Course Objectives:

International Business Correspondence is a must course for the students of international economics and trade. It covers each stage of import and export process and aims to acquaint students with the knowledge of and skills used in business process. With the fast development of foreign trade in our country, business correspondence, as an essential tool of business communication, has been more and more widely used in the business field. To correctly understand and grasp the knowledge of writing a good business letter and cultivate skills of using the knowledge to deal with the problems resulted from the practice is a basic requirement for a business student. The course, given in English, endeavors to help students to understand and grasp various forms of business correspondence, professional jargons, language characters and the writing skills so as to develop students’ ability of using correct English to deal with problems aroused from the business practice. 

Course Requirements:

In class, using modern electronic teaching measures, the teacher gives intensive and systematic explanation to each important part both in English grammar and basic knowledge and use of business principles in practice. Meanwhile, we provide students with a modern business practice training system to get more practice after class.

The course will be given in English for the students of International College and both in Chinese and English for the students of other colleges.

Course Contents :

Introduction to/Principles of Business Letter Writing

Invitation and Arrangement of Visits

Business Relations

Inquiries and Replies

Quotations, Offers and Counter-offers

Sales Promotion

Orders and Their Fulfillment

Payment

Packing

Shipping

Insurance

Claim and Settlement

Agency

Flexible Trade 

Review

Credits: 3