This Specialization is designed to teach you to communicate effectively in English in professional contexts. You will expand your English vocabulary, improve your ability to write and speak in English in both social and professional interactions, and learn terminology and skills that you can apply to business negotiations, telephone conversations, written reports and emails, and professional presentations.
Business English Communication Skills Specialization
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Business English Communication Skills Specialization
Build English Skills for Business. Improve your ability to speak, write and understand English in professional settings.
Instructors: Wendy Asplin
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4 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
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Skills you'll gain
- Business Communication
- Professional Networking
- Business Planning
- Taking Meeting Minutes
- Verbal Communication Skills
- Public Speaking
- Proposal Writing
- Sales Presentation
- Persuasive Communication
- Business Correspondence
- Presentations
- Negotiation
- Setting Appointments
- English Language
- Event Planning
- Business Writing
- Peer Review
- Data Visualization
- Meeting Facilitation
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Specialization - 5 course series
This Specialization is designed to teach you to communicate effectively in English in professional contexts. You will expand your English vocabulary, improve your ability to write and speak in English in both social and professional interactions, and learn terminology and skills that you can apply to business negotiations, telephone conversations, written reports and emails, and professional presentations.
Business English: Networking
Course 128 hours
What you'll learn
This course begins with a welcome message and an overview of the Specialization. After this introduction, you will be asked to take a proficiency test to see if this course is right for you.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Business Writing
Category: Business Communication
Category: Business Correspondence
Category: Professional Networking
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Communication
Category: English Language
Category: Language Competency
Category: Vocabulary
Category: Telephone Skills
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Rapport Building
Category: Scheduling
Category: Presentations
Category: Oral Expression
Category: Grammar
Business English: Meetings
Course 229 hours
What you'll learn
This course will teach you vocabulary and skills related to participating in meetings. You will learn terms and phrases used both in email and in speaking to arrange, participate in, and conclude meetings. The goals of this course are to enable you to participate effectively in on-site meetings and teleconferences and to prepare you to write a proposal as an outcome of a meeting.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Taking Meeting Minutes
Category: Business Communication
Category: Business Writing
Category: Vocabulary
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Business Correspondence
Category: Meeting Facilitation
Category: Scheduling
Category: Writing
Category: Telephone Skills
Category: Proposal Writing
Category: Setting Appointments
Category: Oral Comprehension
Category: English Language
Category: Oral Expression
Category: Office Procedures
Category: Management Reporting
Category: Business Reporting
Business English: Planning & Negotiating
Course 335 hours
What you'll learn
In this course, the context is hosting an event and finding an appropriate venue for it. You will learn language and strategies for successful negotiations culminating in a written announcement for an event.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Business Communication
Category: Negotiation
Category: Proposal Development
Category: Event Planning
Category: Business Writing
Category: Business Correspondence
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Planning
Category: Decision Making
Category: Customer Complaint Resolution
Business English: Making Presentations
Course 417 hours
What you'll learn
This course teaches you language and techniques that will help you make effective presentations in English. The final task is to develop a well-organized, persuasive presentation using charts and graphs that sells your city as a venue.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Presentations
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Persuasive Communication
Category: Public Speaking
Category: English Language
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Marketing Materials
Category: Microsoft PowerPoint
Category: Sales Presentation
Business English: Capstone Project
Course 530 hours
What you'll learn
The capstone project will give you opportunities to demonstrate your competence in the learning objectives for this Specialization. For the project, you’ll use formal, written methods and more casual visual and audio methods of communication to demonstrate your ability to use language appropriate for different business contexts. The goal of this course is to demonstrate competence in writing and presenting a plan using skills and language appropriate for business.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Peer Review
Category: Business Marketing
Category: Public Speaking
Category: Business Communication
Category: Marketing
Category: Business Planning
Category: Persuasive Communication
Category: Business Writing
Category: Grammar
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: English Language
Category: Vocabulary
Category: Presentations
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Frequently asked questions
Time to completion can vary based on your schedule, but most learners are able to complete the Specialization in about 6 to 7 months.
The specialization focuses on students who have an intermediate level of English, with a minimum of two years of formal language study.
We recommend taking all the courses in the order presented, as each subsequent course will build on material from previous courses, but you can also take individual courses.
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