Department of English Minor Programmes

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Department of EnglishMinor Programmes

• Dr Gillian Humphreys

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Mission of ENGL

• To provide Applied Language Studies in English
  and Japanese to meet the professional needs of
  Hong Kong people
• To pursue Linguistic Excellence in Professional
  Contexts

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Three Minor Programmes

• English Language Studies for the Professions
  (03001-ZLP)
• Intercultural Communication Studies for the
  Professions (03001-ZIC)
• Japanese for Business Communication (03001-ZJC)

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English Language Studies for the Professions
(ELSP, Course Code 03001-ZLP)
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• Equip students with the ability to apply
  effective English and communication skills in the
  professional context
• More than 20 subjects to choose from, for
  example
• English for Professional Communication
• English for Public Relations and Marketing
• English for Management
• Any subject can be taken as a free elective

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Full list of subjects (Part I)

• English for Professional Communication
• Fundamentals of Organizational Communication
• English for Public Relations and Marketing
• Fundamentals of Media Communication
• English for the Media
• English for Management
• Computer-mediated Communication
• English for Administration
• English for Technical and Web-based Writing
• Case Studies in Professional Contexts
• Intercultural Communicative Competence

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Full list of subjects (Part II)

• Understanding English Legal Texts
• Understanding English Scientific and Technical
  Texts
• Meaning in Professional Interaction
• English as a Global Lingua Franca
• English Texts and Image
• Language in Contemporary Societies
• English Discourse in the Professions
• Structure of English I Phonology and Lexis
• Structure of English II Grammar
• Corpus-driven Language Learning

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Our students enjoy classes very much
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Intercultural Communication Studies for the
Professions (ICSP, Course Code 03001-ZIC )
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English is an international language learn to
communicate in an effective way
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• Understand the concepts, framework and tools
  related to
• construction of an organisational culture profile
• intercultural communication in a variety of
  business and professional contexts
• Be able to apply the necessary skills and
  knowledge to improve intercultural communication
  competence in personal, social and professional
  lives

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• 6 subjects
• Discourse, Culture and Management
• lntercultural Communication in Business
• lntercultural Pragmatics in Business
• lntercultural Communicative Competence
• Critical Language and Cultural Studies
• Language and Gender
• Any subject can be taken as a free elective

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Japanese for Business Communication (JBC,
Course Code 03001-ZJC )
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Japanese language programmes in PolyU a history
of 30 years
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• 6,000 companies in Hong Kong and South China
  (source Mizuho Corporate Bank, 2006)
• Hong Kong 2,300 Japanese companies
• South China 3,700 Japanese companies and
  Japanese factories
• JBC Minor Build up students communication
  skills and global perspectives in Japanese
  business contexts

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• Minor award Compulsory subjects (12 credits)
  elective subjects (6 credits)
• 4 compulsory subjects
• Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction I
• Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction
  II
• Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction
  III
• Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction IV

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• 4 electives (choose any 2)
• Office Communication in Japanese I
• Office Communication in Japanese II
• Accessing IT-mediated Japanese Business Texts
• Japanese Communication in Multilingual Business
  Contexts
• Any subject can be taken as a free elective

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Kimono and tea ceremony demonstration on campus
arousing students interest in Japanese culture
and the language
Activities
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Department of EnglishMinor Programmes

• Sharpen your competitive edge and gain linguistic
  excellence in professional contexts

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Thank you!

• If you have any questions, contact
  egdept_at_polyu.edu.hk
• General Office 2766 7643
• Or check our Departmental website
• http//www.engl.polyu.edu.hk