English Courses

You communicate every day – in group meetings, interviews, and situations where getting it wrong matters. But how often do you stop to think how your language and delivery affects how an audience perceives you? LANG 2064 gives you that understanding and awareness. Through creating professional branding videos, practicing and analyzing business meetings and conducting live press conference simulations, you'll learn to build your personal brand, handle pressure, and adapt to group meeting dynamics involving different cultures and stakeholders, all of which employers value.  

• Communicative practice based on business scenarios with personalized feedback 
• Interactive microlearning support for assessment development

• Assessment 1: Engage potential employers and investors by creating a Personal Branding Video. 

• Assessment 2: Develop effective business meeting strategies by applying both intercultural communication and politeness theories in a written Business Meeting Analysis. 

• Assessment 3: Enhance crisis response strategies and communication by drafting a press statement and conducting a simulated crisis press conference. 

• Other tasks: Complete microlearning lessons supporting course assessments. Complete peer evaluation and crisis press conference reflection. 

This course is for students who want to be more confident and make a better impression in professional situations. Through building a personal brand, navigating real business meeting dynamics, and managing crisis situations under genuine pressure, you will develop the communication skills and self-awareness that workplaces and employers value.

Pre-requisites: LANG 1403, 1406, 1407, 1408, or 1409

Exclusion(s): LANG 2062

Student testimonials

• “I really like the content about the personal branding video, it really helps me discover myself more and find my goals for my life. Moreover, it really helps us boost our emtional intelligence and how to read the air.” 

• "This course was very interesting and stimulating. The personal branding video was a creative idea" 

• "The content is useful and challenging. Also the interaction in class is interesting and helpful in speaking English" 

• "The intercultural elements were useful" 

• “The content was very relevant and helpful”