| Business Communications Skills
- Interact more comfortably and appropriately with international
colleagues
at work and in social settings
- Participate more effectively in meetings
- Negotiate a more favorable outcome to business ventures
- Respond more sensitively to international communication styles
- Use the telephone more confidently to conduct business
- Give more persuasive public presentations
- Write more clear and concise business correspondence
- Use powerful, expanded business vocabulary in speaking and writing
Business Perspectives Activities
- Guest lectures given by faculty of the Wharton School of Business
- Briefings by local business leaders
- Visits to area companies and business-related government agencies
- Opportunities to network with business people at other events.
Ongoing Business Simulation
Under the guidance of a graduate student from the University's Wharton
School of Business, they address and overcome typical problems encountered
in international business. The simulation is a dynamic, realistic
framework for using effective new language skills.
Social and Cultural Activities
- Visit to Philadelphia museums
- Professional sports events
- Musical, theatrical, or dance performances
- Tours of historic Philadelphia (Liberty Bell, Independence Hall,
etc.)
- Tip to the second largest shopping mall in the USA
- Optional weekends in New York, Washington, DC, or at the Atlantic
City casinos and beaches
(additional fees may be charged for optional activities)
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