English for Business and Entrepreneurship

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This course on English for Business and Entrepreneurship teaches English for Business and Entrepreneurship fundamentals through interactive modules. If you are , then this course is for you. You can access this course on web and mobile, it’s available in language.

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This course on English for Business and Entrepreneurship teaches English for Business and Entrepreneurship fundamentals through interactive modules. If you are , then this course is for you. You can access this course on web and mobile. This complete course is available in language.

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  • Unit 1: Becoming an Entrepreneur
    • 24 videos
      1. Welcome to English for Business and Entrepreneurship (Video 1)
      2. Course Introduction Part I - Course Overview (Video 2)
      3. Course Introduction Part II - Using the Course Site (Video 3)
      4. Unlockable Achievement
      5. What is Entrepreneurship? (Video 4 Part 1)
      6. What is Entrepreneurship? (Video 4 Part 2)
      7. Language Focus - Reading Skills (Video 5 Part 1)
      8. Language Focus - Reading Skills (Video 5 Part 2)
      9. Why Entrepreneurship? (Video 6 Part 1)
      10. Why Entrepreneurship? (Video 6 Part 2)
      11. Ideas, Products, and Opportunities (Video 7)
      12. Creating Simple, One-Sentence Product Descriptions (Video 8 Part 1)
      13. Creating Simple, One-Sentence Product Descriptions (Video 8 Part 2)
      14. Deciding on a Type of Startup (Video 9 Part 1)
      15. Deciding on a Type of Startup, Guest Speaker (Video 9 Part 2)
      16. Risk, Failure, and Important Steps (Video 10 Part 1)
      17. Risk, Failure, and Important Steps (Video 10 Part 2)
      18. Language Focus - Comparative Structures (Video 11 Part 1)
      19. Language Focus - Comparative Structures (Video 11 Part 2)
      20. Language Focus - Comparative Structures (Video 11 Part 3)
      21. Online Learning Opportunities to Extend Your Skills
    • 14 readings
      1. Overview of the Unit
      2. Video/Listening: Elon Musk's Journey to Mars
      3. Game 1: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
      4. BASIC: Entrepreneurship seen as solution to South Africa's unemployment crisis
      5. ADVANCED: Entrepreneurship seen as a solution to South Africa’s unemployment crisis
      6. Women taxi startups gaining speed globally
      7. African women entrepreneurs think big and share dreams
      8. “This recent grad brewed a startup by managing the details”
      9. Young Entrepreneurs Win Million-Dollar Prize
      10. “Many paths lead to successful business startups”
      11. “Entrepreneurs find new ways to address housing shortages*
      12. Video: “Ludwick Marishane: A bath without water”
      13. “Broadway rallies to save a beloved diner*
      14. Game: Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
    • 14 quizzes
      1. Unit 1 Assessment 1: Self-Assessment of Business and Entrepreneurship Vocabulary Knowledge
      2. Check Your Understanding: *Entrepreneurship Seen as Solution to S. Africa's Unemployment Crisis*
      3. Check Your Understanding: *African women entrepreneurs think big and share dreams*
      4. Check Your Understanding: *This recent grad brewed a startup by managing the details*
      5. Value Affirmation Activity
      6. Game 2: Identifying Different Types of Products
      7. Game 3: Creating Product Descriptions
      8. Game 4: Correlative Connectors and Sentence Connectors
      9. Check Your Understanding: *Young Entrepreneurs Win Million-Dollar Prize*
      10. Game: Connector Practice Activity
      11. Check Your Understanding: *Many paths lead to successful business startups*
      12. Check Your Understanding: Entrepreneurs find new ways to address housing shortages
      13. Check Your Understanding: *Ludwick Marishane: A Bath Without Water*
      14. Check Your Understanding: *Broadway rallies to save a beloved diner*
    • 1 discussion prompt
      1. Unit 1 Assessment 2: Compare and Contrast Selling Goods to Selling Services
  • Unit 2: Identifying an Opportunity
    • 20 videos
      1. Market Research and Testing to Identify Opportunities (Video 1)
      2. Unlockable Achievement
      3. Informal Research - Advantages and Disadvantages (Video 2)
      4. Formal Research - Advantages and Disadvantages (Video 3 Part 1)
      5. Formal Research - Advantages and Disadvantages (Video 3 Part 2)
      6. Language Focus - Listening Strategies (Video 4 Part 1)
      7. Language Focus - Listening Strategies (Video 4 Part 2)
      8. Creating a Survey (Video 5 Part 1)
      9. Creating a Survey (Video 5 Part 2)
      10. Language Focus - Questions and Intonation (Video 6 Part 1)
      11. Language Focus - Questions and Intonation (Video 6 Part 2)
      12. Language Focus: Sample questions and intonation
      13. Collecting Data (Video 7)
      14. Evaluating Results (Video 8)
      15. Completing Assessment 2 (Video 9 Part 1)
      16. Completing Assessment 2 (Video 9 Part 2)
    • 11 readings
      1. Overview of the Unit
      2. Game 1: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
      3. BASIC: Washington state's new apple joining a changing industry
      4. ADVANCED: Washington state's new apple joining a changing industry
      5. BASIC: Bugs are the new food
      6. ADVANCED: Bugs are the new food
      7. Samples of Question Forms and Intonation (for Assessment 1)
      8. Assessment 2 Model
      9. “Taiwanese business seeks specialized markets”
      10. “People who bring their own grocery bags are more likely to buy junk food”
      11. Game: Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
    • 9 quizzes
      1. Check Your Comprehension: *Washington state's new apple joining a changing industry*
      2. Check Your Comprehension: *Bugs are the new food*
      3. Unit 2, Assessment 1: Questions and Intonation
      4. Analyzing Sample Survey Data
      5. Game 2: More Practice with Comparative Language
      6. Game 3: Creating Survey Questions
      7. Game: Question Matching Practice Activity
      8. Check Your Understanding: *Taiwanese business seeks specialized markets*
      9. Check Your Understanding: *People who bring their own grocery bags are more likely to buy junk food*
    • 1 peer review
      1. Unit 2, Assessment 2: Your Survey and Results
  • Unit 3: Creating a Business Plan (Part 1)
    • 10 videos
      1. Why write a business plan? (Video 1)
      2. Strategic Language Focus - Intensifiers and degree complements in persuasive business writing (Video 2 Part 1)
      3. Strategic Language Focus - Intensifiers and degree complements in persuasive business writing (Video 2 Part 2)
      4. Unlockable Achievement
      5. Business description, including management and operations (Video 3)
      6. Marketing: Part I: Vocabulary and Concepts (Video 4 Part 1)
      7. Marketing: Part I: Vocabulary and Concepts (Video 4 Part 2)
      8. Marketing: Part I: Vocabulary and Concepts (Video 4 Part 3)
      9. Marketing: Part II: Business Plan (Video 5 Part 1)
      10. Marketing: Part II: Business Plan (Video 5 Part 2)
    • 8 readings
      1. Overview of Unit 3
      2. BASIC: Nigeria's Wecyclers work for reusable future in Lagos
      3. ADVANCED: Nigeria’s Wecyclers work for reusable future in Lagos
      4. BASIC: Chinese go to Los Angeles for Kobe Bryant, but skip the beach
      5. ADVANCED: Chinese go to Los Angeles for Kobe Bryant, but skip the beach
      6. “50 business ideas you can start for under $100*
      7. *Chilean government seeks to boost female-led start-ups*
      8. Game: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
    • 6 quizzes
      1. Check Your Understanding: *Nigeria's Wecyclers work for reusable future in Lagos*
      2. Check Your Understanding: *Chinese Go to Los Angeles for Kobe Bryant, But Skip the Beach*
      3. Game 1: Practice with degree complements and intensifiers
      4. Game 2: Sorting the 4 Ps
      5. Check your Understanding: *50 business ideas you can start for under $100*
      6. Check Your Understanding: *Chilean government seeks to boost female-led start-ups*
    • 1 discussion prompt
      1. Unit 3 Assessment 1: Business ideas for your local community
  • Unit 3: Creating a Business Plan (Part 2)
    • 9 videos
      1. Financials: Part I: Startup Costs, Operating Costs and Sales Projections (Vocabulary and concept focus) (Video 6)
      2. Financials: Part II: Income statement (Vocabulary and concept focus) (Video 7)
      3. Financials: Part III: Startup Costs, Sales and Revenue Projections, Cost Projections and Income Statement (Calculations) (Video 8 Part 1)
      4. Financials: Part III: Startup Costs, Sales and Revenue Projections, Cost Projections and Income Statement (Calculations) (Video 8 Part 2)
      5. Financials: Part III: Startup Costs, Sales and Revenue Projections, Cost Projections and Income Statement (Calculations) (Video 8 Part 3)
      6. Strategic Language Focus - Describing Financials (Video 9)
      7. Creating a brief business plan (Video 10 Part 1)
      8. Creating a brief business plan (Video 10 Part 2)
      9. Unlockable Achievement
    • 3 readings
      1. Template and Model for Brief Business Plans (for Assessment 2)
      2. It's a startup world!
      3. Game: Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
    • 4 quizzes
      1. Game 3: Vocabulary: Word problems matching numbers with words
      2. Game 4: Vocabulary: Word problems matching numbers with words
      3. Game 5: Interpreting Results
      4. Check Your Understanding: *It's a startup world!*
    • 1 peer review
      1. Unit 3 Assessment 2: Written Business Plan
  • Unit 4: Attracting Investors and Obtaining Financial Support
    • 23 videos
      1. Financing a Business: Bootstrapping versus Outside Funding (Video 1 Part 1)
      2. Financing a Business: Bootstrapping versus Outside Funding (Video 1 Part 2)
      3. Unlockable Achievement
      4. Debt-Financing: Bank Loans and Microloans (Video 2 Part 1)
      5. Debt-Financing: Bank Loans and Microloans (Video 2 Part 2)
      6. Equity-Financing: Venture Capital (Video 3 Part 1)
      7. Equity-Financing: Venture Capital (Video 3 Part 2)
      8. Finding Investors in the Social Network (Video 4)
      9. Crowdfunding (Video 5 Part 1)
      10. Crowdfunding (Video 5 Part 2)
      11. Listening: Crowd-sourced funding provides kickstart to new business ventures
      12. Making a Pitch to Attract Investors (Video 6 Part 1)
      13. Making a Pitch to Attract Investors (Video 6 Part 2)
      14. Creating an Effective Hook (Video 7 Part 1)
      15. Creating an Effective Hook (Video 7 Part 2)
      16. Adding Impact: Word Stress, Body Language,and Eye Contact (Video 8)
      17. Listening: How to Pitch a Business
      18. Persuasive Pitch, Two Samples
      19. Course Conclusion
    • 9 readings
      1. Overview of the Unit
      2. Poll: Businesses Designed to Help India's Poor Attract Overseas Investors
      3. Instructions for Assessment 2: Persuasive Elevator Pitch
      4. Sample Elevator Pitch and Elevator Pitch Template
      5. BASIC: Tech startups boom in India, attract big investments
      6. ADVANCED: Tech startups boom in India, attract big investments
      7. *Crowdfunding for business growing in Africa*
      8. *The original social network: How global diasporas can mean big business*
      9. Game: Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
    • 10 quizzes
      1. Unit 4 Assessment 1: Reflective Response
      2. Check Your Understanding: *Poll: Businesses Designed to Help India's Poor Attract Overseas Investors*
      3. Check Your Understanding: *Crowd-sourced funding provides 'Kickstart' to new business ventures*
      4. Check Your Understanding: *How to Pitch a Business*
      5. Unit 4 Assessment 2: Elevator Pitch (written)
      6. Game 1: Be brief!
      7. Check Your Understanding: *Tech startups boom in India, attract big investments*
      8. Check Your Understanding: *Crowdfunding for businesses growing in Africa*
      9. Check Your Understanding: *The original social network: How global diasporas can mean big business*
      10. Game: Build a Pitch - Structure Practice

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