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Business Letters and Emails in International Trade

Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology via XuetangX

Overview

                                                About the Course

1.Course Introduction

Business Letters & Emails in International Trade Course is designed to cultivate your ability to apply business English, that is, to read and write business letters and emails of international trade. The content is based on work projects in the work process of foreign trade and is divided into nine modules. Firstly, it introduces the basic knowledge of business letters and emails in international trade. Secondly, the course is designed to explore the development of foreign trade business. Thirdly, it is about the business negotiation such as inquiries, offers, and counter-offers. The fourth part discusses the payment, samples, packaging, insurance, transportation, and other contents involved in the business performance process. The fifth part discusses the follow-up management of the business, including issues related to complaints, claims, and claims settlement.

2.Learning Objective 

Upon completion of this course, you will be proficient in the basic writing skills of business letters and emails in the field of international trade transactions. You will be able to develop customers by writing business developing emails, negotiate effectively by writing emails of enquiry, offer, counter-offer and acceptance, sign the contract successfully and fulfill the contract smoothly by writing emails related to samples, packing, payment, insurance, shipment, etc. You will be confident in dealing with after-sales problems by writing emails of complaint and claim.

3.Course Feature

Our course will support you become competent in dealing with various work tasks, and be a foreign trade talent with strong business skills, professional literacy, and comprehensive abilities.

Syllabus

  • Module0:Business Writing Basics
    • 0-1 The Structure and Layout of Business Letters
    • 0-2 E-mail Writing
  • Module1: Business Development
    • 1-1 Writing a Letter of Business Developing
    • 1-2 Writing a Letter of Establishing Business Relation
  • Module2: Business Negotiation
    • 2-1 Writing an Enquiry
    • 2-2 Writing a Reply to the Enquiry
    • 2-3 Writing an Offer Letter
    • 2-4 Writing a Counter-offer Letter
  • Module3:Signing a Contract
    • 3-1Contract Introduction
    • 3-2 Writing a Letter of Placing an Order
    • 3-3 Writing a Letter of Order Acceptance, Confirmation and Decline
    • 3-4 Writing a Reply to Contract Signing
  • Module4: Fulfillment of Business(Payment)
    • 4-1 Payment Introduction-Payment Method
    • 4-2 Writing a Letter of Changing Terms of Payment
    • 4-3 Writing a Letter of Urging Establishment of L/C
    • 4-4 Writing a Letter of Requesting Amendment ot L/C
    • 4-5 Writing a Letter of Requesting L/C Extension
  • Module5: Fulfillment of Business (Sample)
    • 5-1 Writing a Letter of Charging Sample Fee
    • 5-2 Writing a Letter of Sending Samples
    • 5-3 Writing a Letter of Solving Sample Problems
  • Module6: Fufillment of Business(packing)
    • 6-1 Packing Introduction
    • 6-2 Writing a Letter of Packing Requirement
    • 6-3 Writing a Letter of Persuasion on Packing Changes
    • 6-4 Writing a Letter of Packing Confirmation
  • Module7: Fulfillment of Business(Insurance)
    • 7-1 Insurance Introduction
    • 7-2-1 Writing a Letter of Effecting Insurance-Expression
    • 7-2-2 Write a Letter of Effecting Insurance-Structure
    • 7-2-3 Write a Letter of Effecting Insurace-Sample Letter
  • Module8:Fulfillment of Business(Shipment)
    • 8-1 Shipment Introduction
    • 8-2 Writing a Letter of Urging Shipment
    • 8-3 Writing a Shipment Advice
  • Module9: Business Follow-up Management
    • 9-1 Writing a Letter of Complaint
    • 9-2 Writing a Letter of Claim
    • 9-3 Writing a Letter of Calim Settlement
  • Final Exam

    Taught by

    Jennifer Fu, Sandy, Sammi, and Leo

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