UK Business & Culture Course Outline (11th April-15th June)

Week 1 (5 lessons, April 11^th-15^th)

Monday

Culture 1-What is Britain?

Explain cultural Assessment 1 (blogspot posts explanation) Deadline Friday 15^th April

Introduction to Work Placement Skills (WPS)

Company structure

Job profiles

Giving internal directions within an office

Tuesday

Culture 2-British Politics

Cross-cultural comparison (Japan/UK)

Emails:

Layout and content

Email vs letter

Writing replies

Wednesday

Culture 3-British Music

Emails:

Spelling and punctuation

Sentence structure/paragraphing

Proof reading

Thursday

Culture 4-British Education System

Cross-cultural comparison (Japan/UK)

Emails:

Language and register of confirmation email

Sentence structure (linking words)

Friday

Culture 5-Royal Family

Cross-cultural comparison (Japan/UK)

Emails:

Practice WPS Assessment 1 task (draft deadline May 3^rd)

Explain cultural Assessment 2 (presentation on a British company) Deadline Thursday 21^st April

Week 2 (4 lessons, April 18^th-21^st)

Monday

Telephoning skills:

Key phrases for opening and closing calls

Key telephoning phrasal verbs

Explaining the purpose of a call

Presentations:

Video on presentations

How to conduct a presentation correctly

Introductions

Tuesday

Telephoning skills:

International Alphabet

Giving & receiving numbers

Leaving and receiving a message

Presentations:

Signposting

Main body

Powerpoint slides

Wednesday

Telephoning skills:

Asking for information

Checking and clarifying information

Presentations:

Language of presentations (revision of key vocab)

Body Language

Conclusions

Answering and asking questions

Thursday

WPS Assessment 2 preparation (telephoning)

Presentations