IH Riga Foundation Course in Teaching English for Business

This course will not be running this academic year [2009-10] but we hope to offer it next year.

Course Outline: 14 Modules each lasting 90 minutes

Strand 1: Teaching Business English (an Overview):

1. Course Introduction

  • General Vs Business English
  • Needs Analysis
  • Course Design

2. Business Speaking Skills

  • Presenting
  • Negotiating
  • Meetings
  • Telephoning
  • Socialising

3. Business Writing Skills

  • Letters
  • Faxes
  • E-mails
  • Reports

4. Corporate Structures and Management

  • Theories and Principles
  • Department Responsibilities and Roles
  • Management Roles
  • Team Building

Strand 2: The Principles of Lesson Planning for Business English Classes

5. Introduction to the Lexical Approach

  • incorporating a lexical focus into BE
  • teaching
  • lexical chunking of BE texts

6. Intoduction to learner-centred approaches

  • task-based learning 
  • self-directed learning
  • output feedback
  • the Test Teach Test Model

7. Business English Materials 1

8. Business English Materials 2

9. Using Authentic Materials.

10. Principles of Lesson Planning

Strand 3: Specific Business Skills:

11. Marketing

12. Sales

13. Accountancy and Banking

14. Human Resource