Upskilling for Workplace English and Chinese Upskilling for Workplace English and Chinese
Instructor(s)

Dr. Raymond WM Lam

Departments /Offices

School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University

Course Type

Invite-only

First Start Date

March 2022

Commitment

2 hours/week

Length

4 weeks

Language

English

 
Description :

Four topics that include misusing westernized Chinese in business contest, writing business correspondence, writing responses to complaints and business negotiation will be featured in the course. Upon finishing the course, students should be able to 1) identify the nuances of how the English and Chinese languages can be best used at the workplace in order to communicate at a proficient level; 2) apply communication strategies to realize the operational goals of a private or public organization and 3) demonstrate the crucial strategies for negotiation.