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I will teach a Business English course in a university in China. I am wondering what are the differences between "general English" and "business English?" What are the important topics that a business English class should cover?

Also, I'd appreciate if somebody can recommend any good business English textbook that I can buy in China.

Thanks!

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I like the useful language bits in each chapter (this is functinal language).

In company.

If you are teaching at the univ they won't be ex[ecting to buy text books.
They may also be expecting you to teach business studies, more than teaching any language.

In business English, typical topics are:

Job-hunting: interviews and resumes
Meetings
Negotiations
Sales talk
Common business documents: reports, emails, letters, proposals
Giving presentations
Telephone skills
Marketing products
Dealing with numbers and figures

But you'll still need to cover language areas such as vocab, pronunciation and accuracy.


Email me if you're interested in our online business English course.

I teach quite a bit of business English and I've put a fair amount of resources on the Website: http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/index.htm

The grammar is basically the same, but they expect to see business documents and business scenarios.

James