Business English

1. TermProject English
Department: Bachelors of BusinessAdministration
Topic:Business English

3. English
Englishis aWest Germanic Languagethat
wasfirst spoken in early MedievalEngland
and is now the most widely usedlanguage
in the world.
It is spoken asafirst language by the
majority populations of severalsovereign
states, including the United Kingdom,the
United States, Canada,Australia,
Ireland, New Zealandand anumber of
Caribbean nations.

4. Continued…
Now Englishis an official language of almost
60 sovereign states.
It is widely learned asasecond language
and is an official language of the European
Union, many Commonwealth countries and
the United Nations, aswell asin manyworld
organizations.

5. Business English
Definition:
Englishwhich is used in businessis called
the BusinessEnglish.
Thetype Englishwhich is used in meetings,
presentations, communication etc at
businessis called BusinessEnglish.

6. Introduction
BusinessEnglishis used widely and
generally in businesscommunity andcannot
be adaptable to another type of industry
wherein most of the employees have native
tongues and may causealot of difference if
BusinessEnglishis used.

7. Low Business English Index

8. Kinds of Business English Classes
 Traditional Classes
 Intensive Classes
 Public Speakingin EnglishClasses
 Distance Learning Classes
 Pronunciation Classes
 Learning by Doing Classes
 Conversation Classes
 Lunchtime ConversationClasses

9. Importance of Business English
Courses
RegularDegree/
AcademicProgram
 Participants: Agroup of
learners enrolled in an
academic program.
 Characteristics: Mixed
abilities and varying
group size.
 Duration: Usually longer,
fulltime and more than a
semester.
Professional
DevelopmentProgram
 Participants: Agroup of
professional trainees.
 Characteristics: Uniform as
well asmixed abilities and
vary group size.
 Duration: Usually shorter
over weeks and part time.

10. Business English
BusinessEnglish aims to
achieve ahigh standardsof
English communication
skills at business. It covers
many skills. Someof them
are:
 Meetings
 Presentations
 Negotiations
 Communication
General English
General English aims to
achieve ahigh standard of
everyday English skills. It
covers the four main skills
of:
 Reading
 Writing
 Listening and
 Speaking
Difference b/w BE and General English

11. Uses of Business English
BusinessEnglish is used in:
 International Trades
 Negotiations
 Emails/Telephones
 Meetings
 Presentations
 Management
 Team-Leading

12. Uses of Business English

13. Business English Improves
Language Knowledge Communication Skills
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Presentation
s
Negotiations
Meetings
Language
Knowledge
Communication
Skills

14. Objectives of Business English
 T
o build confidence and fluency to enable the
employees to communicate effectively in their
working life.
 BusinessEnglish helps employees to interact
with international colleagues and customersin
both business and social surroundings.
 T
ofind the difference between business English
and General English.

15. Pros of Business English
 Get to learn new things about the business
world and develop new skills as a teacher.
 Students (usually) have a specific purpose for
learning English and this is easier to cater to.
 Ability to communicate with other members at
anytime from anywhere.
 Get to meet a wide range of professionals and
learn about the work culture of different
countries and cultures.

16. Cons Of Business English
 May not be familiar with some of the more
specialist vocabulary you may have to teach.
 Hard to meet all students ‘specific’ needs.
 Some business course books can be a bit dry
and ironically, can take time to learn how to
bring business English to life.
 You may be younger than many of the
students and can take time to establish
credibility.

17. Importance of Business English
 BusinessEnglishis important to
communicate appropriately with superiors,
colleagues and subordinates, and to
representatives of other companies from
abroad.
 BusinessEnglishassist an English-speaking
(native or non-native) person whenhosting
businesspartners from abroad

18. Continued…
 BusinessEnglishenables the businessmen
to participate in the social life of the
enterprise when visiting businesspartners
abroad.

19. Conclusions
 BusinessEnglish enables the businessmen to
prepare for acareer in business or commerce.
BusinessEnglish also enables the businessmen
to understand the mechanism of international
business and trade.
 BusinessEnglish is the mode of communication
at the work place. BusinessEnglish is being
used in meetings, presentations, negotiations,
working overseas, management, team-leading
etc.