Communicating Professionally in Business Settings
LANG-40026
Dynamically engage your colleagues and customer base with relevant presentation skills including inspired content, effective visual aids, appropriate body language, and clear pronunciation. Throughout this course, you will craft and deliver a variety of professional presentations as well as learn strategies for leading professional meetings, speaking at conferences and seminars, and managing breakout sessions. A study of business vocabulary, idioms, and slang will enhance your language skills and bring added value to your professional communication abilities. Self-reflection, constructive critiques, and peer feedback will be integral to building self-confidence and increasing techniques for speaking with clarity and fluency.
Course Information
Course sessions
Section ID:
Class type:
All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
Textbooks:
All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 1/19/2025
- Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 12/19/2024)
Schedule:
| Date | Day | Start | End | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/15/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 1/22/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 1/29/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 2/5/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 2/12/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 2/19/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 2/26/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 3/5/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 3/12/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 3/19/2025 | Wed | 5:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Room 465, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
Instructor:
Shombe Smith
Over much of the past decade, Shombe has served as a faculty member at higher education institutions across Asia including Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and Bangkok University. These EFL faculty assignments provided a variety of meaningful opportunities for professional experience and development. The interdisciplinary nature of the faculty role he served in at Bangkok University involved coordinating freshman English curriculum and instruction, teaching a range of English for Specific Purposes courses, and designing and teaching intercultural communication courses for the Department of Business English. Shombe has provided instruction to students from over 50 countries, much of which has taken place in international university settings.
Shombe is fascinated by the various ways that culture and creativity can have an impact on communication. His passion for exploring these and related topics inspires his approach to curriculum design and teaching.