Welcome to Professor Hayashi's blog! This is a space for Business English students as well as Presentation Skills students. Here you will find handouts and information on your class. Feel free to surf around and leave comments. See you in class!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Self-Evaluation

Please email me the answers to these questions as quickly as possible!
Great job, everyone!

Week 15 - Competition

NOTE: The exam will be a similar format to the midterm - fill-in-blanks (15 points), multiple choice (15 points), short answer (10 points), oral (10 points).


Week 14 - Innovation

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Business English - Final Review

Please email me for a copy of the answers
professorhayashi@gmail.com

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Week 13 - Putting it all together

Business English - Week 13 - Ethics / Leadership



Homework:

ETHICS
1. cover-up
2. trust
3. bribe, sweetener
4. fraud
5. disclosure
6. espionage

LEADERSHIP
1. decisive
2. charismatic
3. ruthlessness
4. loneliness
5. impulsive
6. obsessive
7. magnetic
8. Accessible
9. opportunist
10. persuasive

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Business English - Week 12 - Monday - Quality




Homework:
Review - Unit 10, page 126
1. Correct
2. Her personal assistant denied making the mistake.
3. When you have finished writing the report, would it be possible to make these phone calls?
4. Correct
5. Don't put off reading that management book I gave you - there are some useful ideas in it.
6. The best preparation for your Japanese business trip is to practice playing golf.
7. Correct
8. Invest in that company, and you risk losing all your money.
9. Correct
10. Correct

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 11 - Question Time

Business English - Week 11 - Friday - Trade/Quality

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 10 - Finishing Off

Business English - Week 11 - Monday - Trade

Business English - Week 10 - Employment

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Business English - Week 10 - EMPLOYMENT - Homework

Follow ONE of the links below.
Choose an interview question and write your answer as a comment below.

http://bhuvans.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/50-common-interview-qa/

Job Interviews

Here are some great links for you to follow if you are preparing for an interview or building your resume:

http://career.truman.edu/downloads/resume.pdf

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm

http://www.quintcareers.com/interview_question_database/jobseeker_traditional.html

Here is the video that we viewed in class:

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 9 - Body Language

Business English - Week 9 - Culture

SEE COMMENTS FOR THE ANSWERS TO THE HOMEWORK

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Business English - Unit 2 - Homework

Here are the answers to Unit 2 - Homework

Exercise B
1. False - "Mass unrest is less common than individual misbehaviour.'
2. True (according to analysts, but many passengers blame the airlines).
3. False - 'Many airlines routinely instruct their flight crews to run the (air-conditioning) systems on minimum settings.'
4. True
5. False - "there are some signs, in the US at least, that the airlines are at last attempting to respond to customer dissatisfaction.'

Exercise C
Reasons given - 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10

Exercise D
All the words have a negative meaning except quality, optimum and valuable.

Business English - Week 7 (Friday Class) - Advertising & Midterm Review

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Business English - Week 7 (Monday Class) - Money, Advertising & Review

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 6 - Visual Aids

Business English - Week 6 (Friday Class) - Money

Business English - Midterm Review

(IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE ANSWERS, PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I CAN SEND YOU THE FILE!!)The format of the Midterm is as follows:Fill in the blank - 20 pointsMultiple choice - 15 pointsShort answer - 15 pointsOral - 10 pointsTOTAL - 60 points - 20% of your final gradeBusiness English - Midterm review

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Midterm Grading Rubric

Monday, April 5, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 5 - The Right Language

Business English - Week5/6 - Change

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Business English - Week5/6 - Homework

Choose ONE of the following questions and write a response by clicking on 'comment.' Make sure that you write your name at the bottom of your comment to receive a homework point.

Q. What has been the most significant change in your life?



Business English - Week5/6 - Homework


Q. Which of these situations would you find the most difficult to deal with and why?
1. Losing a lot of money
2. Moving house
3. Moving to another country
4. Losing your job
5. A new boss
6. New neighbours
7. Driving abroad
8. Getting married


Business English - Week4/5 - Organization

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 4 - Linking The Parts

Business English Homework - Unit 3 - Organization

Here are the answers to the homework on page 24-25.

Exercise A:
1. Helsinki (Finland)
2. It feels like you've entered a playgournd; the office explodes with colour, creativity and chaos; people are walking round talking on yellow mobile phones
3. It's a cleaning company

Exercise B:
2. B
3. E
4. A
5. C
6. D

Exercise C:
1. False (lines 19-20)
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. False (lines 35-36)
7. False (lines 42-43)
8. False (lines 48-50)

Exercise D:
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Class Captains

Got a question? Need some help? Expecting to be absent?
Contact your friendly class captain with any questions/concerns/complaints/praise.

Here are the class captains for Public Speaking & Presentation:

FRIDAY, period 5.6
CAPTAIN: Pil-Soo Shin - sysbobby@empal.com
ASSISSTANT: Dong Joo Kim - mastervivi@dreamwiz.com

FRIDAY, period 7.8
CAPTAIN: Hyoseon Kim - hyosunlup1@hanmail.net
ASSISSTANT: Josh Lee gikane97@hotmail.com

BUSINESS ENGLISH - CLASS CAPTAINS

Got a question? Need some help? Expecting to be absent?
Contact your friendly class captain with any questions/concerns/complaints/praise.

Here are the class captains for Business English:

FRIDAY, period 1.2
CAPTAIN: Jeong Su Jeong - ahagogogo@nate.com
ASSISSTANT: Lee Seme - myjulia@naver.com

FRIDAY, period 3.4
CAPTAIN: Hanna Kim - soulmate.dina@gmail.com
ASSISSTANT: Yunah Koh - zmftm@hanmail.net

MONDAY, period 1.2
CAPTAIN: Eunbin Ahn - dragon3333@naver.com
ASSISSTANT: Aliona Yermakova - alenka209@hotmail.com

MONDAY, period 3.4
CAPTAIN: Bum-Jong Ko (Steve) - yakcuza@hanmail.net
ASSISSTANT: Min Jeong Kim - peacefulmj@gmail.com

Monday, March 22, 2010

Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 3 - Making a Start

Business English - Week 3/4 - Travel

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

English Public Speaking & Presentation - Week 2 - What's the Point?

Business English - Week 2/3 - Brands

Thursday, March 4, 2010

English Public Speaking & Presentation - In-Class Presentation Grading Rubric

Refer the this rubric when you are creating your dynamic in-class presentation. You should loosely stick to the week's topic. Just try your best to enjoy yourself!

Business English - Case Study Presentation Rubric

Please refer to the grading rubric posted below for guidance on your case study presentation.
Remember: GET THE CLASS TALKING! Be a leader! Engage them in an INTERESTING topic and activity! GO FOR IT!

Case Study Evaluation Rubric

English Public Speaking & Presentation Syllabus

Business Presentations - Syllabus

Business English Syllabus - Monday

Business English Syllabus - Monday

Business English Syllabus - Friday

Business English Syllabus - Friday
 
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