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Intensive Business English Program (IBEP)
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"I appreciate your teaching about technical terms. It's very useful for my job. I also appreciate UW's excellent ESL. I learned a lot from every teacher."
- Chia-Fen, Taiwan

Course Details
Business communication skills are the foundation of the program. You will improve these skills in a variety of contexts and situations. In addition, your instructor will cover grammar points as they come up in your business communication.

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Cost
Tuition $3,280
(subject to change)  
Nonrefundable application fee $50
Nonrefundable registration fee $35
Insurance (if necessary) $207

Estimated Other Expenses
Room and board $2,840
Books and supplies $140
Quarterly Bus Pass $99
Other expenses $660
 
Total
  $7,311
Sample Topics
You will have a chance to improve your business English skills by studying several topics. Here are some examples of how you will explore a topic:

Topic:  Marketing
Description
You will learn about marketing a product. You will read an article related to marketing and practice new vocabulary with various word games.

Activities
You will read about marketing and practice new vocabulary with various word games.

Project
In teams of three, you will design an original product, prepare a marketing plan for that product, and give a presentation to your classmates.

Topic: Product (Coffee)
Description
You will learn about the coffee industry in Seattle.

Activities
You will learn relevant vocabulary for this product. On the light side, we will teach you how to give complicated coffee orders. You will practice listening with some fun videos about the importance of coffee in Seattle. Then, you will look at some coffee businesses' websites and discuss the similarities and differences between some of the larger and smaller coffee processing companies.

Project
The class will conduct a survey on consumer tastes in coffee and present their results.

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