Business Writing - Fall Semester 2000

Lecturer: Professor Kazunori Nozawa

Class Hour: Friday, Second Period (10:40-12:10)

Place: Computer Lab 5 (Co-Learning 2F)

Textbook: Quock, T. H. & Tsuda, A. (1999). English by Satellite: Changing Asia – Language and Culture through CNBC Business News, Macmillan LanguageHouse.

[Tentative Schedule]

Week 1 (Sept. 22): Introduction & Unit One (Welcome to CNBC)

Week 2 (Sept. 29): Unit Two (Worth a Thousand Words) Report #1

Week 3 (Oct. 6): Unit Three (A “Fast” Pioneer) Report #2

Week 4 (Oct. 13): Unit Four (Reach Out) Report #3

Week 5 (Oct. 20): Unit Five (A Nose for the News) Report #4

Week 6 (Oct. 27): Unit Six (Offensive or Defensive?) Report #5

Week 7 (Nov. 10): Quiz #1 & Unit Seven (After the Bubble)

Week 8 (Nov. 24): Unit Eight (The Sandwich Man) Report #6

Week 9 (Dec. 1): Unit Nine (Role Reversal) Report #7

Week 10 (Dec. 8): Unit Ten (Love ’s Little Helpers) Report #8

Week 11 (Dec. 15): Unit Eleven (Something New about Something Old) Report #9

Week 12 (Dec. 22): Unit Twelve (The Silent Salesman) Report #10

Week 13 (Jan. 12): Quiz #2 & All of the Reports Due

[Evaluation]

The final grade = Attendance (20%) + Two Quizzes (30%) + Quantity & Quality of 10 Reports (50%)