Business English Syllabus

Academic Year:       2007-2008 (Second Semester)
Institute:                   JIETT
Time:                        80 minutes (2 periods)
Level:                       Freshman Business English
English Instructor:    Prof.Dr.David Ngin Sian Pau M.A.,Ph.D.,D.Ph.(ongoing study)
Objective:                 Ss. will tailor their knowledge of English terms relating to software and hardware, piracy and patents, legality
                                 and illegal Practices, and bells and whistles of internet and know how to speak about, debate, discuss or
                                 argue on contrast topics.

SN	Text and Activities	Materials	Time
1.	Home Work Presentation: Group F Play WORD BINGO game in the class. Use family related words such as niece, cousin, father, mother, brother-in-laws, etc.	Paper slips for all the students 25 family related words written on different pieces of paper.	15 minutes
2.	Using Software and Hardware Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices. The term hardware describes the physical aspects of computers and related devices. Generally speaking, software are words, power point, real player, media player, freeware, spyware, operating systems, accounting software, etc. AVI, an acronym for Audio Video Interleave, is a multimedia container format. VCD is an ideal format for making home videos, training video and educational videos. VCDs can be played on almost all hardware, making them fairly platform-independent and easily played by most people with their existing hardware, whether DVD player or computer. They can be played in a DVD player or a component VCD player (available in Asia). VCDs are burned on to ordinary CDs, so the media is usually less expensive than either DVDs or VHS tapes. Software counterfeiters often take advantage of businesses seeking to cut their software-acquisition costs. As their trusted advisor, you can help them by identifying the different kinds of software piracy and the associated risks they pose-including legal action. Software piracy include: End-user piracy, manufacturer piracy, internet piracy, counterfeiting, online unction piracy, and online distributor piracy. Since software patents are no different from hardware patents, people who say "software patents are evil" are saying simply "patents are evil." So why do so many people complain about software patents specifically?	A copy of VCD/ CD/ DVD/ VDO and a picture of computer	10 minutes
3.	In computer technology businesses, what would be the best thing to manufacture and sell - software or hardware? Support your own view. Group C: Software Group D: hardware		15 minutes
4.			5 minutes
5.	Do software and hardware patents prevent software piracy? Should the legal firm take action against counterfeiters? Group E: Lawyer’s point of view Group F: Businessman’s Point of view. Which one is better and has more advantages for consumers - VDO or DVD/VCD and CD? Render bells and whistles of the software. Group C : VCD/CD/DVD Group D: VDO	Pictures related to debate topics.	15 minutes 15 minutes
6.	Give home work. Ask Ss. whether they want to change the lesson.		10 minutes