Learning through extra curriculum--English for Business Negotiations

An English for Business Negotiation Project--A Hand-on experience on Negotiations





This activity was taken place in 2007 and was initiated in order to meet with the course objectives and provide the students an opportunity to gain more knowledge, practice, and performance by doing. I always attempt to see my students , especially forth year ones, brush up and employ their accumulated knowledge and skills to good use on their last year of the academic surrounding. Thus, this seminar was done by the students with the teacher providing the guidelines; it was also the integral part of the learning process, which is concentrated on learning by doing.

This course is designed to provide opportunities for forth-year students to improve both their negotiation and English language skills (especially speaking and writing). This is a ‘hands-on’ course where students will learn the basics of the negotiation process, including tactics and language required to conduct effective negotiations. Cross cultural awareness, including verbal and non-verbal languages, will be introduced to the students. Nevertheless, the focus will be on learning, practicing, and refining skills in using the English language in negotiations while reflecting upon performance so that the students can apply their skills to the ‘real world.’ The activities to be practiced will train the students to practice their speaking, listening, writing skills of English in correlation to negotiation process.