ELL 3044 Practical Business English 실용 비즈니스 영어 Fall Semester, 2019 Scott Findlay 스캇 핀들리

Time & Location Time: Tuesday – 10:30 ~ 11:45am Thursday – 10:30 ~ 11:45am Location: Jinri Building #602

Contact Information scottfindlay@yahoo.com scott@chonnam.ac.kr 인문대 1호관 213-1호 Humanities Building #1, Room 213-1 Handouts, power points and media clips will be uploaded on: www.safenglish.wordpress.com

Class Structure This class is designed for students with an intermediate-advanced level of English 이 수업은 중급-고급 영어 레벨의 수준으로 진행됩니다. Business English (3044) Media English (2035) EGC 1 & 2 (생활영어)

Areas of Improvement English speaking (related to business – job interviews, vocabulary, idioms, expressions) – so come to class ready to speak!!! English listening (teacher, partners, clips) English writing (cover letters, resumes and presentation) English reading Knowledge about Western business culture I am not teaching you business knowledge (investing in bitcoin) but the English related to business practices

Topics Some topics include: job interview skills, job seeking strategies applications cover letters resumes interview skills workplace vocabulary advertising branding ethics bargaining and trading graphs and trends investing risk smart consumer practices high & low context culture globalization

Attendance / Participation 10% (Cover letter – 10%, Resume – 10%) Marks Attendance / Participation 10% Assignments 40% (Cover letter – 10%, Resume – 10%) (Presentation – 20%) Midterm Exam 25% Final Exam 25%

Attendance/Participation (10%) Class attendance is mandatory (except for the first week of classes). Attendance is mandatory so that students participate in class. If you are not here, you cannot participate and therefore your mark will be lower. For each class absent the student will get -1%; if you have an excuse you have 2 weeks to give the professor an excuse note. It is the student’s responsibility to give the excuse note to the professor within 2 weeks of their absence.

Attendance/Participation (10%) Students who often come late to class will also have a lower mark. If you are over 10 minutes late (-0.5%) If you are absent for half the class, that will count as an absent (-1%) If your previous class is far away, please inform the teacher. CNU Policy (김영란범): If a student is absent for over 25% of the class time, the student will receive an automatic fail (F grade).

Assignments (40%) There are 2 written assignments There is 1 speaking assignment 10% - Cover letter (1st session – 10.22) 10% - Resume (1st session – 11.12) 20% - Group presentation (2nd session – 12.3~12.10)

Exams- 50% Midterm Exam (25%) Tuesday, October 29 – class time Final Exam (25%) Tuesday, December 17 – class time Both exams are written Format: short answers, long answers, definitions, vocabulary, practical application These dates are subject to change based on Chonnam National University scheduling.

상대평가 Exchange students, transfer students and graduate school students are not marked according to the 상대평가 system. If you are an exchange, transfer or graduate school student, you will be marked according to your final score. 교환학생과 대학원생들에게는 상대평가가 적용되지 않습니다.

Relative Evaluation 상대평가 (Korean students) 100 – 95% A+ Top 30% of Korean students – a maximum of 30% 94 – 90% A 89 – 85% B+ Middle 40% of Korean students – a maximum of 70% (B or higher) 84 – 80% B 79 – 75% C+ Bottom 30% of Korean students – a minimum of 30% (below a B) 74 – 70% C 69 – 65% D+ 64 – 60 % D below 60% F 절대평가 (International students / Graduate School students / Exchange students)

Why is attendance important? 1. 장동건 97% A+ 2. 장나라 96% 3. 이효리 95.5% 4. 김대중 95% 5. 강동원 93% A 6. 원빈 92% 7. 김구 91% B+ 8. 문재인 90% 9. 전지현 10. 이대한 88.5% 11. 조민국 88% 12. 이승만 13. 장바보 85.5% 14. 김봉자 84% B 15. 노승현 C+ 16. 김종은 83.5% 17. 이명박 81.5% 18. 소미친 79% 19. 이멍청 67% D+ 20. 이영미 58% F Why is attendance important? The difference between an A and a B could be 1% (or less) Why did 김봉자 get an B but 노승현 get a C+?

Course Reader The course reader is available in the Humanities Building copy shop or you can download and print your own copy from my website – www.safenglish.wordpress.com The ppts and clips we use in class will also be available on the website.

Class Rules Come to class / try not to be late Bring the course reader to class Participate (try to talk) Try to use English in class Put your cellphone on manner mode You’re allowed to eat, just clean up Assignments are due during class time If you are falling behind in class and cannot keep up please tell me as soon as possible. Please don’t tell me during the final weeks of class that you are having problems, come talk to me at the soonest possible time.