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提高英語水平  增強溝通能力

香港特區政府為提高僱員在商業活動中運用英語溝通的能力,讓香港能維持國際商業、金融及旅遊中心的競爭優勢,特別推行「職業英語運動」。政府為幾個主要工作類別釐定職業英語基準,並實施「職業英語培訓資助計劃」,在職僱員可以個人名義或公司名義向職業英語運動語文基金申請資助。資助金額相當於該僱員參加培訓及考試費用的百分之五十。

為配合和響應「職業英語運動」,香港總商會特舉辦英語課程,協助僱員提高英語水平,以達到政府所訂定的英語基準,並考取國際認可的必文職業英語資格。

bul2.gif (221 bytes) 8月份課程
     bul3.gif (78 bytes) English for Business Communications Level 2 (Written & Oral combined)
     bul3.gif (78 bytes) English for Office Skills Level 1 (Written & Oral combined)

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香港職業英語基準
Hong Kong Workplace English Benchmarks

為鼓勵更多在職人士提升英語水平,申請人只要達到圖甲中其所屬工作類別的最低基準,便可獲職業英語培訓資助計劃發放培訓資助。當然,僱主及僱員可以因應工作需要而自訂較高之基準。請參閱圖乙,該圖列出與香港職業英語基準對應的必文商業英語測試。

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香港職業英語基準水平與必文商業英語測試的成績對照
Hong Kong Workplace English Benchmarks VS Pitman Qualifications

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WORKPLACE ENGLISH PROGRAMMES
職 業 英 語 課 程 系 列

bul2.gif (221 bytes)職業英語培訓資助計劃
職業英語培訓資助計劃為在職人士提供相當於參加培訓課程及考試費用百分之五十的資助。資助款項將於申請人修畢課程並在認可之英語測試中達到所需的最低基準後發放。

bul2.gif (221 bytes)資助計劃的措施
bul3.gif (78 bytes) 申請人必須為香港居民及非公務員僱員、學校/大學教師或待業人士;每名申請人只可申請一次。
bul3.gif (78 bytes) 申請人最多可獲資助報請三個培訓課程(所有課程須在第一個課程之開課日期起計八個月內完成),以及考取一個英語會話基準及一個書面英語基準。每個課程及考試的資助額上限為1,500元(即每名申請人的資助額最高可達4,500元)。
bul3.gif (78 bytes) 申請人須於擬申請資助培訓課程開課前提交申請,而擬申請資助的第一個培訓課程須在申請日期起計的三個內開課。
bul3.gif (78 bytes) 申請人可於完成培訓課程後四個月內重考以達致所需基準。

有關香港職業英語基準的詳情及下載申請表格,請瀏覽 www.english.gov.hk

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In-house & Tailor-made Training Courses
The Chamber can arrange in-house or tailor-made training programmes for companies with 15 or more participants. Call us at 2823 1280 to find out more !

本會可為超過15位報讀生的機構安排個別級別之商業或職業英語課程及考試,令時間及上課地點更具彈性。詳程請聯絡2823 1280


職業英語課程如下:
bul3.gif (78 bytes) English for Business Communications (Level 1)
bul3.gif (78 bytes) English for Business Communications (Level 2)
bul3.gif (78 bytes) English for Office Skills (Level 1)
bul3.gif (78 bytes) English for Office Skills (Level 2)

 


English for Business Communications (Level 1) 初級商業英語

Suitable for: Junior Clerk, Frontline Service Personnel & Receptionist

The purpose of this course is to help students develop understanding of straightforward business communications in English at an elementary level, and the ability needed to carry out routine written tasks. Students should have appreciation of letter-writing formulae and be able to communicate in writing for simple and practical needs.

Outline:

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Understanding and writing of simple internal and external business communications: written telephone messages; memorandum; letters; facsimile

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Completing or extracting information from business documents: quotations; orders; requisitions; invoices

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Communicating messages of acknowledge, confirmation, enquiry, thanks

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Spoken English: travel arrangements; apologies; opinion; advice; plans; describing articles; people and places; complaints; instructions

 


English for Business Communications (Level 2) 中級商業英語

Suitable for: Clerical Officer, Secretary & Executive

The purpose of this course is to help students develop understanding of business communications in English at an intermediate level, and the ability needed to carry out a series of written tasks concisely and clearly. Students should have basic understanding of general business procedures and be able to use English effectively and independently in all familiar situations.

Outline:

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Understanding and writing of internal and external business communications: telex and facsimile; memoranda; simple information report; letters / circular letters; press releases; written telephone messages; articles

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Completing or extracting information from business documents: quotations; orders; requisitions; invoices; travel itineraries, timetables; graphs and charts

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Communicating message of: request, enquiry, acknowledgement, confirmation, complaint, apology, rejection, thanks, booking and offers of appointment

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Spoken English: argumentation; process description; persuasion; hypothesis; reason; current affairs

 


English for Office Skills (Level 1) 初級辦公室英語

Suitable for: Clerk, Frontline Service Personnel & Receptionist

The purpose of this course is to help students develop accuracy in the use and transcription of English at an elementary level, to perform simple office related tasks in accordance with spoken and written instructions.

Outline:

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Foundation English for office use: grammar and syntax; spelling and punctuation; proof reading; vocabulary building

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Functional skills: telephone manners and techniques; transfer spoken message into written form; read simple instructions; follow procedures; complete forms and orders; work out meanings from context; note taking; memos and circulars; referencing and proof reading skills

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Spoken English: getting information; polite responses; ordering; spelling; pronunciation, asking about meaning

 


English for Office Skills (Level 2) 中級辦公室英語

Suitable for: Secretary & Executive

The purpose of this course is to help students develop accuracy in the use and transcription of English at an intermediate level, to perform simple office related tasks in accordance with spolen and written instructions.

Outline: bul3.gif (78 bytes) Extended Foundation English for office use: grammar and syntax; spelling and punctuation; proof reading; vocabulary building

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Functional English for office duties:
Telephone enquiry / respond to special requests; organise booking procedures; process incoming & outgoing mails; source of information; plan business letters (basic formats and principles)

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Spoken, English: polite responses / argument; describe routines / experience; plans and arrangements; ticketing; permission; travel information / local information; invitations

 


Trainer Profiles

bul3.gif (78 bytes) Mandy Lam (B.A.), member of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages; qualified Pitman English Examiner, has been contributing in English language teaching and learning research for many years. She has worked at the English Department and English Language Center in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is currently a lecturer at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education.

 

 

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