ‘almost all’
Key pattern: ‘now that’.
Vocabulary-building strategies (ii)
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| 第20回 | Staff cuts | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and practise pronunciation by reading dialogues out aloud (30 minutes).
Vocabulary and grammar of trading.
Grammar practice: make ＋目的＋形容詞
Strategies for expanding vocabulary.
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| 第21回 | Booms and recessions | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and practise pronunciation by memorising extracts from dialogues (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Economics and business vocabulary (ii). |
| 第22回 | Scheduling a business lunch | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on personal pronunciation difficulties (30 minutes).
Vocabulary of making arrangements.
Key pattern: ‘expect to’, ‘be expected to’.
Pronunciation practice: consonant distinctions.
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| 第23回 | Making appointments | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare to summarise one business-related item from this week's news (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Economics and business vocabulary (iii).
Key patterns: ‘pick up’
Vocabulary-building strategies (iii).
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| 第24回 | Planning a business trip | Student preparation: revise previous class,
prepare next set of exercises (30 minutes).
Discussion of scenario for business conversation-writing.
Vocabulary and grammar of planning.
Grammar practice: make it clear to 人that
Dictation practice: writing unfamiliar words
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| 第25回 | Making arrangements for overseas travel | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on scenario for business-related dialogue (30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Key patterns: 身体の一部を使った表現.
Pronunciation practice: ‘swallowed’ consonants.
Dialogue-writing practice.
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| 第26回 | Business cards, personal profiles | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and reflect on differences between Japan and other countries regarding names and forms of address (30 minutes).
Cultural differences in introductions.
Grammar practice: see ＋人＋ ~ing
Dialogue writing practice.
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| 第27回 | Business approaches to introductions | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare business-related dialogue.
(30 minutes).
This week's business news topic.
Vocabulary and grammar of introductions.
Key patterns: ‘will be able to’.
Dialogue-performance practice.
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| 第28回 | How to summarise key information | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and take notes in English on Japanese news story (30 minutes).
Note-taking practice.
Class discussion of points arising from previous lessons. Communication games.
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| 第29回 | Summary and review of first part of course | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare questions about vocabulary
or expressions not fully understood (60 minutes).
Revision of key vocabulary and grammar.
Review of pronunciation points.
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| 第30回 | Summary and review of second part of course | Student preparation: revise previous class, prepare
next set of exercises and prepare questions about grammatical points not fully understood (60 minutes).
Revision of key vocabulary and grammar.
Review of cultural and pragmatic points.
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